Re: [PATCH v1] dmaengine: qcom: gpi: Fix channel cleanup in unwind path

Mukesh Savaliya <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-arm-msm,org.kernel.vger.dmaengine,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On 8/3/2026 5:33 PM, Aniket Randive wrote:
> Fix three issues in the gpi_ch_init() error path.
> 
start here mentioning  the three problems first in generic way.
> Use the indexed channel in the error_start_chan and
> error_alloc_chan unwind loops instead of the original gchan
> pointer. Otherwise, each iteration operates on the same channel,
> leaving sibling channels unreset and undeallocated on failure.

meaning, channel cleanup not happened ? make it simpler anyway.
> 
> Clear pm_state after freeing the event ring in the error path.
> gpi_alloc_ev_chan() sets pm_state to ACTIVE_STATE, but the error
> path frees ev_ring without restoring pm_state. As a result,
> gpi_free_chan_resources() may attempt to deallocate an already
> freed event ring and issue a redundant EV_CMD_DEALLOC.
> 
Looking at your change, it looks we are cleaning up gpii iterating over 
each channel along with setting proper state.  Code seems simpler than 
the commit log, so request you to simplify.

> Also free ch_ring in gpi_alloc_chan_resources() if gpi_ch_init()
> fails. The ring is allocated before calling gpi_ch_init(), so a
> failure leaves it leaked without this free.
> 
> Fix all three issues by unwinding the correct channels, restoring
> pm_state to DISABLE_STATE after freeing the event ring, and freeing
> ch_ring on gpi_ch_init() failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aniket Randive <[email protected]>
> ---
>   drivers/dma/qcom/gpi.c | 9 +++++++--
>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/qcom/gpi.c b/drivers/dma/qcom/gpi.c

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