Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:04:50 +0100 | Subject | Re: Subject: [PATCH] block: fix __blkdev_get() for removable devices | From | Borislav Petkov <> |
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On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 01:16:07PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: > Commit 0762b8bde9729f10f8e6249809660ff2ec3ad735 moved disk_get_part() > in front of recursive get on the whole disk, which caused removable > devices to try disk_get_part() before rescanning after a new media is > inserted, which might fail legit open attempts or give the old > partition. > > This patch fixes the problem by moving disk_get_part() after > __blkdev_get() on the whole disk. > > This problem was spotted by Borislav Petkov. > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> > Cc: <Borislav Petkov> petkovbb@googlemail.com > --- > Borislav, can you please verify this patch? Thanks.
Yep, it works. Thanks.
Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@gmail.com>
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
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