If blk_mq_try_issue_directly() returns BLK_STS*_RESOURCE that means that the request has not been queued and that the caller should retry to submit the request. Both blk_mq_request_bypass_insert() and blk_mq_sched_insert_request() guarantee that a request will be processed. Hence return BLK_STS_OK if one of these functions is called. This patch avoids that blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list() crashes when using dm-mpath. Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> Cc: James Smart <james.smart@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jianchao Wang <jianchao.w.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Laurence Oberman <loberman@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@xxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 7f556a44e61d ("blk-mq: refactor the code of issue request directly") # v5.0. Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> --- block/blk-mq.c | 9 ++------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index 652d0c6d5945..b2c20dce8a30 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -1859,16 +1859,11 @@ blk_status_t blk_mq_try_issue_directly(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, case BLK_STS_RESOURCE: if (force) { blk_mq_request_bypass_insert(rq, run_queue); - /* - * We have to return BLK_STS_OK for the DM - * to avoid livelock. Otherwise, we return - * the real result to indicate whether the - * request is direct-issued successfully. - */ - ret = bypass ? BLK_STS_OK : ret; + ret = BLK_STS_OK; } else if (!bypass) { blk_mq_sched_insert_request(rq, false, run_queue, false); + ret = BLK_STS_OK; } break; default: -- 2.21.0.196.g041f5ea1cf98