[PATCH] loop: add missing bd_abort_claiming in loop_set_status

From: Tetsuo Handa

Date: Wed Jan 07 2026 - 05:41:53 EST


Commit 08e136ebd193 ("loop: don't change loop device under exclusive
opener in loop_set_status") forgot to call bd_abort_claiming() when
mutex_lock_killable() failed.

Fixes: 08e136ebd193 ("loop: don't change loop device under exclusive opener in loop_set_status")
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Since that commit for some reason calls loop_reread_partitions() when
bd_prepare_to_claim() failed, this patch calls loop_reread_partitions()
when mutex_lock_killable() failed after bd_abort_claiming()...
Maybe we should return as soon as possible?

drivers/block/loop.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index ca74cc31bf07f..bd59c0e9508b7 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1245,7 +1245,8 @@ loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, blk_mode_t mode,

err = mutex_lock_killable(&lo->lo_mutex);
if (err)
- return err;
+ goto out_abort_claiming;
+
if (lo->lo_state != Lo_bound) {
err = -ENXIO;
goto out_unlock;
@@ -1284,6 +1285,7 @@ loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, blk_mode_t mode,
}
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
+out_abort_claiming:
if (!(mode & BLK_OPEN_EXCL))
bd_abort_claiming(bdev, loop_set_status);
out_reread_partitions:
--
2.47.3