null_blk: Fix: memory release when memory_backed=1
[ Upstream commit 8cfb9819 ] Memory/pages are not freed, when unloading nullblk driver. Steps to reproduce issue 1.free -h total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 7.8Gi 260Mi 7.1Gi 3.0Mi 395Mi 7.3Gi Swap: 0B 0B 0B 2.modprobe null_blk memory_backed=1 3.dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/nullb0 oflag=direct bs=1M count=1000 4.modprobe -r null_blk 5.free -h total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 7.8Gi 1.2Gi 6.1Gi 3.0Mi 398Mi 6.3Gi Swap: 0B 0B 0B Signed-off-by: Anuj Gupta <anuj20.g@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Nitesh Shetty <nj.shetty@samsung.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230605062354.24785-1-nj.shetty@samsung.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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