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blk-mq: check kobject state_in_sysfs before deleting in blk_mq_unregister_hctx
authorLi Nan <linan122@huawei.com>
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:48:54 +0000 (16:48 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:56:27 +0000 (11:56 +0200)
commit6e7dadc5763c48eb3b9b91265a21f312599ebb2c
treef4521411b4e5aca03e7b288217d6c5150e800e21
parent7025ba0bddd58060c5fae6d85dc8bbb69d4b261e
blk-mq: check kobject state_in_sysfs before deleting in blk_mq_unregister_hctx

[ Upstream commit 4c7ef92f6d4d08a27d676e4c348f4e2922cab3ed ]

In __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues() the return value of
blk_mq_sysfs_register_hctxs() is not checked. If sysfs creation for hctx
fails, later changing the number of hw_queues or removing disk will
trigger the following warning:

  kernfs: can not remove 'nr_tags', no directory
  WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 637 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:1707 kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x13f/0x160
  Call Trace:
   remove_files.isra.1+0x38/0xb0
   sysfs_remove_group+0x4d/0x100
   sysfs_remove_groups+0x31/0x60
   __kobject_del+0x23/0xf0
   kobject_del+0x17/0x40
   blk_mq_unregister_hctx+0x5d/0x80
   blk_mq_sysfs_unregister_hctxs+0x94/0xd0
   blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0x124/0x760
   nullb_update_nr_hw_queues+0x71/0xf0 [null_blk]
   nullb_device_submit_queues_store+0x92/0x120 [null_blk]

kobjct_del() was called unconditionally even if sysfs creation failed.
Fix it by checkig the kobject creation statusbefore deleting it.

Fixes: 477e19dedc9d ("blk-mq: adjust debugfs and sysfs register when updating nr_hw_queues")
Signed-off-by: Li Nan <linan122@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250826084854.1030545-1-linan666@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
block/blk-mq-sysfs.c