If a pmem device is in a bad status, the driver side could wait for host ack forever in virtio_pmem_flush(), causing the system to hang.
So add a status check in the beginning of virtio_pmem_flush() to return early if the device is not activated. Signed-off-by: Philip Chen <philipc...@chromium.org> --- v2: - Remove change id from the patch description - Add more details to the patch description drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c index 35c8fbbba10e..97addba06539 100644 --- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c @@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ static int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region) unsigned long flags; int err, err1; + /* + * Don't bother to submit the request to the device if the device is + * not acticated. + */ + if (vdev->config->get_status(vdev) & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_NEEDS_RESET) { + dev_info(&vdev->dev, "virtio pmem device needs a reset\n"); + return -EIO; + } + might_sleep(); req_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*req_data), GFP_KERNEL); if (!req_data) -- 2.46.0.184.g6999bdac58-goog