[PATCH] dm: fix mapped device ref counting
authorJeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:27:24 +0000 (00:27 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:58:35 +0000 (09:58 -0700)
To avoid races, _minor_lock must be held while changing mapped device
reference counts.

There are a few paths where a mapped_device pointer is returned before a
reference is taken.  This patch fixes them.

[akpm: too late for 2.6.17 - suitable for 2.6.17.x after it has settled]

Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

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