From: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@kernel.org>
To: Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@kernel.org>,
Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@oss.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>,
Carl Huang <quic_cjhuang@quicinc.com>,
Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu <quic_pradeepc@quicinc.com>,
Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan
<vasanthakumar.thiagarajan@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Bhagavathi Perumal S <quic_bperumal@quicinc.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath11k@lists.infradead.org,
ath12k@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] wifi: ath11k: Unprepare MHI on power up failure
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 00:40:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261031224009.2323055-2-vz@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261031224009.2323055-1-vz@kernel.org>
If MHI power up fails, for instance due to a missing firmware file,
ath11k_core_init() does not power down the device on this error,
the MHI controller stays prepared, and the MHI device context and
the RDDM image table allocated by mhi_prepare_for_power_up() are
not released, here is a report from kmemleak:
% cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
unreferenced object 0xffff00079156a140 (size 64):
comm "(udev-worker)", pid 595, jiffies 4294893781
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 d0 f1 80 00 80 ff ff 00 50 f1 80 00 80 ff ff .........P......
00 d0 f7 80 00 80 ff ff 00 30 fc ff 00 00 00 00 .........0......
backtrace (crc 62662f0a):
kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x224/0x3b8
mhi_prepare_for_power_up+0x58/0x548 [mhi]
ath11k_mhi_start+0x30/0xb8 [ath11k_pci]
ath11k_pci_power_up+0xcc/0x188 [ath11k_pci]
ath11k_core_init+0x8c/0x190 [ath11k]
ath11k_pci_probe+0x4e0/0x870 [ath11k_pci]
local_pci_probe+0x40/0xa8
pci_call_probe+0x64/0x190
pci_device_probe+0xac/0x138
really_probe+0xbc/0x298
__driver_probe_device+0x16c/0x19c
driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x114
__driver_attach+0x98/0x19c
bus_for_each_dev+0x74/0xd0
driver_attach+0x24/0x30
unreferenced object 0xffff0007916fb800 (size 512):
comm "(udev-worker)", pid 595, jiffies 4294893781
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 60 04 81 00 80 ff ff 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .`..............
00 10 e0 82 00 80 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc 52e9e075):
kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40
__kmalloc_noprof+0x280/0x440
mhi_alloc_bhie_table+0x54/0x168 [mhi]
mhi_prepare_for_power_up+0x318/0x548 [mhi]
ath11k_mhi_start+0x30/0xb8 [ath11k_pci]
ath11k_pci_power_up+0xcc/0x188 [ath11k_pci]
ath11k_core_init+0x8c/0x190 [ath11k]
ath11k_pci_probe+0x4e0/0x870 [ath11k_pci]
local_pci_probe+0x40/0xa8
pci_call_probe+0x64/0x190
pci_device_probe+0xac/0x138
really_probe+0xbc/0x298
__driver_probe_device+0x16c/0x19c
driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x114
__driver_attach+0x98/0x19c
bus_for_each_dev+0x74/0xd0
Track the prepared state of MHI in a new ab_pci flag, and unprepare it
in ath11k_mhi_unregister() if it is still set. The prepared state is
intentionally kept on power up failure, because the RDDM image may still
be read by a firmware crash dump collection in the reset work. After a
failed power up in the reset or resume path the device stays bound, and
ath11k_mhi_stop() releases the resources on the next power down, as
before.
Also unprepare MHI in ath11k_mhi_stop() only if the flag is set. If
mhi_prepare_for_power_up() fails in the reset or resume path, it
releases the device context on its own error path, and the unconditional
mhi_unprepare_after_power_down() in a later ath11k_mhi_stop() frees the
command ring buffers again and dereferences the NULL device context.
Fixes: 3df6d74aedfd ("ath11k: mhi: use mhi_sync_power_up()")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c | 9 ++++++++-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pci.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
index a6c9ff112c68..7cc652292d6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ void ath11k_mhi_unregister(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)
{
struct mhi_controller *mhi_ctrl = ab_pci->mhi_ctrl;
+ /* MHI stays prepared after a failed power up */
+ if (test_and_clear_bit(ATH11K_PCI_MHI_PREPARED, &ab_pci->flags))
+ mhi_unprepare_after_power_down(mhi_ctrl);
+
mhi_unregister_controller(mhi_ctrl);
kfree(mhi_ctrl->irq);
mhi_free_controller(mhi_ctrl);
@@ -443,6 +447,8 @@ int ath11k_mhi_start(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)
return ret;
}
+ set_bit(ATH11K_PCI_MHI_PREPARED, &ab_pci->flags);
+
ret = mhi_sync_power_up(ab_pci->mhi_ctrl);
if (ret) {
ath11k_warn(ab, "failed to power up mhi: %d", ret);
@@ -463,7 +469,8 @@ void ath11k_mhi_stop(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci, bool is_suspend)
else
mhi_power_down(ab_pci->mhi_ctrl, true);
- mhi_unprepare_after_power_down(ab_pci->mhi_ctrl);
+ if (test_and_clear_bit(ATH11K_PCI_MHI_PREPARED, &ab_pci->flags))
+ mhi_unprepare_after_power_down(ab_pci->mhi_ctrl);
}
int ath11k_mhi_suspend(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pci.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pci.h
index 1e3005a4b64c..1e811245c1a5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pci.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pci.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
enum ath11k_pci_flags {
ATH11K_PCI_ASPM_RESTORE,
+ ATH11K_PCI_MHI_PREPARED,
};
struct ath11k_pci {
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-31 22:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-31 22:40 [PATCH v2 0/2] wifi: ath11k/ath12k: Fix MHI leak on power up failure Vladimir Zapolskiy
2026-10-31 22:40 ` Vladimir Zapolskiy [this message]
2026-10-31 22:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] wifi: ath12k: Unprepare MHI " Vladimir Zapolskiy
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