blk_mq_tag_to_rq() can only ensure to return valid request in following situation: 1) client send request message to server first submit_bio ... blk_mq_get_tag ... blk_mq_get_driver_tag ... nbd_queue_rq nbd_handle_cmd nbd_send_cmd 2) client receive respond message from server recv_work nbd_read_stat blk_mq_tag_to_rq If step 1) is missing, blk_mq_tag_to_rq() will return a stale request, which might be freed. Thus convert to use blk_mq_get_rq_by_tag() to make sure the returned request is not freed. However, there are still some problems if the request is started, and this will be fixed in later patches. Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/nbd.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c index 76983185a9a5..ca54a0736090 100644 --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c @@ -733,11 +733,10 @@ static struct nbd_cmd *nbd_read_stat(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index) tag = nbd_handle_to_tag(handle); hwq = blk_mq_unique_tag_to_hwq(tag); if (hwq < nbd->tag_set.nr_hw_queues) - req = blk_mq_tag_to_rq(nbd->tag_set.tags[hwq], - blk_mq_unique_tag_to_tag(tag)); - if (!req || !blk_mq_request_started(req)) { - dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Unexpected reply (%d) %p\n", - tag, req); + req = blk_mq_get_rq_by_tag(nbd->tag_set.tags[hwq], + blk_mq_unique_tag_to_tag(tag)); + if (!req) { + dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Unexpected reply %d\n", tag); return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); } trace_nbd_header_received(req, handle); @@ -799,6 +798,8 @@ static struct nbd_cmd *nbd_read_stat(struct nbd_device *nbd, int index) } out: trace_nbd_payload_received(req, handle); + if (req) + blk_mq_put_rq_ref(req); mutex_unlock(&cmd->lock); return ret ? ERR_PTR(ret) : cmd; } -- 2.31.1