We can't just say that the last reference release may block, as any reference dropped could be the last one. So move the might_sleep() from blk_free_queue to blk_put_queue and update the documentation. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- block/blk-core.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c index d14317bfdf654..8ab21dd01cd1c 100644 --- a/block/blk-core.c +++ b/block/blk-core.c @@ -260,8 +260,6 @@ static void blk_free_queue_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head) static void blk_free_queue(struct request_queue *q) { - might_sleep(); - percpu_ref_exit(&q->q_usage_counter); if (q->poll_stat) @@ -285,11 +283,11 @@ static void blk_free_queue(struct request_queue *q) * Decrements the refcount of the request_queue and free it when the refcount * reaches 0. * - * Context: Any context, but the last reference must not be dropped from - * atomic context. + * Context: Can sleep. */ void blk_put_queue(struct request_queue *q) { + might_sleep(); if (refcount_dec_and_test(&q->refs)) blk_free_queue(q); } -- 2.30.2