[PATCH v4 1/5] drm/amdgpu: Fix init ordering in amdgpu_vram_mgr_init()
From: Thomas Hellström
Date: Tue May 12 2026 - 04:25:13 EST
drmm_cgroup_register_region() is called before INIT_LIST_HEAD() and
gpu_buddy_init() in amdgpu_vram_mgr_init(). If it fails, the function
returns early and bypasses those initializations.
Since adev->mman.initialized is set to true before amdgpu_vram_mgr_init()
is called, a failure triggers amdgpu_ttm_fini(), which calls
amdgpu_vram_mgr_fini(), which then:
- Calls list_for_each_entry_safe() on reservations_pending and
reserved_pages, whose list_head::next pointers are zero-initialized
(NULL). The loop does not recognize them as empty and dereferences NULL.
- Calls gpu_buddy_fini(), which iterates free_trees[] unconditionally
via for_each_free_tree(). Since mm->free_trees is NULL
(never allocated), this dereferences NULL.
Both result in a kernel panic on the module load error path.
Fix by moving drmm_cgroup_register_region() to after the list and buddy
allocator are fully initialized, so the teardown path is safe to run.
Reported-by: Sashiko-bot <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260428073116.15687-1-thomas.hellstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?part=4
Fixes: 2b624a2c1865 ("drm/ttm: Handle cgroup based eviction in TTM")
Cc: Friedrich Vock <friedrich.vock@xxxxxx>
Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>
Cc: amd-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v6.14+
Assisted-by: GitHub_Copilot:claude-sonnet-4.6
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vram_mgr.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vram_mgr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vram_mgr.c
index 2a241a5b12c4..ac3f71d77140 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vram_mgr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vram_mgr.c
@@ -918,9 +918,6 @@ int amdgpu_vram_mgr_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
struct ttm_resource_manager *man = &mgr->manager;
int err;
- man->cg = drmm_cgroup_register_region(adev_to_drm(adev), "vram", adev->gmc.real_vram_size);
- if (IS_ERR(man->cg))
- return PTR_ERR(man->cg);
ttm_resource_manager_init(man, &adev->mman.bdev,
adev->gmc.real_vram_size);
@@ -935,6 +932,10 @@ int amdgpu_vram_mgr_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
if (err)
return err;
+ man->cg = drmm_cgroup_register_region(adev_to_drm(adev), "vram", adev->gmc.real_vram_size);
+ if (IS_ERR(man->cg))
+ return PTR_ERR(man->cg);
+
ttm_set_driver_manager(&adev->mman.bdev, TTM_PL_VRAM, &mgr->manager);
ttm_resource_manager_set_used(man, true);
return 0;
--
2.54.0