Elevator switch code is another `nr_hw_queue` reader in non-fast-IO code path, so it can't be done if updating `nr_hw_queues` is in-progress. Take same approach with not allowing add/del disk when updating nr_hw_queues is in-progress, by grabbing read lock of set->update_nr_hwq_sema. Take the nested variant for avoiding the following false positive splat[1], and this way is correct because: - the read lock in elv_iosched_store() is not overlapped with the read lock in adding/deleting disk: - kobject attribute is only available after the kobject is added and before it is deleted -> #4 (&q->q_usage_counter(queue){++++}-{0:0}: -> #3 (&q->limits_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}: -> #2 (&disk->open_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}: -> #1 (&set->update_nr_hwq_lock){.+.+}-{4:4}: -> #0 (kn->active#103){++++}-{0:0}: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/aAWv3NPtNIKKvJZc@fedora/ [1] Reported-by: Shinichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@xxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/mz4t4tlwiqjijw3zvqnjb7ovvvaegkqganegmmlc567tt5xj67@xal5ro544cnc/ Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/elevator.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c index 4400eb8fe54f..56da6ab7691a 100644 --- a/block/elevator.c +++ b/block/elevator.c @@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct gendisk *disk, const char *buf, int ret; unsigned int memflags; struct request_queue *q = disk->queue; + struct blk_mq_tag_set *set = q->tag_set; /* * If the attribute needs to load a module, do it before freezing the @@ -734,6 +735,7 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct gendisk *disk, const char *buf, elv_iosched_load_module(name); + down_read_nested(&set->update_nr_hwq_sema, 1); memflags = blk_mq_freeze_queue(q); mutex_lock(&q->elevator_lock); ret = elevator_change(q, name); @@ -741,6 +743,7 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct gendisk *disk, const char *buf, ret = count; mutex_unlock(&q->elevator_lock); blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q, memflags); + up_read(&set->update_nr_hwq_sema); return ret; } -- 2.47.0