On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM Cong Zhang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Replace blk_mq_quiesce_queue_nowait() with blk_mq_quiesce_queue() in
> virtblk_freeze_priv().
>
> Keep the existing freeze and unfreeze order. The synchronous call waits
> for dispatch code that was already running. The queue remains quiesced
> until virtblk_restore_priv() calls blk_mq_unquiesce_queue().
>
> Fixes: 7678abee0867 ("virtio-blk: don't keep queue frozen during system 
> suspend")
>

Do we need this for -stable?

> Signed-off-by: Cong Zhang <[email protected]>
> ---
> blk_mq_run_work_fn() can call blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests() through
> blk_mq_run_dispatch_ops(). The dispatcher checks QUEUE_FLAG_QUIESCED
> while the flag is clear. It can then be preempted before it gets a
> request. At that time, it has no queue usage reference, so
> blk_mq_freeze_queue() does not wait for it.
>
> virtblk_freeze_priv() then calls blk_mq_quiesce_queue_nowait() and
> blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(). A new request can enter the queue. The old
> dispatcher can run again, use its old flag check, get the new request,
> and call virtio_queue_rq(). At the same time, virtblk_freeze_priv() can
> reset the device, delete the virtqueues, and free vblk->vqs. The old
> dispatcher can then use a deleted virtqueue or a NULL vblk->vqs, and the
> kernel can crash.
> ---
>  drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> index 32bf3ba07a9d..7a570591e040 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> @@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ static int virtblk_freeze_priv(struct virtio_device 
> *vdev)
>
>         /* Ensure no requests in virtqueues before deleting vqs. */
>         memflags = blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
> -       blk_mq_quiesce_queue_nowait(q);
> +       blk_mq_quiesce_queue(q);
>         blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q, memflags);
>
>         /* Ensure we don't receive any more interrupts */
>
> ---
> base-commit: 50d05c7c76c96b90462f24debacca971d2e86713
> change-id: 20260910-virtblk_sync_quiesce-9b2c88d45416
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Cong Zhang <[email protected]>
>

Other than this,

Acked-by: Jason Wang <[email protected]>

Thanks

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