From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Karol Wachowski" <karol.wachowski@linux.intel.com>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] accel/ivpu: Use separate flag for job timeout
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:58:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260914085805.09BF61F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260914084301.894028-1-karol.wachowski@linux.intel.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Lockless `xa_load` without RCU read lock and RCU-deferred freeing leads to a potential Use-After-Free of `file_priv`.
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commit 267f0542c58f023dad2c373ec173ea2fa96d1b24
Author: Jakub Pawlak <jakub.pawlak@intel.com>
accel/ivpu: Use separate flag for job timeout
Use separate flag to mark a job timeout as a reason
of starting context_abort_work. This allows to distinguish
engine reset reason and clearly adjust reset procedure flow.
> diff --git a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_mmu.c b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_mmu.c
> index 41efd8985fa67..b2025274f91de 100644
> --- a/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_mmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/accel/ivpu/ivpu_mmu.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -964,7 +964,6 @@ void ivpu_mmu_irq_evtq_handler(struct ivpu_device *vdev)
> file_priv = xa_load(&vdev->context_xa, ssid);
> if (file_priv) {
> if (!READ_ONCE(file_priv->has_mmu_faults)) {
> - atomic_set(&vdev->faults_detected, 1);
> ivpu_mmu_dump_event(vdev, event);
> WRITE_ONCE(file_priv->has_mmu_faults, true);
> }
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but is it possible for file_priv to be freed
concurrently while it is being accessed here?
xa_load() internally acquires and releases rcu_read_lock(), so the returned
file_priv pointer is unprotected once xa_load() returns.
If a userspace application triggers an MMU fault and immediately closes the
file descriptor, could ivpu_postclose() drop the last reference and invoke
file_priv_release() before the hardware event queue is processed?
If file_priv_release() erases the entry from the xarray via xa_erase_irq()
and frees it synchronously via kfree(), does this lead to a use-after-free
when ivpu_mmu_irq_evtq_handler() subsequently accesses
file_priv->has_mmu_faults?
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260914084301.894028-1-karol.wachowski@linux.intel.com?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-14 8:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-14 8:43 [PATCH v2] accel/ivpu: Use separate flag for job timeout Karol Wachowski
2026-09-14 8:58 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-09-21 14:50 ` Wachowski, Karol
2026-09-21 14:56 ` Dawid Osuchowski
2026-09-22 6:02 ` Wachowski, Karol
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