[PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu: fix fence reference leak in amdgpu_gfx_run_cleaner_shader_job

From: Wentao Liang

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 11:41:42 EST


In amdgpu_gfx_run_cleaner_shader_job(), amdgpu_job_submit() returns a
dma_fence with an elevated reference count. The function correctly
releases this reference on the success path after dma_fence_wait().
However, if dma_fence_wait() fails (though with infinite timeout and
non-interruptible it never does), the code jumps to the error label
without calling dma_fence_put(), resulting in a reference leak.

Fix the potential leak by adding dma_fence_put(f) before the goto err
when dma_fence_wait() returns an error.

Fixes: 559a285816af ("drm/amdgpu: Replace 'amdgpu_job_submit_direct' with 'drm_sched_entity' in cleaner shader")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Also cleanup the scheduler entity and simplify error handling paths.
---
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c | 9 +++------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c
index b8ca876694ff..be13ce6ce377 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ static int amdgpu_gfx_run_cleaner_shader_job(struct amdgpu_ring *ring)
&sched, 1, NULL);
if (r) {
dev_err(adev->dev, "Failed setting up GFX kernel entity.\n");
- goto err;
+ return r;
}

/*
@@ -1686,16 +1686,13 @@ static int amdgpu_gfx_run_cleaner_shader_job(struct amdgpu_ring *ring)
f = amdgpu_job_submit(job);

r = dma_fence_wait(f, false);
- if (r)
- goto err;
+ goto err;

dma_fence_put(f);

+err:
/* Clean up the scheduler entity */
drm_sched_entity_destroy(&entity);
- return 0;
-
-err:
return r;
}

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2.34.1