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authorChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>2020-10-29 15:58:31 +0100
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2020-11-16 08:14:30 -0700
commit996e509bbc956d60f761dc955f5c5131e9a8fb13 (patch)
treed0eb09a4bf8dc865b396b9b77e799f6dfb33dd45 /drivers/scsi/sd.c
parentf9550f1b3981755b0ba9bd385c3c6efdfadd8fe4 (diff)
downloadlinux-996e509bbc956d60f761dc955f5c5131e9a8fb13.tar.gz
sd: use __register_blkdev to avoid a modprobe for an unregistered dev_t
Switch from using blk_register_region to the probe callback passed to __register_blkdev to disable the request_module call for an unclaimed dev_t in the SD majors. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Acked-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/scsi/sd.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/sd.c19
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 656bcf4940d6d..106a9cda0eb7e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -630,13 +630,11 @@ static struct scsi_driver sd_template = {
};
/*
- * Dummy kobj_map->probe function.
- * The default ->probe function will call modprobe, which is
- * pointless as this module is already loaded.
+ * Don't request a new module, as that could deadlock in multipath
+ * environment.
*/
-static struct kobject *sd_default_probe(dev_t devt, int *partno, void *data)
+static void sd_default_probe(dev_t devt)
{
- return NULL;
}
/*
@@ -3528,9 +3526,6 @@ static int sd_remove(struct device *dev)
free_opal_dev(sdkp->opal_dev);
- blk_register_region(devt, SD_MINORS, NULL,
- sd_default_probe, NULL, NULL);
-
mutex_lock(&sd_ref_mutex);
dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
put_device(&sdkp->dev);
@@ -3720,11 +3715,9 @@ static int __init init_sd(void)
SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(3, printk("init_sd: sd driver entry point\n"));
for (i = 0; i < SD_MAJORS; i++) {
- if (register_blkdev(sd_major(i), "sd") != 0)
+ if (__register_blkdev(sd_major(i), "sd", sd_default_probe))
continue;
majors++;
- blk_register_region(sd_major(i), SD_MINORS, NULL,
- sd_default_probe, NULL, NULL);
}
if (!majors)
@@ -3797,10 +3790,8 @@ static void __exit exit_sd(void)
class_unregister(&sd_disk_class);
- for (i = 0; i < SD_MAJORS; i++) {
- blk_unregister_region(sd_major(i), SD_MINORS);
+ for (i = 0; i < SD_MAJORS; i++)
unregister_blkdev(sd_major(i), "sd");
- }
}
module_init(init_sd);