Re: [PATCH v2] x86/amd_node: Fix PCI device reference counting in amd_smn_init()

From: Serge Hallyn (AMD)

Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 15:57:43 EST


On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 10:43:25AM -0500, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> The local "root" pointer is a temporary variable used during the device
> search. Therefore, refcount related to the search iterators should be
> cleaned up after the search is complete.
>
> Use the __free() cleanup macro to ensure the refcount is decremented
> when the temporary pointer goes out of scope.
>
> Additionally, increment the refcount when caching a root pointer. This
> ensures the in-use refcount is separate from the temporary search
> refcounting.
>
> Finally, drop the redundant "root = NULL" before the second search
> loop. The pci_get_class() iterator always decrements the refcount of
> its "from" argument, so the first loop can only fall through with
> "root" already NULL.
>
> Fixes: 0a4b61d9c2e4 ("x86/amd_node: Fix AMD root device caching")
> Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260806160159.230453-1-jason.andryuk%40amd.com
> Assisted-by: Claude-Code:claude-opus-5
> Signed-off-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks. FWIW,

> Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn (AMD) <sergeh@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Link:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260824175003.335196-1-yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx
>
> v1->v2:
> * Add SoB from Mario.
> * Remove redundant pointer reset.
>
> arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
> index 762585775b5a..b7926ba3610a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
> @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ __setup("amd_smn_debugfs_enable", amd_smn_enable_dfs);
> static int __init amd_smn_init(void)
> {
> u16 count, num_roots, roots_per_node, node, num_nodes;
> - struct pci_dev *root;
> + struct pci_dev *root __free(pci_dev_put) = NULL;
>
> if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_ZEN))
> return 0;
> @@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ static int __init amd_smn_init(void)
> return 0;
>
> num_roots = 0;
> - root = NULL;
> while ((root = get_next_root(root))) {
> pci_dbg(root, "Reserving PCI config space\n");
>
> @@ -299,14 +298,13 @@ static int __init amd_smn_init(void)
>
> count = 0;
> node = 0;
> - root = NULL;
> while (node < num_nodes && (root = get_next_root(root))) {
> /* Use one root for each node and skip the rest. */
> if (count++ % roots_per_node)
> continue;
>
> pci_dbg(root, "is root for AMD node %u\n", node);
> - amd_roots[node++] = root;
> + amd_roots[node++] = pci_dev_get(root);
> }
>
> if (enable_dfs) {
>
> base-commit: 7755fae2ea370ee914797c5bcca922836a818c3d
> --
> 2.43.0
>