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    block: use the passed in @bdev when claiming if partno is zero · d4c208b8
    Tejun Heo authored
    6b4517a7 (block: implement bd_claiming and claiming block)
    introduced claiming block to support O_EXCL blkdev opens properly.
    
    bd_start_claiming() looks up the part 0 bdev and starts claiming
    block.  The function assumed that there is only one part 0 bdev and
    always used bdget_disk(disk, 0) to look it up; unfortunately, this
    isn't true for some drivers (floppy) which use multiple block devices
    to denote different operating parameters for the same physical device.
    There can be multiple part 0 bdev's for the same device number.
    
    This incorrect assumption caused the wrong bdev to be used during
    claiming leading to unbalanced bd_holders as reported in the following
    bug.
    
      https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28522
    
    
    
    This patch updates bd_start_claiming() such that it uses the bdev
    specified as argument if its partno is zero.
    
    Note that this means that different bdev's can be used for the same
    device and O_EXCL check can be effectively bypassed.  It has always
    been broken that way and floppy is fortunately on its way out.  Leave
    that breakage alone.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
    Reported-by: default avatarAlex Villacis Lasso <avillaci@ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec>
    Tested-by: default avatarAlex Villacis Lasso <avillaci@ceibo.fiec.espol.edu.ec>
    Cc: stable@kernel.org	# >= v2.6.36
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
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