per-device control files if it gets unplugged. To reproduce the bug: # mount -t cgroup -o blkio xxx /cgroup # cd /cgroup # echo "8:0 1000" > blkio.throttle.read_bps_device # unplug the device # cat blkio.throttle.read_bps_device 8:0 1000 # echo "8:0 0" > blkio.throttle.read_bps_device -bash: echo: write error: No such device After patching, the device removal will succeed. Thanks for the comments of Paul, Zefan, and Vivek. Signed-off-by: Wanlong Gao Cc: Li Zefan Cc: Paul Menage Acked-by: Vivek Goyal Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe ÑÊt_–+x