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From: "Jernej Škrabec" <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>
To: vkoul@kernel.org, Frank.Li@kernel.org, wens@kernel.org,
	samuel@sholland.org, mripard@kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de,
	Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@kylinos.cn>
Cc: dmaengine@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-sunxi@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	zhongling0719@126.com, Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@kylinos.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dmaengine: sun6i-dma: Fix memory leak in sun6i_dma_terminate_all
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:59:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9Stif-p9RWiht_4RVVcSpg@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260616060449.42225-1-zenghongling@kylinos.cn>

Dne torek, 16. junij 2026 ob 08:04:49 Srednjeevropski poletni čas je Hongling Zeng napisal(a):
> When terminating a non-cyclic DMA transfer, the active descriptor
> is not properly reclaimed. The descriptor is removed from the
> desc_issued list in sun6i_dma_start_desc(), but in
> sun6i_dma_terminate_all(), only cyclic transfer descriptors are
> added to the desc_completed list before cleanup.
> 
> For non-cyclic transfers, pchan->desc is set to NULL without first
> adding the descriptor back to a list that vchan_get_all_descriptors()
> can collect. This causes the descriptor and its associated LLI chain
> to be permanently leaked.
> 
> Fix by ensuring both cyclic and non-cyclic active descriptors are
> added to the desc_completed list before setting pchan->desc to NULL.
> 
> Fixes: 555859308723 ("dmaengine: sun6i: Add driver for the Allwinner A31 DMA controller")
> Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@kylinos.cn>

Acked-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>

Best regards,
Jernej

> 
> ---
>  Change in v2;
>  -Add pchan->desc != pchan->done check to prevent race condition
>   where completed descriptors could be double-added to desc_completed
>   list, causing list corruption
> ---
>  drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c | 12 +++++-------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
> index 7a79f346250a..12d038ef5f2e 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
> @@ -946,16 +946,14 @@ static int sun6i_dma_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan)
>  
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&vchan->vc.lock, flags);
>  
> -	if (vchan->cyclic) {
> -		vchan->cyclic = false;
> -		if (pchan && pchan->desc) {
> -			struct virt_dma_desc *vd = &pchan->desc->vd;
> -			struct virt_dma_chan *vc = &vchan->vc;
> +	if (pchan && pchan->desc && pchan->desc != pchan->done) {
> +		struct virt_dma_desc *vd = &pchan->desc->vd;
> +		struct virt_dma_chan *vc = &vchan->vc;
>  
> -			list_add_tail(&vd->node, &vc->desc_completed);
> -		}
> +		list_add_tail(&vd->node, &vc->desc_completed);
>  	}
>  
> +	vchan->cyclic = false;
>  	vchan_get_all_descriptors(&vchan->vc, &head);
>  
>  	if (pchan) {
> 





  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-16 16:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-16  6:04 [PATCH v2] dmaengine: sun6i-dma: Fix memory leak in sun6i_dma_terminate_all Hongling Zeng
2026-06-16  6:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-16 16:59 ` Jernej Škrabec [this message]
2026-06-16 20:47 ` Frank Li

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