[PATCH] block: avoild hang when bio_list is non-NULL in submit_bio_wait()
From: Jiucheng Xu via B4 Relay
Date: Sun Mar 01 2026 - 21:51:29 EST
From: Jiucheng Xu <jiucheng.xu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
When current->bio_list is non-NULL in submit_bio_wait(),
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck appends bio to bio_list but skips IO
submission, causing submit_bio_wait() to hang indefinitely.
Fix this by temporarily backup bio_list, setting bio_list to
NULL before calling submit_bio(), then restoring bio_list
after submit_bio() returns.
I've trimmed down the call stack, as follows:
f2fs_submit_read_io
submit_bio
mmc_blk_mq_recovery
z_erofs_endio
vm_map_ram
__pte_alloc_kernel
__alloc_pages_direct_reclaim
shrink_folio_list
__swap_writepage
submit_bio_wait hang!!!
Signed-off-by: Jiucheng Xu <jiucheng.xu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/bio.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index d80d5d26804e32944bcfe4506ca190033308844f..22c8769722cc89620c239310a0f3d4924de68cf9 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1505,8 +1505,17 @@ int submit_bio_wait(struct bio *bio)
bio->bi_private = &done;
bio->bi_end_io = submit_bio_wait_endio;
bio->bi_opf |= REQ_SYNC;
- submit_bio(bio);
- blk_wait_io(&done);
+ if (!current->bio_list) {
+ submit_bio(bio);
+ blk_wait_io(&done);
+ } else {
+ struct bio_list *tmp = current->bio_list;
+
+ current->bio_list = NULL;
+ submit_bio(bio);
+ blk_wait_io(&done);
+ current->bio_list = tmp;
+ }
return blk_status_to_errno(bio->bi_status);
}
---
base-commit: 8c5f40a3ba43ae9a26991f0e4a01a3a06e8958fc
change-id: 20260224-for-next-df6f02c3694d
Best regards,
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Jiucheng Xu <jiucheng.xu@xxxxxxxxxxx>