[PATCH v2 8/9] perf/cxl: Don't use pmu.dev in IRQ and hotplug callbacks after unregister

Dave Jiang <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:55:54 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-cxl,org.kernel.vger.linux-perf-users
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On device removal the devm actions unwind LIFO, so cxl_pmu_perf_unregister()
runs first and perf_pmu_unregister() frees info->pmu.dev (device_del() +
put_device() -> kfree()). The overflow IRQ (freed last) and the CPU-hotplug
instance (removed next) are still live at that point, and both
cxl_pmu_irq() and cxl_pmu_offline_cpu() log via dev_dbg()/dev_err() on
info->pmu.dev, dereferencing freed memory. The shared IRQ can be entered
for a co-function on the same MSI vector, and a CPU can go offline in the
window before the hotplug instance is removed.

Log through info->pmu.parent instead, the cxl_pmu device passed to probe,
which is devm-managed and outlives every teardown action.

Fixes: 5d7107c72796 ("perf: CXL Performance Monitoring Unit driver")
Reported-by: [email protected]
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/[email protected]?part=1
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/perf/cxl_pmu.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/perf/cxl_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/cxl_pmu.c
index 2e817a52ff1e..f42238b2b6b0 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/cxl_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/cxl_pmu.c
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ static irqreturn_t cxl_pmu_irq(int irq, void *data)
 		struct perf_event *event = info->hw_events[i];
 
 		if (!event) {
-			dev_dbg(info->pmu.dev,
+			dev_dbg(info->pmu.parent,
 				"overflow but on non enabled counter %d\n", i);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ static int cxl_pmu_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu, struct hlist_node *node)
 	info->on_cpu = -1;
 	target = cpumask_any_but(cpu_online_mask, cpu);
 	if (target >= nr_cpu_ids) {
-		dev_err(info->pmu.dev, "Unable to find a suitable CPU\n");
+		dev_err(info->pmu.parent, "Unable to find a suitable CPU\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
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2.55.0