null_blk: Fix: memory release when memory_backed=1
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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>