When the block device is opened with FMODE_EXCL, ref_count is set to -1.
This value doesn't get reset when the device is closed which means the
device cannot be opened again. Fix this by checking for refcount <= 0
in the release method.
Reported-and-tested-by: Stan Johnson
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain
---
drivers/block/swim3.c | 6 +-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/swim3.c b/drivers/block/swim3.c
index ba1190f1276b..87ca8f207c7c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim3.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim3.c
@@ -995,7 +995,11 @@ static void floppy_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t
mode)
struct swim3 __iomem *sw = fs->swim3;
mutex_lock(_mutex);
- if (fs->ref_count > 0 && --fs->ref_count == 0) {
+ if (fs->ref_count > 0)
+ --fs->ref_count;
+ else if (fs->ref_count == -1)
+ fs->ref_count = 0;
+ if (fs->ref_count == 0) {
swim3_action(fs, MOTOR_OFF);
out_8(>control_bic, 0xff);
swim3_select(fs, RELAX);
--
2.19.2
