This is a GFS2 version of Tejun's patch:
4f331f01b9c43bf001d3ffee578a97a1e0633eac
vfs: don't hold s_umount over close_bdev_exclusive() call
In this case its blkdev_put itself that is the issue and this
patch uses the same solution of dropping and retaking s_umount.
Reported-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
if (IS_ERR(s))
goto error_bdev;
- if (s->s_root)
+ if (s->s_root) {
+ /*
+ * s_umount nests inside bd_mutex during
+ * __invalidate_device(). blkdev_put() acquires
+ * bd_mutex and can't be called under s_umount. Drop
+ * s_umount temporarily. This is safe as we're
+ * holding an active reference.
+ */
+ up_write(&s->s_umount);
blkdev_put(bdev, mode);
+ down_write(&s->s_umount);
+ }
memset(&args, 0, sizeof(args));
args.ar_quota = GFS2_QUOTA_DEFAULT;