[PATCH V4 5/9] null_blk: free zones array on device power-off

From: Zizhi Wo

Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 06:27:14 EST


From: Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@xxxxxxxxxx>

null_init_zoned_dev() allocates dev->zones when a zoned device is powered
on, but null_del_dev() never frees it on power-off; dev->zones is only
freed later in null_free_dev(), when the configfs directory is removed. If
the device is powered off and then on again, null_init_zoned_dev()
allocates a new array and overwrites the dev->zones pointer, leaking the
previous allocation each power cycle.

Free dev->zones in null_del_dev() via null_free_zoned_dev() to solve it.
And calling null_del_dev() in null_free_dev() is no longer necessary
because every caller already invokes null_del_dev() first: via
nullb_group_drop_item() before nullb_device_release(), in the
null_add_dev() error path of null_create_dev(), and in null_destroy_dev().
Remove the redundant call.

Fixes: ca4b2a011948 ("null_blk: add zone support")
Signed-off-by: Zizhi Wo <wozizhi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/null_blk/main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
index df85189f0b69..a75989220a2f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
@@ -834,11 +834,10 @@ static struct nullb_device *null_alloc_dev(void)
static void null_free_dev(struct nullb_device *dev)
{
if (!dev)
return;

- null_free_zoned_dev(dev);
badblocks_exit(&dev->badblocks);
kfree(dev);
}

static enum hrtimer_restart null_cmd_timer_expired(struct hrtimer *timer)
@@ -1775,10 +1774,11 @@ static void null_del_dev(struct nullb *nullb)
atomic_long_set(&nullb->cur_bytes, LONG_MAX);
blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(nullb->q, true);
}

put_disk(nullb->disk);
+ null_free_zoned_dev(dev);
if (nullb->tag_set == &nullb->__tag_set)
blk_mq_free_tag_set(nullb->tag_set);
kfree(nullb->queues);
if (null_cache_active(nullb))
null_free_device_storage(nullb->dev, true);
--
2.52.0