4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This reverts commit 4ee414c3b6021db621901f2697d35774926268f6 which is commit 967d1dc144b50ad005e5eecdfadfbcfb399ffff6 upstream. It is not needed in the 4.4.y tree at this time. Reported-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/loop.c | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -1586,15 +1586,12 @@ out: return err; } -static void lo_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) +static void __lo_release(struct loop_device *lo) { - struct loop_device *lo; int err; - mutex_lock(&loop_index_mutex); - lo = disk->private_data; if (atomic_dec_return(&lo->lo_refcnt)) - goto unlock_index; + return; mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex); if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR) { @@ -1604,7 +1601,7 @@ static void lo_release(struct gendisk *d */ err = loop_clr_fd(lo); if (!err) - goto unlock_index; + return; } else { /* * Otherwise keep thread (if running) and config, @@ -1614,7 +1611,12 @@ static void lo_release(struct gendisk *d } mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex); -unlock_index: +} + +static void lo_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) +{ + mutex_lock(&loop_index_mutex); + __lo_release(disk->private_data); mutex_unlock(&loop_index_mutex); }