On 08/05/15 02:26, ext Brian Norris wrote: > As an alternative to your patch, how about the following? > > BTW, this does still leave a usecount race in > drivers/mtd/maps/vmu-flash.c. But that driver should really be using > mtd->_get_device(), if it actually wants its own refcount. > > Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c > index 2b0c52870999..df7c6c70757a 100644 > --- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c > +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c > @@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode) > return -ERESTARTSYS; /* FIXME: busy loop! -arnd*/ > > mutex_lock(&dev->lock); > + mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex); > > if (dev->open) > goto unlock; > @@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ static int blktrans_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode) > > unlock: > dev->open++; > + mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex); > mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); > blktrans_dev_put(dev); > return ret; > @@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ error_release: > error_put: > module_put(dev->tr->owner); > kref_put(&dev->ref, blktrans_dev_release); > + mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex); > mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); > blktrans_dev_put(dev); > return ret; > @@ -243,6 +246,7 @@ static void blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) > return; > > mutex_lock(&dev->lock); > + mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex); > > if (--dev->open) > goto unlock; > @@ -256,6 +260,7 @@ static void blktrans_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) > __put_mtd_device(dev->mtd); > } > unlock: > + mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex); > mutex_unlock(&dev->lock); > blktrans_dev_put(dev); > } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html