[PATCH net v1] net: qrtr: replace qrtr_tx_flow radix_tree with xarray to fix memory leak

From: Jiayuan Chen

Date: Tue Mar 24 2026 - 04:08:17 EST


From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxxx>

__radix_tree_create() allocates and links intermediate nodes into the
tree one by one. If a subsequent allocation fails, the already-linked
nodes remain in the tree with no corresponding leaf entry. These orphaned
internal nodes are never reclaimed because radix_tree_for_each_slot()
only visits slots containing leaf values.

The radix_tree API is deprecated in favor of xarray. As suggested by
Matthew Wilcox, migrate qrtr_tx_flow from radix_tree to xarray instead
of fixing the radix_tree itself [1]. xarray properly handles cleanup of
internal nodes — xa_destroy() frees all internal xarray nodes when the
qrtr_node is released, preventing the leak.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260225071623.41275-1-jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx/T/
Reported-by: syzbot+006987d1be3586e13555@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000bfba3a060bf4ffcf@xxxxxxxxxx/T/
Fixes: 5fdeb0d372ab ("net: qrtr: Implement outgoing flow control")
Cc: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c | 31 +++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c b/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c
index 55fd2dd37588..d77e9c8212da 100644
--- a/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c
+++ b/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static DEFINE_XARRAY_ALLOC(qrtr_ports);
* @ep: endpoint
* @ref: reference count for node
* @nid: node id
- * @qrtr_tx_flow: tree of qrtr_tx_flow, keyed by node << 32 | port
+ * @qrtr_tx_flow: xarray of qrtr_tx_flow, keyed by node << 32 | port
* @qrtr_tx_lock: lock for qrtr_tx_flow inserts
* @rx_queue: receive queue
* @item: list item for broadcast list
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ struct qrtr_node {
struct kref ref;
unsigned int nid;

- struct radix_tree_root qrtr_tx_flow;
+ struct xarray qrtr_tx_flow;
struct mutex qrtr_tx_lock; /* for qrtr_tx_flow */

struct sk_buff_head rx_queue;
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ static void __qrtr_node_release(struct kref *kref)
struct qrtr_tx_flow *flow;
unsigned long flags;
void __rcu **slot;
+ unsigned long index;

spin_lock_irqsave(&qrtr_nodes_lock, flags);
/* If the node is a bridge for other nodes, there are possibly
@@ -189,11 +190,9 @@ static void __qrtr_node_release(struct kref *kref)
skb_queue_purge(&node->rx_queue);

/* Free tx flow counters */
- radix_tree_for_each_slot(slot, &node->qrtr_tx_flow, &iter, 0) {
- flow = *slot;
- radix_tree_iter_delete(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, &iter, slot);
+ xa_for_each(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, index, flow)
kfree(flow);
- }
+ xa_destroy(&node->qrtr_tx_flow);
kfree(node);
}

@@ -228,9 +227,7 @@ static void qrtr_tx_resume(struct qrtr_node *node, struct sk_buff *skb)

key = remote_node << 32 | remote_port;

- rcu_read_lock();
- flow = radix_tree_lookup(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, key);
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ flow = xa_load(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, key);
if (flow) {
spin_lock(&flow->resume_tx.lock);
flow->pending = 0;
@@ -269,12 +266,13 @@ static int qrtr_tx_wait(struct qrtr_node *node, int dest_node, int dest_port,
return 0;

mutex_lock(&node->qrtr_tx_lock);
- flow = radix_tree_lookup(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, key);
+ flow = xa_load(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, key);
if (!flow) {
flow = kzalloc_obj(*flow);
if (flow) {
init_waitqueue_head(&flow->resume_tx);
- if (radix_tree_insert(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, key, flow)) {
+ if (xa_err(xa_store(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, key, flow,
+ GFP_KERNEL))) {
kfree(flow);
flow = NULL;
}
@@ -326,9 +324,7 @@ static void qrtr_tx_flow_failed(struct qrtr_node *node, int dest_node,
unsigned long key = (u64)dest_node << 32 | dest_port;
struct qrtr_tx_flow *flow;

- rcu_read_lock();
- flow = radix_tree_lookup(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, key);
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ flow = xa_load(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, key);
if (flow) {
spin_lock_irq(&flow->resume_tx.lock);
flow->tx_failed = 1;
@@ -599,7 +595,7 @@ int qrtr_endpoint_register(struct qrtr_endpoint *ep, unsigned int nid)
node->nid = QRTR_EP_NID_AUTO;
node->ep = ep;

- INIT_RADIX_TREE(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, GFP_KERNEL);
+ xa_init(&node->qrtr_tx_flow);
mutex_init(&node->qrtr_tx_lock);

qrtr_node_assign(node, nid);
@@ -627,6 +623,7 @@ void qrtr_endpoint_unregister(struct qrtr_endpoint *ep)
struct qrtr_tx_flow *flow;
struct sk_buff *skb;
unsigned long flags;
+ unsigned long index;
void __rcu **slot;

mutex_lock(&node->ep_lock);
@@ -649,10 +646,8 @@ void qrtr_endpoint_unregister(struct qrtr_endpoint *ep)

/* Wake up any transmitters waiting for resume-tx from the node */
mutex_lock(&node->qrtr_tx_lock);
- radix_tree_for_each_slot(slot, &node->qrtr_tx_flow, &iter, 0) {
- flow = *slot;
+ xa_for_each(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, index, flow)
wake_up_interruptible_all(&flow->resume_tx);
- }
mutex_unlock(&node->qrtr_tx_lock);

qrtr_node_release(node);
--
2.43.0