FAILED: patch "[PATCH] loop: make autoclear operation asynchronous" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

index ba76319b5544..7f4ea06534c2 100644
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
 	return error;
 }
 
-static void __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
+static void __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
 {
 	struct file *filp;
 	gfp_t gfp = lo->old_gfp_mask;

@@ -1144,8 +1144,6 @@ static void __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
 	/* let user-space know about this change */
 	kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(lo->lo_disk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(filp->f_mapping, gfp);
-	/* This is safe: open() is still holding a reference. */
-	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
 
 	disk_force_media_change(lo->lo_disk, DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE);

@@ -1153,44 +1151,52 @@ static void __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
 	if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN) {
 		int err;
 
-		/*
-		 * open_mutex has been held already in release path, so don't
-		 * acquire it if this function is called in such case.
-		 *
-		 * If the reread partition isn't from release path, lo_refcnt
-		 * must be at least one and it can only become zero when the
-		 * current holder is released.
-		 */
-		if (!release)
-			mutex_lock(&lo->lo_disk->open_mutex);
+		mutex_lock(&lo->lo_disk->open_mutex);
 		err = bdev_disk_changed(lo->lo_disk, false);
-		if (!release)
-			mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_disk->open_mutex);
+		mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_disk->open_mutex);
 		if (err)
 			pr_warn("%s: partition scan of loop%d failed (rc=%d)\n",
 				__func__, lo->lo_number, err);
 		/* Device is gone, no point in returning error */
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * lo->lo_state is set to Lo_unbound here after above partscan has
-	 * finished. There cannot be anybody else entering __loop_clr_fd() as
-	 * Lo_rundown state protects us from all the other places trying to
-	 * change the 'lo' device.
-	 */
 	lo->lo_flags = 0;
 	if (!part_shift)
 		lo->lo_disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART;
+
+	fput(filp);
+}
+
+static void loop_rundown_completed(struct loop_device *lo)
+{
 	mutex_lock(&lo->lo_mutex);
 	lo->lo_state = Lo_unbound;
 	mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
+	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+}
 
-	/*
-	 * Need not hold lo_mutex to fput backing file. Calling fput holding
-	 * lo_mutex triggers a circular lock dependency possibility warning as
-	 * fput can take open_mutex which is usually taken before lo_mutex.
-	 */
-	fput(filp);
+static void loop_rundown_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct loop_device *lo = container_of(work, struct loop_device,
+					      rundown_work);
+	struct block_device *bdev = lo->lo_device;
+	struct gendisk *disk = lo->lo_disk;
+
+	__loop_clr_fd(lo);
+	kobject_put(&bdev->bd_device.kobj);
+	module_put(disk->fops->owner);
+	loop_rundown_completed(lo);
+}
+
+static void loop_schedule_rundown(struct loop_device *lo)
+{
+	struct block_device *bdev = lo->lo_device;
+	struct gendisk *disk = lo->lo_disk;
+
+	__module_get(disk->fops->owner);
+	kobject_get(&bdev->bd_device.kobj);
+	INIT_WORK(&lo->rundown_work, loop_rundown_workfn);
+	queue_work(system_long_wq, &lo->rundown_work);
 }
 
 static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)

@@ -1222,7 +1228,8 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
 	lo->lo_state = Lo_rundown;
 	mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
 
-	__loop_clr_fd(lo, false);
+	__loop_clr_fd(lo);
+	loop_rundown_completed(lo);
 	return 0;
 }
 

@@ -1747,7 +1754,7 @@ static void lo_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 		 * In autoclear mode, stop the loop thread
 		 * and remove configuration after last close.
 		 */
-		__loop_clr_fd(lo, true);
+		loop_schedule_rundown(lo);
 		return;
 	} else if (lo->lo_state == Lo_bound) {
 		/*

index 082d4b6bfc6a..918a7a2dc025 100644
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ struct loop_device {
 	struct gendisk		*lo_disk;
 	struct mutex		lo_mutex;
 	bool			idr_visible;
+	struct work_struct      rundown_work;
 };
 
 struct loop_cmd {