From: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
To: Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@huaweicloud.com>,
axboe@kernel.dk, dlemoal@kernel.org, kch@nvidia.com,
johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com, kbusch@kernel.org,
bvanassche@acm.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yangerkun@huawei.com,
chengzhihao1@huawei.com, wozizhi@huawei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 5/9] null_blk: free zones array on device power-off
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:54:53 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c110c8bf-52eb-4f01-b01d-b042178a6002@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260709100452.3520482-6-wozizhi@huaweicloud.com>
On 7/9/26 3:34 PM, Zizhi Wo wrote:
> null_init_zoned_dev() allocates dev->zones when a zoned device is powered
> on, but null_del_dev() never frees it on power-off; dev->zones is only
> freed later in null_free_dev(), when the configfs directory is removed. If
> the device is powered off and then on again, null_init_zoned_dev()
> allocates a new array and overwrites the dev->zones pointer, leaking the
> previous allocation each power cycle.
>
> Free dev->zones in null_del_dev() via null_free_zoned_dev() to solve it.
> And calling null_del_dev() in null_free_dev() is no longer necessary
> because every caller already invokes null_del_dev() first: via
> nullb_group_drop_item() before nullb_device_release(), in the
> null_add_dev() error path of null_create_dev(), and in null_destroy_dev().
> Remove the redundant call.
Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-10 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-09 10:04 [PATCH V4 0/9] null_blk: fix init/exit races and memleaks Zizhi Wo
2026-07-09 10:04 ` [PATCH V4 1/9] null_blk: use DEFINE_MUTEX for the file-scope mutex Zizhi Wo
2026-07-10 12:35 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-07-09 10:04 ` [PATCH V4 2/9] null_blk: register configfs subsystem after creating default devices Zizhi Wo
2026-07-10 12:36 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-07-09 10:04 ` [PATCH V4 3/9] null_blk: move unregister_blkdev() after destroying dev in null_exit() Zizhi Wo
2026-07-10 12:36 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-07-09 10:04 ` [PATCH V4 4/9] null_blk: free global tag_set on init error path Zizhi Wo
2026-07-10 12:37 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-07-09 10:04 ` [PATCH V4 5/9] null_blk: free zones array on device power-off Zizhi Wo
2026-07-10 14:24 ` Nilay Shroff [this message]
2026-07-09 10:04 ` [PATCH V4 6/9] null_blk: clean up null_del_dev() to use cached dev pointer Zizhi Wo
2026-07-10 13:03 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-07-09 10:04 ` [PATCH V4 7/9] null_blk: reject per-device queue resize for shared tag set Zizhi Wo
2026-07-10 12:34 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-07-09 10:04 ` [PATCH V4 8/9] null_blk: serialize configfs attribute stores with device setup Zizhi Wo
2026-07-10 12:30 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-07-09 10:04 ` [PATCH V4 9/9] null_blk: serialize configfs attribute shows with the file-scope lock Zizhi Wo
2026-07-10 12:31 ` Nilay Shroff
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