loop: don't grab a reference to the block device
authorChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Thu, 22 Jul 2021 07:54:00 +0000 (09:54 +0200)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Mon, 2 Aug 2021 19:37:28 +0000 (13:37 -0600)
The whole device block device won't be removed while the disk is still
alive, so don't bother to grab a reference to it.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@rehat.com>
Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <ckulkarnilinux@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210722075402.983367-8-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
drivers/block/loop.c

index f0cdff0..a03ef50 100644 (file)
@@ -1304,10 +1304,6 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
        if (partscan)
                lo->lo_disk->flags &= ~GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
 
-       /* Grab the block_device to prevent its destruction after we
-        * put /dev/loopXX inode. Later in __loop_clr_fd() we bdput(bdev).
-        */
-       bdgrab(bdev);
        loop_global_unlock(lo, is_loop);
        if (partscan)
                loop_reread_partitions(lo);
@@ -1398,7 +1394,6 @@ static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
        blk_queue_physical_block_size(lo->lo_queue, 512);
        blk_queue_io_min(lo->lo_queue, 512);
        if (bdev) {
-               bdput(bdev);
                invalidate_bdev(bdev);
                bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->wb_err = 0;
        }