Hello, Bart. On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 05:11:33PM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote: > The following race can occur between the code that resets the timer > and completion handling: > - The code that handles BLK_EH_RESET_TIMER resets aborted_gstate. > - A completion occurs and blk_mq_complete_request() calls > __blk_mq_complete_request(). > - The timeout code calls blk_add_timer() and that function sets the > request deadline and adjusts the timer. > - __blk_mq_complete_request() frees the request tag. > - The timer fires and the timeout handler gets called for a freed > request. Can you see whether by any chance the following patch fixes the issue? If not, can you share the repro case? Thanks. diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index df93102..651d18c 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -836,8 +836,8 @@ static void blk_mq_rq_timed_out(struct request *req, bool reserved) * ->aborted_gstate is set, this may lead to ignored * completions and further spurious timeouts. */ - blk_mq_rq_update_aborted_gstate(req, 0); blk_add_timer(req); + blk_mq_rq_update_aborted_gstate(req, 0); break; case BLK_EH_NOT_HANDLED: break;