[PATCH UPDATED 1/5] mtd: fix bdev exclusive open bugs in block2mtd::add_device()

Tejun Heo tj at kernel.org
Sat Nov 13 05:59:54 EST 2010


There are two bdev exclusive open bugs.

* open_bdev_exclusive() must not be called with NULL holder.  Use dev
  as the holder.

* open_by_devnum() doesn't open the bdev exclusively but
  block2mtd_free_device() always assumes it.  Explicitly claim the
  bdev.

The latter is rather clumsy but will be simplified with future
blkdev_get/put() cleanups.

- Updated to use local variable @mode to cache FMODE_* masks as
  suggested by Artem Bityutskiy.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj at kernel.org>
Cc: linux-mtd at lists.infradead.org
Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1 at gmail.com>
---

This change will cause two conflicts in the series.  I'm not reposting
them now as they're mostly trivial.  Git tree is fully updated.

 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/misc.git cleanup-bd_claim

Jens, please let me know when/if you want the full series reposted.

Thanks.

 drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c |   13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: work/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
===================================================================
--- work.orig/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
+++ work/drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ static void block2mtd_free_device(struct
 /* FIXME: ensure that mtd->size % erase_size == 0 */
 static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(char *devname, int erase_size)
 {
+	const fmode_t mode = FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE;
 	struct block_device *bdev;
 	struct block2mtd_dev *dev;
 	char *name;
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(
 		return NULL;

 	/* Get a handle on the device */
-	bdev = open_bdev_exclusive(devname, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE, NULL);
+	bdev = open_bdev_exclusive(devname, mode, dev);
 #ifndef MODULE
 	if (IS_ERR(bdev)) {

@@ -255,7 +256,15 @@ static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(

 		dev_t devt = name_to_dev_t(devname);
 		if (devt) {
-			bdev = open_by_devnum(devt, FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_READ);
+			bdev = open_by_devnum(devt, mode);
+			if (!IS_ERR(bdev)) {
+				int ret;
+				ret = bd_claim(bdev, dev);
+				if (ret) {
+					blkdev_put(bdev, mode);
+					bdev = ERR_PTR(ret);
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 #endif



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