[PATCH] block: remove blk_free_devt in add_partition

put_device(pdev) will call pdev->type->release finally, and blk_free_devt
has been called in part_release(), so remove it.

Signed-off-by: weiping zhang <redacted>
---
 block/partition-generic.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c
index c5ec824..04d82dd 100644
--- a/block/partition-generic.c
+++ b/block/partition-generic.c

@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
 	device_del(pdev);
 out_put:
 	put_device(pdev);
-	blk_free_devt(devt);
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 

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2.9.4

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 11:54:45PM +0800, weiping zhang wrote:

Hi Jens,

would you please look this trivial patch at your convenience?

Thanks

On 08/18/2017 09:54 AM, weiping zhang wrote:

put_device(pdev) will call pdev->type->release finally, and blk_free_devt
has been called in part_release(), so remove it.

Your analysis looks correct to me, applied for 4.14.

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Jens Axboe

Jens Axboe [off-list ref]于2017年8月24日 周四22:27写道：

On 08/18/2017 09:54 AM, weiping zhang wrote:

quoted

put_device(pdev) will call pdev->type->release finally, and blk_free_devt
has been called in part_release(), so remove it.

Your analysis looks correct to me, applied for 4.14.

--
Jens Axboe

Thanks a ton