[PATCH v4 02/12] dmaengine: switchtec-dma: fix resource leak in alloc_chan_resources

Logan Gunthorpe <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:15:13 -0600
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.dmaengine,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-pci
Message-ID <[email protected]>
switchtec_dma_alloc_chan_resources() returns directly on any later
failure, without ever freeing the descriptor rings and coherent DMA
memory it just allocated. The dmaengine core does not call
device_free_chan_resources() when device_alloc_chan_resources() fails,
so the driver has to unwind its own partial state.

The device-removed check also runs after ring_active and
comp_ring_active have already been set true, so a failure there left
the channel marked active despite alloc_chan_resources() reporting
failure.

Add an error-unwind path that disables the channel and frees the
descriptor rings on every failure after allocation. ring_active and
comp_ring_active are cleared under the same locks
switchtec_dma_free_chan_resources() already uses, since the completion
tasklet checks comp_ring_active under complete_lock before touching
the completion ring, and a stale IRQ can still be in flight when this
unwind path runs.

Reported-by: Sashiko <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/[email protected]
Fixes: 30eba9df76ad ("dmaengine: switchtec-dma: Implement hardware initialization and cleanup")
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c b/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c
index a4a7d66d042d..f77da31aeb65 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c
@@ -988,15 +988,15 @@ static int switchtec_dma_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 
 	rc = enable_channel(swdma_chan);
 	if (rc)
-		return rc;
+		goto err_free_desc;
 
 	rc = reset_channel(swdma_chan);
 	if (rc)
-		return rc;
+		goto err_disable_channel;
 
 	rc = unhalt_channel(swdma_chan);
 	if (rc)
-		return rc;
+		goto err_disable_channel;
 
 	swdma_chan->ring_active = true;
 	swdma_chan->comp_ring_active = true;
@@ -1007,7 +1007,8 @@ static int switchtec_dma_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (!rcu_dereference(swdma_dev->pdev)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		return -ENODEV;
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		goto err_ring_inactive;
 	}
 
 	perf_cfg = readl(&swdma_chan->mmio_chan_fw->perf_cfg);
@@ -1029,6 +1030,20 @@ static int switchtec_dma_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
 		FIELD_GET(PERF_MRRS_MASK, perf_cfg));
 
 	return SWITCHTEC_DMA_SQ_SIZE;
+
+err_ring_inactive:
+	spin_lock_bh(&swdma_chan->submit_lock);
+	swdma_chan->ring_active = false;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&swdma_chan->submit_lock);
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&swdma_chan->complete_lock);
+	swdma_chan->comp_ring_active = false;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&swdma_chan->complete_lock);
+err_disable_channel:
+	disable_channel(swdma_chan);
+err_free_desc:
+	switchtec_dma_free_desc(swdma_chan);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static void switchtec_dma_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
-- 
2.47.3