Re: [PATCH 0/3] irqchip/gic-v3: Lifetime and range fixes in the GICv3 and ITS drivers
From: Fuad Tabba
Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 02:45:48 EST
Hi Thomas,
On Tue, 8 Sept 2026 at 15:26, Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Three fixes to the GICv3 and ITS drivers, from reviewing the GIC series
> floating around and chasing down Sashiko's reports.
>
> The first releases the partition node that gic_irq_get_fwspec_info()
> takes from of_find_node_by_phandle() and never puts. Sashiko raised it
> on an of/irq patch of mine, and I said a fix was forthcoming [1].
>
> The second widens the per-device MSI clamp, which truncates to zero when
> GITS_TYPER.ID_bits is at its maximum and then denies every MSI on that
> ITS. I couldn't find an implementation that reports that maximum, so
> this is one value at the edge rather than something anyone is hitting.
> It carries Cc: stable because the commit it fixes was itself
> backported, so drop the tag if you'd rather.
>
> The third clears vpt_page once its_vpe_teardown() has freed it, so the
> NULL guard holds if teardown runs again on the same vPE.
>
> Based on Linux 7.3-rc2 (df2908090cda3).
Gentle ping on this one; it has R-bs from Marc, Radu and Zenghui.
Anything else needed for it?
Cheers,
/fuad
>
> Cheers,
> /fuad
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+EHjTx7eP_30vP47=UFk_wMAut-2uf+2DF-MZqn2SLE_k-8qg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Fuad Tabba (3):
> irqchip/gic-v3: Release the partition node in
> gic_irq_get_fwspec_info()
> irqchip/gic-v3-its: Don't clamp nvecs to zero when id_bits is 32
> irqchip/gic-v3-its: Clear vpt_page after freeing the pending table
>
> drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c | 7 ++++---
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: df2908090cda368b01ff43709f51890076c56157
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> 2.39.5
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