Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] media: iris: Add buffer to list only after successful allocation

[Vikash Garodia <vikash.garodia@oss.qualcomm.com>]

On 12/29/2025 12:01 PM, Dikshita Agarwal wrote:
> Move `list_add_tail()` to after `dma_alloc_attrs()` succeeds when creating
> internal buffers. Previously, the buffer was enqueued in `buffers->list`
> before the DMA allocation. If the allocation failed, the function returned
> `-ENOMEM` while leaving a partially initialized buffer in the list, which
> could lead to inconsistent state and potential leaks.
> 
> By adding the buffer to the list only after `dma_alloc_attrs()` succeeds,
> we ensure the list contains only valid, fully initialized buffers.
> 
> Fixes: 73702f45db81 ("media: iris: allocate, initialize and queue internal buffers")
> Reviewed-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bod@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Dikshita Agarwal <dikshita.agarwal@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_buffer.c | 7 +++++--
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_buffer.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_buffer.c
> index b89b1ee06cce151e7c04a80956380d154643c116..f1f003a787bf22db6f048c9e682ba8ed2f39bc21 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_buffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_buffer.c
> @@ -351,12 +351,15 @@ static int iris_create_internal_buffer(struct iris_inst *inst,
>   	buffer->index = index;
>   	buffer->buffer_size = buffers->size;
>   	buffer->dma_attrs = DMA_ATTR_WRITE_COMBINE | DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING;
> -	list_add_tail(&buffer->list, &buffers->list);
>   
>   	buffer->kvaddr = dma_alloc_attrs(core->dev, buffer->buffer_size,
>   					 &buffer->device_addr, GFP_KERNEL, buffer->dma_attrs);
> -	if (!buffer->kvaddr)
> +	if (!buffer->kvaddr) {
> +		kfree(buffer);
>   		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +
> +	list_add_tail(&buffer->list, &buffers->list);
>   
>   	return 0;
>   }
> 

Reviewed-by: Vikash Garodia<vikash.garodia@oss.qualcomm.com>