Re: [PATCH] Remove bdput from do_open() in fs/block_dev.c

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On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:48:34 +0200
Rafa__ Bilski <[email protected]> wrote:

> I mistyped
> # echo /dev/hdc1 >/sys/module/block2mtd/parameters/block2mt
> instead of sdc1. There is no /dev/hdc1. I have DVD-ROM as /dev/hdc.
> # dmesg
> block2mtd: version $Revision: 1.30 $
> block2mtd: error: cannot open device /dev/hdc1
> Looks right, but tray is locked. And it doesn't want to get out.
> # eject
> hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> WARNING: at kernel/irq/resend.c:70 check_irq_resend()
>  [<c013444b>] check_irq_resend+0xab/0xc0
>  [<c0133e2a>] enable_irq+0x4a/0xa0
>  [<c02c26e7>] ide_error+0x47/0xa0
>  [<c02d1e60>] cdrom_newpc_intr+0x0/0x300
>  [<c02c2bc0>] ide_timer_expiry+0x1e0/0x2d0
>  [<c02c29e0>] ide_timer_expiry+0x0/0x2d0
>  [<c011b986>] run_timer_softirq+0x116/0x160
>  [<c0127e75>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x165/0x1a0
>  [<c0118772>] __do_softirq+0x42/0x90
>  [<c01187e6>] do_softirq+0x26/0x30
>  [<c0118aaa>] irq_exit+0x5a/0x60
>  [<c0104817>] do_IRQ+0x47/0x80
>  [<c0102c23>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x30
>  [<c0281a46>] acpi_processor_idle+0x162/0x380
>  [<c0100d0e>] cpu_idle+0x4e/0x70
>  [<c0524ac5>] start_kernel+0x1f5/0x240
>  [<c05243a0>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x1e0
>  =======================
> 
> Removing bdput from do_open() in fs/block_dev.c seems 
> to be a cure for irq timeout.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafa__ Bilski <[email protected]>
> --- 
> diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c 
> --- a/fs/block_dev.c
> +++ b/fs/block_dev.c
> @@ -1120,7 +1120,6 @@ static int do_open(struct block_device *
>  	disk = get_gendisk(bdev->bd_dev, &part);
>  	if (!disk) {
>  		unlock_kernel();
> -		bdput(bdev);
>  		return ret;
>  	}
>  	owner = disk->fops->owner;
> 

>From my reading, this patch will fix the blkdev_get() error path, but will
break the blkdev_open() path.

It could be that we also need to add a bdput() into blkdev_open() if
do_open() failed (to balance blkdev_open()'s bd_acquire()).

It's pretty damn ugly that do_open() attempts to fix up the caller's
refcounting.

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