[PATCH 2/5] blk-wbt: fix incorrect lock order for rq_qos_mutex and freeze queue

From: Yu Kuai

Date: Sat Nov 15 2025 - 21:41:58 EST


wbt_init() can be called from sysfs attribute and wbt_enable_default(),
however the lock order are inversely.

- queue_wb_lat_store() freeze queue first, and then wbt_init() hold
rq_qos_mutex. In this case queue will be freezed again inside
rq_qos_add(), however, in this case freeze queue recursivly is
inoperative;
- wbt_enable_default() from elevator switch will hold rq_qos_mutex
first, and then rq_qos_add() will freeze queue;

Fix this problem by converting to use new helper rq_qos_add_freezed() in
wbt_init(), and for wbt_enable_default(), freeze queue before calling
wbt_init().

Fixes: a13bd91be223 ("block/rq_qos: protect rq_qos apis with a new lock")
Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai@xxxxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-wbt.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.c b/block/blk-wbt.c
index eb8037bae0bd..a784f6d338b4 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.c
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.c
@@ -724,8 +724,12 @@ void wbt_enable_default(struct gendisk *disk)
if (!blk_queue_registered(q))
return;

- if (queue_is_mq(q) && enable)
+ if (queue_is_mq(q) && enable) {
+ unsigned int memflags = blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
+
wbt_init(disk);
+ blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q, memflags);
+ }
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbt_enable_default);

@@ -922,7 +926,7 @@ int wbt_init(struct gendisk *disk)
* Assign rwb and add the stats callback.
*/
mutex_lock(&q->rq_qos_mutex);
- ret = rq_qos_add(&rwb->rqos, disk, RQ_QOS_WBT, &wbt_rqos_ops);
+ ret = rq_qos_add_freezed(&rwb->rqos, disk, RQ_QOS_WBT, &wbt_rqos_ops);
mutex_unlock(&q->rq_qos_mutex);
if (ret)
goto err_free;
--
2.51.0