Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dmaengine: idxd: Do not call destroy_workqueue with null idxd->wq
From: Vinicius Costa Gomes
Date: Fri Jun 26 2026 - 20:47:51 EST
Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@xxxxxxx> writes:
> Error paths within idxd_pci_probe_alloc and related functions end up
> calling destroy_workqueue with a null pointer, from
> idxd_conf_device_release via put_device, because that allocation has
> not yet occurred when the error is hit.
>
> This was encountered running in a kexec'd kdump kernel with reduced
> resources, causing the "Device is HALTED!" branch in
> idxd_device_init_reset to be taken.
>
> In idxd_conf_device_release, check that the workqueue has been
> allocated before trying to destroy it.
>
> Fixes: 3d33de353b1f ("dmaengine: idxd: Fix not releasing workqueue on .release()")
>
> Signed-off-by: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: split into two patches as requested by Vinicius Costa
>
> drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c
> index 6d251095c350..d5ffc641c856 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c
> @@ -1836,7 +1836,8 @@ static void idxd_conf_device_release(struct device *dev)
> {
> struct idxd_device *idxd = confdev_to_idxd(dev);
>
> - destroy_workqueue(idxd->wq);
> + if (idxd->wq)
> + destroy_workqueue(idxd->wq);
> kfree(idxd->groups);
> bitmap_free(idxd->wq_enable_map);
> kfree(idxd->wqs);
> --
> 2.51.0
>
--
Vinicius