[PATCH] mtd: don't lock when recursively deleting partitions
David Bauer
mail at david-bauer.net
Wed Feb 17 14:53:20 EST 2021
When recursively deleting partitions, don't acquire the masters
partition lock twice. Otherwise the process ends up in a deadlocked
state.
Fixes commit 46b5889cc2c5 ("mtd: implement proper partition handling")
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail at david-bauer.net>
---
drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index c3575b686f79..95d47422bbf2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int __del_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *mtd)
list_for_each_entry_safe(child, next, &mtd->partitions, part.node) {
if (mtd_has_partitions(child))
- del_mtd_partitions(child);
+ __del_mtd_partitions(child);
pr_info("Deleting %s MTD partition\n", child->name);
ret = del_mtd_device(child);
--
2.30.1
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