Commit 65d466b62984 ("blk-mq-debugfs: warn about possible deadlock") added WARN_ONCE_ON() to debugfs_create_files() to prevent potential deadlock if the queue is frozen. We hit this warning with the stacktrace below WARNING: block/blk-mq-debugfs.c:620 at debugfs_create_files+0x9c/0x1d0 Workqueue: nvme-wq nvme_tcp_reconnect_ctrl_work [nvme_tcp] RIP: 0010:debugfs_create_files+0x9c/0x1d0 Call Trace: blk_mq_debugfs_register_hctx+0x186/0x320 blk_mq_debugfs_register_hctxs+0x80/0xa0 blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0xc8f/0xd50 nvme_tcp_setup_ctrl+0xcfa/0xda0 [nvme_tcp] nvme_tcp_reconnect_ctrl_work+0x51/0x180 [nvme_tcp] process_scheduled_works+0x840/0xd80 worker_thread+0x36d/0x4a0 kthread+0x366/0x380 ret_from_fork+0x7b/0x670 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Here __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues() did set PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO flag before calling blk_mq_debugfs_register_hctxs() and this should guarantee the described deadlock will not happen. Warn only if the queue is frozen and NOIO flag is not set. Fixes: 65d466b62984 ("blk-mq-debugfs: warn about possible deadlock") Signed-off-by: Mohamed Khalfella --- block/blk-mq-debugfs.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c index faeaa1fc86a7..ec6670dc0a3d 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c +++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c @@ -612,12 +612,14 @@ static void debugfs_create_files(struct request_queue *q, struct dentry *parent, void *data, const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr *attr) { + unsigned int pflags = READ_ONCE(current->flags); + lockdep_assert_held(&q->debugfs_mutex); /* * Creating new debugfs entries with queue freezed has the risk of * deadlock. */ - WARN_ON_ONCE(q->mq_freeze_depth != 0); + WARN_ON_ONCE((q->mq_freeze_depth != 0) && !(pflags & PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO)); /* * debugfs_mutex should not be nested under other locks that can be * grabbed while queue is frozen. base-commit: cd7a5651db263b5384aef1950898e5e889425134 -- 2.52.0