On 4/9/19 2:08 AM, Bob Liu wrote: > void blk_freeze_queue_start(struct request_queue *q) > { > - int freeze_depth; > - > - freeze_depth = atomic_inc_return(&q->mq_freeze_depth); > - if (freeze_depth == 1) { > + mutex_lock(&q->mq_freeze_lock); > + if (++q->mq_freeze_depth == 1) { > percpu_ref_kill(&q->q_usage_counter); > + mutex_unlock(&q->mq_freeze_lock); > if (queue_is_mq(q)) > blk_mq_run_hw_queues(q, false); > + } else { > + mutex_unlock(&q->mq_freeze_lock); > } > } Have you considered to move the mutex_unlock() call to the end of the function such that there is only one mutex_unlock() call instead of two? In case you would be worried about holding the mutex around the code that runs the queue, how about changing the blk_mq_run_hw_queues() call such that the queues are run async? Bart.