Re: dm-zoned: free dmz->ddev array in dmz_put_zoned_device

From: Fedor Pchelkin
Date: Wed Sep 20 2023 - 14:56:43 EST


On 23/09/20 01:54PM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 20 2023 at 10:35P -0400,
> Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On 23/09/20 04:06PM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> > > On 9/20/23 12:51, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
> > > > Commit 4dba12881f88 ("dm zoned: support arbitrary number of devices")
> > > > made the pointers to additional zoned devices to be stored in a
> > > > dynamically allocated dmz->ddev array. However, this array is not freed.
> > > >
> > > > Free it when cleaning up zoned device information inside
> > > > dmz_put_zoned_device(). Assigning NULL to dmz->ddev elements doesn't make
> > > > sense there as they are not supposed to be reused later and the whole dmz
> > > > target structure is being cleaned anyway.
> > > >
> > > > Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 4dba12881f88 ("dm zoned: support arbitrary number of devices")
> > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c | 8 +++-----
> > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
> > > > index ad8e670a2f9b..e25cd9db6275 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
> > > > @@ -753,12 +753,10 @@ static void dmz_put_zoned_device(struct dm_target *ti)
> > > > struct dmz_target *dmz = ti->private;
> > > > int i;
> > > > - for (i = 0; i < dmz->nr_ddevs; i++) {
> > > > - if (dmz->ddev[i]) {
> > > > + for (i = 0; i < dmz->nr_ddevs; i++)
> > > > + if (dmz->ddev[i])
> > > > dm_put_device(ti, dmz->ddev[i]);
> > > > - dmz->ddev[i] = NULL;
> > > > - }
> > > > - }
> > > > + kfree(dmz->ddev);
> > > > }
> > > > static int dmz_fixup_devices(struct dm_target *ti)
> > >
> > > Hmm. I'm not that happy with it; dmz_put_zoned_device() is using dm_target
> > > as an argument, whereas all of the functions surrounding the call sites is
> > > using the dmz_target directly.
> > >
> > > Mind to modify the function to use 'struct dmz_target' as an argument?
> >
> > dm_target is required inside dmz_put_zoned_device() for dm_put_device()
> > calls. I can't see a way for referencing it via dmz_target. Do you mean
> > passing additional second argument like
> > dmz_put_zoned_device(struct dmz_target *dmz, struct dm_target *ti) ?
>
> No, what you did is fine. Not sure what Hannes is saying given only
> passing dm_target has symmetry with dm_get_zoned_device (and
> dmz_fixup_devices).
>
> > BTW, I also think it can be renamed to dmz_put_zoned_devices().
>
> I've renamed like you suggested and added a newline to
> dmz_put_zoned_devices() and staged this fix in linux-next for
> upstream inclusion before 6.6 final releases.
>

Okay, thanks.

> Mike