[PATCH v1 2/6] dmaengine: switchtec-dma: fix resource leak in alloc_chan_resources
From: Logan Gunthorpe
Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 18:13:19 EST
switchtec_dma_alloc_chan_resources() returns directly on any later
failure, without ever freeing the descriptor rings and coherent DMA
memory it just allocated. The dmaengine core does not call
device_free_chan_resources() when device_alloc_chan_resources() fails,
so the driver has to unwind its own partial state.
The device-removed check also runs after ring_active and
comp_ring_active have already been set true, so a failure there left
the channel marked active despite alloc_chan_resources() reporting
failure.
Add an error-unwind path that disables the channel and frees the
descriptor rings on every failure after allocation. ring_active and
comp_ring_active are cleared under the same locks
switchtec_dma_free_chan_resources() already uses, since the completion
tasklet checks comp_ring_active under complete_lock before touching
the completion ring, and a stale IRQ can still be in flight when this
unwind path runs.
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dmaengine/20260707165555.350951F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
Fixes: 30eba9df76ad ("dmaengine: switchtec-dma: Implement hardware initialization and cleanup")
Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c b/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c
index a4a7d66d042d..f77da31aeb65 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/switchtec_dma.c
@@ -988,15 +988,15 @@ static int switchtec_dma_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
rc = enable_channel(swdma_chan);
if (rc)
- return rc;
+ goto err_free_desc;
rc = reset_channel(swdma_chan);
if (rc)
- return rc;
+ goto err_disable_channel;
rc = unhalt_channel(swdma_chan);
if (rc)
- return rc;
+ goto err_disable_channel;
swdma_chan->ring_active = true;
swdma_chan->comp_ring_active = true;
@@ -1007,7 +1007,8 @@ static int switchtec_dma_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
rcu_read_lock();
if (!rcu_dereference(swdma_dev->pdev)) {
rcu_read_unlock();
- return -ENODEV;
+ rc = -ENODEV;
+ goto err_ring_inactive;
}
perf_cfg = readl(&swdma_chan->mmio_chan_fw->perf_cfg);
@@ -1029,6 +1030,20 @@ static int switchtec_dma_alloc_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
FIELD_GET(PERF_MRRS_MASK, perf_cfg));
return SWITCHTEC_DMA_SQ_SIZE;
+
+err_ring_inactive:
+ spin_lock_bh(&swdma_chan->submit_lock);
+ swdma_chan->ring_active = false;
+ spin_unlock_bh(&swdma_chan->submit_lock);
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&swdma_chan->complete_lock);
+ swdma_chan->comp_ring_active = false;
+ spin_unlock_bh(&swdma_chan->complete_lock);
+err_disable_channel:
+ disable_channel(swdma_chan);
+err_free_desc:
+ switchtec_dma_free_desc(swdma_chan);
+ return rc;
}
static void switchtec_dma_free_chan_resources(struct dma_chan *chan)
--
2.47.3