1 files changed, 35 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index b54b0a1b7c68..aaa8301f43f1 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -642,16 +642,38 @@ static void free_bd_holder(struct bd_holder *bo)
 }
 
 /**
+ * find_bd_holder - find matching struct bd_holder from the block device
+ *
+ * @bdev:       struct block device to be searched
+ * @bo:         target struct bd_holder
+ *
+ * Returns matching entry with @bo in @bdev->bd_holder_list.
+ * If found, increment the reference count and return the pointer.
+ * If not found, returns NULL.
+ */
+static int find_bd_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct bd_holder *bo)
+{
+        struct bd_holder *tmp;
+
+        list_for_each_entry(tmp, &bdev->bd_holder_list, list)
+                if (tmp->sdir == bo->sdir) {
+                        tmp->count++;
+                        return tmp;
+                }
+
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
  * add_bd_holder - create sysfs symlinks for bd_claim() relationship
  *
  * @bdev:       block device to be bd_claimed
  * @bo:         preallocated and initialized by alloc_bd_holder()
  *
- * If there is no matching entry with @bo in @bdev->bd_holder_list,
- * add @bo to the list, create symlinks.
+ * Add @bo to @bdev->bd_holder_list, create symlinks.
  *
- * Returns 0 if symlinks are created or already there.
- * Returns -ve if something fails and @bo can be freed.
+ * Returns 0 if symlinks are created.
+ * Returns -ve if something fails.
  */
 static int add_bd_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct bd_holder *bo)
 {
@@ -661,15 +683,6 @@ static int add_bd_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct bd_holder *bo)
         if (!bo)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        list_for_each_entry(tmp, &bdev->bd_holder_list, list) {
-                if (tmp->sdir == bo->sdir) {
-                        tmp->count++;
-                        /* We've already done what we need to do here. */
-                        free_bd_holder(bo);
-                        return 0;
-                }
-        }
-
         if (!bd_holder_grab_dirs(bdev, bo))
                 return -EBUSY;
 
@@ -740,7 +753,7 @@ static int bd_claim_by_kobject(struct block_device *bdev, void *holder,
                                 struct kobject *kobj)
 {
         int res;
-        struct bd_holder *bo;
+        struct bd_holder *bo, *found;
 
         if (!kobj)
                 return -EINVAL;
@@ -752,11 +765,15 @@ static int bd_claim_by_kobject(struct block_device *bdev, void *holder,
         mutex_lock_nested(&bdev->bd_mutex, BD_MUTEX_PARTITION);
         res = bd_claim(bdev, holder);
         if (res == 0) {
-                res = add_bd_holder(bdev, bo);
-                if (res)
-                        bd_release(bdev);
+                found = find_bd_holder(bdev, bo);
+                if (found == NULL) {
+                        res = add_bd_holder(bdev, bo);
+                        if (res)
+                                bd_release(bdev);
+                }
         }
-        if (res)
+
+        if (res || found)
                 free_bd_holder(bo);
         mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);