From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
To: Joshua Daley <jdaley@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux.dev, mst@redhat.com,
jasowang@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, eperezma@redhat.com,
James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com,
martin.petersen@oracle.com, mjrosato@linux.ibm.com,
farman@linux.ibm.com, frankja@linux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] scsi: virtio_scsi: move INIT_WORK calls to virtscsi_probe
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:00:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326140033.GC758087@fedora> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260325180857.3675854-2-jdaley@linux.ibm.com>
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On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 07:08:56PM +0100, Joshua Daley wrote:
> The last step of virtscsi_handle_event is to call virtscsi_kick_event,
> which calls INIT_WORK on it's own work item. INIT_WORK resets the
> work item's data bits to 0.
>
> If this occurs while the work item is being flushed by
> cancel_work_sync, then kernel/workqueue.c/work_offqd_enable triggers a
> kernel warning, as it expects the "disable" bit to be 1:
>
> [ 21.450115] workqueue: work disable count underflowed
> [ 21.450117] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 56 at kernel/workqueue.c:4328 enable_work+0x10a/0x120
> ...
> [ 21.450171] Call Trace:
> [ 21.450173] [<000003db2e5bdc3e>] enable_work+0x10e/0x120
> [ 21.450176] ([<000003db2e5bdc3a>] enable_work+0x10a/0x120)
> [ 21.450178] [<000003db2e5bdd86>] cancel_work_sync+0x86/0xa0
> [ 21.450181] [<000003daae97d9e4>] virtscsi_remove+0xb4/0xd0 [virtio_scsi]
> [ 21.450184] [<000003db2ef3b5ca>] virtio_dev_remove+0x6a/0xd0
> [ 21.450186] [<000003db2ef9106c>] device_release_driver_internal+0x1ac/0x260
> [ 21.450190] [<000003db2ef8edc8>] bus_remove_device+0xf8/0x190
> [ 21.450192] [<000003db2ef88d72>] device_del+0x142/0x340
> [ 21.450194] [<000003db2ef88fa0>] device_unregister+0x30/0xa0
> [ 21.450196] [<000003db2ef3b2fa>] unregister_virtio_device+0x2a/0x40
>
> This warning may occur if a controller is detached immediately
> following a disk detach.
>
> Move the INIT_WORK call to prevent this. Don't re-init event list
> work items in virtscsi_kick_event, init them only once in
> virtscsi_probe instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joshua Daley <jdaley@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-26 14:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-25 18:08 [PATCH v4 0/2] scsi: virtio_scsi: move INIT_WORK calls to virtscsi_probe Joshua Daley
2026-03-25 18:08 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] " Joshua Daley
2026-03-26 14:00 ` Stefan Hajnoczi [this message]
2026-03-25 18:08 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] scsi: virtio_scsi: kick event_list unconditionally Joshua Daley
2026-03-26 14:00 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
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