[PATCH v2] rust: block: set GenDisk block_device_operations.owner to THIS_MODULE

From: Adarsh Das

Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 04:41:27 EST


GenDiskBuilder left block_device_operations.owner NULL. Pass the driver's
ThisModule into GenDiskBuilder::build(), heap-allocate the operations
table, and keep it alive until the gendisk is released via free_disk.
Update rnull as the in-tree caller.

v2:
- Free fops in free_disk instead of GenDisk::drop to fix use-after-free
when the device stays open after removal. (Sashiko)
- Install the cleanup guard before fops allocation to avoid leaking gendisk
on -ENOMEM. (Sashiko)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260805192020.107601-1-adarshdas950@xxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Adarsh Das <adarshdas950@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/rnull/configfs.rs | 1 +
drivers/block/rnull/rnull.rs | 3 +-
rust/kernel/block/mq.rs | 9 ++--
rust/kernel/block/mq/gen_disk.rs | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
4 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/rnull/configfs.rs b/drivers/block/rnull/configfs.rs
index 7c2eb5c0b722..bba30d590f68 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnull/configfs.rs
+++ b/drivers/block/rnull/configfs.rs
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ fn store(this: &DeviceConfig, page: &[u8]) -> Result {

if !guard.powered && power_op {
guard.disk = Some(NullBlkDevice::new(
+ &THIS_MODULE,
&guard.name,
guard.block_size,
guard.rotational,
diff --git a/drivers/block/rnull/rnull.rs b/drivers/block/rnull/rnull.rs
index 0ca8715febe8..4265a133cbf0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnull/rnull.rs
+++ b/drivers/block/rnull/rnull.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ fn init(_module: &'static ThisModule) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error> {

impl NullBlkDevice {
fn new(
+ this_module: &'static ThisModule,
name: &CStr,
block_size: u32,
rotational: bool,
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ fn new(
.logical_block_size(block_size)?
.physical_block_size(block_size)?
.rotational(rotational)
- .build(fmt!("{}", name.to_str()?), tagset, queue_data)
+ .build(this_module, fmt!("{}", name.to_str()?), tagset, queue_data)
}
}

diff --git a/rust/kernel/block/mq.rs b/rust/kernel/block/mq.rs
index 1fd0d54dd549..33561e0f67af 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/block/mq.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/block/mq.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
//! - Implement [`Operations`] for a type `T`.
//! - Create a [`TagSet<T>`].
//! - Create a [`GenDisk<T>`], via the [`GenDiskBuilder`].
-//! - Add the disk to the system by calling [`GenDiskBuilder::build`] passing in
-//! the `TagSet` reference.
+//! - Add the disk to the system by calling [`GenDiskBuilder::build`], passing in
+//! the driver's [`ThisModule`], the disk name, the `TagSet`, and queue data.
//!
//! The types available in this module that have direct C counterparts are:
//!
@@ -86,9 +86,12 @@
//!
//! let tagset: Arc<TagSet<MyBlkDevice>> =
//! Arc::pin_init(TagSet::new(1, 256, 1), flags::GFP_KERNEL)?;
+//! # // SAFETY: Dummy `ThisModule` for doctest compilation only.
+//! # static THIS_MODULE: ThisModule =
+//! # unsafe { ThisModule::from_ptr(core::ptr::null_mut()) };
//! let mut disk = gen_disk::GenDiskBuilder::new()
//! .capacity_sectors(4096)
-//! .build(fmt!("myblk"), tagset, ())?;
+//! .build(&THIS_MODULE, fmt!("myblk"), tagset, ())?;
//!
//! # Ok::<(), kernel::error::Error>(())
//! ```
diff --git a/rust/kernel/block/mq/gen_disk.rs b/rust/kernel/block/mq/gen_disk.rs
index fc97dd873974..a51027e8c1c1 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/block/mq/gen_disk.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/block/mq/gen_disk.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@
types::{ForeignOwnable, ScopeGuard},
};

+/// # Safety
+///
+/// `disk` must be valid.
+unsafe extern "C" fn free_fops(disk: *mut bindings::gendisk) {
+ // SAFETY: `disk` is valid.
+ let fops = unsafe { (*disk).fops };
+ if fops.is_null() {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ // SAFETY: `disk` is valid; `fops` came from `KBox::into_raw` in `build`.
+ unsafe {
+ (*disk).fops = core::ptr::null_mut();
+ drop(KBox::from_raw(fops.cast_mut()));
+ }
+}
+
/// A builder for [`GenDisk`].
///
/// Use this struct to configure and add new [`GenDisk`] to the VFS.
@@ -95,8 +112,12 @@ pub fn capacity_sectors(mut self, capacity: u64) -> Self {
}

/// Build a new `GenDisk` and add it to the VFS.
+ ///
+ /// `this_module` must be the [`ThisModule`] for the kernel module registering
+ /// the disk.
pub fn build<T: Operations>(
self,
+ this_module: &'static ThisModule,
name: fmt::Arguments<'_>,
tagset: Arc<TagSet<T>>,
queue_data: T::QueueData,
@@ -125,32 +146,16 @@ pub fn build<T: Operations>(
)
})?;

- const TABLE: bindings::block_device_operations = bindings::block_device_operations {
- submit_bio: None,
- open: None,
- release: None,
- ioctl: None,
- compat_ioctl: None,
- check_events: None,
- unlock_native_capacity: None,
- getgeo: None,
- set_read_only: None,
- swap_slot_free_notify: None,
- report_zones: None,
- devnode: None,
- alternative_gpt_sector: None,
- get_unique_id: None,
- // TODO: Set to `THIS_MODULE`.
- owner: core::ptr::null_mut(),
- pr_ops: core::ptr::null_mut(),
- free_disk: None,
- poll_bio: None,
- };
-
- // SAFETY: `gendisk` is a valid pointer as we initialized it above
- unsafe { (*gendisk).fops = &TABLE };
-
let cleanup_failure = ScopeGuard::new_with_data((gendisk, data), |(gendisk, data)| {
+ // SAFETY: `gendisk` came from `__blk_mq_alloc_disk()` above and
+ // has not been added to the VFS on this cleanup path.
+ let fops = unsafe { (*gendisk).fops };
+ if !fops.is_null() {
+ // SAFETY: `gendisk` came from `__blk_mq_alloc_disk()` above.
+ unsafe { (*gendisk).fops = core::ptr::null_mut() };
+ // SAFETY: `fops` came from `KBox::into_raw` below on this path.
+ drop(unsafe { KBox::from_raw(fops.cast_mut()) });
+ }
// SAFETY: `gendisk` came from `__blk_mq_alloc_disk()` above and
// has not been added to the VFS on this cleanup path.
unsafe { bindings::put_disk(gendisk) };
@@ -159,6 +164,33 @@ pub fn build<T: Operations>(
drop(unsafe { T::QueueData::from_foreign(data) });
});

+ let fops = KBox::new(
+ bindings::block_device_operations {
+ submit_bio: None,
+ open: None,
+ release: None,
+ ioctl: None,
+ compat_ioctl: None,
+ check_events: None,
+ unlock_native_capacity: None,
+ getgeo: None,
+ set_read_only: None,
+ swap_slot_free_notify: None,
+ report_zones: None,
+ devnode: None,
+ alternative_gpt_sector: None,
+ get_unique_id: None,
+ owner: this_module.as_ptr(),
+ pr_ops: core::ptr::null_mut(),
+ free_disk: Some(free_fops),
+ poll_bio: None,
+ },
+ GFP_KERNEL,
+ )?;
+
+ // SAFETY: `gendisk` is a valid pointer as we initialized it above.
+ unsafe { (*gendisk).fops = KBox::into_raw(fops).cast() };
+
// The failure guard now owns both pieces of cleanup; the early guard
// must not run on this path anymore.
recover_data.dismiss();
--
2.55.0