1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-timeout.c b/block/blk-timeout.c
index aa40aa93381b..3610af561748 100644
--- a/block/blk-timeout.c
+++ b/block/blk-timeout.c
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ unsigned long blk_rq_timeout(unsigned long timeout)
  * Notes:
  *    Each request has its own timer, and as it is added to the queue, we
  *    set up the timer. When the request completes, we cancel the timer.
+ *    Queue lock must be held for the non-mq case, mq case doesn't care.
  */
 void blk_add_timer(struct request *req)
 {
@@ -209,6 +210,11 @@ void blk_add_timer(struct request *req)
                 req->timeout = q->rq_timeout;
 
         req->deadline = jiffies + req->timeout;
+
+        /*
+         * Only the non-mq case needs to add the request to a protected list.
+         * For the mq case we simply scan the tag map.
+         */
         if (!q->mq_ops)
                 list_add_tail(&req->timeout_list, &req->q->timeout_list);