When the block device is opened with FMODE_EXCL, ref_count is set to -1.
This value doesn't get reset when the device is closed which means the
device cannot be opened again. Fix this by checking for refcount <= 0
in the release method.
Reported-and-tested-by: Stan Johnson <userm57@yahoo.com>
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
struct swim3 __iomem *sw = fs->swim3;
mutex_lock(&swim3_mutex);
- if (fs->ref_count > 0 && --fs->ref_count == 0) {
+ if (fs->ref_count > 0)
+ --fs->ref_count;
+ else if (fs->ref_count == -1)
+ fs->ref_count = 0;
+ if (fs->ref_count == 0) {
swim3_action(fs, MOTOR_OFF);
out_8(&sw->control_bic, 0xff);
swim3_select(fs, RELAX);