block: Fix race during disk initialization

[mv-sheeva.git] / block / genhd.c

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 5c9c503de423c50ea1297fd15fe690897e17e9b3..7923e720ddf52f1626cf5422ef5271fd9c7395d6 100644 (file)
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -541,13 +541,15 @@ void add_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
        disk->major = MAJOR(devt);
        disk->first_minor = MINOR(devt);
 
+       /* Register BDI before referencing it from bdev */ 
+       bdi = &disk->queue->backing_dev_info;
+       bdi_register_dev(bdi, disk_devt(disk));
+
        blk_register_region(disk_devt(disk), disk->minors, NULL,
                            exact_match, exact_lock, disk);
        register_disk(disk);
        blk_register_queue(disk);
 
-       bdi = &disk->queue->backing_dev_info;
-       bdi_register_dev(bdi, disk_devt(disk));
        retval = sysfs_create_link(&disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj, &bdi->dev->kobj,
                                   "bdi");
        WARN_ON(retval);