From 7ccc017fea6913884fc382c232fcc36c4a61be2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nitesh Shetty Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 11:53:53 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] null_blk: Fix: memory release when memory_backed=1 [ Upstream commit 8cfb98196cceec35416041c6b91212d2b99392e4 ] Memory/pages are not freed, when unloading nullblk driver. Steps to reproduce issue 1.free -h total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 7.8Gi 260Mi 7.1Gi 3.0Mi 395Mi 7.3Gi Swap: 0B 0B 0B 2.modprobe null_blk memory_backed=1 3.dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/nullb0 oflag=direct bs=1M count=1000 4.modprobe -r null_blk 5.free -h total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 7.8Gi 1.2Gi 6.1Gi 3.0Mi 398Mi 6.3Gi Swap: 0B 0B 0B Signed-off-by: Anuj Gupta Signed-off-by: Nitesh Shetty Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230605062354.24785-1-nj.shetty@samsung.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/block/null_blk/main.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c index 14491952047f5..3b6b4cb400f42 100644 --- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c +++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c @@ -2212,6 +2212,7 @@ static void null_destroy_dev(struct nullb *nullb) struct nullb_device *dev = nullb->dev; null_del_dev(nullb); + null_free_device_storage(dev, false); null_free_dev(dev); } -- 2.47.2