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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index fe41a76769fa..fe09ef9c21f3 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1058,6 +1058,27 @@ retry:
return 0;
}
+static struct gendisk *bdev_get_gendisk(struct block_device *bdev, int *partno)
+{
+ struct gendisk *disk = get_gendisk(bdev->bd_dev, partno);
+
+ if (!disk)
+ return NULL;
+ /*
+ * Now that we hold gendisk reference we make sure bdev we looked up is
+ * not stale. If it is, it means device got removed and created before
+ * we looked up gendisk and we fail open in such case. Associating
+ * unhashed bdev with newly created gendisk could lead to two bdevs
+ * (and thus two independent caches) being associated with one device
+ * which is bad.
+ */
+ if (inode_unhashed(bdev->bd_inode)) {
+ put_disk_and_module(disk);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return disk;
+}
+
/**
* bd_start_claiming - start claiming a block device
* @bdev: block device of interest
@@ -1094,7 +1115,7 @@ static struct block_device *bd_start_claiming(struct block_device *bdev,
* @bdev might not have been initialized properly yet, look up
* and grab the outer block device the hard way.
*/
- disk = get_gendisk(bdev->bd_dev, &partno);
+ disk = bdev_get_gendisk(bdev, &partno);
if (!disk)
return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
@@ -1429,7 +1450,7 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
restart:
ret = -ENXIO;
- disk = get_gendisk(bdev->bd_dev, &partno);
+ disk = bdev_get_gendisk(bdev, &partno);
if (!disk)
goto out;