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 2/2] wifi: ath12k: Unprepare MHI on power up failure
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 00:40:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261031224009.2323055-3-vz@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261031224009.2323055-1-vz@kernel.org>
If MHI power up fails, ath12k_mhi_start() returns with MHI still left in
the ATH12K_MHI_INIT state, and on this error ath12k_core_soc_create()
frees the MHI controller data, but does not power down the device and
does not free the MHI device context and the RDDM image table allocated
earlier by mhi_prepare_for_power_up(), this is reported by kmemleak:
unreferenced object 0xffff00081c048100 (size 64):
comm "(udev-worker)", pid 556, jiffies 4294893304
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 50 1d 80 00 80 ff ff 00 d0 df 80 00 80 ff ff .P..............
00 d0 05 81 00 80 ff ff 00 d0 fd ff 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc 87372616):
kmemleak_alloc+0x3c/0x50
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x248/0x430
mhi_prepare_for_power_up+0x60/0x558 [mhi]
ath12k_mhi_start+0x44/0x1c8 [ath12k]
ath12k_pci_power_up+0x1f4/0x398 [ath12k]
ath12k_core_init+0x128/0x510 [ath12k]
ath12k_pci_probe+0x814/0xe30 [ath12k]
local_pci_probe+0x48/0xb8
pci_call_probe+0x6c/0x1a0
pci_device_probe+0xb4/0x148
really_probe+0xc4/0x2a8
__driver_probe_device+0x174/0x1b0
driver_probe_device+0x44/0x128
__driver_attach+0xa0/0x1b0
bus_for_each_dev+0x7c/0xe8
driver_attach+0x2c/0x40
After a failed power up in the reset or resume path the device stays
bound, but ath12k_pci_power_down() does not stop MHI, because
ATH12K_PCI_FLAG_INIT_DONE is not set. So the resources are leaked on
removal as well, and the stale ATH12K_MHI_INIT state bit makes every
later ath12k_mhi_start() fail until the device is rebound.
Release a prepared but not powered up MHI controller in
ath12k_mhi_unregister() and before preparing it again in
ath12k_mhi_start(). It is intentionally not released on the power up
error path, because the RDDM image may still be read by a firmware
crash dump collection in the reset work.
Fixes: d889913205cf ("wifi: ath12k: driver for Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7 devices")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mhi.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mhi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mhi.c
index ee87f00bc5de..1b8d47eb5984 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mhi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mhi.c
@@ -276,10 +276,22 @@ int ath12k_mhi_register(struct ath12k_pci *ab_pci)
return ret;
}
+/* MHI stays prepared after a failed power up, release it here */
+static void ath12k_mhi_unprepare_stale(struct ath12k_pci *ab_pci)
+{
+ if (!test_bit(ATH12K_MHI_INIT, &ab_pci->mhi_state) ||
+ test_bit(ATH12K_MHI_POWER_ON, &ab_pci->mhi_state))
+ return;
+
+ mhi_unprepare_after_power_down(ab_pci->mhi_ctrl);
+ clear_bit(ATH12K_MHI_INIT, &ab_pci->mhi_state);
+}
+
void ath12k_mhi_unregister(struct ath12k_pci *ab_pci)
{
struct mhi_controller *mhi_ctrl = ab_pci->mhi_ctrl;
+ ath12k_mhi_unprepare_stale(ab_pci);
mhi_unregister_controller(mhi_ctrl);
kfree(mhi_ctrl->irq);
mhi_free_controller(mhi_ctrl);
@@ -485,6 +497,8 @@ int ath12k_mhi_start(struct ath12k_pci *ab_pci)
ab_pci->mhi_ctrl->timeout_ms = MHI_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT_MS;
+ ath12k_mhi_unprepare_stale(ab_pci);
+
ret = ath12k_mhi_set_state(ab_pci, ATH12K_MHI_INIT);
if (ret)
goto out;
--
2.51.0
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 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] wifi: ath11k: Unprepare MHI " Vladimir Zapolskiy
2026-10-31 22:40 ` Vladimir Zapolskiy [this message]
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