# \[PATCH 5/8\] sx8: use the internal state machine to check if del\_gendisk needs to be called

- From: Christoph Hellwig \<hch@lst.de\>
- Date: 2021-08-09 06:46:59 
- List: linux-raid
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-raid/2021/08/6404423
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-block/2021/08/6404418/t.md

```text
Remove usage of the block layer internal GENHD_FL_UP by just looking
at the host state.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 drivers/block/sx8.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/sx8.c b/drivers/block/sx8.c
index 7b54353ee92b..420cd952ddc4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/sx8.c
+++ b/drivers/block/sx8.c
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ static void carm_free_disk(struct carm_host *host, unsigned int port_no)
 	if (!disk)
 		return;
 
-	if (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_UP)
+	if (host->state > HST_DEV_ACTIVATE)
 		del_gendisk(disk);
 	blk_cleanup_disk(disk);
 }
-- 
2.30.2

```