Re: [PATCH] nvmet: pci-epf: put CQ ref on create_cq mapping failure

[Damien Le Moal]

On 8/5/26 06:36, Yifei Gao wrote:
> nvmet_pci_epf_create_cq() calls nvmet_cq_create(), which takes a
> reference on the controller and installs the completion queue. If the
> subsequent PCI address-space mapping fails or returns a too-small partial
> mapping, the function jumps to err_internal / err_unmap_queue without
> calling nvmet_cq_put(). The matching put in nvmet_pci_epf_delete_cq() is
> gated on NVMET_PCI_EPF_Q_LIVE, which is only set after the mapping
> succeeds, so teardown never releases these references. A remote PCI host
> that drives Create IO CQ commands with a failing PRP1/pci_addr therefore
> leaks the CQ and a controller reference on each attempt.
> 
> Drop the CQ reference on the mapping-failure paths. The err_internal and
> err_unmap_queue labels are only reachable after nvmet_cq_create() has
> succeeded, so this pairs the create/put correctly.
> 
> Fixes: 0faa0fe6f90e ("nvmet: New NVMe PCI endpoint function target driver")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> Signed-off-by: Yifei Gao <gyf161023@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks OK.

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@xxxxxxxxxx>

Note: it would be nice if could explicitly mention if you actually tested this
or if this is just an AI generated fix.

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research