--- linux-2.5.7/fs/reiserfs/journal.c.orig	Thu Mar 28 14:37:40 2002
+++ linux-2.5.7/fs/reiserfs/journal.c	Thu Mar 28 14:44:25 2002
@@ -2043,6 +2043,7 @@
 		   SB_BLOCKSIZE(p_s_sb));
      if (!bhjh) {
 	 printk("sh-459: unable to read  journal header\n") ;
+	 release_journal_dev(p_s_sb, journal);
 	 return 1 ;
      }
      jh = (struct reiserfs_journal_header *)(bhjh->b_data);
@@ -2059,7 +2060,8 @@
 		jh->jh_journal.jp_journal_magic, jname,
 		sb_jp_journal_magic(rs), fname);
 	 brelse (bhjh);
-    return 1 ;
+	 release_journal_dev(p_s_sb, journal);
+	 return 1 ;
   }
      
   SB_JOURNAL_TRANS_MAX(p_s_sb)      = le32_to_cpu (jh->jh_journal.jp_journal_trans_max);
@@ -2161,11 +2163,13 @@
   SB_JOURNAL_LIST(p_s_sb)[0].j_list_bitmap = get_list_bitmap(p_s_sb, SB_JOURNAL_LIST(p_s_sb)) ;
   if (!(SB_JOURNAL_LIST(p_s_sb)[0].j_list_bitmap)) {
     reiserfs_warning("journal-2005, get_list_bitmap failed for journal list 0\n") ;
+    release_journal_dev(p_s_sb, journal);
     return 1 ;
   }
   if (journal_read(p_s_sb) < 0) {
     reiserfs_warning("Replay Failure, unable to mount\n") ;
     free_journal_ram(p_s_sb) ;
+    release_journal_dev(p_s_sb, journal);
     return 1 ;
   }
   SB_JOURNAL_LIST_INDEX(p_s_sb) = 0 ; /* once the read is done, we can set this

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