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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-08-09 21:29:47 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-08-09 21:29:47 -0700
commitf222e8b40f2177b1c4cac015b117744c1d3fa3e9 (patch)
tree7c5fc22c08da900e21b0e7ab2376e8e8e44a63c0 /fs/block_dev.c
parent819ae6a389d4acfab9a7bb874fa1977aa464d14b (diff)
parentf4b9a988685da6386d7f9a72df3098bcc3270526 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
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diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 3a6d4fb2a32..94dfda24c06 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -564,6 +564,16 @@ struct block_device *bdget(dev_t dev)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdget);
+/**
+ * bdgrab -- Grab a reference to an already referenced block device
+ * @bdev: Block device to grab a reference to.
+ */
+struct block_device *bdgrab(struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+ atomic_inc(&bdev->bd_inode->i_count);
+ return bdev;
+}
+
long nr_blockdev_pages(void)
{
struct block_device *bdev;