[PATCH v4 2/2] md: suspend the array instead of freezing the queue for limits updates
From: Jack Wang
Date: Thu Nov 12 2026 - 09:08:06 EST
Provide ->suspend() and ->resume() for md_fops using mddev_suspend() and
mddev_resume(), so sysfs limits updates no longer freeze the queue.
mddev_suspend() only waits for active_io, but md_submit_bio() reads the
limits in bio_split_to_limits() before taking it. A bio already there may
see a mix of old and new limits, as with mddev_update_io_opt().
Fixes: c99f66e4084a ("block: fix queue freeze vs limits lock order in sysfs store methods")
Suggested-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/md.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 03e35386a802..c9fa4e99569a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8669,6 +8669,16 @@ static unsigned int md_check_events(struct gendisk *disk, unsigned int clearing)
return ret;
}
+static int md_suspend_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
+{
+ return mddev_suspend(disk->private_data, true);
+}
+
+static void md_resume_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
+{
+ mddev_resume(disk->private_data);
+}
+
static void md_free_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
{
struct mddev *mddev = disk->private_data;
@@ -8689,6 +8699,8 @@ const struct block_device_operations md_fops =
.getgeo = md_getgeo,
.check_events = md_check_events,
.set_read_only = md_set_read_only,
+ .suspend = md_suspend_disk,
+ .resume = md_resume_disk,
.free_disk = md_free_disk,
};
--
2.43.0