Re:Re:Re: [PATCH] RDMA/srpt: Fix srpt_alloc_rw_ctxs() unwind counters

From: kensanya

Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 06:11:47 EST



















At 2026-07-15 17:57:59, "kensanya" <kensanya@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>At 2026-07-15 17:05:57, "Leon Romanovsky" <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 10:30:16AM +0800, kensanya@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>> From: TanZheng <tanzheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>>> When srpt_alloc_rw_ctxs() fails partway through a multi-buffer indirect
>>> descriptor, the unwind path destroys RDMA contexts but leaves stale
>>> n_rw_ctx and n_rdma values (and a dangling rw_ctxs pointer). Later
>>> sq_wr_avail accounting in srpt_queue_response() or srpt_write_pending()
>>> can then subtract the wrong number of send queue credits.
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>>> Reset the counters and rw_ctxs pointer before returning an error.
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>>> Fixes: b99f8e4d7bcd ("IB/srpt: convert to the generic RDMA READ/WRITE API")
>>> Signed-off-by: TanZheng <tanzheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c | 3 +++
>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
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>>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
>>> index f66cfd70c263..4644429fae14 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c
>>> @@ -1016,6 +1016,9 @@ static int srpt_alloc_rw_ctxs(struct srpt_send_ioctx *ioctx,
>>> }
>>> if (ioctx->rw_ctxs != &ioctx->s_rw_ctx)
>>> kfree(ioctx->rw_ctxs);
>>> + ioctx->rw_ctxs = &ioctx->s_rw_ctx;
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>>This line seems questionable to me.
>>You probably need to write:
>>if (ioctx->rw_ctxs != &ioctx->s_rw_ctx) {
>> kfree(ioctx->rw_ctxs);
>> ioctx->rw_ctxs = NULL;
>>}
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>>> + ioctx->n_rw_ctx = 0;
>>> + ioctx->n_rdma = 0;
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>>These lines seem correct to me.
>>
>>> return ret;
>>> }
>>>
>>> --
>>> 2.25.1
>>>
>Hi Bart,
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>Thanks for the review.
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>I originally set rw_ctxs back to &ioctx->s_rw_ctx after kfree()
>because that is the only other valid value used in this file
>(nbufs == 1 path), and I wanted to clear the dangling pointer
>while keeping the existing "embedded vs heap" convention.
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>This is indeed misleading.I will change it to:
> if (ioctx->rw_ctxs != &ioctx->s_rw_ctx) {
> kfree(ioctx->rw_ctxs);
> ioctx->rw_ctxs = NULL;
> }
>and keep the n_rw_ctx / n_rdma resets. Will send a v2.
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>Thanks,
>TanZheng
>
Hi Leon.

I'm very sorry, I made a mistake.

Thanks,
TanZheng