On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 01:01:09PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote: > hctx->tags->rqs[] must be cleared before releasing a request tag because > otherwise clearing that pointer races with the following assignment in > blk_mq_get_driver_tag(): > > rcu_assign_pointer(hctx->tags->rqs[rq->tag], rq); > > Reported-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> > Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> > Cc: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> > --- > block/blk-mq.c | 2 +- > block/blk-mq.h | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c > index 06d204796c43..1ffaab7c9b11 100644 > --- a/block/blk-mq.c > +++ b/block/blk-mq.c > @@ -501,8 +501,8 @@ static void __blk_mq_free_request(struct request *rq) > blk_pm_mark_last_busy(rq); > rq->mq_hctx = NULL; > if (rq->tag != BLK_MQ_NO_TAG) { > - blk_mq_put_tag(hctx->tags, ctx, rq->tag); > rcu_assign_pointer(hctx->tags->rqs[rq->tag], NULL); > + blk_mq_put_tag(hctx->tags, ctx, rq->tag); > } > if (sched_tag != BLK_MQ_NO_TAG) > blk_mq_put_tag(hctx->sched_tags, ctx, sched_tag); > diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h > index 9ccb1818303b..f73cd659eb81 100644 > --- a/block/blk-mq.h > +++ b/block/blk-mq.h > @@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ static inline int __blk_mq_active_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) > static inline void __blk_mq_put_driver_tag(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, > struct request *rq) > { > - blk_mq_put_tag(hctx->tags, rq->mq_ctx, rq->tag); > rcu_assign_pointer(hctx->tags->rqs[rq->tag], NULL); > + blk_mq_put_tag(hctx->tags, rq->mq_ctx, rq->tag); > rq->tag = BLK_MQ_NO_TAG; > > if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_MQ_INFLIGHT) { > I'd suggest to document the memory order which is key to the usage's correctness, especially both memory barriers are implied in allocating & releasing bit tag. Thanks, Ming