RE: [PATCH v6 01/18] dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: Move interrupt request after everything is set up

[Biju Das]

Hi Claudiu,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 26 May 2026 09:47
> Subject: [PATCH v6 01/18] dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: Move interrupt request after everything is set up
> 
> From: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Once the interrupt is requested, the interrupt handler may run immediately.

Do you mean spurious interrupt?

After DMA driver probe only, consumer device can access the DMA handle
right? or am I missing something here?

Cheers,
Biju


Cheers,
Biju

> Since the IRQ handler can access channel->ch_base, which is initialized only after requesting the IRQ,
> this may lead to invalid memory access.
> Likewise, the IRQ thread may access uninitialized data (the ld_free, ld_queue, and ld_active lists),
> which may also lead to issues.
> 
> Request the interrupts only after everything is set up. To keep the error path simpler, use
> dmam_alloc_coherent() instead of dma_alloc_coherent().
> 
> Fixes: 5000d37042a6 ("dmaengine: sh: Add DMAC driver for RZ/G2L SoC")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: John Madieu <john.madieu.xa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Changes in v6:
> - collected tags
> 
> Changes in v5:
> - none
> 
> Changes in v4:
> - none, this patch is new
> 
>  drivers/dma/sh/rz-dmac.c | 88 +++++++++++++++-------------------------
>  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/sh/rz-dmac.c b/drivers/dma/sh/rz-dmac.c index 625ff29024de..9f206a33dcc6
> 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/sh/rz-dmac.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/sh/rz-dmac.c
> @@ -981,25 +981,6 @@ static int rz_dmac_chan_probe(struct rz_dmac *dmac,
>  	channel->index = index;
>  	channel->mid_rid = -EINVAL;
> 
> -	/* Request the channel interrupt. */
> -	scnprintf(pdev_irqname, sizeof(pdev_irqname), "ch%u", index);
> -	irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, pdev_irqname);
> -	if (irq < 0)
> -		return irq;
> -
> -	irqname = devm_kasprintf(dmac->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s:%u",
> -				 dev_name(dmac->dev), index);
> -	if (!irqname)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> -
> -	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(dmac->dev, irq, rz_dmac_irq_handler,
> -					rz_dmac_irq_handler_thread, 0,
> -					irqname, channel);
> -	if (ret) {
> -		dev_err(dmac->dev, "failed to request IRQ %u (%d)\n", irq, ret);
> -		return ret;
> -	}
> -
>  	/* Set io base address for each channel */
>  	if (index < 8) {
>  		channel->ch_base = dmac->base + CHANNEL_0_7_OFFSET + @@ -1012,9 +993,9 @@ static int
> rz_dmac_chan_probe(struct rz_dmac *dmac,
>  	}
> 
>  	/* Allocate descriptors */
> -	lmdesc = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev,
> -				    sizeof(struct rz_lmdesc) * DMAC_NR_LMDESC,
> -				    &channel->lmdesc.base_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	lmdesc = dmam_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev,
> +				     sizeof(struct rz_lmdesc) * DMAC_NR_LMDESC,
> +				     &channel->lmdesc.base_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!lmdesc) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Can't allocate memory (lmdesc)\n");
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -1030,7 +1011,24 @@ static int rz_dmac_chan_probe(struct rz_dmac *dmac,
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&channel->ld_free);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&channel->ld_active);
> 
> -	return 0;
> +	/* Request the channel interrupt. */
> +	scnprintf(pdev_irqname, sizeof(pdev_irqname), "ch%u", index);
> +	irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, pdev_irqname);
> +	if (irq < 0)
> +		return irq;
> +
> +	irqname = devm_kasprintf(dmac->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s:%u",
> +				 dev_name(dmac->dev), index);
> +	if (!irqname)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(dmac->dev, irq, rz_dmac_irq_handler,
> +					rz_dmac_irq_handler_thread, 0,
> +					irqname, channel);
> +	if (ret)
> +		dev_err(dmac->dev, "failed to request IRQ %u (%d)\n", irq, ret);
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
> 
>  static void rz_dmac_put_device(void *_dev) @@ -1099,7 +1097,6 @@ static int rz_dmac_probe(struct
> platform_device *pdev)
>  	const char *irqname = "error";
>  	struct dma_device *engine;
>  	struct rz_dmac *dmac;
> -	int channel_num;
>  	int ret;
>  	int irq;
>  	u8 i;
> @@ -1132,18 +1129,6 @@ static int rz_dmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  			return PTR_ERR(dmac->ext_base);
>  	}
> 
> -	/* Register interrupt handler for error */
> -	irq = platform_get_irq_byname_optional(pdev, irqname);
> -	if (irq > 0) {
> -		ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, rz_dmac_irq_handler, 0,
> -				       irqname, NULL);
> -		if (ret) {
> -			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to request IRQ %u (%d)\n",
> -				irq, ret);
> -			return ret;
> -		}
> -	}
> -
>  	/* Initialize the channels. */
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dmac->engine.channels);
> 
> @@ -1169,6 +1154,18 @@ static int rz_dmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  			goto err;
>  	}
> 
> +	/* Register interrupt handler for error */
> +	irq = platform_get_irq_byname_optional(pdev, irqname);
> +	if (irq > 0) {
> +		ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, rz_dmac_irq_handler, 0,
> +				       irqname, NULL);
> +		if (ret) {
> +			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to request IRQ %u (%d)\n",
> +				irq, ret);
> +			goto err;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
>  	/* Register the DMAC as a DMA provider for DT. */
>  	ret = of_dma_controller_register(pdev->dev.of_node, rz_dmac_of_xlate,
>  					 NULL);
> @@ -1210,16 +1207,6 @@ static int rz_dmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  dma_register_err:
>  	of_dma_controller_free(pdev->dev.of_node);
>  err:
> -	channel_num = i ? i - 1 : 0;
> -	for (i = 0; i < channel_num; i++) {
> -		struct rz_dmac_chan *channel = &dmac->channels[i];
> -
> -		dma_free_coherent(&pdev->dev,
> -				  sizeof(struct rz_lmdesc) * DMAC_NR_LMDESC,
> -				  channel->lmdesc.base,
> -				  channel->lmdesc.base_dma);
> -	}
> -
>  	reset_control_assert(dmac->rstc);
>  err_pm_runtime_put:
>  	pm_runtime_put(&pdev->dev);
> @@ -1232,18 +1219,9 @@ static int rz_dmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)  static void
> rz_dmac_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)  {
>  	struct rz_dmac *dmac = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> -	unsigned int i;
> 
>  	dma_async_device_unregister(&dmac->engine);
>  	of_dma_controller_free(pdev->dev.of_node);
> -	for (i = 0; i < dmac->n_channels; i++) {
> -		struct rz_dmac_chan *channel = &dmac->channels[i];
> -
> -		dma_free_coherent(&pdev->dev,
> -				  sizeof(struct rz_lmdesc) * DMAC_NR_LMDESC,
> -				  channel->lmdesc.base,
> -				  channel->lmdesc.base_dma);
> -	}
>  	reset_control_assert(dmac->rstc);
>  	pm_runtime_put(&pdev->dev);
>  	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
> --
> 2.43.0