This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
nvme-multipath: don't call blk_mark_disk_dead in nvme_mpath_remove_disk
to the 6.3-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
nvme-multipath-don-t-call-blk_mark_disk_dead-in-nvme.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.3 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 88f123892ecc32b21f2daf7fbe9d30d0c0198a75
Author: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed May 17 09:53:45 2023 +0200
nvme-multipath: don't call blk_mark_disk_dead in nvme_mpath_remove_disk
[ Upstream commit 1743e5f6000901a11f4e1cd741bfa9136f3ec9b1 ]
nvme_mpath_remove_disk is called after del_gendisk, at which point a
blk_mark_disk_dead call doesn't make any sense.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index 9171452e2f6d4..2bc159a318ff0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -884,7 +884,6 @@ void nvme_mpath_remove_disk(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
{
if (!head->disk)
return;
- blk_mark_disk_dead(head->disk);
/* make sure all pending bios are cleaned up */
kblockd_schedule_work(&head->requeue_work);
flush_work(&head->requeue_work);
