This patch avoids that the following call trace can be triggered: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 19102 at drivers/md/dm-mpath.c:543 __multipath_map.isra.17+0x23a/0x370 [dm_multipath] CPU: 10 PID: 19102 Comm: mkfs.ext4 Not tainted 4.9.0-rc8-dbg+ #4 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81329cd5>] dump_stack+0x68/0x93 [<ffffffff810650e6>] __warn+0xc6/0xe0 [<ffffffff810651b8>] warn_slowpath_null+0x18/0x20 [<ffffffffa004603a>] __multipath_map.isra.17+0x23a/0x370 [dm_multipath] [<ffffffffa0046188>] multipath_clone_and_map+0x18/0x20 [dm_multipath] [<ffffffffa002a54d>] map_request+0xed/0x300 [dm_mod] [<ffffffffa002a807>] dm_mq_queue_rq+0x77/0x110 [dm_mod] [<ffffffff81310fbf>] blk_mq_process_rq_list+0x23f/0x340 [<ffffffff813111e2>] __blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x122/0x1c0 [<ffffffff81310d5f>] blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x9f/0xc0 [<ffffffff81311ef5>] blk_mq_insert_requests+0x245/0x320 [<ffffffff813133f5>] blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0x125/0x140 [<ffffffff81306b12>] blk_flush_plug_list+0xa2/0x210 [<ffffffff81307157>] blk_finish_plug+0x27/0x40 [<ffffffff8116c119>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x279/0x2f0 [<ffffffff8116c728>] force_page_cache_readahead+0xa8/0x100 [<ffffffff8116c7b9>] page_cache_sync_readahead+0x39/0x40 [<ffffffff8115c964>] generic_file_read_iter+0x234/0x780 [<ffffffff8121f8e0>] blkdev_read_iter+0x30/0x40 [<ffffffff811dd2db>] __vfs_read+0xbb/0x130 [<ffffffff811de341>] vfs_read+0x91/0x130 [<ffffffff811df6e4>] SyS_read+0x44/0xa0 [<ffffffff816401aa>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x18/0xad ---[ end trace c5c6591c32eae6dd ]--- after having inserted the following code in __multipath_map(): WARN_ON_ONCE(clone && q->mq_ops); WARN_ON_ONCE(!clone && !q->mq_ops); Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c index c72a77048b73..918e8b363015 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c @@ -1322,6 +1322,11 @@ static int table_load(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size) DMWARN("can't change device type after initial table load."); r = -EINVAL; goto err_unlock_md_type; + } else if (dm_get_md_type(md) == DM_TYPE_MQ_REQUEST_BASED && + !dm_table_all_blk_mq_devices(t)) { + DMWARN("can't load a sq table on a blk-mq dm device."); + r = -EINVAL; + goto err_unlock_md_type; } dm_unlock_md_type(md); -- 2.11.0 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel