linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH block/for-next] block: don't call blk_drain

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Message-ID: <4EB2D441.9040708@kernel.dk>
Date:	Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:49:53 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH block/for-next] block: don't call blk_drain_queue() if
 elevator is not up

On 2011-11-03 17:26, Tejun Heo wrote:
> blk_cleanup_queue() may be called before elevator is set up on a
> queue which triggers the following oops.
> 
>  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at           (null)
>  IP: [<ffffffff8125a69c>] elv_drain_elevator+0x1c/0x70
>  ...
>  Pid: 830, comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 3.1.0-next-20111025_64+ #1590
>  Bochs Bochs
>  RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8125a69c>]  [<ffffffff8125a69c>] elv_drain_elevator+0x1c/0x70
>  ...
>  Call Trace:
>   [<ffffffff8125da92>] blk_drain_queue+0x42/0x70
>   [<ffffffff8125db90>] blk_cleanup_queue+0xd0/0x1c0
>   [<ffffffff81469640>] md_free+0x50/0x70
>   [<ffffffff8126f43b>] kobject_release+0x8b/0x1d0
>   [<ffffffff81270d56>] kref_put+0x36/0xa0
>   [<ffffffff8126f2b7>] kobject_put+0x27/0x60
>   [<ffffffff814693af>] mddev_delayed_delete+0x2f/0x40
>   [<ffffffff81083450>] process_one_work+0x100/0x3b0
>   [<ffffffff8108527f>] worker_thread+0x15f/0x3a0
>   [<ffffffff81089937>] kthread+0x87/0x90
>   [<ffffffff81621834>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
> 
> Fix it by making blk_cleanup_queue() check whether q->elevator is set
> up before invoking blk_drain_queue.

Thanks, glad this got caught before the merge...

-- 
Jens Axboe

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