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-rw-r--r--fs/block_dev.c16
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 1dd07e66e98..ac7031f12ea 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
}
lock_kernel();
+ restart:
ret = -ENXIO;
disk = get_gendisk(bdev->bd_dev, &partno);
@@ -1025,6 +1026,19 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
if (disk->fops->open) {
ret = disk->fops->open(bdev, mode);
+ if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS) {
+ /* Lost a race with 'disk' being
+ * deleted, try again.
+ * See md.c
+ */
+ disk_put_part(bdev->bd_part);
+ bdev->bd_part = NULL;
+ module_put(disk->fops->owner);
+ put_disk(disk);
+ bdev->bd_disk = NULL;
+ mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+ goto restart;
+ }
if (ret)
goto out_clear;
}
@@ -1277,7 +1291,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioctl_by_bdev);
/**
* lookup_bdev - lookup a struct block_device by name
- * @path: special file representing the block device
+ * @pathname: special file representing the block device
*
* Get a reference to the blockdevice at @pathname in the current
* namespace if possible and return it. Return ERR_PTR(error)