By the time the final ->release is called there can't be outstanding I/O. For non-final ->release there is no need for driver action at all. Thus remove the useless queue freeze. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/loop.c | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index e3361c6b22150..87d77464c2800 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -1753,13 +1753,6 @@ static void lo_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) */ __loop_clr_fd(lo, true); return; - } else if (lo->lo_state == Lo_bound) { - /* - * Otherwise keep thread (if running) and config, - * but flush possible ongoing bios in thread. - */ - blk_mq_freeze_queue(lo->lo_queue); - blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(lo->lo_queue); } out_unlock: -- 2.30.2