[PATCH] dma-coherent: report a failed reserved memory assignment
From: Donggeun Yoo
Date: Sat Sep 05 2026 - 03:48:08 EST
rmem_dma_device_init() drops the return value of
dma_assign_coherent_memory() and always reports success. That call fails
with -EBUSY when the device already has a coherent pool, and the file
allows only "*one* such region of memory" per device.
of_reserved_mem_device_init_by_idx() reads the zero as success. It logs
"assigned reserved memory node" for a region that was not assigned and
records the pairing, so of_reserved_mem_device_release() later runs
rmem_dma_device_release() for it. That clears dev->dma_mem without
looking at which region it was called for, dropping the pool the device
did get and leaving it on ordinary memory.
dma_declare_coherent_memory() checks the same call and releases the
memory on failure, and rmem_swiotlb_device_init() propagates its own
errors. Return the error here as well, so a device tree that assigns two
pools to one device fails the probe instead of half working.
Fixes: 7bfa5ab6fa1b ("drivers: dma-coherent: add initialization from device tree")
Signed-off-by: Donggeun Yoo <donggeunyoo.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Compile-tested only, with CONFIG_DMA_DECLARE_COHERENT=y and
CONFIG_OF_RESERVED_MEM=y. I do not have a board that assigns two
shared-dma-pool regions to one device; the release path was traced
through of_reserved_mem_device_release() and rmem_dma_device_release()
rather than observed.
kernel/dma/coherent.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/dma/coherent.c b/kernel/dma/coherent.c
index 45bbae947f4b..4d0266893bcc 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/coherent.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/coherent.c
@@ -352,8 +352,7 @@ static int rmem_dma_device_init(struct reserved_mem *rmem, struct device *dev)
min_not_zero(dev->coherent_dma_mask, dev->bus_dma_limit))
dev_warn(dev, "reserved memory is beyond device's set DMA address range\n");
- dma_assign_coherent_memory(dev, mem);
- return 0;
+ return dma_assign_coherent_memory(dev, mem);
}
static void rmem_dma_device_release(struct reserved_mem *rmem,
--
2.53.0