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ublk: clean up user copy references on ublk server exit
authorCaleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:19:49 +0000 (17:19 -0700)
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Sat, 20 Dec 2025 19:56:37 +0000 (12:56 -0700)
commitdaa24603d9f0808929514ee62ced30052ca7221c
tree47614545397cf779b5768e09462a6ddbd7b765de
parentaf65faf34f6e9919bdd2912770d25d2a73cbcc7c
ublk: clean up user copy references on ublk server exit

If a ublk server process releases a ublk char device file, any requests
dispatched to the ublk server but not yet completed will retain a ref
value of UBLK_REFCOUNT_INIT. Before commit e63d2228ef83 ("ublk: simplify
aborting ublk request"), __ublk_fail_req() would decrement the reference
count before completing the failed request. However, that commit
optimized __ublk_fail_req() to call __ublk_complete_rq() directly
without decrementing the request reference count.
The leaked reference count incorrectly allows user copy and zero copy
operations on the completed ublk request. It also triggers the
WARN_ON_ONCE(refcount_read(&io->ref)) warnings in ublk_queue_reinit()
and ublk_deinit_queue().
Commit c5c5eb24ed61 ("ublk: avoid ublk_io_release() called after ublk
char dev is closed") already fixed the issue for ublk devices using
UBLK_F_SUPPORT_ZERO_COPY or UBLK_F_AUTO_BUF_REG. However, the reference
count leak also affects UBLK_F_USER_COPY, the other reference-counted
data copy mode. Fix the condition in ublk_check_and_reset_active_ref()
to include all reference-counted data copy modes. This ensures that any
ublk requests still owned by the ublk server when it exits have their
reference counts reset to 0.

Signed-off-by: Caleb Sander Mateos <csander@purestorage.com>
Fixes: e63d2228ef83 ("ublk: simplify aborting ublk request")
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
drivers/block/ublk_drv.c