From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: dedekind1@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH UPDATED 1/5] mtd: fix bdev exclusive open bugs in block2mtd::add_device()
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:18:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CDE73EB.2090208@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1289646865.2218.27.camel@localhost>
Hello,
On 11/13/2010 12:14 PM, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 11:59 +0100, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> There are two bdev exclusive open bugs.
>>
>> * open_bdev_exclusive() must not be called with NULL holder. Use dev
>> as the holder.
>>
>> * open_by_devnum() doesn't open the bdev exclusively but
>> block2mtd_free_device() always assumes it. Explicitly claim the
>> bdev.
>>
>> The latter is rather clumsy but will be simplified with future
>> blkdev_get/put() cleanups.
>>
>> - Updated to use local variable @mode to cache FMODE_* masks as
>> suggested by Artem Bityutskiy.
>
> Do you want this patch to go in via Jens' tree with the rest of the
> series, or as an independent patch via the mtd tree?
It probably would be easier if this is routed through Jens' tree as
it's necessary for later patches in the series, but this being a fix,
this should be merged during this cycle rather than the next one.
Jens, how do you want to proceed?
Thank you.
--
tejun
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-13 11:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-01 16:15 [PATCHSET] block: clean up bdev claim/release handling Tejun Heo
2010-11-01 16:15 ` [PATCH 1/5] mtd: fix bdev exclusive open bugs in block2mtd::add_device() Tejun Heo
2010-11-01 16:15 ` [PATCH 2/5] btrfs: close_bdev_exclusive() should use the same @flags as the matching open_bdev_exclusive() Tejun Heo
2010-11-01 16:15 ` [PATCH 3/5] block: simplify holder symlink handling Tejun Heo
2010-11-01 16:15 ` [PATCH 4/5] block: make blkdev_get/put() handle exclusive access Tejun Heo
2010-11-03 15:06 ` Jan Kara
2010-11-09 10:18 ` Tejun Heo
2010-11-03 16:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-11-04 15:04 ` Mike Snitzer
2010-11-09 10:34 ` Tejun Heo
2010-11-09 10:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-11-01 16:15 ` [PATCH 5/5] block: reorganize claim/release implementation Tejun Heo
2010-11-01 19:49 ` [PATCHSET] block: clean up bdev claim/release handling Neil Brown
2010-11-03 15:53 ` [Drbd-dev] " Philipp Reisner
[not found] ` <1288628129-12811-4-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org>
2010-11-04 15:06 ` [PATCH 3/5] block: simplify holder symlink handling Mike Snitzer
2010-11-11 17:10 ` [PATCH 6/5] block: check bdev_read_only() from blkdev_get() Tejun Heo
2010-11-11 17:11 ` [PATCH 7/5] block: clean up blkdev_get() wrappers and their users Tejun Heo
2010-11-11 19:19 ` Steven Whitehouse
2010-11-11 17:14 ` [PATCHSET] block: clean up bdev claim/release handling Tejun Heo
2010-11-27 16:01 ` Tejun Heo
2010-11-27 18:47 ` Jens Axboe
[not found] ` <1288628129-12811-2-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org>
2010-11-13 10:38 ` [PATCH 1/5] mtd: fix bdev exclusive open bugs in block2mtd::add_device() Artem Bityutskiy
2010-11-13 10:42 ` Tejun Heo
2010-11-13 11:10 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2010-11-13 10:59 ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2010-11-13 11:14 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2010-11-13 11:18 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
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