From 139617437aff1f0d3b57c2d7cc60e60efc8fe6c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stodden Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 18:36:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] blkfront: Fix blkfront backend switch race (bdev open) We need not mind if users grab a late handle on a closing disk. We probably even should not. But we have to make sure it's not a dead one already Let the bdev deal with a gendisk deleted under its feet. Takes the info mutex to decide a race against backend closing. Signed-off-by: Daniel Stodden Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- Reading git-format-patch failed