block: avoid cpu_hotplug_lock depedency on freeze_lock block-6.17 block-6.17-20250822
authorNilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:24:59 +0000 (13:54 +0530)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:11:11 +0000 (07:11 -0600)
commit370ac285f23aecae40600851fb4a1a9e75e50973
tree6ea2af3fab1776e7a1820f840e79efba979e8c1a
parentade1beea1c27657712aa8f594226d461639382ff
block: avoid cpu_hotplug_lock depedency on freeze_lock

A recent lockdep[1] splat observed while running blktest block/005
reveals a potential deadlock caused by the cpu_hotplug_lock dependency
on ->freeze_lock. This dependency was introduced by commit 033b667a823e
("block: blk-rq-qos: guard rq-qos helpers by static key").

That change added a static key to avoid fetching q->rq_qos when
neither blk-wbt nor blk-iolatency is configured. The static key
dynamically patches kernel text to a NOP when disabled, eliminating
overhead of fetching q->rq_qos in the I/O hot path. However, enabling
a static key at runtime requires acquiring both cpu_hotplug_lock and
jump_label_mutex. When this happens after the queue has already been
frozen (i.e., while holding ->freeze_lock), it creates a locking
dependency from cpu_hotplug_lock to ->freeze_lock, which leads to a
potential deadlock reported by lockdep [1].

To resolve this, replace the static key mechanism with q->queue_flags:
QUEUE_FLAG_QOS_ENABLED. This flag is evaluated in the fast path before
accessing q->rq_qos. If the flag is set, we proceed to fetch q->rq_qos;
otherwise, the access is skipped.

Since q->queue_flags is commonly accessed in IO hotpath and resides in
the first cacheline of struct request_queue, checking it imposes minimal
overhead while eliminating the deadlock risk.

This change avoids the lockdep splat without introducing performance
regressions.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/4fdm37so3o4xricdgfosgmohn63aa7wj3ua4e5vpihoamwg3ui@fq42f5q5t5ic/

Reported-by: Shinichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/4fdm37so3o4xricdgfosgmohn63aa7wj3ua4e5vpihoamwg3ui@fq42f5q5t5ic/
Fixes: 033b667a823e ("block: blk-rq-qos: guard rq-qos helpers by static key")
Tested-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250814082612.500845-4-nilay@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
block/blk-rq-qos.c
block/blk-rq-qos.h
include/linux/blkdev.h