[dm-devel] [PATCH] dm free minor after unlink gendisk

[Jun'ichi Nomura]

Hello,

free_dev() releases minor number before unregistering gendisk.
It creates a window where two registered gendisk with same number
exist, which will cause problem.

Typically, if you run the following script,
you will hit WARN_ON() in kref_get().

#!/bin/sh
(while dmsetup create a --notable; do dmsetup remove a; done) &
(while dmsetup create b --notable; do dmsetup remove b; done) &

Attached patch fixes this problem.

-- 
Jun'ichi Nomura, NEC Solutions (America), Inc.
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