[PATCH] RFC: Changing dm core (2/5) : Put_table in safer place

["Jun'ichi Nomura" <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>]

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Move dm_table_put() outside of dm_sem.

Thanks,
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Jun'ichi Nomura, NEC Solutions (America), Inc.

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Move dm_table_put() outside of dm_sem.

Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>

 dm-ioctl.c |   15 +++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm1-dm.01-dm-sem/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c	2006-03-13 17:35:40.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm1-dm.02-put-table-after-unlock/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c	2006-03-15 10:15:11.000000000 -0500
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ static int table_load(struct dm_ioctl *p
 {
 	int r;
 	struct hash_cell *hc;
-	struct dm_table *t;
+	struct dm_table *t, *oldmap = NULL;
 	struct mapped_device *md;
 
 	md = find_device(param);
@@ -1005,14 +1005,14 @@ static int table_load(struct dm_ioctl *p
 	hc = dm_get_mdptr(md);
 	if (!hc || hc->md != md) {
 		DMWARN("device has been removed from the dev hash table.");
-		dm_table_put(t);
+		oldmap = t;
 		up_write(&dm_sem);
 		r = -ENXIO;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (hc->new_map)
-		dm_table_put(hc->new_map);
+		oldmap = hc->new_map;
 	hc->new_map = t;
 	up_write(&dm_sem);
 
@@ -1020,6 +1020,8 @@ static int table_load(struct dm_ioctl *p
 	r = __dev_status(md, param);
 
 out:
+	if (oldmap)
+		dm_table_put(oldmap);
 	dm_put(md);
 
 	return r;
@@ -1029,6 +1031,7 @@ static int table_clear(struct dm_ioctl *
 {
 	int r;
 	struct hash_cell *hc;
+	struct dm_table *oldmap = NULL;
 
 	down_write(&dm_sem);
 
@@ -1040,7 +1043,7 @@ static int table_clear(struct dm_ioctl *
 	}
 
 	if (hc->new_map) {
-		dm_table_put(hc->new_map);
+		oldmap = hc->new_map;
 		hc->new_map = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -1048,6 +1051,10 @@ static int table_clear(struct dm_ioctl *
 
 	r = __dev_status(hc->md, param);
 	up_write(&dm_sem);
+
+	if (oldmap)
+		dm_table_put(oldmap);
+
 	return r;
 }
 

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