Re: [PATCH] block: stop the timeout timer when releasing a never added disk

From: Jens Axboe

Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 08:04:41 EST



On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:12:57 -0400, Chao Shi wrote:
> disk_release() undoes blk_mq_init_allocated_queue() for a disk whose
> probe failed before add_disk(), but it only calls blk_mq_exit_queue().
> Nothing there stops q->timeout, and that timer rolls forward: it stays
> pending until it next expires, not until the last request completes.
> So if the driver issued any I/O before adding the disk, the
> request_queue is freed while still linked into a timer wheel bucket.
>
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] block: stop the timeout timer when releasing a never added disk
commit: 26cb8ebbfaf713c82e142d08828d4d765057633b

Best regards,
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Jens Axboe