linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.35-rc2 module reference counting broken

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Date:	Mon, 7 Jun 2010 07:44:12 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.35-rc2 module reference counting broken

On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 08:20:30AM +0300, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> Someone broke block device module reference counting. Problem occours when a
> modular block device is mounted and unmounted. Not when it is directly read.
> 2.6.34 kernel works OK, but 2.6.35-rc2 kernel seems to increase usage count
> by one for each mount + umount pair.

Very interesting...  Looks like mount() bumps refcount by 2.  umount() after
that drops refcount by 1, so it's not leaking superblocks.

Which probably means that open_bdev_exclusive() is fscked.  Interesting...
FWIW, quick look through the history seems to point to this:
commit 6b4517a7913a09d3259bb1d21c9cb300f12294bd
Author: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Date:   Wed Apr 7 18:53:59 2010 +0900

    block: implement bd_claiming and claiming block

I'm far too sleepy right now, but I'd start with reviewing what that
thing is doing to module refcounting...
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