[PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu: Fix NPA-REVOKE racing an in-flight UALink import

From: David Carlier

Date: Sat Sep 26 2026 - 13:44:19 EST


The exporter records an importer when it answers NPA-REQ, so it can send
NPA-REVOKE as soon as the BO is freed, before the importer has finished
building the dma-buf for that handle. The revoke handler assumes a fully
imported node: it dereferences imp_xa_node->dmabuf, which is still NULL
until the import completes, and drops the xarray reference the importing
thread still relies on. The importer then links the node and marks it
READY regardless, so the node can be freed while still on the per-remote
list.

Only tear down a node that is READY. Otherwise mark it for teardown and
send NPA-RELEASE, as nothing has been handed to user-space yet, and wake
the importer if it is still waiting for NPA-RSP so that it fails right
away. A node already in teardown belongs to whoever moved it there, so a
duplicate NPA-REVOKE no longer touches it either. The importer checks for
teardown under the xarray lock before linking the node and marking it
READY, and unwinds otherwise.

Fixes: 7cc82cd90d35 ("drm/amdgpu: Implement mechanism to revoke exported memory")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Tear down only READY nodes, so a duplicate NPA-REVOKE for a node already
in teardown neither dereferences a NULL dmabuf nor drops the node
reference twice (Sashiko).
- Complete npa_done when a revoke arrives before NPA-RSP, so the importer
fails right away instead of timing out into a connection reset (Sashiko).
- Use the current Assisted-by format.

Found by code analysis and compile-tested with W=1. Not tested on hardware,
as it needs two UALink-connected accelerators in a vPod.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260926171625.288519-1-devnexen@xxxxxxxxx/

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ualink.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ualink.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ualink.c
index 8411ea17172f..cb35026e6eba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ualink.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ualink.c
@@ -3265,6 +3265,7 @@ static void amdgpu_ualink_process_npa_revoke_msg(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
{
struct amdgpu_ualink_imp_xa_node *imp_xa_node;
struct amdgpu_bo *bo;
+ u32 node_state;
int r = 0;

/* Remove the entry from the Xarray. */
@@ -3288,7 +3289,23 @@ static void amdgpu_ualink_process_npa_revoke_msg(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
return;
}

+ node_state = READ_ONCE(imp_xa_node->node_state);
WRITE_ONCE(imp_xa_node->node_state, AMDGPU_UALINK_NODE_TEARDOWN);
+
+ /* Only a READY node is torn down here. If the import is still in
+ * flight, the dmabuf may not exist yet and nothing has been handed
+ * to user-space: leave the node to the importing thread, which sees
+ * the teardown state and unwinds, and wake it up if it is still
+ * waiting for NPA-RSP. A node already in teardown is owned by
+ * whoever moved it there, e.g. an earlier NPA-REVOKE.
+ */
+ if (node_state != AMDGPU_UALINK_NODE_READY) {
+ if (node_state == AMDGPU_UALINK_NODE_NOT_READY)
+ complete(&imp_xa_node->npa_done);
+ xa_unlock(&adev->ualink.imp_xa);
+ goto send_release;
+ }
+
list_del_init(&imp_xa_node->list);
xa_unlock(&adev->ualink.imp_xa);

@@ -3299,6 +3316,7 @@ static void amdgpu_ualink_process_npa_revoke_msg(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
/* Drop the refcount for the node */
amdgpu_ualink_imp_xa_entry_put(imp_xa_node);

+send_release:
r = amdgpu_ualink_send_npa_release_msg(adev, remote_acc_id, handle);
if (r)
dev_err(adev->dev,
@@ -3760,9 +3778,20 @@ static int amdgpu_ualink_do_import_handle(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
return r;
}

- /* Add this node to the imported handles list for the remote GPU */
+ /* Add this node to the imported handles list for the remote GPU,
+ * unless the exporter revoked the handle while the import was in
+ * flight. The dmabuf is released with the last node reference.
+ */
xa_lock(&adev->ualink.imp_xa);
+ if (READ_ONCE(imp_xa_node->node_state) == AMDGPU_UALINK_NODE_TEARDOWN) {
+ xa_unlock(&adev->ualink.imp_xa);
+ dev_warn(adev->dev,
+ "IMPORT: handle:%llx:%llx revoked during import\n",
+ handle.handle_hi, handle.handle_lo);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
list_add(&imp_xa_node->list, &adev->ualink.imp_handles_list[remote_acc_id]);
+ WRITE_ONCE(imp_xa_node->node_state, AMDGPU_UALINK_NODE_READY);
xa_unlock(&adev->ualink.imp_xa);

return 0;
@@ -3938,9 +3967,6 @@ int amdgpu_ualink_import_handle(struct drm_device *dev,
"IMPORT: XA import failed for handle:%llx:%llx\n",
handle.handle_hi, handle.handle_lo);
goto cleanup;
- } else {
- WRITE_ONCE(imp_xa_node->node_state,
- AMDGPU_UALINK_NODE_READY);
}
}

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2.55.0