So blk_mq_run_hw_queues should still be in mutex_lock(&sdev->state_mutex)?? On 2019/3/22 10:11, Ming Lei wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 09:45:54AM +0800, zhengbin wrote: >> When I use dd test a SCSI device which use blk-mq in the following steps: >> 1.echo "blocked" >/sys/block/sda/device/state >> 2.dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/t.log bs=1M count=10 >> 3.echo "running" >/sys/block/sda/device/state >> dd should finish this work after step 3, unfortunately, still hung. >> >> After step2, the key code process is like this: >> blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list-->scsi_queue_rq-->prep_to_mq >> >> prep_to_mq will return BLK_STS_RESOURCE, and scsi_queue_rq will transter >> it to BLK_STS_DEV_RESOURCE, which means that driver can guarantee that >> IO dispatch will be triggered in future when the resource is available. >> Need to follow the rule if we set the device state to running. >> >> Signed-off-by: zhengbin <zhengbin13@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c | 5 +++++ >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c >> index 6a9040f..266e4c7 100644 >> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c >> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c >> @@ -772,6 +772,11 @@ store_state_field(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, >> mutex_lock(&sdev->state_mutex); >> ret = scsi_device_set_state(sdev, state); >> mutex_unlock(&sdev->state_mutex); >> + /* If device state changes to SDEV_RUNNING, we need to run hw queue >> + * to avoid io hung. >> + */ >> + if (ret == 0 && state == SDEV_RUNNING) >> + blk_mq_run_hw_queues(sdev->request_queue, true); >> > > Thinking of further, this way isn't safe, given the caller should make > sure that the queue is alive before calling blk_mq_run_hw_queues(). > > Now it is in sysfs write path, and the scsi device can become gone > just before calling blk_mq_run_hw_queues(). > > > Thanks, > Ming > > . >