[PATCH V1 2/2] accel/amdxdna: Fix potential deadlock in BO open and close callbacks

From: Lizhi Hou

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 14:53:28 EST


In amdxdna_gem_obj_open(), abo->lock is held when calling
amdxdna_gem_add_bo_usage(), which then acquires client->mm_lock.

However, the heap update path may acquire these locks in the reverse
order, creating a potential deadlock.

Fix this by saving the client pointer locally before acquiring abo->lock,
and releasing abo->lock before calling amdxdna_gem_add_bo_usage().

Apply the same change to amdxdna_gem_obj_close().

Fixes: 1f513a3ec3a9 ("accel/amdxdna: Add per-process BO memory usage query support")
Signed-off-by: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
index 1353393194e2..0d165b66c1fc 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
@@ -641,10 +641,8 @@ amdxdna_gem_skip_bo_usage(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)
}

static void
-amdxdna_gem_add_bo_usage(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)
+amdxdna_gem_add_bo_usage(struct amdxdna_client *client, struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)
{
- struct amdxdna_client *client = abo->client;
-
if (amdxdna_gem_skip_bo_usage(abo))
return;

@@ -656,10 +654,8 @@ amdxdna_gem_add_bo_usage(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)
}

static void
-amdxdna_gem_del_bo_usage(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)
+amdxdna_gem_del_bo_usage(struct amdxdna_client *client, struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)
{
- struct amdxdna_client *client = abo->client;
-
if (amdxdna_gem_skip_bo_usage(abo))
return;

@@ -694,14 +690,20 @@ static int amdxdna_gem_obj_open(struct drm_gem_object *gobj, struct drm_file *fi
{
struct amdxdna_dev *xdna = to_xdna_dev(gobj->dev);
struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo = to_xdna_obj(gobj);
+ struct amdxdna_client *client;
int ret;

- guard(mutex)(&abo->lock);
- if (abo->open_ref > 0 && filp->driver_priv != abo->client)
+ mutex_lock(&abo->lock);
+ if (abo->open_ref > 0 && filp->driver_priv != abo->client) {
+ mutex_unlock(&abo->lock);
return -EPERM;
+ }
+
abo->open_ref++;
- if (abo->open_ref > 1)
+ if (abo->open_ref > 1) {
+ mutex_unlock(&abo->lock);
return 0;
+ }

/* Attached to the client when first opened by it. */
abo->client = filp->driver_priv;
@@ -712,26 +714,34 @@ static int amdxdna_gem_obj_open(struct drm_gem_object *gobj, struct drm_file *fi
if (ret) {
abo->open_ref--;
abo->client = NULL;
+ mutex_unlock(&abo->lock);
return ret;
}
}
+ client = abo->client;
+ mutex_unlock(&abo->lock);

- amdxdna_gem_add_bo_usage(abo);
+ amdxdna_gem_add_bo_usage(client, abo);
return 0;
}

static void amdxdna_gem_obj_close(struct drm_gem_object *gobj, struct drm_file *filp)
{
struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo = to_xdna_obj(gobj);
+ struct amdxdna_client *client = NULL;

- guard(mutex)(&abo->lock);
+ mutex_lock(&abo->lock);
abo->open_ref--;

if (abo->open_ref == 0) {
- amdxdna_gem_del_bo_usage(abo);
/* Detach from the client when last closed by it. */
+ client = abo->client;
abo->client = NULL;
}
+ mutex_unlock(&abo->lock);
+
+ if (client)
+ amdxdna_gem_del_bo_usage(client, abo);
}

static int amdxdna_gem_obj_vmap(struct drm_gem_object *obj, struct iosys_map *map)
--
2.34.1