Re: [PATCH 1/6] dmaengine: idxd: Do not call destroy_workqueue with null idxd->wq

[Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>]

On 10/12/26 2:38 PM, Vinicius Costa Gomes wrote:
> From: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@hpe.com>
> 
> Error paths within idxd_pci_probe_alloc and related functions end up
> calling destroy_workqueue with a null pointer, from
> idxd_conf_device_release via put_device, because that allocation has
> not yet occurred when the error is hit.
> 
> This was encountered running in a kexec'd kdump kernel with reduced
> resources, causing the "Device is HALTED!" branch in
> idxd_device_init_reset to be taken.
> 
> In idxd_conf_device_release, check that the workqueue has been
> allocated before trying to destroy it.
> 
> Fixes: 3d33de353b1f ("dmaengine: idxd: Fix not releasing workqueue on .release()")
> Signed-off-by: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@hpe.com>
> Acked-by: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@intel.com>
^ needs a sign off rather than an ack since you posted his patch?


With Frank's comment addressed,
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>

> ---
>  drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c
> index 6d251095c350..d5ffc641c856 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/sysfs.c
> @@ -1836,7 +1836,8 @@ static void idxd_conf_device_release(struct device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct idxd_device *idxd = confdev_to_idxd(dev);
>  
> -	destroy_workqueue(idxd->wq);
> +	if (idxd->wq)
> +		destroy_workqueue(idxd->wq);
>  	kfree(idxd->groups);
>  	bitmap_free(idxd->wq_enable_map);
>  	kfree(idxd->wqs);
>