[PATCH] md/raid1: free r1_bio when REQ_NOWAIT is set and read would block on retry

From: Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi

Date: Thu Jun 11 2026 - 06:13:59 EST


When a read is retried, raid1_read_request() may be called with a
pre-allocated r1_bio. If wait_read_barrier() fails for a REQ_NOWAIT
read, the bio is completed and the function returns immediately. In this
case the existing r1_bio is leaked.

This fixes a leak of pre-allocated r1_bio structures for retried reads.

Fixes: 5aa705039c4f ("md: raid1 add nowait support")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260611083514.754922-1-abd.masalkhi@xxxxxxxxx?part=1
Signed-off-by: Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi <abd.masalkhi@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/raid1.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index b2d7c13b64bd..6263a1d45f86 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,12 @@ static void raid1_read_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
*/
if (!wait_read_barrier(conf, bio->bi_iter.bi_sector, nowait)) {
bio_wouldblock_error(bio);
+
+ if (r1bio_existed) {
+ set_bit(R1BIO_Returned, &r1_bio->state);
+ raid_end_bio_io(r1_bio);
+ }
+
return;
}

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