Re: [PATCH v12] misc: fastrpc: Allocate entire reserved memory for Audio PD in probe

Jianping Li <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 8/20/2026 1:10 PM, Ekansh Gupta wrote:
> On 14-08-2026 15:49, Jianping Li wrote:
>> Allocating and freeing Audio PD memory from userspace is unsafe because
>> the kernel cannot reliably determine when the DSP has finished using the
>> memory. Userspace may free buffers while they are still in use by the DSP,
>> and remote free requests cannot be safely trusted.
>>
>> Additionally, the current implementation allows userspace to repeatedly
>> grow the Audio PD heap, but does not support shrinking it. This can lead
>> to unbounded memory usage over time, effectively causing a memory leak.
>>
>> Fix this by allocating the entire Audio PD reserved-memory region during
>> rpmsg probe and tying its lifetime to the rpmsg channel. This removes
>> userspace-controlled alloc/free and ensures that memory is reclaimed only
>> when the DSP process is torn down.
>>
>> The reserved-memory region is now mandatory for the Audio PD domain.
>> Rather than failing rpmsg probe when it is missing, validate it in
>> fastrpc_init_create_static_process() and reject only the static-process
>> creation. This keeps the fastrpc device probing for all other domains
>> even on a misconfigured device tree.
>>
>> Fixes: 0871561055e66 ("misc: fastrpc: Add support for audiopd")
>> Cc:[email protected]
>> Signed-off-by: Jianping Li<[email protected]>
>> ---
>> Patch [v11]:https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
>>
>> Changes in v12:
>>   - Do not fail rpmsg probe when the reserved-memory region is missing,
>>     validate the region in fastrpc_init_create_static_process() instead,
>>     so probe keeps working for all domains.
>>   - Add fastrpc_domain_has_reserved_heap() / fastrpc_domain_uses_static_heap()
>>     helpers to replace the open-coded ADSP/SDSP domain checks.
>>
>> Changes in v11:
>>   - Replace the remote_heap fastrpc_buf pointer with dedicated
>>     remote_heap_addr and remote_heap_size fields in
>>     fastrpc_channel_ctx to avoid leaving a partially
>>     initialized fastrpc_buf.
>>
>>   - Drop ADSP_MMAP_REMOTE_HEAP_ADDR support from
>>     fastrpc_req_mmap() since the user process should no longer
>>     grow or shrink the Audio PD remote heap.
>>
>> Changes in v10:
>>   - Move Audio PD remote heap validation into
>>     fastrpc_rpmsg_probe().
>>
>>   - Treat Audio PD remote heap as a mandatory
>>     resource and fail probe if the reserved
>>     memory region is missing.
>>
>> Changes in v9:
>>   - Make sure fastrpc_init_create_static_process()
>>     only sets audio_init_mem to false when the sent
>>     address is actually invalid.
>> ---
>>   drivers/misc/fastrpc.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>>   1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
>> index 90fd669636ec..3f14a4673698 100644
>> --- a/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/misc/fastrpc.c
>> @@ -70,8 +70,6 @@
>>   #define ADSP_MMAP_HEAP_ADDR  4
>>   /* MAP static DMA buffer on DSP User PD */
>>   #define ADSP_MMAP_DMA_BUFFER  6
>> -/* Add memory to static PD pool protection thru hypervisor */
>> -#define ADSP_MMAP_REMOTE_HEAP_ADDR  8
>>   /* Add memory to userPD pool, for user heap */
>>   #define ADSP_MMAP_ADD_PAGES 0x1000
>>   /* Add memory to userPD pool, for LLC heap */
>> @@ -314,10 +312,14 @@ struct fastrpc_channel_ctx {
>>   	struct kref refcount;
>>   	/* Flag if dsp attributes are cached */
>>   	bool valid_attributes;
>> +	/* Flag if audio PD init mem was allocated */
>> +	bool audio_init_mem;
>> +	/* Audio PD reserved remote heap region */
>> +	phys_addr_t remote_heap_addr;
>> +	u64 remote_heap_size;
>>   	u32 dsp_attributes[FASTRPC_MAX_DSP_ATTRIBUTES];
>>   	struct fastrpc_device *secure_fdevice;
>>   	struct fastrpc_device *fdevice;
>> -	struct fastrpc_buf *remote_heap;
>>   	struct list_head invoke_interrupted_mmaps;
>>   	bool secure;
>>   	bool unsigned_support;
>> @@ -1454,15 +1456,24 @@ static int fastrpc_init_create_static_process(struct fastrpc_user *fl,
>>   	struct fastrpc_init_create_static init;
>>   	struct fastrpc_invoke_args *args;
>>   	struct fastrpc_phy_page pages[1];
>> +	struct fastrpc_channel_ctx *cctx = fl->cctx;
>>   	char *name;
>>   	int err;
>> -	bool scm_done = false;
>>   	struct {
>>   		int client_id;
>>   		u32 namelen;
>>   		u32 pageslen;
>>   	} inbuf;
>>   	u32 sc;
>> +	unsigned long flags;
>> +	bool sent_heap = false;
>> +
>> +	if (!cctx->remote_heap_addr || !cctx->remote_heap_size) {
>> +		err = -ENOMEM;
>> +		dev_err(fl->sctx->dev,
>> +			"remote heap memory region is not added\n");
>> +		return err;
>> +	}
>>   
>>   	args = kzalloc_objs(*args, FASTRPC_CREATE_STATIC_PROCESS_NARGS);
>>   	if (!args)
>> @@ -1486,31 +1497,6 @@ static int fastrpc_init_create_static_process(struct fastrpc_user *fl,
>>   	inbuf.client_id = fl->client_id;
>>   	inbuf.namelen = init.namelen;
>>   	inbuf.pageslen = 0;
>> -	if (!fl->cctx->remote_heap) {
>> -		err = fastrpc_remote_heap_alloc(fl, fl->sctx->dev, init.memlen,
>> -						&fl->cctx->remote_heap);
>> -		if (err)
>> -			goto err_name;
>> -
>> -		/* Map if we have any heap VMIDs associated with this ADSP Static Process. */
>> -		if (fl->cctx->vmcount) {
>> -			u64 src_perms = BIT(QCOM_SCM_VMID_HLOS);
>> -
>> -			err = qcom_scm_assign_mem(fl->cctx->remote_heap->dma_addr,
>> -							(u64)fl->cctx->remote_heap->size,
>> -							&src_perms,
>> -							fl->cctx->vmperms, fl->cctx->vmcount);
>> -			if (err) {
>> -				dev_err(fl->sctx->dev,
>> -					"Failed to assign memory with dma_addr %pad size 0x%llx err %d\n",
>> -					&fl->cctx->remote_heap->dma_addr,
>> -					fl->cctx->remote_heap->size, err);
>> -				goto err_map;
>> -			}
>> -			scm_done = true;
>> -			inbuf.pageslen = 1;
>> -		}
>> -	}
>>   
>>   	fl->pd = USER_PD;
>>   
>> @@ -1522,8 +1508,25 @@ static int fastrpc_init_create_static_process(struct fastrpc_user *fl,
>>   	args[1].length = inbuf.namelen;
>>   	args[1].fd = -1;
>>   
>> -	pages[0].addr = fl->cctx->remote_heap->dma_addr;
>> -	pages[0].size = fl->cctx->remote_heap->size;
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Audio PD is a static PD and retains the remote heap
>> +	 * information across daemon restarts. Therefore only
>> +	 * the first attach should provide heap information to
>> +	 * DSP. Subsequent attaches reuse the previously
>> +	 * initialized memory pool.
>> +	 */
>> +	spin_lock_irqsave(&cctx->lock, flags);
>> +	if (!cctx->audio_init_mem) {
>> +		pages[0].addr = cctx->remote_heap_addr;
>> +		pages[0].size = cctx->remote_heap_size;
>> +		cctx->audio_init_mem = true;
>> +		inbuf.pageslen = 1;
>> +		sent_heap = true;
>> +	} else {
>> +		pages[0].addr = 0;
>> +		pages[0].size = 0;
>> +	}
>> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cctx->lock, flags);
>>   
>>   	args[2].ptr = (u64)(uintptr_t) pages;
>>   	args[2].length = sizeof(*pages);
>> @@ -1541,27 +1544,11 @@ static int fastrpc_init_create_static_process(struct fastrpc_user *fl,
>>   
>>   	return 0;
>>   err_invoke:
>> -	if (fl->cctx->vmcount && scm_done) {
>> -		u64 src_perms = 0;
>> -		struct qcom_scm_vmperm dst_perms;
>> -		u32 i;
>> -
>> -		for (i = 0; i < fl->cctx->vmcount; i++)
>> -			src_perms |= BIT(fl->cctx->vmperms[i].vmid);
>> -
>> -		dst_perms.vmid = QCOM_SCM_VMID_HLOS;
>> -		dst_perms.perm = QCOM_SCM_PERM_RWX;
>> -		err = qcom_scm_assign_mem(fl->cctx->remote_heap->dma_addr,
>> -						(u64)fl->cctx->remote_heap->size,
>> -						&src_perms, &dst_perms, 1);
>> -		if (err)
>> -			dev_err(fl->sctx->dev, "Failed to assign memory dma_addr %pad size 0x%llx err %d\n",
>> -				&fl->cctx->remote_heap->dma_addr, fl->cctx->remote_heap->size, err);
>> +	if (sent_heap) {
>> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&cctx->lock, flags);
>> +		cctx->audio_init_mem = false;
>> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cctx->lock, flags);
>>   	}
>> -err_map:
>> -	fastrpc_buf_free(fl->cctx->remote_heap);
>> -	fl->cctx->remote_heap = NULL;
>> -err_name:
>>   	kfree(name);
>>   err:
>>   	kfree(args);
>> @@ -2090,7 +2077,7 @@ static int fastrpc_req_mmap(struct fastrpc_user *fl, char __user *argp)
>>   	if (copy_from_user(&req, argp, sizeof(req)))
>>   		return -EFAULT;
>>   
>> -	if (req.flags != ADSP_MMAP_ADD_PAGES && req.flags != ADSP_MMAP_REMOTE_HEAP_ADDR) {
>> +	if (req.flags != ADSP_MMAP_ADD_PAGES) {
>>   		dev_err(dev, "flag not supported 0x%x\n", req.flags); return -EINVAL; @@ -2101,10 +2088,7 @@ static int 
>> fastrpc_req_mmap(struct fastrpc_user *fl, char __user *argp) return 
>> -EINVAL; } - if (req.flags == ADSP_MMAP_REMOTE_HEAP_ADDR) - err = 
>> fastrpc_remote_heap_alloc(fl, dev, req.size, &buf); - else - err = 
>> fastrpc_buf_alloc(fl, dev, req.size, &buf); + err = 
>> fastrpc_buf_alloc(fl, dev, req.size, &buf); if (err) { dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate buffer\n");
>> @@ -2143,20 +2127,6 @@ static int fastrpc_req_mmap(struct fastrpc_user *fl, char __user *argp)
>>   	/* let the client know the address to use */
>>   	req.vaddrout = rsp_msg.vaddr;
>>   
>> -	/* Add memory to static PD pool, protection thru hypervisor */
>> -	if (req.flags == ADSP_MMAP_REMOTE_HEAP_ADDR && fl->cctx->vmcount) {
>> -		u64 src_perms = BIT(QCOM_SCM_VMID_HLOS);
>> -
>> -		err = qcom_scm_assign_mem(buf->dma_addr, (u64)buf->size,
>> -			&src_perms, fl->cctx->vmperms, fl->cctx->vmcount);
>> -		if (err) {
>> -			dev_err(fl->sctx->dev,
>> -				"Failed to assign memory dma_addr %pad size 0x%llx err %d",
>> -				&buf->dma_addr, buf->size, err);
>> -			goto err_assign;
>> -		}
>> -	}
>> -
>>   	spin_lock(&fl->lock);
>>   	list_add_tail(&buf->node, &fl->mmaps);
>>   	spin_unlock(&fl->lock);
>> @@ -2537,6 +2507,16 @@ static const struct of_device_id fastrpc_poll_supported_machines[] __maybe_unuse
>>   	{},
>>   };
>>   
>> +static bool fastrpc_domain_has_reserved_heap(u32 domain_id)
>> +{
>> +	return domain_id == SDSP_DOMAIN_ID || domain_id == ADSP_DOMAIN_ID;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static bool fastrpc_domain_uses_static_heap(u32 domain_id)
>> +{
>> +	return domain_id == ADSP_DOMAIN_ID;
>> +}
> any reason to have functions for one time used checks?> +

Just to give some context: I added these helpers based on the v11
review, which requested replacing the open-coded ADSP/SDSP checks
with functions describing the per-domain capabilities.

In this patch, they currently have a single caller each.
Therefore, if you feel it's unnecessary, I can revert
to the version without helpers.

>>   static int fastrpc_rpmsg_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
>>   {
>>   	struct device *rdev = &rpdev->dev;
>> @@ -2584,20 +2564,25 @@ static int fastrpc_rpmsg_probe(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
>>   		}
>>   	}
>>   
>> -	if (domain_id == SDSP_DOMAIN_ID) {
>> +	if (fastrpc_domain_has_reserved_heap(domain_id)) {
>>   		struct resource res;
>>   		u64 src_perms;
>>   
>>   		err = of_reserved_mem_region_to_resource(rdev->of_node, 0, &res);
>>   		if (!err) {
>> +			if (fastrpc_domain_uses_static_heap(domain_id)) {
>> +				data->remote_heap_addr = res.start;
>> +				data->remote_heap_size = resource_size(&res);
>> +			}
>>   			src_perms = BIT(QCOM_SCM_VMID_HLOS);
>>   
>>   			err = qcom_scm_assign_mem(res.start, resource_size(&res), &src_perms,
>>   				    data->vmperms, data->vmcount);
> better to check vmcount before calling this>  			if (err)

Agreed. I'll wrap the qcom_scm_assign_mem() call in if (data->vmcount) in v13.

>>   				goto err_free_data;
>> +		} else {
>> +			err = 0;
>>   		}
>> -
>>   	}
>>   
>>   	secure_dsp = !(of_property_read_bool(rdev->of_node, "qcom,non-secure-domain"));
>> @@ -2681,6 +2666,7 @@ static void fastrpc_rpmsg_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
>>   	struct fastrpc_buf *buf, *b;
>>   	struct fastrpc_user *user;
>>   	unsigned long flags;
>> +	int err, i;
>>   
>>   	/* No invocations past this point */
>>   	spin_lock_irqsave(&cctx->lock, flags);
>> @@ -2698,8 +2684,24 @@ static void fastrpc_rpmsg_remove(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
>>   	list_for_each_entry_safe(buf, b, &cctx->invoke_interrupted_mmaps, node)
>>   		list_del(&buf->node);
>>   
>> -	if (cctx->remote_heap)
>> -		fastrpc_buf_free(cctx->remote_heap);
>> +	if (cctx->remote_heap_size && cctx->vmcount) {
>> +		u64 src_perms = 0;
>> +		struct qcom_scm_vmperm dst_perms;
>> +
>> +		for (i = 0; i < cctx->vmcount; i++)
>> +			src_perms |= BIT(cctx->vmperms[i].vmid);
>> +
>> +		dst_perms.vmid = QCOM_SCM_VMID_HLOS;
>> +		dst_perms.perm = QCOM_SCM_PERM_RWX;
>> +
>> +		err = qcom_scm_assign_mem(cctx->remote_heap_addr,
>> +					  cctx->remote_heap_size, &src_perms,
>> +					  &dst_perms, 1);
>> +		if (err)
>> +			dev_err(&rpdev->dev,
>> +				"Failed to assign memory back to HLOS: addr %pa size %#llx err %d\n",
>> +				&cctx->remote_heap_addr, cctx->remote_heap_size, err);
>> +	}
>>   
>>   	of_platform_depopulate(&rpdev->dev);
>>
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