Please, apply the following two upstream commits (attached) (in this order): d567572906d9 nvme: unlink head after removing last namespace ac262508daa8 nvme: release namespace head reference on error TO: v5.4, v5.5, v5.6, v5.7 These commits are present in v5.8 and apply cleanly to the above. Reason: These fix a potential crash or malfunction when an nvme namespace is deleted and then a new namespace with the same nsid is created before the old ns_head for this nsid is gone. The first commit prevents the new namespace from being matched by nvme_init_ns_head() with the old ns_head causing ID mismatch and consequently a failure to initialize the new namespace. The second commit prevents ns_head refcount imbalance in case nvme_init_ns_head() detects ID mismatch, and consequently a crash later. -- *Lightbits Labs** *Lead the cloud-native data center transformation by delivering *scalable *and *efficient *software defined storage that is *easy *to consume. *This message is sent in confidence for the addressee only. It may contain legally privileged information. The contents are not to be disclosed to anyone other than the addressee. Unauthorized recipients are requested to preserve this confidentiality, advise the sender immediately of any error in transmission and delete the email from their systems.*