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block: blkdev_get() should access ->bd_disk only after success
authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Wed, 1 Jun 2011 06:27:41 +0000 (08:27 +0200)
committerJens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
Wed, 1 Jun 2011 06:28:47 +0000 (08:28 +0200)
d4dc210f69 (block: don't block events on excl write for non-optical
devices) added dereferencing of bdev->bd_disk to test
GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE; however, bdev->bd_disk can be
%NULL if open failed which can lead to an oops.

Test the flag after testing open was successful, not before.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tested-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
fs/block_dev.c

index 1f2b1997833340fc4e80b0c5a3c115a7f949fd15..1a2421f908f0a471f028d7e0f320caeed18592bd 100644 (file)
@@ -1272,8 +1272,8 @@ int blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, void *holder)
                 * individual writeable reference is too fragile given the
                 * way @mode is used in blkdev_get/put().
                 */
-               if ((disk->flags & GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE) &&
-                   !res && (mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !bdev->bd_write_holder) {
+               if (!res && (mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !bdev->bd_write_holder &&
+                   (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE)) {
                        bdev->bd_write_holder = true;
                        disk_block_events(disk);
                }