[PATCH] block: avoid repeated notifications for dead disks

From: Avi Weiss

Date: Sat Oct 31 2026 - 13:13:38 EST


blk_mark_disk_dead() reports disk death even when GD_DEAD is already
set. For example, NVMe reset failure and subsequent namespace removal
can call it twice, repeating holder mark_dead callbacks.

Only report disk death when __blk_mark_disk_dead() first sets GD_DEAD.
Keep its existing return value for queue drain handling in
__del_gendisk().

Fixes: d8530de5a6e8 ("block: call into the file system for bdev_mark_dead")
Signed-off-by: Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@xxxxxxxxx>
---
block/genhd.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 10ca8b4d6eea..a511fc192174 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -657,13 +657,15 @@ static void blk_report_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk, bool surprise)
rcu_read_unlock();
}

-static bool __blk_mark_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk)
+static bool __blk_mark_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk, bool *newly_dead)
{
/*
* Fail any new I/O.
*/
if (test_and_set_bit(GD_DEAD, &disk->state))
return false;
+ if (newly_dead)
+ *newly_dead = true;

if (test_bit(GD_OWNS_QUEUE, &disk->state))
blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DYING, disk->queue);
@@ -688,9 +690,12 @@ static bool __blk_mark_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk)
*/
void blk_mark_disk_dead(struct gendisk *disk)
{
+ bool newly_dead = false;
+
blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DYING, disk->queue);
- __blk_mark_disk_dead(disk);
- blk_report_disk_dead(disk, true);
+ __blk_mark_disk_dead(disk, &newly_dead);
+ if (newly_dead)
+ blk_report_disk_dead(disk, true);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mark_disk_dead);

@@ -727,7 +732,7 @@ static void __del_gendisk(struct gendisk *disk)
* Drop all partitions now that the disk is marked dead.
*/
mutex_lock(&disk->open_mutex);
- start_drain = __blk_mark_disk_dead(disk);
+ start_drain = __blk_mark_disk_dead(disk, NULL);
if (start_drain)
blk_freeze_acquire_lock(q);
xa_for_each_start(&disk->part_tbl, idx, part, 1)

base-commit: 36aad21d50d1af3f6954bb0c988257a908202477
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2.43.0