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Date:	Sun, 14 Oct 2012 05:38:35 +0200
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	npiggin@...nel.dk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] brd: Add miscdevice to control creation and deletion of ramdisks

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 04:48:36AM +0200, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> +	case BRD_CTL_DEL:
> +		error = get_user(val, (int __user *)param);
> +		if (error < 0)
> +			break;
> +		if ((val & max_part) != 0) {
> +			error = -EINVAL;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +		val >>= part_shift;
> +		brd2 = NULL;
> +		list_for_each_entry(brd, &brd_devices, brd_list) {
> +			if (brd->brd_number == val) {
> +				brd2 = brd;
> +				break;
> +			}
> +		}
> +		if (brd2 == NULL) {
> +			error = -ENODEV;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +		brd_del_one(brd2);
> +		break;

Sorry, first bug spotted. I should check the bd_openers before destroying the
device. Will be fixed in a follow-up patch, if needed.

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