[PATCH v2] net: 8390: pcnet_cs: release PCMCIA window on setup_shmem_window() error

From: Myeonghun Pak

Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 19:14:21 EST


setup_shmem_window() acquires a PCMCIA memory window using
pcmcia_request_window(). If pcmcia_map_mem_page() or the subsequent
ioremap() fails, the function returns without releasing the requested
window.

pcnet_config() treats shared-memory setup failure as non-fatal and falls
back to setup_dma_config(). Probe can therefore continue while socket
window 3 and its reserved iomem range remain unnecessarily held for the
rest of the bound lifetime of the device. pcmcia_disable_device()
eventually releases the window during teardown.

Route error paths after a successful request through a new release label
that calls pcmcia_release_window(). Fold the existing buffer-verification
cleanup into the same path, keeping iounmap() before the window release
when a mapping exists. Leave the request failure path unchanged.

This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research while
reviewing kernel code.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: OpenAI:GPT-5.6
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Clarify that the window remains reserved only until device teardown.
- Make the DMA fallback and continued probe description conditional.
- Avoid claiming that every request failure leaves no resource held.
- Restore the surrounding indentation for the new goto statements.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260731161740.44955-1-mhun512@xxxxxxxxx/
---
drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c
index 19f9c5db3..0cf3c0f3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/pcnet_cs.c
@@ -1434,14 +1434,14 @@ static int setup_shmem_window(struct pcmcia_device *link, int start_pg,
offset -= offset % window_size;
ret = pcmcia_map_mem_page(link, link->resource[3], offset);
if (ret)
- goto failed;
+ goto release;

/* Try scribbling on the buffer */
info->base = ioremap(link->resource[3]->start,
resource_size(link->resource[3]));
if (unlikely(!info->base)) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto failed;
+ goto release;
}

for (i = 0; i < (TX_PAGES<<8); i += 2)
@@ -1452,9 +1452,8 @@ static int setup_shmem_window(struct pcmcia_device *link, int start_pg,
pcnet_reset_8390(dev);
if (i != (TX_PAGES<<8)) {
iounmap(info->base);
- pcmcia_release_window(link, link->resource[3]);
info->base = NULL;
- goto failed;
+ goto release;
}

ei_status.mem = info->base + offset;
@@ -1475,6 +1474,8 @@ static int setup_shmem_window(struct pcmcia_device *link, int start_pg,
info->flags |= USE_SHMEM;
return 0;

+release:
+ pcmcia_release_window(link, link->resource[3]);
failed:
return 1;
}
--
2.47.1