block: remove the extra kobject reference in bd_link_disk_holder

Since commit 0d02129 ("block: merge struct block_device and struct hd_struct") there is no way for the bdev to go away as long as there is a holder, so remove the extra references. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
zandrey · Aug 9, 2021 · fbd9a39 · fbd9a39
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commit fbd9a39
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diff --git a/block/holder.c b/block/holder.c
@@ -92,11 +92,6 @@ int bd_link_disk_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct gendisk *disk)
 	ret = add_symlink(bdev->bd_holder_dir, &disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_del;
-	/*
-	 * bdev could be deleted beneath us which would implicitly destroy
-	 * the holder directory.  Hold on to it.
-	 */
-	kobject_get(bdev->bd_holder_dir);
 
 	list_add(&holder->list, &bdev->bd_holder_disks);
 	goto out_unlock;
@@ -130,7 +125,6 @@ void bd_unlink_disk_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct gendisk *disk)
 	if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(holder == NULL) && !--holder->refcnt) {
 		del_symlink(disk->slave_dir, bdev_kobj(bdev));
 		del_symlink(bdev->bd_holder_dir, &disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj);
-		kobject_put(bdev->bd_holder_dir);
 		list_del_init(&holder->list);
 		kfree(holder);
 	}