[PATCH V1] accel/amdxdna: Fix race between unmap and free BO

From: Lizhi Hou

Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 16:01:14 EST


A userspace process can concurrently trigger an unmap, which queues
hmm_unreg_work, and free BO. If amdxdna_hmm_unreg_work() executes
list_del(&mapp->node) and is preempted before calling amdxdna_umap_put(),
amdxdna_hmm_unregister_all() can fail to find the mapping in the list
and return without calling cancel_work_sync(). This allows object
destruction to proceed while the worker still holds a pointer to the BO
in the umap structure.

Moving the work item from struct amdxdna_umap to struct amdxdna_gem_obj.
The worker no longer holds a pointer to an individual mapping, so there
is no longer a window where the umap has been unlinked from umap_list but
work is still pending against it. The work item now lives in the BO
itself, so use a single cancel_work_sync() in the free path to drain the
work.

Fixes: 445d20910429 ("accel/amdxdna: Fix unexpected wait when flushing notifier_wq")
Signed-off-by: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c | 95 +++++++++++++----------------
drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h | 3 +-
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
index e861db6f9369..398d0a58b53a 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
@@ -164,30 +164,6 @@ void amdxdna_gem_heap_free(struct amdxdna_client *client, struct amdxdna_gem_obj
mutex_unlock(&client->mm_lock);
}

-static struct amdxdna_gem_obj *
-amdxdna_gem_create_obj(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size)
-{
- struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo;
-
- abo = kzalloc_obj(*abo);
- if (!abo)
- return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
- abo->pinned = false;
- abo->assigned_hwctx = AMDXDNA_INVALID_CTX_HANDLE;
- mutex_init(&abo->lock);
-
- abo->mem.dma_addr = AMDXDNA_INVALID_ADDR;
- abo->mem.uva = AMDXDNA_INVALID_ADDR;
- abo->mem.size = size;
- abo->open_ref = 0;
- abo->internal = false;
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&abo->mem.umap_list);
- xa_init_flags(&abo->heap_xa, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
-
- return abo;
-}
-
static void
amdxdna_gem_destroy_obj(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)
{
@@ -278,10 +254,8 @@ static bool amdxdna_hmm_invalidate(struct mmu_interval_notifier *mni,

if (range->event == MMU_NOTIFY_UNMAP) {
down_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
- if (!mapp->unmapped) {
- queue_work(xdna->notifier_wq, &mapp->hmm_unreg_work);
- mapp->unmapped = true;
- }
+ mapp->unmapped = true;
+ queue_work(xdna->notifier_wq, &abo->hmm_unreg_work);
up_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
}

@@ -311,13 +285,13 @@ static void amdxdna_hmm_unregister(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,
if (!compare_range(mapp, vma->vm_mm, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end))
continue;

- queue_work(xdna->notifier_wq, &mapp->hmm_unreg_work);
mapp->unmapped = true;
+ queue_work(xdna->notifier_wq, &abo->hmm_unreg_work);
}
up_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
}

-static void amdxdna_hmm_unregister_all(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)
+static void amdxdna_hmm_unreg_umaps(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo, bool force)
{
struct amdxdna_dev *xdna = to_xdna_dev(to_gobj(abo)->dev);
struct amdxdna_umap *mapp, *tmp;
@@ -325,16 +299,18 @@ static void amdxdna_hmm_unregister_all(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)

down_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
list_for_each_entry_safe(mapp, tmp, &abo->mem.umap_list, node) {
+ if (!force && !mapp->unmapped)
+ continue;
+
mapp->unmapped = true;
- mapp->cleanup = true;
list_move(&mapp->node, &dead);
}
+ if (list_empty(&abo->mem.umap_list))
+ abo->mem.uva = AMDXDNA_INVALID_ADDR;
up_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);

- list_for_each_entry_safe(mapp, tmp, &dead, node) {
- cancel_work_sync(&mapp->hmm_unreg_work);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(mapp, tmp, &dead, node)
amdxdna_umap_put(mapp);
- }
}

static void amdxdna_umap_release(struct kref *ref)
@@ -353,24 +329,10 @@ void amdxdna_umap_put(struct amdxdna_umap *mapp)

static void amdxdna_hmm_unreg_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct amdxdna_umap *mapp = container_of(work, struct amdxdna_umap,
- hmm_unreg_work);
- struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo = mapp->abo;
- struct amdxdna_dev *xdna;
+ struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo = container_of(work, struct amdxdna_gem_obj,
+ hmm_unreg_work);

- xdna = to_xdna_dev(to_gobj(mapp->abo)->dev);
- down_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
- if (mapp->cleanup) {
- up_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
- return;
- }
-
- list_del(&mapp->node);
- if (list_empty(&abo->mem.umap_list))
- abo->mem.uva = AMDXDNA_INVALID_ADDR;
- up_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
-
- amdxdna_umap_put(mapp);
+ amdxdna_hmm_unreg_umaps(abo, false);
}

static int amdxdna_hmm_register(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,
@@ -422,8 +384,6 @@ static int amdxdna_hmm_register(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,
mapp->abo = abo;
kref_init(&mapp->refcnt);

- INIT_WORK(&mapp->hmm_unreg_work, amdxdna_hmm_unreg_work);
-
ret = mmu_interval_notifier_insert_locked(&mapp->notifier,
current->mm,
addr,
@@ -449,6 +409,31 @@ static int amdxdna_hmm_register(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,
return ret;
}

+static struct amdxdna_gem_obj *
+amdxdna_gem_create_obj(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size)
+{
+ struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo;
+
+ abo = kzalloc_obj(*abo);
+ if (!abo)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ abo->pinned = false;
+ abo->assigned_hwctx = AMDXDNA_INVALID_CTX_HANDLE;
+ mutex_init(&abo->lock);
+
+ abo->mem.dma_addr = AMDXDNA_INVALID_ADDR;
+ abo->mem.uva = AMDXDNA_INVALID_ADDR;
+ abo->mem.size = size;
+ abo->open_ref = 0;
+ abo->internal = false;
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&abo->mem.umap_list);
+ xa_init_flags(&abo->heap_xa, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
+ INIT_WORK(&abo->hmm_unreg_work, amdxdna_hmm_unreg_work);
+
+ return abo;
+}
+
static void amdxdna_gem_dev_obj_free(struct drm_gem_object *gobj)
{
struct amdxdna_dev *xdna = to_xdna_dev(gobj->dev);
@@ -756,7 +741,9 @@ static void amdxdna_gem_obj_free(struct drm_gem_object *gobj)
struct amdxdna_dev *xdna = to_xdna_dev(gobj->dev);
struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo = to_xdna_obj(gobj);

- amdxdna_hmm_unregister_all(abo);
+ /* No notifier survives this, so no new work can be queued. */
+ amdxdna_hmm_unreg_umaps(abo, true);
+ cancel_work_sync(&abo->hmm_unreg_work);

if (abo->pinned)
amdxdna_gem_unpin(abo);
diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h
index 5dfefdcf1356..9b4aa21a37c9 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@
struct amdxdna_umap {
struct mmu_interval_notifier notifier;
struct hmm_range range;
- struct work_struct hmm_unreg_work;
struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo;
struct list_head node;
struct kref refcnt;
bool invalid;
bool unmapped;
- bool cleanup;
};

struct amdxdna_mem {
@@ -44,6 +42,7 @@ struct amdxdna_gem_obj {
struct mutex lock; /* Protects: pinned, mem.kva, open_ref */
struct amdxdna_mem mem;
int open_ref;
+ struct work_struct hmm_unreg_work;

/* Below members are initialized when needed */
struct drm_mm_node mm_node; /* For AMDXDNA_BO_DEV */
--
2.34.1