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[GIT,PULL,01/26] lightnvm: pblk: line reference fix in GC

Message ID 20190504183811.18725-2-mb@lightnvm.io (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series lightnvm updates for 5.2 | expand

Commit Message

Matias Bjorling May 4, 2019, 6:37 p.m. UTC
From: Igor Konopko <igor.j.konopko@intel.com>

Fixes the GC error case when moving a line back to closed state
while releasing additional references.

Signed-off-by: Igor Konopko <igor.j.konopko@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans Holmberg <hans.holmberg@cnexlabs.com>
Reviewed-by: Javier González <javier@javigon.com>
Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io>
---
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
index 26a52ea7ec45..901e49951ab5 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
@@ -290,8 +290,11 @@  static void pblk_gc_line_prepare_ws(struct work_struct *work)
 fail_free_ws:
 	kfree(line_ws);
 
+	/* Line goes back to closed state, so we cannot release additional
+	 * reference for line, since we do that only when we want to do
+	 * gc to free line state transition.
+	 */
 	pblk_put_line_back(pblk, line);
-	kref_put(&line->ref, pblk_line_put);
 	atomic_dec(&gc->read_inflight_gc);
 
 	pblk_err(pblk, "failed to GC line %d\n", line->id);