Forwarded: Re: [syzbot] [fs?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in null_process_zoned_cmd

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Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 01:55:14 EST


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Subject: Re: [syzbot] [fs?] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in null_process_zoned_cmd
Author: chenglingfei@xxxxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 2f1baf1fc892

diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
index f8c0fd57e041..0dc7fd106db8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
@@ -1912,6 +1912,12 @@ static int null_validate_conf(struct nullb_device *dev)
dev->blocking = true;
else /* cache is meaningless */
dev->cache_size = 0;
+
+ if (dev->shared_tags && dev->blocking && !g_blocking) {
+ pr_info("shared_tags disabled: memory_backed/blocking device requires per-device tag set for BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING\n");
+ dev->shared_tags = false;
+ }
+
dev->cache_size = min_t(unsigned long, ULONG_MAX / 1024 / 1024,
dev->cache_size);
dev->mbps = min_t(unsigned int, 1024 * 40, dev->mbps);