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From: Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: sasin@solomon-systech.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mmc/card/block.c : mmc_blk_open readonly mount bug?
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 07:06:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080905070648.1e46fa35@mjolnir.drzeus.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080904160808.a23a2197.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:08:08 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> 
> mmc_block_open() increments md->usage although it returns with -EROFS when
> default mounting a MMC/SD card with write protect switch on.  This
> reference counting bug prevents /dev/mmcblkX from being released on card
> removal, and situation worsen with reinsertion until the minor number
> range runs out.
> 
> Reported-by: <sasin@solomon-systech.com>
> Cc: Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx>
> Cc: <stable@kernel.org>		[2.6.25.x, 2.6.26.x]
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> ---

I wonder how that bug has been able to go unnoticed for so long...

Acked-by: Pierre Ossman <drzeus@drzeus.cx>

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-05  5:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-04  9:17 sasin
2008-09-04 23:08 ` Andrew Morton
2008-09-05  5:06   ` Pierre Ossman [this message]
2008-09-05  5:36 sasin

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