All queued requests must be processed eventually. Hence make sure that blk_drain_queue() drains the queue even if the queue is in the stopped state. This patch makes it safe to invoke blk_cleanup_queue() on a stopped queue. Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- block/blk-core.c | 6 ++---- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c index 3a78b00..bdcec86 100644 --- a/block/blk-core.c +++ b/block/blk-core.c @@ -300,10 +300,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_sync_queue); */ void __blk_run_queue(struct request_queue *q) { - if (unlikely(blk_queue_stopped(q))) - return; - - q->request_fn(q); + if (!blk_queue_stopped(q) || blk_queue_dead(q)) + q->request_fn(q); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(__blk_run_queue); -- 1.7.7