[PATCH] dm: fix idr minor allocation
One part of the system can attempt to use a mapped device before another has finished initialising it or while it is being freed. This patch introduces a place holder value, MINOR_ALLOCED, to mark the minor as allocated but in a state where it can't be used, such as mid-allocation or mid-free. At the end of the initialization, it replaces the place holder with the pointer to the mapped_device, making it available to the rest of the dm subsystem. [akpm: too late for 2.6.17 - suitable for 2.6.17.x after it has settled] Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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