Hi, Since 45a9c9d909b2 ("blk-mq: Fix a use-after-free"), run queue isn't allowed during cleanup queue even though queue refcount is held. This change has caused lots of kernel oops triggered in run queue path, turns out it isn't easy to fix them all. So move freeing of hw queue resources into hctx's release handler, then the above issue is fixed. Meantime, this way is safe given freeing hw queue resource doesn't require tags. V3 covers more races. V7: - add reviewed-by and tested-by tag - rename "dead_hctx" as "unused_hctx" - check if there are live hctx in queue's release handler - only patch 6 is modified V6: - remove previous SCSI patch which will be routed via SCSI tree - add reviewed-by tag - fix one related NVMe scan vs reset race V5: - refactor blk_mq_alloc_and_init_hctx() - fix race related updating nr_hw_queues by always freeing hctx after request queue is released V4: - add patch for fixing potential use-after-free in blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues - fix comment in the last patch V3: - cancel q->requeue_work in queue's release handler - cancel hctx->run_work in hctx's release handler - add patch 1 for fixing race in plug code path - the last patch is added for avoiding to grab SCSI's refcont in IO path V2: - moving freeing hw queue resources into hctx's release handler Ming Lei (9): blk-mq: grab .q_usage_counter when queuing request from plug code path blk-mq: move cancel of requeue_work into blk_mq_release blk-mq: free hw queue's resource in hctx's release handler blk-mq: move all hctx alloction & initialization into __blk_mq_alloc_and_init_hctx blk-mq: split blk_mq_alloc_and_init_hctx into two parts blk-mq: always free hctx after request queue is freed blk-mq: move cancel of hctx->run_work into blk_mq_hw_sysfs_release block: don't drain in-progress dispatch in blk_cleanup_queue() nvme: hold request queue's refcount in ns's whole lifetime block/blk-core.c | 23 +----- block/blk-mq-sysfs.c | 8 ++ block/blk-mq.c | 199 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- block/blk-mq.h | 2 +- drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 10 ++- include/linux/blk-mq.h | 2 + include/linux/blkdev.h | 7 ++ 7 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 103 deletions(-) Cc: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Smart <james.smart@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxx> Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Cc: Martin K . Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>, Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>, Cc: James E . J . Bottomley <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, -- 2.9.5