From d01fd805fe943f9ca58cfa543c7985bade2f462a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:16:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] block: move elevator queue allocation logic into
 blk_mq_init_sched

In preparation for allocating sched_tags before freezing the request
queue and acquiring ->elevator_lock, move the elevator queue allocation
logic from the elevator ops ->init_sched callback into blk_mq_init_sched.
As elevator_alloc is now only invoked from block layer core, we don't
need to export it, so unexport elevator_alloc function.

This refactoring provides a centralized location for elevator queue
initialization, which makes it easier to store pre-allocated sched_tags
in the struct elevator_queue during later changes.

Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
---
 block/bfq-iosched.c   | 13 +++----------
 block/blk-mq-sched.c  | 11 ++++++++---
 block/elevator.c      |  1 -
 block/elevator.h      |  2 +-
 block/kyber-iosched.c | 11 ++---------
 block/mq-deadline.c   | 14 ++------------
 6 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 0cb1e9873aabb..fd26dc1901b08 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -7232,22 +7232,16 @@ static void bfq_init_root_group(struct bfq_group *root_group,
 	root_group->sched_data.bfq_class_idle_last_service = jiffies;
 }
 
-static int bfq_init_queue(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
+static int bfq_init_queue(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_queue *eq)
 {
 	struct bfq_data *bfqd;
-	struct elevator_queue *eq;
 	unsigned int i;
 	struct blk_independent_access_ranges *ia_ranges = q->disk->ia_ranges;
 
-	eq = elevator_alloc(q, e);
-	if (!eq)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	bfqd = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*bfqd), GFP_KERNEL, q->node);
-	if (!bfqd) {
-		kobject_put(&eq->kobj);
+	if (!bfqd)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	eq->elevator_data = bfqd;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&q->queue_lock);
@@ -7405,7 +7399,6 @@ static int bfq_init_queue(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 
 out_free:
 	kfree(bfqd);
-	kobject_put(&eq->kobj);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.c b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
index 55a0fd1051479..359e0704e09be 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
@@ -475,10 +475,14 @@ int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 	q->nr_requests = 2 * min_t(unsigned int, q->tag_set->queue_depth,
 				   BLKDEV_DEFAULT_RQ);
 
+	eq = elevator_alloc(q, e);
+	if (!eq)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(flags)) {
 		ret = blk_mq_init_sched_shared_tags(q);
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			goto err_put_elevator;
 	}
 
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
@@ -487,7 +491,7 @@ int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 			goto err_free_map_and_rqs;
 	}
 
-	ret = e->ops.init_sched(q, e);
+	ret = e->ops.init_sched(q, eq);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_free_map_and_rqs;
 
@@ -508,7 +512,8 @@ int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 err_free_map_and_rqs:
 	blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(q);
 	blk_mq_sched_tags_teardown(q, flags);
-
+err_put_elevator:
+	kobject_put(&eq->kobj);
 	q->elevator = NULL;
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 88f8f36bed981..939b0c590fbe9 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q,
 
 	return eq;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(elevator_alloc);
 
 static void elevator_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
diff --git a/block/elevator.h b/block/elevator.h
index a07ce773a38f7..a4de5f9ad7907 100644
--- a/block/elevator.h
+++ b/block/elevator.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct blk_mq_alloc_data;
 struct blk_mq_hw_ctx;
 
 struct elevator_mq_ops {
-	int (*init_sched)(struct request_queue *, struct elevator_type *);
+	int (*init_sched)(struct request_queue *, struct elevator_queue *);
 	void (*exit_sched)(struct elevator_queue *);
 	int (*init_hctx)(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, unsigned int);
 	void (*exit_hctx)(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *, unsigned int);
diff --git a/block/kyber-iosched.c b/block/kyber-iosched.c
index 4dba8405bd015..7b6832cb3a8d5 100644
--- a/block/kyber-iosched.c
+++ b/block/kyber-iosched.c
@@ -402,20 +402,13 @@ static struct kyber_queue_data *kyber_queue_data_alloc(struct request_queue *q)
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
-static int kyber_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
+static int kyber_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_queue *eq)
 {
 	struct kyber_queue_data *kqd;
-	struct elevator_queue *eq;
-
-	eq = elevator_alloc(q, e);
-	if (!eq)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	kqd = kyber_queue_data_alloc(q);
-	if (IS_ERR(kqd)) {
-		kobject_put(&eq->kobj);
+	if (IS_ERR(kqd))
 		return PTR_ERR(kqd);
-	}
 
 	blk_stat_enable_accounting(q);
 
diff --git a/block/mq-deadline.c b/block/mq-deadline.c
index 2edf1cac06d5b..7b6caf30e00ae 100644
--- a/block/mq-deadline.c
+++ b/block/mq-deadline.c
@@ -568,20 +568,14 @@ static void dd_exit_sched(struct elevator_queue *e)
 /*
  * initialize elevator private data (deadline_data).
  */
-static int dd_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
+static int dd_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_queue *eq)
 {
 	struct deadline_data *dd;
-	struct elevator_queue *eq;
 	enum dd_prio prio;
-	int ret = -ENOMEM;
-
-	eq = elevator_alloc(q, e);
-	if (!eq)
-		return ret;
 
 	dd = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*dd), GFP_KERNEL, q->node);
 	if (!dd)
-		goto put_eq;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	eq->elevator_data = dd;
 
@@ -608,10 +602,6 @@ static int dd_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 
 	q->elevator = eq;
 	return 0;
-
-put_eq:
-	kobject_put(&eq->kobj);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 /*

From 6bcd451cf146a684b1f96ca97955938fdf3126ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:16:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] block: fix lockdep warning caused by lock dependency in
 elv_iosched_store

Recent lockdep reports [1] have revealed a potential deadlock caused by a
lock dependency between the percpu allocator lock and the elevator lock.
This issue can be avoided by ensuring that the allocation and release of
scheduler tags (sched_tags) are performed outside the elevator lock.
Furthermore, the queue does not need to be remain frozen during these
operations.

To address this, move all sched_tags allocations and deallocations outside
of both the ->elevator_lock and the ->freeze_lock. Since the lifetime of
the elevator queue and its associated sched_tags is closely tied, the
allocated sched_tags are now stored in the elevator queue structure. Then,
during the actual elevator switch (which runs under ->freeze_lock and
->elevator_lock), the pre-allocated sched_tags are assigned to the
appropriate q->hctx. Once the elevator switch is complete and the locks
are released, the old elevator queue and its associated sched_tags are
freed.

This commit specifically addresses the allocation/deallocation of sched_
tags during elevator switching. Note that sched_tags may also be allocated
in other contexts, such as during nr_hw_queues updates. Supporting that
use case will require batch allocation/deallocation, which will be handled
in a follow-up patch.

This restructuring ensures that sched_tags memory management occurs
entirely outside of the ->elevator_lock and ->freeze_lock context,
eliminating the lock dependency problem seen during scheduler updates.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/0659ea8d-a463-47c8-9180-43c719e106eb@linux.ibm.com/

Reported-by: Stefan Haberland <sth@linux.ibm.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/0659ea8d-a463-47c8-9180-43c719e106eb@linux.ibm.com/
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
---
 block/blk-mq-sched.c | 155 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 block/blk-mq-sched.h |   8 ++-
 block/elevator.c     |  40 +++++++++--
 block/elevator.h     |  14 +++-
 4 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.c b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
index 359e0704e09be..2d6d1ebdd8fbe 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
@@ -374,64 +374,17 @@ bool blk_mq_sched_try_insert_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_mq_sched_try_insert_merge);
 
-static int blk_mq_sched_alloc_map_and_rqs(struct request_queue *q,
-					  struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
-					  unsigned int hctx_idx)
-{
-	if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(q->tag_set->flags)) {
-		hctx->sched_tags = q->sched_shared_tags;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	hctx->sched_tags = blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs(q->tag_set, hctx_idx,
-						    q->nr_requests);
-
-	if (!hctx->sched_tags)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void blk_mq_exit_sched_shared_tags(struct request_queue *queue)
-{
-	blk_mq_free_rq_map(queue->sched_shared_tags);
-	queue->sched_shared_tags = NULL;
-}
-
 /* called in queue's release handler, tagset has gone away */
 static void blk_mq_sched_tags_teardown(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
-		if (hctx->sched_tags) {
-			if (!blk_mq_is_shared_tags(flags))
-				blk_mq_free_rq_map(hctx->sched_tags);
-			hctx->sched_tags = NULL;
-		}
-	}
+	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i)
+		hctx->sched_tags = NULL;
 
 	if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(flags))
-		blk_mq_exit_sched_shared_tags(q);
-}
-
-static int blk_mq_init_sched_shared_tags(struct request_queue *queue)
-{
-	struct blk_mq_tag_set *set = queue->tag_set;
-
-	/*
-	 * Set initial depth at max so that we don't need to reallocate for
-	 * updating nr_requests.
-	 */
-	queue->sched_shared_tags = blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs(set,
-						BLK_MQ_NO_HCTX_IDX,
-						MAX_SCHED_RQ);
-	if (!queue->sched_shared_tags)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	blk_mq_tag_update_sched_shared_tags(queue);
-
-	return 0;
+		q->sched_shared_tags = NULL;
 }
 
 void blk_mq_sched_reg_debugfs(struct request_queue *q)
@@ -458,8 +411,75 @@ void blk_mq_sched_unreg_debugfs(struct request_queue *q)
 	mutex_unlock(&q->debugfs_mutex);
 }
 
+void blk_mq_free_sched_tags(struct elevator_tags *et,
+		struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
+{
+	unsigned long i;
+
+	/* Shared tags are stored at index 0 in @tags. */
+	if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(set->flags))
+		blk_mq_free_map_and_rqs(set, et->tags[0], BLK_MQ_NO_HCTX_IDX);
+	else {
+		for (i = 0; i < et->nr_hw_queues; i++)
+			blk_mq_free_map_and_rqs(set, et->tags[i], i);
+	}
+
+	kfree(et);
+}
+
+struct elevator_tags *blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
+		unsigned int nr_hw_queues)
+{
+	unsigned int nr_tags;
+	int i;
+	struct elevator_tags *et;
+	gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY;
+
+	if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(set->flags))
+		nr_tags = 1;
+	else
+		nr_tags = nr_hw_queues;
+
+	et = kmalloc(sizeof(struct elevator_tags) +
+			nr_tags * sizeof(struct blk_mq_tags *), gfp);
+	if (!et)
+		return NULL;
+	/*
+	 * Default to double of smaller one between hw queue_depth and
+	 * 128, since we don't split into sync/async like the old code
+	 * did. Additionally, this is a per-hw queue depth.
+	 */
+	et->nr_requests = 2 * min_t(unsigned int, set->queue_depth,
+			BLKDEV_DEFAULT_RQ);
+	et->nr_hw_queues = nr_hw_queues;
+
+	if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(set->flags)) {
+		/* Shared tags are stored at index 0 in @tags. */
+		et->tags[0] = blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs(set, BLK_MQ_NO_HCTX_IDX,
+					MAX_SCHED_RQ);
+		if (!et->tags[0])
+			goto out;
+	} else {
+		for (i = 0; i < et->nr_hw_queues; i++) {
+			et->tags[i] = blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs(set, i,
+					et->nr_requests);
+			if (!et->tags[i])
+				goto out_unwind;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return et;
+out_unwind:
+	while (--i >= 0)
+		blk_mq_free_map_and_rqs(set, et->tags[i], i);
+out:
+	kfree(et);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /* caller must have a reference to @e, will grab another one if successful */
-int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
+int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e,
+		struct elevator_tags *et)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = q->tag_set->flags;
 	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx;
@@ -467,40 +487,33 @@ int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 	unsigned long i;
 	int ret;
 
-	/*
-	 * Default to double of smaller one between hw queue_depth and 128,
-	 * since we don't split into sync/async like the old code did.
-	 * Additionally, this is a per-hw queue depth.
-	 */
-	q->nr_requests = 2 * min_t(unsigned int, q->tag_set->queue_depth,
-				   BLKDEV_DEFAULT_RQ);
-
-	eq = elevator_alloc(q, e);
+	eq = elevator_alloc(q, e, et);
 	if (!eq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	q->nr_requests = et->nr_requests;
+
 	if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(flags)) {
-		ret = blk_mq_init_sched_shared_tags(q);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_put_elevator;
+		/* Shared tags are stored at index 0 in @et->tags. */
+		q->sched_shared_tags = et->tags[0];
+		blk_mq_tag_update_sched_shared_tags(q);
 	}
 
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
-		ret = blk_mq_sched_alloc_map_and_rqs(q, hctx, i);
-		if (ret)
-			goto err_free_map_and_rqs;
+		if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(flags))
+			hctx->sched_tags = q->sched_shared_tags;
+		else
+			hctx->sched_tags = et->tags[i];
 	}
 
 	ret = e->ops.init_sched(q, eq);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_free_map_and_rqs;
+		goto out;
 
 	queue_for_each_hw_ctx(q, hctx, i) {
 		if (e->ops.init_hctx) {
 			ret = e->ops.init_hctx(hctx, i);
 			if (ret) {
-				eq = q->elevator;
-				blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(q);
 				blk_mq_exit_sched(q, eq);
 				kobject_put(&eq->kobj);
 				return ret;
@@ -509,10 +522,8 @@ int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 	}
 	return 0;
 
-err_free_map_and_rqs:
-	blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(q);
+out:
 	blk_mq_sched_tags_teardown(q, flags);
-err_put_elevator:
 	kobject_put(&eq->kobj);
 	q->elevator = NULL;
 	return ret;
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.h b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
index 1326526bb7338..0cde00cd1c471 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
@@ -18,10 +18,16 @@ void __blk_mq_sched_restart(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 
 void blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx);
 
-int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e);
+int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e,
+		struct elevator_tags *et);
 void blk_mq_exit_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_queue *e);
 void blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(struct request_queue *q);
 
+struct elevator_tags *blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
+		unsigned int nr_hw_queues);
+void blk_mq_free_sched_tags(struct elevator_tags *et,
+		struct blk_mq_tag_set *set);
+
 static inline void blk_mq_sched_restart(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 {
 	if (test_bit(BLK_MQ_S_SCHED_RESTART, &hctx->state))
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 939b0c590fbe9..e9dc837b7b704 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ struct elv_change_ctx {
 	struct elevator_queue *old;
 	/* for registering new elevator */
 	struct elevator_queue *new;
+	/* holds sched tags data */
+	struct elevator_tags *et;
 };
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(elv_list_lock);
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ static struct elevator_type *elevator_find_get(const char *name)
 static const struct kobj_type elv_ktype;
 
 struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q,
-				  struct elevator_type *e)
+		struct elevator_type *e, struct elevator_tags *et)
 {
 	struct elevator_queue *eq;
 
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *q,
 	kobject_init(&eq->kobj, &elv_ktype);
 	mutex_init(&eq->sysfs_lock);
 	hash_init(eq->hash);
+	eq->et = et;
 
 	return eq;
 }
@@ -165,7 +168,6 @@ static void elevator_exit(struct request_queue *q)
 	lockdep_assert_held(&q->elevator_lock);
 
 	ioc_clear_queue(q);
-	blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(q);
 
 	mutex_lock(&e->sysfs_lock);
 	blk_mq_exit_sched(q, e);
@@ -591,7 +593,7 @@ static int elevator_switch(struct request_queue *q, struct elv_change_ctx *ctx)
 	}
 
 	if (new_e) {
-		ret = blk_mq_init_sched(q, new_e);
+		ret = blk_mq_init_sched(q, new_e, ctx->et);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_unfreeze;
 		ctx->new = q->elevator;
@@ -626,8 +628,10 @@ static void elv_exit_and_release(struct request_queue *q)
 	elevator_exit(q);
 	mutex_unlock(&q->elevator_lock);
 	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q, memflags);
-	if (e)
+	if (e) {
+		blk_mq_free_sched_tags(e->et, q->tag_set);
 		kobject_put(&e->kobj);
+	}
 }
 
 static int elevator_change_done(struct request_queue *q,
@@ -640,6 +644,7 @@ static int elevator_change_done(struct request_queue *q,
 				&ctx->old->flags);
 
 		elv_unregister_queue(q, ctx->old);
+		blk_mq_free_sched_tags(ctx->old->et, q->tag_set);
 		kobject_put(&ctx->old->kobj);
 		if (enable_wbt)
 			wbt_enable_default(q->disk);
@@ -658,9 +663,16 @@ static int elevator_change_done(struct request_queue *q,
 static int elevator_change(struct request_queue *q, struct elv_change_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	unsigned int memflags;
+	struct blk_mq_tag_set *set = q->tag_set;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&q->tag_set->update_nr_hwq_lock);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&set->update_nr_hwq_lock);
+
+	if (strncmp(ctx->name, "none", 4)) {
+		ctx->et = blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags(set, set->nr_hw_queues);
+		if (!ctx->et)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	memflags = blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
 	/*
@@ -680,6 +692,11 @@ static int elevator_change(struct request_queue *q, struct elv_change_ctx *ctx)
 	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q, memflags);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = elevator_change_done(q, ctx);
+	/*
+	 * Free sched tags if it's allocated but we couldn't switch elevator.
+	 */
+	if (ctx->et && !ctx->new)
+		blk_mq_free_sched_tags(ctx->et, set);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -690,6 +707,7 @@ static int elevator_change(struct request_queue *q, struct elv_change_ctx *ctx)
  */
 void elv_update_nr_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 {
+	struct blk_mq_tag_set *set = q->tag_set;
 	struct elv_change_ctx ctx = {};
 	int ret = -ENODEV;
 
@@ -697,15 +715,25 @@ void elv_update_nr_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 
 	if (e && !blk_queue_dying(q) && blk_queue_registered(q)) {
 		ctx.name = e->elevator_name;
-
+		ctx.et = blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags(set, set->nr_hw_queues);
+		if (!ctx.et) {
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+			goto unfreeze;
+		}
 		mutex_lock(&q->elevator_lock);
 		/* force to reattach elevator after nr_hw_queue is updated */
 		ret = elevator_switch(q, &ctx);
 		mutex_unlock(&q->elevator_lock);
 	}
+unfreeze:
 	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue_nomemrestore(q);
 	if (!ret)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(elevator_change_done(q, &ctx));
+	/*
+	 * Free sched tags if it's allocated but we couldn't switch elevator.
+	 */
+	if (ctx.et && !ctx.new)
+		blk_mq_free_sched_tags(ctx.et, set);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/block/elevator.h b/block/elevator.h
index a4de5f9ad7907..adc5c157e17e5 100644
--- a/block/elevator.h
+++ b/block/elevator.h
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ enum elv_merge {
 struct blk_mq_alloc_data;
 struct blk_mq_hw_ctx;
 
+struct elevator_tags {
+	/* num. of hardware queues for which tags are allocated */
+	unsigned int nr_hw_queues;
+	/* depth used while allocating tags */
+	unsigned int nr_requests;
+	/* shared tag is stored at index 0 */
+	struct blk_mq_tags *tags[];
+};
+
 struct elevator_mq_ops {
 	int (*init_sched)(struct request_queue *, struct elevator_queue *);
 	void (*exit_sched)(struct elevator_queue *);
@@ -113,6 +122,7 @@ struct request *elv_rqhash_find(struct request_queue *q, sector_t offset);
 struct elevator_queue
 {
 	struct elevator_type *type;
+	struct elevator_tags *et;
 	void *elevator_data;
 	struct kobject kobj;
 	struct mutex sysfs_lock;
@@ -152,8 +162,8 @@ ssize_t elv_iosched_show(struct gendisk *disk, char *page);
 ssize_t elv_iosched_store(struct gendisk *disk, const char *page, size_t count);
 
 extern bool elv_bio_merge_ok(struct request *, struct bio *);
-extern struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *,
-					struct elevator_type *);
+struct elevator_queue *elevator_alloc(struct request_queue *,
+		struct elevator_type *, struct elevator_tags *);
 
 /*
  * Helper functions.

From 7fec760536b87fdc7a9f45f86e3ff9b73577d44b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:16:09 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] block: fix potential deadlock while running nr_hw_queue
 update

Move scheduler tags (sched_tags) allocation and deallocation outside
both the ->elevator_lock and ->freeze_lock when updating nr_hw_queues.
This change breaks the dependency chain from the percpu allocator lock
to the elevator lock, helping to prevent potential deadlocks, as
observed in the reported lockdep splat[1].

This commit introduces batch allocation and deallocation helpers for
sched_tags, which are now used from within __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues
routine while iterating through the tagset.

With this change, all sched_tags memory management is handled entirely
outside the ->elevator_lock and the ->freeze_lock context, thereby
eliminating the lock dependency that could otherwise manifest during
nr_hw_queues updates.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/0659ea8d-a463-47c8-9180-43c719e106eb@linux.ibm.com/

Reported-by: Stefan Haberland <sth@linux.ibm.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/0659ea8d-a463-47c8-9180-43c719e106eb@linux.ibm.com/
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
---
 block/blk-mq-sched.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 block/blk-mq-sched.h |  4 +++
 block/blk-mq.c       | 16 +++++++----
 block/blk.h          |  4 ++-
 block/elevator.c     | 15 ++++------
 5 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.c b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
index 2d6d1ebdd8fbe..e2ce4a28e6c9e 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
@@ -427,6 +427,32 @@ void blk_mq_free_sched_tags(struct elevator_tags *et,
 	kfree(et);
 }
 
+void blk_mq_free_sched_tags_batch(struct xarray *et_table,
+		struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q;
+	struct elevator_tags *et;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held_write(&set->update_nr_hwq_lock);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(q, &set->tag_list, tag_set_list) {
+		/*
+		 * Accessing q->elevator without holding q->elevator_lock is
+		 * safe because we're holding here set->update_nr_hwq_lock in
+		 * the writer context. So, scheduler update/switch code (which
+		 * acquires the same lock but in the reader context) can't run
+		 * concurrently.
+		 */
+		if (q->elevator) {
+			et = xa_load(et_table, q->id);
+			if (unlikely(!et))
+				WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+			else
+				blk_mq_free_sched_tags(et, set);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 struct elevator_tags *blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 		unsigned int nr_hw_queues)
 {
@@ -477,6 +503,45 @@ struct elevator_tags *blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+int blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags_batch(struct xarray *et_table,
+		struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, unsigned int nr_hw_queues)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q;
+	struct elevator_tags *et;
+	gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held_write(&set->update_nr_hwq_lock);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(q, &set->tag_list, tag_set_list) {
+		/*
+		 * Accessing q->elevator without holding q->elevator_lock is
+		 * safe because we're holding here set->update_nr_hwq_lock in
+		 * the writer context. So, scheduler update/switch code (which
+		 * acquires the same lock but in the reader context) can't run
+		 * concurrently.
+		 */
+		if (q->elevator) {
+			et = blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags(set, nr_hw_queues);
+			if (!et)
+				goto out_unwind;
+			if (xa_insert(et_table, q->id, et, gfp))
+				goto out_free_tags;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+out_free_tags:
+	blk_mq_free_sched_tags(et, set);
+out_unwind:
+	list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(q, &set->tag_list, tag_set_list) {
+		if (q->elevator) {
+			et = xa_load(et_table, q->id);
+			if (et)
+				blk_mq_free_sched_tags(et, set);
+		}
+	}
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
 /* caller must have a reference to @e, will grab another one if successful */
 int blk_mq_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e,
 		struct elevator_tags *et)
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.h b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
index 0cde00cd1c471..b554e1d559508 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.h
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.h
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ void blk_mq_sched_free_rqs(struct request_queue *q);
 
 struct elevator_tags *blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 		unsigned int nr_hw_queues);
+int blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags_batch(struct xarray *et_table,
+		struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, unsigned int nr_hw_queues);
 void blk_mq_free_sched_tags(struct elevator_tags *et,
 		struct blk_mq_tag_set *set);
+void blk_mq_free_sched_tags_batch(struct xarray *et_table,
+		struct blk_mq_tag_set *set);
 
 static inline void blk_mq_sched_restart(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 {
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 9692fa4c3ef29..b67d6c02ecebd 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -4974,12 +4974,13 @@ int blk_mq_update_nr_requests(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int nr)
  * Switch back to the elevator type stored in the xarray.
  */
 static void blk_mq_elv_switch_back(struct request_queue *q,
-		struct xarray *elv_tbl)
+		struct xarray *elv_tbl, struct xarray *et_tbl)
 {
 	struct elevator_type *e = xa_load(elv_tbl, q->id);
+	struct elevator_tags *t = xa_load(et_tbl, q->id);
 
 	/* The elv_update_nr_hw_queues unfreezes the queue. */
-	elv_update_nr_hw_queues(q, e);
+	elv_update_nr_hw_queues(q, e, t);
 
 	/* Drop the reference acquired in blk_mq_elv_switch_none. */
 	if (e)
@@ -5031,7 +5032,7 @@ static void __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 	int prev_nr_hw_queues = set->nr_hw_queues;
 	unsigned int memflags;
 	int i;
-	struct xarray elv_tbl;
+	struct xarray elv_tbl, et_tbl;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&set->tag_list_lock);
 
@@ -5044,6 +5045,10 @@ static void __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 
 	memflags = memalloc_noio_save();
 
+	xa_init(&et_tbl);
+	if (blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags_batch(&et_tbl, set, nr_hw_queues) < 0)
+		goto out_memalloc_restore;
+
 	xa_init(&elv_tbl);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(q, &set->tag_list, tag_set_list) {
@@ -5087,7 +5092,7 @@ static void __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 switch_back:
 	/* The blk_mq_elv_switch_back unfreezes queue for us. */
 	list_for_each_entry(q, &set->tag_list, tag_set_list)
-		blk_mq_elv_switch_back(q, &elv_tbl);
+		blk_mq_elv_switch_back(q, &elv_tbl, &et_tbl);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(q, &set->tag_list, tag_set_list) {
 		blk_mq_sysfs_register_hctxs(q);
@@ -5098,7 +5103,8 @@ static void __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 	}
 
 	xa_destroy(&elv_tbl);
-
+	xa_destroy(&et_tbl);
+out_memalloc_restore:
 	memalloc_noio_restore(memflags);
 
 	/* Free the excess tags when nr_hw_queues shrink. */
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 76901a39997f8..0a2eccf28ca41 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "blk-crypto-internal.h"
 
 struct elevator_type;
+struct elevator_tags;
 
 /*
  * Default upper limit for the software max_sectors limit used for regular I/Os.
@@ -330,7 +331,8 @@ bool blk_bio_list_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct list_head *list,
 
 bool blk_insert_flush(struct request *rq);
 
-void elv_update_nr_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e);
+void elv_update_nr_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e,
+		struct elevator_tags *t);
 void elevator_set_default(struct request_queue *q);
 void elevator_set_none(struct request_queue *q);
 
diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index e9dc837b7b704..fe96c6f4753ca 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -705,7 +705,8 @@ static int elevator_change(struct request_queue *q, struct elv_change_ctx *ctx)
  * The I/O scheduler depends on the number of hardware queues, this forces a
  * reattachment when nr_hw_queues changes.
  */
-void elv_update_nr_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
+void elv_update_nr_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e,
+		struct elevator_tags *t)
 {
 	struct blk_mq_tag_set *set = q->tag_set;
 	struct elv_change_ctx ctx = {};
@@ -715,25 +716,21 @@ void elv_update_nr_hw_queues(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e)
 
 	if (e && !blk_queue_dying(q) && blk_queue_registered(q)) {
 		ctx.name = e->elevator_name;
-		ctx.et = blk_mq_alloc_sched_tags(set, set->nr_hw_queues);
-		if (!ctx.et) {
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
-			goto unfreeze;
-		}
+		ctx.et = t;
+
 		mutex_lock(&q->elevator_lock);
 		/* force to reattach elevator after nr_hw_queue is updated */
 		ret = elevator_switch(q, &ctx);
 		mutex_unlock(&q->elevator_lock);
 	}
-unfreeze:
 	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue_nomemrestore(q);
 	if (!ret)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(elevator_change_done(q, &ctx));
 	/*
 	 * Free sched tags if it's allocated but we couldn't switch elevator.
 	 */
-	if (ctx.et && !ctx.new)
-		blk_mq_free_sched_tags(ctx.et, set);
+	if (t && !ctx.new)
+		blk_mq_free_sched_tags(t, set);
 }
 
 /*