block,scsi: fixup blk_get_request dead queue scenarios
The blk_get_request function may fail in low-memory conditions or during
device removal (even if __GFP_WAIT is set). To distinguish between these
errors, modify the blk_get_request call stack to return the appropriate
ERR_PTR. Verify that all callers check the return status and consider
IS_ERR instead of a simple NULL pointer check.
For consistency, make a similar change to the blk_mq_alloc_request leg
of blk_get_request. It may fail if the queue is dead, or the caller was
unwilling to wait.
Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@stratus.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> [for pktdvd]
Acked-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> [for osd]
Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pd.c b/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
index ca831f7..d48715b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pd.c
@@ -722,8 +722,8 @@
int err = 0;
rq = blk_get_request(disk->gd->queue, READ, __GFP_WAIT);
- if (!rq)
- return -ENODEV;
+ if (IS_ERR(rq))
+ return PTR_ERR(rq);
rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
rq->special = func;
diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index 7fa8c80e..09e628da 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -704,8 +704,8 @@
rq = blk_get_request(q, (cgc->data_direction == CGC_DATA_WRITE) ?
WRITE : READ, __GFP_WAIT);
- if (!rq)
- return -ENODEV;
+ if (IS_ERR(rq))
+ return PTR_ERR(rq);
blk_rq_set_block_pc(rq);
if (cgc->buflen) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/sx8.c b/drivers/block/sx8.c
index d5e2d12..5d55285 100644
--- a/drivers/block/sx8.c
+++ b/drivers/block/sx8.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
return NULL;
rq = blk_get_request(host->oob_q, WRITE /* bogus */, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!rq) {
+ if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
spin_lock_irqsave(&host->lock, flags);
carm_put_request(host, crq);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&host->lock, flags);