Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

Conflicts:
	arch/microblaze/include/asm/socket.h

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 3a6d4fb2a329..94dfda24c06e 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -564,6 +564,16 @@ struct block_device *bdget(dev_t dev)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdget);
 
+/**
+ * bdgrab -- Grab a reference to an already referenced block device
+ * @bdev:       Block device to grab a reference to.
+ */
+struct block_device *bdgrab(struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+        atomic_inc(&bdev->bd_inode->i_count);
+        return bdev;
+}
+
 long nr_blockdev_pages(void)
 {
         struct block_device *bdev;