Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: idxd: fix problems on initialization error path.
From: Vinicius Costa Gomes
Date: Wed May 20 2026 - 16:10:12 EST
Hi Steve,
Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@xxxxxxx> writes:
> 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:
I think that this first part should be a separate patch.
> 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);
And this another.
Cheers,
--
Vinicius