Patch "dm mpath: check if path's request_queue is dying in activate_path()" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

dm mpath: check if path's request_queue is dying in activate_path()

to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
dm-mpath-check-if-path-s-request_queue-is-dying-in-activate_path.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Mike Snitzer <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 12:06:37 -0400
Subject: dm mpath: check if path's request_queue is dying in activate_path()

From: Mike Snitzer <[email protected]>

commit f10e06b744074824fb8ec7066bc03ecc90918f5b upstream.

If pg_init_retries is set and a request is queued against a multipath device with all underlying block device request_queues in the "dying" state then an infinite loop is triggered because activate_path() never succeeds and hence never calls pg_init_done().

This change avoids that device removal triggers an infinite loop by failing the activate_path() which causes the "dying" path to be failed.

---
 drivers/md/dm-mpath.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

@@ -1220,10 +1220,10 @@ static void activate_path(struct work_st
 {
 	struct pgpath *pgpath =
 		container_of(work, struct pgpath, activate_path.work);
+	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(pgpath->path.dev->bdev);
 
-	if (pgpath->is_active)
-		scsi_dh_activate(bdev_get_queue(pgpath->path.dev->bdev),
-				 pg_init_done, pgpath);
+	if (pgpath->is_active && !blk_queue_dying(q))
+		scsi_dh_activate(q, pg_init_done, pgpath);
 	else
 		pg_init_done(pgpath, SCSI_DH_DEV_OFFLINED);
 }

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.4/dm-crypt-fix-crash-on-exit.patch queue-4.4/dm-mark-request_queue-dead-before-destroying-the-dm-device.patch queue-4.4/dm-mpath-check-if-path-s-request_queue-is-dying-in-activate_path.patch queue-4.4/dm-return-correct-error-code-in-dm_resume-s-retry-loop.patch