And here's a patch to stop the filp abuse in the journal code.  An additional
benefit is that the block device is now properly claimed when opened by
device number.


Index: linux-2.6/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/reiserfs/journal.c        2007-09-28 09:18:50.000000000 
+0200
+++ linux-2.6/fs/reiserfs/journal.c     2007-09-28 09:28:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -2544,11 +2544,9 @@ static int release_journal_dev(struct su
 
        result = 0;
 
-       if (journal->j_dev_file != NULL) {
-               result = filp_close(journal->j_dev_file, NULL);
-               journal->j_dev_file = NULL;
-               journal->j_dev_bd = NULL;
-       } else if (journal->j_dev_bd != NULL) {
+       if (journal->j_dev_bd != NULL) {
+               if (journal->j_dev_bd->bd_dev != super->s_dev)
+                       bd_release(journal->j_dev_bd);
                result = blkdev_put(journal->j_dev_bd);
                journal->j_dev_bd = NULL;
        }
@@ -2573,7 +2571,6 @@ static int journal_init_dev(struct super
        result = 0;
 
        journal->j_dev_bd = NULL;
-       journal->j_dev_file = NULL;
        jdev = SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_DEVICE(super) ?
            new_decode_dev(SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_DEVICE(super)) : super->s_dev;
 
@@ -2590,35 +2587,34 @@ static int journal_init_dev(struct super
                                         "cannot init journal device '%s': %i",
                                         __bdevname(jdev, b), result);
                        return result;
-               } else if (jdev != super->s_dev)
+               } else if (jdev != super->s_dev) {
+                       result = bd_claim(journal->j_dev_bd, journal);
+                       if (result) {
+                               blkdev_put(journal->j_dev_bd);
+                               return result;
+                       }
+
                        set_blocksize(journal->j_dev_bd, super->s_blocksize);
+               }
+
                return 0;
        }
 
-       journal->j_dev_file = filp_open(jdev_name, 0, 0);
-       if (!IS_ERR(journal->j_dev_file)) {
-               struct inode *jdev_inode = journal->j_dev_file->f_mapping->host;
-               if (!S_ISBLK(jdev_inode->i_mode)) {
-                       reiserfs_warning(super, "journal_init_dev: '%s' is "
-                                        "not a block device", jdev_name);
-                       result = -ENOTBLK;
-                       release_journal_dev(super, journal);
-               } else {
-                       /* ok */
-                       journal->j_dev_bd = I_BDEV(jdev_inode);
-                       set_blocksize(journal->j_dev_bd, super->s_blocksize);
-                       reiserfs_info(super,
-                                     "journal_init_dev: journal device: %s\n",
-                                     bdevname(journal->j_dev_bd, b));
-               }
-       } else {
-               result = PTR_ERR(journal->j_dev_file);
-               journal->j_dev_file = NULL;
+       journal->j_dev_bd = open_bdev_excl(jdev_name, 0, journal);
+       if (IS_ERR(journal->j_dev_bd)) {
+               result = PTR_ERR(journal->j_dev_bd);
+               journal->j_dev_bd = NULL;
                reiserfs_warning(super,
                                 "journal_init_dev: Cannot open '%s': %i",
                                 jdev_name, result);
+               return result;
        }
-       return result;
+
+       set_blocksize(journal->j_dev_bd, super->s_blocksize);
+       reiserfs_info(super,
+                     "journal_init_dev: journal device: %s\n",
+                     bdevname(journal->j_dev_bd, b));
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /*
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h       2007-09-28 
09:24:27.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/reiserfs_fs_sb.h    2007-09-28 09:24:31.000000000 
+0200
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ struct reiserfs_journal {
        struct reiserfs_journal_cnode *j_last;  /* newest journal block */
        struct reiserfs_journal_cnode *j_first; /*  oldest journal block.  
start here for traverse */
 
-       struct file *j_dev_file;
        struct block_device *j_dev_bd;
        int j_1st_reserved_block;       /* first block on s_dev of reserved 
area journal */
 


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