Re: [PATCH] drm/virtio: fix dma_fence refcount leak on error in virtio_gpu_dma_fence_wait()

From: Dmitry Osipenko

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 14:48:54 EST


On 6/7/26 12:03, Wentao Liang wrote:
> dma_fence_unwrap_for_each() internally calls dma_fence_unwrap_first()
> which does cursor->chain = dma_fence_get(head), taking an extra
> reference. On normal loop completion, dma_fence_unwrap_next()
> releases this via dma_fence_chain_walk() -> dma_fence_put().
>
> When virtio_gpu_do_fence_wait() fails and the function returns early
> from inside the loop, the cursor->chain reference is never released.
> This is the only caller in the entire kernel that does an early return
> inside dma_fence_unwrap_for_each.
>
> Add dma_fence_put(itr.chain) before the early return.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: eba57fb5498f ("drm/virtio: Wait for each dma-fence of in-fence array individually")
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c
> index dae761fa5788..32cb1e4aa425 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c
> @@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ static int virtio_gpu_dma_fence_wait(struct virtio_gpu_submit *submit,
>
> dma_fence_unwrap_for_each(f, &itr, fence) {
> err = virtio_gpu_do_fence_wait(submit, f);
> - if (err)
> + if (err) {
> + dma_fence_put(itr.chain);
> return err;
> + }
> }
>
> return 0;

Applied to misc-fixes, thanks!

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Best regards,
Dmitry