[PATCH v2 2/2] virtio-blk: mark disk dead on ERS permanent failure

From: Xixin Liu

Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 04:30:51 EST


After ERS reports pci_channel_io_perm_failure, virtio-pci must ask the
virtio driver to tear down the block device, not only mark virtqueues
broken. Call the virtio driver shutdown hook from virtio-pci on
perm_failure; virtio-blk implements shutdown with blk_mark_disk_dead().

Fail new requests early in virtio_queue_rq when virtqueues were removed
during frozen reset_prepare (vqs == NULL). A broken vq already fails in
virtqueue_add; no separate disk_live() check is needed.

Assisted-by: DeepSeek:deepseek-v3
Signed-off-by: Xixin Liu <liuxixin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c | 10 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 32bf3ba07a9d..fda2d4f3c7c6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -435,6 +435,12 @@ static blk_status_t virtio_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
blk_status_t status;
int err;

+ /* VQs may be gone after frozen reset_prepare; avoid NULL deref. */
+ if (unlikely(!vblk->vqs || !vblk->vdev)) {
+ blk_mq_start_request(req);
+ return BLK_STS_IOERR;
+ }
+
status = virtblk_prep_rq(hctx, vblk, req, vbr);
if (unlikely(status))
return status;
@@ -1561,6 +1567,30 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
return err;
}

+
+/* Stop I/O and mark the gendisk dead (ERS perm_failure or system shutdown). */
+static void virtblk_shutdown(struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+ struct virtio_blk *vblk = vdev->priv;
+ struct request_queue *q;
+ unsigned int memflags;
+
+ if (!vblk || !vblk->disk)
+ return;
+
+ virtio_break_device(vdev);
+ flush_work(&vblk->config_work);
+
+ q = vblk->disk->queue;
+ memflags = blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
+ blk_mq_quiesce_queue_nowait(q);
+
+ blk_mark_disk_dead(vblk->disk);
+
+ blk_mq_unquiesce_queue(q);
+ blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q, memflags);
+}
+
static void virtblk_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
{
struct virtio_blk *vblk = vdev->priv;
@@ -1684,6 +1714,7 @@ static struct virtio_driver virtio_blk = {
.probe = virtblk_probe,
.remove = virtblk_remove,
.config_changed = virtblk_config_changed,
+ .shutdown = virtblk_shutdown,
#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
.freeze = virtblk_freeze,
.restore = virtblk_restore,
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
index fff6b6e2d0c5..957b3282865c 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
@@ -849,7 +849,15 @@ static pci_ers_result_t virtio_pci_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
case pci_channel_io_perm_failure:
dev_warn(&pci_dev->dev,
"permanent failure, disconnecting device\n");
- virtio_break_device(&vp_dev->vdev);
+ {
+ struct virtio_driver *drv =
+ drv_to_virtio(vp_dev->vdev.dev.driver);
+
+ if (drv && drv->shutdown)
+ drv->shutdown(&vp_dev->vdev);
+ else
+ virtio_break_device(&vp_dev->vdev);
+ }
return PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;
default:
break;
--
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