block: bd_link_disk_holder() should hold on to holder_dir

[mv-sheeva.git] / fs / block_dev.c

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 4fb8a34315310ae43c158670426a9699a7c0f7b0..94d41db62004bd30edaa714b4d82b566ab663919 100644 (file)
--- 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);
        }