Forwarded: Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING in its_msi_teardown
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Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 04:13:15 EST
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Subject: Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] WARNING in its_msi_teardown
Author: rihyeon8648@xxxxxxxxx
#syz test
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
index 6f5811aae59c..f324d3df56c0 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
@@ -2108,11 +2108,15 @@ static struct lpi_range *mk_lpi_range(u32 base, u32 span)
{
struct lpi_range *range;
- range = kmalloc_obj(*range);
- if (range) {
- range->base_id = base;
- range->span = span;
- }
+ /*
+ * Handing a range back is not allowed to fail: the callers of
+ * free_lpi_range() have no way of reporting an error, and losing the
+ * range here would leak the LPIs for good. This is a small, order-0
+ * request and lpi_range_lock is a mutex, so the context is sleepable.
+ */
+ range = kmalloc_obj(*range, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+ range->base_id = base;
+ range->span = span;
return range;
}
@@ -2158,13 +2162,11 @@ static void merge_lpi_ranges(struct lpi_range *a, struct lpi_range *b)
kfree(a);
}
-static int free_lpi_range(u32 base, u32 nr_lpis)
+static void free_lpi_range(u32 base, u32 nr_lpis)
{
struct lpi_range *new, *old;
new = mk_lpi_range(base, nr_lpis);
- if (!new)
- return -ENOMEM;
mutex_lock(&lpi_range_lock);
@@ -2188,14 +2190,12 @@ static int free_lpi_range(u32 base, u32 nr_lpis)
merge_lpi_ranges(new, list_next_entry(new, entry));
mutex_unlock(&lpi_range_lock);
- return 0;
}
-static int __init its_lpi_init(u32 id_bits)
+static void __init its_lpi_init(u32 id_bits)
{
u32 lpis = (1UL << id_bits) - 8192;
u32 numlpis;
- int err;
numlpis = 1UL << GICD_TYPER_NUM_LPIS(gic_rdists->gicd_typer);
@@ -2209,9 +2209,8 @@ static int __init its_lpi_init(u32 id_bits)
* Initializing the allocator is just the same as freeing the
* full range of LPIs.
*/
- err = free_lpi_range(8192, lpis);
+ free_lpi_range(8192, lpis);
pr_debug("ITS: Allocator initialized for %u LPIs\n", lpis);
- return err;
}
static unsigned long *its_lpi_alloc(int nr_irqs, u32 *base, int *nr_ids)
@@ -2248,7 +2247,7 @@ static unsigned long *its_lpi_alloc(int nr_irqs, u32 *base, int *nr_ids)
static void its_lpi_free(unsigned long *bitmap, u32 base, u32 nr_ids)
{
- WARN_ON(free_lpi_range(base, nr_ids));
+ free_lpi_range(base, nr_ids);
bitmap_free(bitmap);
}
@@ -2349,7 +2348,9 @@ static int __init its_setup_lpi_prop_table(void)
pr_info("GICv3: using LPI property table @%pa\n",
&gic_rdists->prop_table_pa);
- return its_lpi_init(lpi_id_bits);
+ its_lpi_init(lpi_id_bits);
+
+ return 0;
}
static const char *its_base_type_string[] = {