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-rw-r--r--fs/block_dev.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 4fb8a343153..94d41db6200 100644
--- 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);
}