On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 11:30:33PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 08:26:35PM +0800, Yufen Yu wrote: > > > + blk_mq_start_request(req); > > > + > > > if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FUA) > > > nbd_cmd_flags |= NBD_CMD_FLAG_FUA; > > > @@ -879,7 +881,6 @@ static int nbd_handle_cmd(struct nbd_cmd *cmd, int index) > > > if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&nbd->config_refs)) { > > > dev_err_ratelimited(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), > > > "Socks array is empty\n"); > > > - blk_mq_start_request(req); > > I think it is fine to not start request in case of failure, given > __blk_mq_end_request() doesn't check rq's state. Not only is it fine to not start it, blk-mq expects the low level driver will not tell it to start a request that the lld doesn't actually start. A started request should be completed through blk_mq_complete_request(). Returning an error from your queue_rq() doesn't do that, and starting it will have blk-mq track the request as an in-flight request.