[PATCH 2/6] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix PCI device refcount leak in UPI discovery

From: Zide Chen

Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 19:15:18 EST


pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() increments the reference count of the
returned PCI device and therefore requires a matching pci_dev_put().

In skx_upi_topology_cb() and discover_upi_topology(), the lookup is
performed inside a loop, but pci_dev_put() is only called once after
the loop. As a result, references from all previous iterations are
leaked.

Move pci_dev_put(dev) into the if (dev) block immediately after
upi_fill_topology() returns.

Opportunistically, fix uninitialized variable in skx_upi_topology_cb().

Fixes: 4cfce57fa42d ("perf/x86/intel/uncore: Enable UPI topology discovery for Skylake Server")
Fixes: f680b6e6062e ("perf/x86/intel/uncore: Enable UPI topology discovery for Icelake Server")
Signed-off-by: Zide Chen <zide.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
index 215d33e260ed..c9ce206fcbb6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
@@ -4261,7 +4261,7 @@ static int upi_fill_topology(struct pci_dev *dev, struct intel_uncore_topology *
static int skx_upi_topology_cb(struct intel_uncore_type *type, int segment,
int die, u64 cpu_bus_msr)
{
- int idx, ret;
+ int idx, ret = 0;
struct intel_uncore_topology *upi;
unsigned int devfn;
struct pci_dev *dev = NULL;
@@ -4274,12 +4274,12 @@ static int skx_upi_topology_cb(struct intel_uncore_type *type, int segment,
dev = pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot(segment, bus, devfn);
if (dev) {
ret = upi_fill_topology(dev, upi, idx);
+ pci_dev_put(dev);
if (ret)
break;
}
}

- pci_dev_put(dev);
return ret;
}

@@ -5499,6 +5499,7 @@ static int discover_upi_topology(struct intel_uncore_type *type, int ubox_did, i
devfn);
if (dev) {
ret = upi_fill_topology(dev, upi, idx);
+ pci_dev_put(dev);
if (ret)
goto err;
}
@@ -5506,7 +5507,6 @@ static int discover_upi_topology(struct intel_uncore_type *type, int ubox_did, i
}
err:
pci_dev_put(ubox);
- pci_dev_put(dev);
return ret;
}

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2.54.0