Re: [PATCH 2/2] wifi: ath12k: fix warning when unbinding

[Jeff Johnson]

On 10/10/2024 10:48 AM, Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez wrote:
> If there is an error during some initialization realated to firmware,
> the buffers dp->tx_ring[i].tx_status are released.
> However this is released again when the device is unbinded (ath12k_pci),
> and we get:
> [   41.271233] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2098 at mm/slub.c:4689 free_large_kmalloc+0x4d/0x80
> [   41.271246] Modules linked in: uinput snd_seq_dummy snd_hrtimer nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_set nf_tables nfnetlink sunrpc qrtr_mhi intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common intel_uncore_frequency_common intel_pmc_core intel_vsec pmt_telemetry pmt_class kvm_intel kvm rapl qrtr snd_hda_codec_generic ath12k qmi_helpers snd_hda_intel snd_intel_dspcfg snd_intel_sdw_acpi iTCO_wdt intel_pmc_bxt mac80211 snd_hda_codec iTCO_vendor_support libarc4 snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_seq snd_seq_device cfg80211 snd_pcm pcspkr i2c_i801 snd_timer i2c_smbus snd rfkill soundcore lpc_ich mhi virtio_balloon joydev xfs crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel polyval_clmulni polyval_generic ghash_clmulni_intel sha512_ssse3 sha256_ssse3 sha1_ssse3 virtio_net virtio_blk virtio_console virtio_gpu net_failover failover virtio_dma_buf serio_raw fuse qemu_fw_cfg
> [   41.271284] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 2098 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1+ #29
> [   41.271286] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014
> [   41.271287] RIP: 0010:free_large_kmalloc+0x4d/0x80
> [   41.271289] Code: 00 10 00 00 48 d3 e0 f7 d8 81 e2 c0 00 00 00 75 2f 89 c6 48 89 df e8 82 ff ff ff f0 ff 4b 34 0f 85 59 0e ce 00 e9 5b 0e ce 00 <0f> 0b 80 3d c8 29 3c 02 00 0f 84 2d 0e ce 00 b8 00 f0 ff ff eb d1
> [   41.271290] RSP: 0018:ffffa40881a33c50 EFLAGS: 00010246
> [   41.271292] RAX: 000fffffc0000000 RBX: ffffe697c0278000 RCX: 0000000000000000
> [   41.271293] RDX: ffffe697c0b60008 RSI: ffff8d00c9e00000 RDI: ffffe697c0278000
> [   41.271294] RBP: ffff8d00c3af0000 R08: ffff8d00f215d0c0 R09: 0000000080400038
> [   41.271294] R10: 0000000080400038 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001
> [   41.271295] R13: ffffffffc0ef8948 R14: ffffffffc0ef8948 R15: ffff8d00c1277560
> [   41.271296] FS:  00007fd31e556740(0000) GS:ffff8d011e400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> [   41.271297] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> [   41.271298] CR2: 00007f778d3ffb38 CR3: 00000000065dc000 CR4: 0000000000752ef0
> [   41.271301] PKRU: 55555554
> [   41.271302] Call Trace:
> [   41.271304]  <TASK>
> [   41.271304]  ? free_large_kmalloc+0x4d/0x80
> [   41.271306]  ? __warn.cold+0x93/0xfa
> [   41.271308]  ? free_large_kmalloc+0x4d/0x80
> [   41.271311]  ? report_bug+0xff/0x140
> [   41.271314]  ? handle_bug+0x58/0x90
> [   41.271316]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x70
> [   41.271317]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
> [   41.271321]  ? free_large_kmalloc+0x4d/0x80
> [   41.271323]  ath12k_dp_free+0xdc/0x110 [ath12k]
> [   41.271337]  ath12k_core_deinit+0x8d/0xb0 [ath12k]
> [   41.271345]  ath12k_pci_remove+0x50/0xf0 [ath12k]
> [   41.271354]  pci_device_remove+0x3f/0xb0
> [   41.271356]  device_release_driver_internal+0x19c/0x200
> [   41.271359]  unbind_store+0xa1/0xb0
> ...
> 
> The issue is always reproducible from a VM because the MSI addressing
> initialization is failing.
> 
> In order to fix the issue, just check if the buffers were already released
> and if they need to be released, in addition set to NULL for the checking.
> 
> cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: d889913205cf7 ("wifi: ath12k: driver for Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices")
> Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.c
> index 789d430e4455..9d878d815f3c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp.c
> @@ -1277,8 +1277,12 @@ void ath12k_dp_free(struct ath12k_base *ab)
>  
>  	ath12k_dp_rx_reo_cmd_list_cleanup(ab);
>  
> -	for (i = 0; i < ab->hw_params->max_tx_ring; i++)
> -		kfree(dp->tx_ring[i].tx_status);
> +	for (i = 0; i < ab->hw_params->max_tx_ring; i++) {
> +		if (dp->tx_ring[i].tx_status) {

this test is unnecessary since kfree() already handles NULL

> +			kfree(dp->tx_ring[i].tx_status);
> +			dp->tx_ring[i].tx_status = NULL;
> +		}
> +	}
>  
>  	ath12k_dp_rx_free(ab);
>  	/* Deinit any SOC level resource */