[PATCH] dmaengine: mv_xor: kill tasklet on channel add error path

From: Rosen Penev

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 19:47:50 EST


If request_irq() succeeds but a later step (self-test or device
registration) fails, the error path at err_free_irq frees the IRQ
but does not kill the tasklet. A previously scheduled tasklet can
still run after the channel is freed, accessing freed memory.

Add tasklet_kill() after free_irq() on the error path.

Fixes: ff7b04796d98 ("dmaengine: DMA engine driver for Marvell XOR engine")
Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma/mv_xor.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c b/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
index 25ed61f1b089..24f22db5dfa1 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/mv_xor.c
@@ -1162,6 +1162,7 @@ mv_xor_channel_add(struct mv_xor_device *xordev,

err_free_irq:
free_irq(mv_chan->irq, mv_chan);
+ tasklet_kill(&mv_chan->irq_tasklet);
err_free_dma:
dma_free_wc(&pdev->dev, MV_XOR_POOL_SIZE,
mv_chan->dma_desc_pool_virt, mv_chan->dma_desc_pool);
--
2.55.0