[PATCH] dmaengine: idxd: fix problems on initialization error path.
From: Steve Wahl
Date: Wed May 20 2026 - 10:38:16 EST
Some error paths within idxd_pci_probe_alloc and functions it calls
did not keep proper track of what has already been allocated or freed,
resulting in calling destroy_workqueue with a null pointer, and once
that was fixed, attempting to free structures more than once. These
conditions were hit running in a kexec'd kdump kernel with reduced
resources, causing the "Device is HALTED!" branch in
idxd_device_init_reset to be taken.
In idxd_conf_device_release, check that the workqueue has been
allocated before trying to destroy it. And in idxd_free and
idxd_alloc, do not attempt to free allocations that
idxd_conf_device_release, called through put_device, will already have
freed.
Fixes: 3d33de353b1f ("dmaengine: idxd: Fix not releasing workqueue on .release()")
Signed-off-by: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/idxd/init.c | 10 ++++++----
drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
index f1cfc7790d95..227e323cc5a0 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/init.c
@@ -607,9 +607,6 @@ static void idxd_free(struct idxd_device *idxd)
return;
put_device(idxd_confdev(idxd));
- bitmap_free(idxd->opcap_bmap);
- ida_free(&idxd_ida, idxd->id);
- kfree(idxd);
}
static struct idxd_device *idxd_alloc(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct idxd_driver_data *data)
@@ -649,8 +646,13 @@ static struct idxd_device *idxd_alloc(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct idxd_driver_d
return idxd;
err_name:
+ /*
+ * once device_initialize(conf_dev) is called,
+ * put_device(conf_dev) will end up calling
+ * idxd_conf_device_release() which will free the rest.
+ */
put_device(conf_dev);
- bitmap_free(idxd->opcap_bmap);
+ return NULL;
err_opcap:
ida_free(&idxd_ida, idxd->id);
err_ida:
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c
index 6d251095c350..d5ffc641c856 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c
@@ -1836,7 +1836,8 @@ static void idxd_conf_device_release(struct device *dev)
{
struct idxd_device *idxd = confdev_to_idxd(dev);
- destroy_workqueue(idxd->wq);
+ if (idxd->wq)
+ destroy_workqueue(idxd->wq);
kfree(idxd->groups);
bitmap_free(idxd->wq_enable_map);
kfree(idxd->wqs);
--
2.43.0