Re: [PATCH] md/raid0: fix NULL pointer dereference in create_strip_zones() for dm-raid

From: Paul Menzel

Date: Mon Nov 17 2025 - 12:00:04 EST


Dear Kuai,


Thank you for your patch.

Am 16.11.25 um 03:18 schrieb Yu Kuai:
Commit 2107457e31fa ("md/raid0: Move queue limit setup before r0conf
initialization") dereference mddev->gendisk unconditionally, which is
NULL for dm-raid.

Fix this problem by reverting to old codes for dm-raid.

Fixes: 2107457e31fa ("md/raid0: Move queue limit setup before r0conf initialization")
Reported-and-tested-by: Changhui Zhong <czhong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAGVVp+VqVnvGeneUoTbYvBv2cw6GwQRrR3B-iQ-_9rVfyumoKA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/raid0.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index 47aee1b1d4d1..985c377356eb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ static int create_strip_zones(struct mddev *mddev, struct r0conf **private_conf)
struct strip_zone *zone;
int cnt;
struct r0conf *conf = kzalloc(sizeof(*conf), GFP_KERNEL);
- unsigned int blksize = queue_logical_block_size(mddev->gendisk->queue);
+ unsigned int blksize = 512;
+
+ if (!mddev_is_dm(mddev))
+ blksize = queue_logical_block_size(mddev->gendisk->queue);
*private_conf = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
if (!conf)
@@ -84,6 +87,10 @@ static int create_strip_zones(struct mddev *mddev, struct r0conf **private_conf)
sector_div(sectors, mddev->chunk_sectors);
rdev1->sectors = sectors * mddev->chunk_sectors;
+ if (mddev_is_dm(mddev))
+ blksize = max(blksize, queue_logical_block_size(
+ rdev1->bdev->bd_disk->queue));
+
rdev_for_each(rdev2, mddev) {
pr_debug("md/raid0:%s: comparing %pg(%llu)"
" with %pg(%llu)\n",

Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Kind regards,

Paul