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

[Chris S]

Thank you so much!

Best,
Chao

On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 7:23 AM Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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.
> >
> > [...]
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> Applied, thanks!
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> [1/1] block: stop the timeout timer when releasing a never added disk
>       commit: 26cb8ebbfaf713c82e142d08828d4d765057633b
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> Best regards,
> --
> Jens Axboe
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