From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] block: Fix a deadlock related to modifying the readahead attribute
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:17:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250627071702.GA992@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250626203713.2258558-1-bvanassche@acm.org>
On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 01:37:13PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> This deadlock happens because blk_mq_freeze_queue_nomemsave() waits for
> pending requests to finish. The pending requests do never complete because
> the dm-multipath queue_if_no_path option is enabled and the only path in
> the dm-multipath configuration is being removed.
Well, if there are queued never completed bios the freeze will obviously
fail. I don't see how this freeze is special vs other freezes or other
attributes that freeze.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-27 7:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-26 20:37 [PATCH v2] block: Fix a deadlock related to modifying the readahead attribute Bart Van Assche
2025-06-27 7:17 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2025-06-28 22:58 ` Bart Van Assche
2025-06-30 22:39 ` Bart Van Assche
2025-07-01 0:42 ` Keith Busch
2025-07-01 1:50 ` Bart Van Assche
2025-07-01 5:08 ` Nilay Shroff
2025-07-01 5:12 ` Nilay Shroff
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