Forwarded: [PATCH] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in null_insert_page

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Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 21:15:36 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in null_insert_page
Author: jchuang26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

Reported-by: syzbot+95fdab36405e5ffdb680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
index 6beb1f5b7..d5ece457e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
@@ -1861,8 +1861,17 @@ static int null_init_global_tag_set(void)
tag_set.flags |= BLK_MQ_F_NO_SCHED_BY_DEFAULT;
if (g_shared_tag_bitmap)
tag_set.flags |= BLK_MQ_F_TAG_HCTX_SHARED;
- if (g_blocking)
- tag_set.flags |= BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING;
+
+ /*
+ * A shared tag set may be used by a memory backed device, whose
+ * ->queue_rq() performs GFP_NOIO allocations and therefore must be
+ * allowed to sleep. blk-mq picks its locking (RCU or SRCU) from
+ * BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING, so always mark the shared tag set blocking;
+ * otherwise I/O submitted through blk_mq_run_dispatch_ops() runs
+ * under the RCU read lock and triggers "sleeping function called
+ * from invalid context" in null_alloc_page().
+ */
+ tag_set.flags |= BLK_MQ_F_BLOCKING;

error = null_init_tag_set(&tag_set, g_poll_queues);
if (error)