Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] drm/sched: cache the timeline name to fix a use-after-free

[Jonghyuk Kim(MalHyuk)]

On 07/09/2026 17:21, Christian König wrote:
>> Maybe Jonghyuk can give your patch a test run and then we could use
>> it as a hot-fix to backport
> 
> Completely agree.

Ran 0001 on v7.3-rc1-99-g89a312991dc6 with the KUnit regression test from my
v4 3/3 (mock scheduler, KASAN, no hardware). Without it the test fails with

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name+0x9c/0xb0

and with it applied it passes. Reverted and re-applied twice, same both times.

Tested-by: Jonghyuk Kim(MalHyuk) <malhyuk97@xxxxxxxxx>

Two things it doesn't cover: it's x86 only, so nothing about the load ordering
you discussed; and only the signaled case - for a fence exported before it
signals, get_timeline_name() is still reached and reads fence->sched->name.
I haven't tried to build that case.

Could you add a Reported-by for me when you post it? I'm happy to drop my
v4 1/3 in favour of this, and can respin the KUnit test standalone so the
fix lands with a regression test.

Thanks,
Jonghyuk