Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] irqchip/gic-v5: Clean the allocated linear device table size

From: Lorenzo Pieralisi

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 02:38:10 EST


On Wed, Nov 04, 2026 at 05:48:03PM +0000, Sascha Bischoff wrote:
> When the linear device table exceeds the kmalloc limit, the driver
> caps the DeviceID width before allocation but keeps the original size
> for cache maintenance. On a noncoherent ITS, this cleans beyond the
> allocated table.
>
> Recalculate the size after capping the DeviceID width.
>
> Fixes: 57d72196dfc85 ("irqchip/gic-v5: Add GICv5 ITS support")
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff <sascha.bischoff@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-its.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@xxxxxxxxxx>

> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-its.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-its.c
> index 4de07bbdc4923..aebab9f306476 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-its.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v5-its.c
> @@ -594,14 +594,14 @@ static int gicv5_its_alloc_devtab_linear(struct gicv5_its_chip_data *its,
> * kmalloc limits so that the system can chug along with a linear
> * device table.
> */
> - sz = BIT_ULL(device_id_bits) * sizeof(*devtab);
> - if (sz > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) {
> - u8 device_id_cap = ilog2(KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE/sizeof(*devtab));
> + if (BIT_ULL(device_id_bits) * sizeof(*devtab) > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) {
> + u8 device_id_cap = ilog2(KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE / sizeof(*devtab));
>
> pr_warn("Limiting device ID bits from %u to %u\n",
> device_id_bits, device_id_cap);
> device_id_bits = device_id_cap;
> }
> + sz = BIT_ULL(device_id_bits) * sizeof(*devtab);
>
> devtab = kcalloc(BIT(device_id_bits), sizeof(*devtab), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!devtab)
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>