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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-11-18 08:07:51 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-11-18 08:07:51 -0800
commit7f0f598a0069d1ab072375965a4b69137233169c (patch)
tree00cb9320e0caef179d6075b54fa611de6551e3e2 /block
parenta6a0c4ca7edb378a8a7332501f097089cb1051c4 (diff)
parentc26156b2534c75bb3cdedf76f6ad1340971cf5bd (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: block: hold extra reference to bio in blk_rq_map_user_iov() relay: fix cpu offline problem Release old elevator on change elevator block: fix boot failure with CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT=y and nash block/md: fix md autodetection block: make add_partition() return pointer to hd_struct block: fix add_partition() error path
Diffstat (limited to 'block')
-rw-r--r--block/blk-map.c6
-rw-r--r--block/genhd.c2
-rw-r--r--block/ioctl.c7
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index 4849fa36161..0f4b4b88181 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -217,6 +217,12 @@ int blk_rq_map_user_iov(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
return PTR_ERR(bio);
if (bio->bi_size != len) {
+ /*
+ * Grab an extra reference to this bio, as bio_unmap_user()
+ * expects to be able to drop it twice as it happens on the
+ * normal IO completion path
+ */
+ bio_get(bio);
bio_endio(bio, 0);
bio_unmap_user(bio);
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 4e5e7493f67..27549e470da 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@ static int __init genhd_device_init(void)
bdev_map = kobj_map_init(base_probe, &block_class_lock);
blk_dev_init();
+ register_blkdev(BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR, "blkext");
+
#ifndef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
/* create top-level block dir */
block_depr = kobject_create_and_add("block", NULL);
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index c832d639b6e..d03985b04d6 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
struct disk_part_iter piter;
long long start, length;
int partno;
- int err;
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EACCES;
@@ -61,10 +60,10 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
disk_part_iter_exit(&piter);
/* all seems OK */
- err = add_partition(disk, partno, start, length,
- ADDPART_FLAG_NONE);
+ part = add_partition(disk, partno, start, length,
+ ADDPART_FLAG_NONE);
mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
- return err;
+ return IS_ERR(part) ? PTR_ERR(part) : 0;
case BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION:
part = disk_get_part(disk, partno);
if (!part)