FAILED: patch "[PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Initialize NVMe abort_work once at submission" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 7e85f6dbc85616de2172bce8eaf84b387a723cd1
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026090908-emblaze-startup-caf3@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 7e85f6dbc85616de2172bce8eaf84b387a723cd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nilesh Javali <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:34:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Initialize NVMe abort_work once at submission

qla_nvme_fcp_abort() and qla_nvme_ls_abort() ran INIT_WORK() on priv->abort_work immediately before schedule_work(). INIT_WORK() reinitializes the work_struct, resetting its list head and clearing the pending bit. If an abort is issued more than once for the same command (for example, concurrent transport teardown and a timeout-driven abort), the second INIT_WORK() reinitializes a work item that is already queued, which can corrupt the workqueue list and lead to crashes or a looping worker.

Initialize priv->abort_work once at command submission, next to the existing per-command spin_lock_init(&priv->cmd_lock), and leave only schedule_work() in the abort paths. schedule_work() already does nothing when the work item is still pending, so a repeated abort no longer disturbs an in-flight work item. The command is not returned to the transport until the final kref_put()/release callback runs after abort_work has completed, so the work item is idle before priv is reused and the single submission-time INIT_WORK() is safe.

index 0038b6274d44..3b2f255a5d7d 100644
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ static void qla_nvme_ls_abort(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->cmd_lock, flags);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&priv->abort_work, qla_nvme_abort_work);
 	schedule_work(&priv->abort_work);
 }
 

@@ -501,6 +500,7 @@ static int qla_nvme_ls_req(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 	priv->sp = sp;
 	kref_init(&sp->cmd_kref);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->cmd_lock);
+	INIT_WORK(&priv->abort_work, qla_nvme_abort_work);
 	nvme = &sp->u.iocb_cmd;
 	priv->fd = fd;
 	nvme->u.nvme.desc = fd;

@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ static void qla_nvme_fcp_abort(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->cmd_lock, flags);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&priv->abort_work, qla_nvme_abort_work);
 	schedule_work(&priv->abort_work);
 }
 

@@ -877,6 +876,7 @@ static int qla_nvme_post_cmd(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 
 	kref_init(&sp->cmd_kref);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->cmd_lock);
+	INIT_WORK(&priv->abort_work, qla_nvme_abort_work);
 	sp->priv = priv;
 	priv->sp = sp;
 	sp->type = SRB_NVME_CMD;

From: Nilesh Javali <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit 7e85f6dbc85616de2172bce8eaf84b387a723cd1 ]

qla_nvme_fcp_abort() and qla_nvme_ls_abort() ran INIT_WORK() on priv->abort_work immediately before schedule_work(). INIT_WORK() reinitializes the work_struct, resetting its list head and clearing the pending bit. If an abort is issued more than once for the same command (for example, concurrent transport teardown and a timeout-driven abort), the second INIT_WORK() reinitializes a work item that is already queued, which can corrupt the workqueue list and lead to crashes or a looping worker.

Initialize priv->abort_work once at command submission, next to the existing per-command spin_lock_init(&priv->cmd_lock), and leave only schedule_work() in the abort paths. schedule_work() already does nothing when the work item is still pending, so a repeated abort no longer disturbs an in-flight work item. The command is not returned to the transport until the final kref_put()/release callback runs after abort_work has completed, so the work item is idle before priv is reused and the single submission-time INIT_WORK() is safe.

---
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

index 622b11660b67c..2c1b17a594206 100644
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ static void qla_nvme_ls_abort(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->cmd_lock, flags);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&priv->abort_work, qla_nvme_abort_work);
 	schedule_work(&priv->abort_work);
 }
 

@@ -347,6 +346,7 @@ static int qla_nvme_ls_req(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 	priv->sp = sp;
 	kref_init(&sp->cmd_kref);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->cmd_lock);
+	INIT_WORK(&priv->abort_work, qla_nvme_abort_work);
 	nvme = &sp->u.iocb_cmd;
 	priv->fd = fd;
 	nvme->u.nvme.desc = fd;

@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ static void qla_nvme_fcp_abort(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->cmd_lock, flags);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&priv->abort_work, qla_nvme_abort_work);
 	schedule_work(&priv->abort_work);
 }
 

@@ -657,6 +656,7 @@ static int qla_nvme_post_cmd(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 
 	kref_init(&sp->cmd_kref);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->cmd_lock);
+	INIT_WORK(&priv->abort_work, qla_nvme_abort_work);
 	sp->priv = priv;
 	priv->sp = sp;
 	sp->type = SRB_NVME_CMD;

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