[PATCH rdma v1] RDMA/mlx5: Fix UMR XLT cleanup on ODP populate failure

From: Prathamesh Deshpande

Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 21:18:01 EST


mlx5r_umr_update_xlt() allocates and DMA maps an XLT buffer with
mlx5r_umr_create_xlt(). The buffer is released by the common cleanup path
through mlx5r_umr_unmap_free_xlt().

After mlx5_odp_populate_xlt() became fallible, its error path returned
directly and skipped that cleanup. This leaks the XLT DMA mapping and
buffer. If the emergency XLT page was used, it also leaves
xlt_emergency_page_mutex locked.

Jump to the existing cleanup path instead of returning directly.

Fixes: 1efe8c0670d6 ("RDMA/core: Convert UMEM ODP DMA mapping to caching IOVA and page linkage")
Signed-off-by: Prathamesh Deshpande <prathameshdeshpande7@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c
index 29488fba21a0..14ed8e8182f8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ int mlx5r_umr_update_xlt(struct mlx5_ib_mr *mr, u64 idx, int npages,
*/
err = mlx5_odp_populate_xlt(xlt, idx, npages, mr, flags);
if (err)
- return err;
+ goto out;
dma_sync_single_for_device(ddev, sg.addr, sg.length,
DMA_TO_DEVICE);
sg.length = ALIGN(size_to_map, MLX5_UMR_FLEX_ALIGNMENT);
@@ -925,6 +925,7 @@ int mlx5r_umr_update_xlt(struct mlx5_ib_mr *mr, u64 idx, int npages,
mlx5r_umr_update_offset(&wqe.ctrl_seg, idx * desc_size);
err = mlx5r_umr_post_send_wait(dev, mr->mmkey.key, &wqe, true);
}
+out:
sg.length = orig_sg_length;
mlx5r_umr_unmap_free_xlt(dev, xlt, &sg);
return err;
--
2.43.0