[PATCH V2 2/7] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Guard against invalid box control address

From: Zide Chen

Date: Wed May 27 2026 - 11:25:15 EST


Theoretically, intel_uncore_find_discovery_unit() could return NULL,
e.g., when a CPU die is offline during uncore enumeration and its PMU
units are not added to the discovery RB-tree.

Guard against a NULL return value and the resulting invalid box control
address (0) before accessing hardware.

Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
V2:
- New patch.
- Address pre-existing invalid box control address issue (Sashiko).
---
arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_discovery.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_discovery.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_discovery.c
index 60e1200c4691..af2217b44a81 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_discovery.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_discovery.c
@@ -490,17 +490,28 @@ static u64 intel_generic_uncore_box_ctl(struct intel_uncore_box *box)

void intel_generic_uncore_msr_init_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
{
- wrmsrq(intel_generic_uncore_box_ctl(box), GENERIC_PMON_BOX_CTL_INT);
+ u64 box_ctl = intel_generic_uncore_box_ctl(box);
+
+ if (!box_ctl)
+ return;
+
+ wrmsrq(box_ctl, GENERIC_PMON_BOX_CTL_INT);
}

void intel_generic_uncore_msr_disable_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
{
- wrmsrq(intel_generic_uncore_box_ctl(box), GENERIC_PMON_BOX_CTL_FRZ);
+ u64 box_ctl = intel_generic_uncore_box_ctl(box);
+
+ if (box_ctl)
+ wrmsrq(box_ctl, GENERIC_PMON_BOX_CTL_FRZ);
}

void intel_generic_uncore_msr_enable_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
{
- wrmsrq(intel_generic_uncore_box_ctl(box), 0);
+ u64 box_ctl = intel_generic_uncore_box_ctl(box);
+
+ if (box_ctl)
+ wrmsrq(box_ctl, 0);
}

static void intel_generic_uncore_msr_enable_event(struct intel_uncore_box *box,
@@ -549,6 +560,10 @@ bool intel_generic_uncore_assign_hw_event(struct perf_event *event,

if (box->pci_dev) {
box_ctl = UNCORE_DISCOVERY_PCI_BOX_CTRL(box_ctl);
+
+ if (!box_ctl)
+ return false;
+
hwc->config_base = box_ctl + uncore_pci_event_ctl(box, hwc->idx);
hwc->event_base = box_ctl + uncore_pci_perf_ctr(box, hwc->idx);
return true;
@@ -567,27 +582,30 @@ static inline int intel_pci_uncore_box_ctl(struct intel_uncore_box *box)

void intel_generic_uncore_pci_init_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
{
- struct pci_dev *pdev = box->pci_dev;
int box_ctl = intel_pci_uncore_box_ctl(box);

+ if (!box_ctl)
+ return;
+
__set_bit(UNCORE_BOX_FLAG_CTL_OFFS8, &box->flags);
- pci_write_config_dword(pdev, box_ctl, GENERIC_PMON_BOX_CTL_INT);
+ pci_write_config_dword(box->pci_dev, box_ctl, GENERIC_PMON_BOX_CTL_INT);
}

void intel_generic_uncore_pci_disable_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
{
- struct pci_dev *pdev = box->pci_dev;
int box_ctl = intel_pci_uncore_box_ctl(box);

- pci_write_config_dword(pdev, box_ctl, GENERIC_PMON_BOX_CTL_FRZ);
+ if (box_ctl)
+ pci_write_config_dword(box->pci_dev, box_ctl,
+ GENERIC_PMON_BOX_CTL_FRZ);
}

void intel_generic_uncore_pci_enable_box(struct intel_uncore_box *box)
{
- struct pci_dev *pdev = box->pci_dev;
int box_ctl = intel_pci_uncore_box_ctl(box);

- pci_write_config_dword(pdev, box_ctl, 0);
+ if (box_ctl)
+ pci_write_config_dword(box->pci_dev, box_ctl, 0);
}

static void intel_generic_uncore_pci_enable_event(struct intel_uncore_box *box,
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