From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Henry Martin" <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] amdkfd: fix doorbell allocation race creating duplicate allocations
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:28:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-165236@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261009101842.3294707-1-bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] amdkfd: broken double-checked locking exposes unpinned doorbell BO
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commit b7981a37c1ce3dead747819635554510915a169b
Author: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com>
amdkfd: fix doorbell allocation race creating duplicate allocations
This commit adds a double-checked locking mechanism to
kfd_alloc_process_doorbells to prevent racing threads from creating
duplicate doorbell allocations. It checks the proc_doorbells pointer
under the doorbell_mutex to synchronize allocation across lockless
call sites.
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_doorbell.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_doorbell.c
> index fdcf7f2d1b5b4..07f881573837e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_doorbell.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_doorbell.c
> @@ -257,12 +257,21 @@ int kfd_alloc_process_doorbells(struct kfd_dev *kfd, struct kfd_process_device *
> int r;
> struct qcm_process_device *qpd = &pdd->qpd;
>
> + mutex_lock(&kfd->doorbell_mutex);
> +
> + /* Another thread may have won the check-and-allocate race */
> + if (qpd->proc_doorbells) {
> + mutex_unlock(&kfd->doorbell_mutex);
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> /* Allocate bitmap for dynamic doorbell allocation */
> qpd->doorbell_bitmap = bitmap_zalloc(KFD_MAX_NUM_OF_QUEUES_PER_PROCESS,
> GFP_KERNEL);
[ ... ]
> @@ -284,11 +293,15 @@ int kfd_alloc_process_doorbells(struct kfd_dev *kfd, struct kfd_process_device *
> DRM_ERROR("Failed to allocate process doorbells\n");
> goto err;
> }
> +
> + mutex_unlock(&kfd->doorbell_mutex);
> return 0;
[Severity: High]
Does this code expose an unpinned buffer object to lockless readers?
Since amdgpu_bo_create_kernel() writes the newly allocated buffer object
directly to the provided pointer (&qpd->proc_doorbells) before completing
the reserve and pin phases, this pointer becomes globally visible to any
thread performing the lockless check in kfd_get_process_doorbells():
if (!pdd->qpd.proc_doorbells) {
if (kfd_alloc_process_doorbells(pdd->dev->kfd, pdd))
/* phys_addr_t 0 is error */
return 0;
}
Could a concurrent thread bypass the mutex, observe the partially
initialized buffer object, and use it to access invalid GPU memory offsets
before pinning is complete? Could this also trigger a use-after-free if
the allocation subsequently fails to pin and is freed?
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261009101842.3294707-1-bsdhenrymartin@gmail.com?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-09 10:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-09 10:18 [PATCH] amdkfd: fix doorbell allocation race creating duplicate allocations Henry Martin
2026-10-09 10:28 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-09 15:00 ` Kuehling, Felix
2026-10-09 15:33 ` Kuehling, Felix
2026-10-10 2:55 ` henry martin
2026-10-10 3:02 ` [PATCH v2] " Henry Martin
2026-10-10 3:15 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 17:39 ` Felix Kuehling
2026-10-14 3:02 ` henry martin
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