Hi Yu Kuai Thanks for reporting this problem. For creating raid device, md raid calls do_md_run->md_run, dm raid calls md_run. We alloc those memory in md_run. For stopping raid device, md raid calls do_md_stop->__md_stop, dm raid calls md_stop->__md_stop. So how about this patch: diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c index 927a43db5dfb..f5480778e2f7 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.c +++ b/drivers/md/md.c On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 9:33 PM Yu Kuai <yukuai1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> > > If md_run() failed after 'acitive_io' is initialized, then > percpu_ref_exit() is called in error path, however, later md_free_disk() > will call percpu_ref_exit() again, which lead to following > null-ptr-deference: > > BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038 > Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP > CPU: 41 PID: 585 Comm: kworker/41:1 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc8-next-20230220 #1452 > Workqueue: md_misc mddev_delayed_delete > RIP: 0010:free_percpu+0x110/0x630 > Call Trace: > <TASK> > __percpu_ref_exit+0x44/0x70 > percpu_ref_exit+0x16/0x90 > md_free_disk+0x2f/0x80 > disk_release+0x101/0x180 > device_release+0x84/0x110 > kobject_put+0x12a/0x380 > kobject_put+0x160/0x380 > mddev_delayed_delete+0x19/0x30 > process_one_work+0x269/0x680 > worker_thread+0x266/0x640 > kthread+0x151/0x1b0 > ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 > > Since freeing mddev will exit 'active_io' unconditionally, fix the > problem by removing exiting 'active_io' from error path, this way > it will be delayed to free mddev. > > Fixes: 72adae23a72c ("md: Change active_io to percpu") > Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/md/md.c | 4 +--- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c > index 927a43db5dfb..77124679b3fd 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/md.c > +++ b/drivers/md/md.c > @@ -5851,7 +5851,7 @@ int md_run(struct mddev *mddev) > if (!bioset_initialized(&mddev->bio_set)) { > err = bioset_init(&mddev->bio_set, BIO_POOL_SIZE, 0, BIOSET_NEED_BVECS); > if (err) > - goto exit_active_io; > + return err; > } > if (!bioset_initialized(&mddev->sync_set)) { > err = bioset_init(&mddev->sync_set, BIO_POOL_SIZE, 0, BIOSET_NEED_BVECS); > @@ -6039,8 +6039,6 @@ int md_run(struct mddev *mddev) > bioset_exit(&mddev->sync_set); > exit_bio_set: > bioset_exit(&mddev->bio_set); > -exit_active_io: > - percpu_ref_exit(&mddev->active_io); > return err; > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_run); > -- > 2.31.1 >