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Commit 00358933 authored by Tetsuo Handa's avatar Tetsuo Handa Committed by Jens Axboe
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brd: remove brd_devices_mutex mutex



If brd_alloc() from brd_probe() is called before brd_alloc() from
brd_init() is called, module loading will fail with -EEXIST error.
To close this race, call __register_blkdev() just before leaving
brd_init().

Then, we can remove brd_devices_mutex mutex, for brd_device list
will no longer be accessed concurrently.

Signed-off-by: default avatarTetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Reviewed-by: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: default avatarLuis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6b074af7-c165-4fab-b7da-8270a4f6f6cd@i-love.sakura.ne.jp


Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
parent a6431e35
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