[PATCH 2.6.38-rc6] block: bd_link_disk_holder() should hold on toholder_dir

[Tejun Heo]

The new implementation of bd_link_disk_holder() added by 49731baa41d
(block: restore multiple bd_link_disk_holder() support) didn't get an
extra reference for the holder_dir kobject of the slave bdev; however,
bdev kills holder_dir on removal, not release, so if the slave bdev is
removed while there are holder links, the holder_dir will be destroyed
while there still are holder links, which leads to oops later when
bd_unlink_disk_order() tries to remove those links.

Make bd_link_disk_holder() grab an extra reference for the slave's
holder_dir and put it in bd_unlink_disk_holder().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: "Hawrylewicz Czarnowski, Przemyslaw" <przemyslaw.hawrylewicz.czarnowski@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: "Hawrylewicz Czarnowski, Przemyslaw" <przemyslaw.hawrylewicz.czarnowski@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Jens, Linus, it's pretty late in the release cycle and I'm not sure
Jens is back yet so I'm writing to you both.  It's an isolated and
relatively safe fix.  I think how it gets routed doesn't matter too
much.

Thank you.

 fs/block_dev.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 4fb8a34..94d41db 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -873,6 +873,11 @@ int bd_link_disk_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct gendisk *disk)
 	ret = add_symlink(bdev->bd_part->holder_dir, &disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_del;
+	/*
+	 * bdev could be deleted beneath us which would implicitly destroy
+	 * the holder directory.  Hold on to it.
+	 */
+	kobject_get(bdev->bd_part->holder_dir);
 
 	list_add(&holder->list, &bdev->bd_holder_disks);
 	goto out_unlock;
@@ -909,6 +914,7 @@ void bd_unlink_disk_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct gendisk *disk)
 		del_symlink(disk->slave_dir, &part_to_dev(bdev->bd_part)->kobj);
 		del_symlink(bdev->bd_part->holder_dir,
 			    &disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj);
+		kobject_put(bdev->bd_part->holder_dir);
 		list_del_init(&holder->list);
 		kfree(holder);
 	}
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