[PATCH] md: fix ref-counting problems with kobjects in md
Thanks Greg.
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index e58d61d..fe0137a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -805,7 +805,11 @@
if (fixdesc & (1<<rdev2->desc_nr)) {
snprintf(rdev2->kobj.name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "dev%d",
rdev2->desc_nr);
+ /* kobject_add gets a ref on the parent, so
+ * we have to drop the one we already have
+ */
kobject_add(&rdev2->kobj);
+ kobject_put(rdev->kobj.parent);
sysfs_create_link(&rdev2->kobj,
&rdev2->bdev->bd_disk->kobj,
"block");
@@ -1178,7 +1182,7 @@
rdev->kobj.k_name = NULL;
snprintf(rdev->kobj.name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "dev%d", rdev->desc_nr);
- rdev->kobj.parent = kobject_get(&mddev->kobj);
+ rdev->kobj.parent = &mddev->kobj;
kobject_add(&rdev->kobj);
sysfs_create_link(&rdev->kobj, &rdev->bdev->bd_disk->kobj, "block");
@@ -1864,7 +1868,7 @@
add_disk(disk);
mddev->gendisk = disk;
up(&disks_sem);
- mddev->kobj.parent = kobject_get(&disk->kobj);
+ mddev->kobj.parent = &disk->kobj;
mddev->kobj.k_name = NULL;
snprintf(mddev->kobj.name, KOBJ_NAME_LEN, "%s", "md");
mddev->kobj.ktype = &md_ktype;