[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.6] drm/amdgpu: add buf length check

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.6] drm/amdgpu: add buf length check

[Sasha Levin]

From: Gangliang Xie <ganglxie@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 473f99e4a262776141366f7fb10f101d0f22b019 ]

add buf length check before using it to access data

Signed-off-by: Gangliang Xie <ganglxie@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Tao Zhou <tao.zhou1@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **6.18.53** (`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb` on
`autosel`). The buggy debugfs TA load/invoke paths are in this tree; the
length checks are not in the `v6.18.53` tag. Verdict is for this
checkout only.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[drm/amdgpu] [add] [buf length check before using a userspace-
supplied length to copy/access data]`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `Fixes:` — none (expected)
- `Reported-by:` — none
- `Tested-by:` — none
- `Reviewed-by: Tao Zhou <tao.zhou1@amd.com>`
- `Acked-by:` — none
- `Link:` — none in the commit; lore found separately
- `Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org` — none (expected)
- `Signed-off-by: Gangliang Xie <ganglxie@amd.com>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- Ignore: `[Upstream commit 473f99e4a262…]`, `Signed-off-by: Sasha
  Levin` (pipeline)

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- Bug description: userspace-supplied buffer lengths are used to
  copy/access data without enough validation
- Symptom: out-of-bounds access / invalid allocation when the length is
  too small or too large
- Version info: none in the message
- Root cause: `ta_bin_len` / `shared_buf_len` from `copy_from_user` are
  trusted after only a partial check (load has an upper bound; invoke
  has none)

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: This is a real bounds-check fix, not cleanup. “Add buf length
check before using it to access data” is an OOB / crash-prevention
patch.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp_ta.c` (+4 / -1)
- Functions: `ta_if_load_debugfs_write()`,
  `ta_if_invoke_debugfs_write()`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- Load, before: reject only `ta_bin_len > PSP_1_MEG` (`0x100000`).
  `ta_bin_len == 0` or smaller than `struct common_firmware_header` (32
  bytes) still proceeds to `memdup_user()` then `get_bin_version()`.
- Load, after: also reject `ta_bin_len < sizeof(struct
  common_firmware_header)`.
- Invoke, before: `shared_buf_len` is copied from userspace and passed
  straight to `memdup_user()` with no min/max check.
- Invoke, after: reject `shared_buf_len == 0` or `shared_buf_len >
  PSP_1_MEG`.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: **Memory safety / size validation (OOB read + unbounded copy).**

Load path (the crash):
- `get_bin_version()` does `hdr->ucode_version` at offset 16 of `struct
  common_firmware_header`.
- `ta_bin_len == 0`: `memdup_user(..., 0)` goes through `kmalloc(0)` →
  `ZERO_SIZE_PTR` (`(void *)16`). Reading `ucode_version` is a distinct
  fault.
- `0 < ta_bin_len < 32`: allocated buffer is smaller than the header;
  reading `ucode_version` is an out-of-bounds read (KASAN OOB / slab
  overrun).

Invoke path:
- No upper bound: `memdup_user()` of a user-controlled `uint32_t` (up to
  ~4GiB). That is an unbounded kernel allocation.
  `prep_ta_mem_context()` later rejects lengths above `shared_mem_size`
  (`PSP_RAS_SHARED_MEM_SIZE` = 0x4000), so this is not an OOB write into
  TA shared memory, but it is still a large GFP_USER allocation from
  debugfs.
- Zero length: `memcpy` of 0 bytes would not crash; the
  `!shared_buf_len` check is defensive.

This completes `c99769bceab4e` (“Validate TA binary size” / “avoid OOB
write”), which added only the load-path upper bound and was `Cc:
stable@vger.kernel.org`.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: Obviously correct, 4 lines, no API/locking/structure changes.
Regression risk is very low: only rejects sizes that cannot be a valid
firmware header or that exceed the existing 1MiB PSP cap. Invoke still
allows up to 1MiB while shared mem is 16KiB; that is conservative, not
wrong.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Buggy debugfs TA I/F: `e50d9ba0d2cd0` (2022-04-21) “Add debugfs TA
  load/unload/invoke support” — in this tree (present since ~v5.19-era).
- Load upper bound: `c99769bceab4e` (2024-08-20) — in v6.18.
- `memdup_user` conversion: `99eeb8358e6cd` (2025-09-08) — in v6.18; no
  functional change.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. The incomplete prior fix is `c99769bceab4e`,
which is in this tree.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record: Recent related commits on this file: locking (`5c42d9f8b0049`,
not in `v6.18.53`), `memdup_user`, “Validate TA binary size”. This patch
is standalone; it only tightens existing `if` checks and does not depend
on the locking change. Dry-run apply of the upstream diff onto the
`v6.18.53` file succeeded.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Gangliang Xie is an AMD contributor with nearby hardening checks
(`add first record offset check`, `add check for xcp id`). Not the
subsystem maintainer. Maintainer Alex Deucher signed it off.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: None required. The functions, `PSP_1_MEG`, `memdup_user`, and
the load-path upper bound all exist in this tree. Standalone.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 473f99e4a262`:
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260616093508.37315-1-ganglxie@amd.com
- `b4 dig -a`: single revision **v1 only** (2026-06-16), no v2/v3
- Thread: author patch + `Reviewed-by: Tao Zhou`. No NAK, no stable
  nomination in review, no discussion of risk
- lore.kernel.org HTTP fetch returned 403; thread recovered via `b4 dig
  -m`

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record (`b4 dig -w`): To `amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org`; Cc Hawking
Zhang, Tao Zhou. Reviewed-by Tao Zhou; Signed-off-by Alex Deucher
(amdgpu maintainer).

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No `Reported-by`, syzbot, or bugzilla. Internal AMD hardening,
not a public crash report.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Standalone one-patch series. Sibling in-tree OOB fix
`c99769bceab4e` was explicitly `Cc: stable`.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable HTTP 403. No evidence in the amd-gfx
thread that this was rejected for stable. UNVERIFIED: no stable-list
discussion recovered.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `ta_if_load_debugfs_write`, `ta_if_invoke_debugfs_write`.
Helpers used: `get_bin_version`, `prep_ta_mem_context`, `memdup_user`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record: Only wired as `.write` in `ta_load_debugfs_fops` /
`ta_invoke_debugfs_fops`. Created by `amdgpu_ta_if_debugfs_init()` from
`amdgpu_debugfs.c` as:
- `/sys/kernel/debug/dri/<N>/ta_if/ta_load` (mode 0200)
- `/sys/kernel/debug/dri/<N>/ta_if/ta_invoke` (mode 0200)
Under `#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS)`.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `copy_from_user` → `memdup_user` → `get_bin_version` /
`prep_ta_mem_context` → PSP TA load/invoke. `psp_copy_fw()` already uses
`if (!bin_size || bin_size > PSP_1_MEG)` before memcpy into a 1MiB
buffer — the same pattern this patch adds.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Reachable from a write to those debugfs files. Not a syscall for
unprivileged users; debugfs is typically root/`CAP_SYS_ADMIN`. Still a
documented load path: writing a truncated TA blob follows the intended
interface and oopses.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Same 0 / `PSP_1_MEG` check already exists in `psp_copy_fw()`.
The 2024 load-path upper bound was the same class of bug and went to
stable.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Yes. `v6.18.53` has:
```
if (ta_bin_len > PSP_1_MEG)
    return -EINVAL;
```
and invoke `memdup_user(&buf[copy_pos], shared_buf_len)` with no length
check. Bug introduced in 2022 (`e50d9ba0d2cd0`); load upper bound only
since 2024.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: Clean apply onto the `v6.18.53` file (dry-run `patch -p1` return
0). Context matches. No rework needed.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: Upper-bound-only fix `c99769bceab4e` is in this tree. This
commit is the missing lower bound and the invoke-path check. No
duplicate of this exact fix in `v6.18.53`.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu` — IMPORTANT (very common GPU
driver), but this path is debugfs/CONFIG_DEBUG_FS, so impact is narrower
than core amdgpu.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Actively developed; this file has had several stability fixes
(NULL deref, locking, OOB size). Mature debugfs interface (since 2022),
not brand-new code.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: AMDGPU users with `CONFIG_DEBUG_FS`, writing
`dri/<N>/ta_if/ta_load` or `ta_invoke`. Driver-specific + config-
specific (debugfs). Not universal.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: Write a length field that is 0, smaller than the firmware
header, or (invoke) larger than 1MiB. Easy to hit with a truncated TA
binary on the documented load interface. Unprivileged users generally
cannot; root/debugfs can.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record:
- Load, `ta_bin_len == 0`: `ZERO_SIZE_PTR` deref → oops. **HIGH**
- Load, undersized header: OOB read. **HIGH**
- Invoke, huge length: large `GFP_USER` alloc, then `-EINVAL` from
  `prep_ta_mem_context`. **MEDIUM** (DoS-ish, privileged)
- Invoke, zero length: not a demonstrated crash. **LOW**

Overall severity: **HIGH** for the load-path oops/OOB; interface is
privileged.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- Benefit: prevents a kernel oops/OOB on a shipped debugfs firmware-load
  path; finishes a check that stable already accepted
- Risk: 4 lines, reject-only, very low
- Ratio: benefit > risk

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real OOB / `ZERO_SIZE_PTR` crash on load with a too-small `ta_bin_len`
- Invoke path had no length cap at all (unbounded `memdup_user`)
- Same file’s prior OOB size check was `Cc: stable`
- Same `!size || size > PSP_1_MEG` pattern already used in
  `psp_copy_fw()`
- 4-line, obviously correct, maintainer-acked
- Buggy code exists in this 6.18.53 tree; patch applies cleanly
- No new API/feature

AGAINST:
- debugfs, mode 0200, typically root-only
- No public reporter, syzbot, or crash log
- Sparse commit message; no `Fixes:`
- Invoke zero-length is not itself a crash

UNRESOLVED:
- Could not read lore.kernel.org/stable over HTTP (403)
- No evidence of an in-the-wild crash, only code-path analysis

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — reviewed, maintainer SOB,
   trivial predicates
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — documented TA load
   path oopses on a truncated blob
3. Important issue (crash, security, corruption, deadlock)? **PASS** —
   kernel oops / OOB read (privileged debugfs, still a crash)
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +4/-1, one file
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — clean apply to `v6.18.53`
   file; all helpers present

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception. Ordinary small
memory-safety fix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**

This belongs in this 6.18.y tree. The load-path hole is a real oops, the
invoke path was never given the cap that load got in 2024, and the patch
is the smallest possible completion of that already-stable-worthy check.

What it solves for stable users: writing a too-small TA binary to
`ta_load` no longer walks off a kernel buffer (or `ZERO_SIZE_PTR`);
`ta_invoke` no longer `memdup_user`s an unchecked userspace length.

Risk vs benefit: four reject-only lines vs. a debugfs-triggered oops on
a common driver. Backport.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Reviewed-by Tao Zhou; SOB Alex Deucher; no
  Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable
- [Phase 1] Body: “add buf length check before using it to access data”
- [Phase 2] Diff: +4/-1 in `amdgpu_psp_ta.c`; load min-size; invoke
  0/`PSP_1_MEG`
- [Phase 2] `common_firmware_header` is 32 bytes; `ucode_version` at
  offset 16 (`amdgpu_ucode.h`)
- [Phase 2] `memdup_user()` → `kmem_buckets_alloc` → `kmalloc`;
  `kmalloc(0)` returns `ZERO_SIZE_PTR` (`include/linux/slab.h`)
- [Phase 3] File added in `e50d9ba0d2cd0` (2022); upper bound
  `c99769bceab4e` (Cc:stable, in v6.18); `memdup_user` `99eeb8358e6cd`
  in v6.18
- [Phase 3] No Fixes tag; `git merge-base --is-ancestor e50d9ba0d2cd0
  HEAD` yes
- [Phase 3] Author: AMD contributor; maintainer merged
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 473f99e4a262`: msgid
  20260616093508.37315-1-ganglxie@amd.com
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: v1 only
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: amd-gfx, Hawking Zhang, Tao Zhou
- [Phase 4] mbox: Reviewed-by only; no NAK
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org WebFetch 403; stable-list search UNVERIFIED
- [Phase 5] Callers: debugfs fops only; `amdgpu_ta_if_debugfs_init()`
  from `amdgpu_debugfs.c`
- [Phase 5] `psp_copy_fw()` already has `!bin_size || bin_size >
  PSP_1_MEG`
- [Phase 5] `PSP_RAS_SHARED_MEM_SIZE` = 0x4000
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` → `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`; `make
  kernelversion` → 6.18.53
- [Phase 6] `v6.18.53` file lacks both new checks; dry-run apply of
  upstream diff: success
- [Phase 6] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 473f99e4a262 HEAD` no
  (upstream not in this history as that SHA); buggy code is still
  present at the v6.18.53 tag
- [Phase 8] Failure: load-path oops/OOB HIGH; invoke unbounded alloc
  MEDIUM; trigger is debugfs write

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp_ta.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp_ta.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp_ta.c
index 0d3c18f04ac36..8ae72c862d112 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp_ta.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_psp_ta.c
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ static ssize_t ta_if_load_debugfs_write(struct file *fp, const char *buf, size_t
 	if (ret)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (ta_bin_len > PSP_1_MEG)
+	if (ta_bin_len < sizeof(struct common_firmware_header) ||
+	    ta_bin_len > PSP_1_MEG)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	copy_pos += sizeof(uint32_t);
@@ -321,6 +322,8 @@ static ssize_t ta_if_invoke_debugfs_write(struct file *fp, const char *buf, size
 	ret = copy_from_user((void *)&shared_buf_len, &buf[copy_pos], sizeof(uint32_t));
 	if (ret)
 		return -EFAULT;
+	if (!shared_buf_len || shared_buf_len > PSP_1_MEG)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	copy_pos += sizeof(uint32_t);
 
 	shared_buf = memdup_user(&buf[copy_pos], shared_buf_len);
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amd/pm: Validate Vega hwmgr PowerPlay table bounds

[Sasha Levin]

From: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 3a8d8e0b7f61cd759d5d4870b6220161f8a5b114 ]

The Vega hwmgr PowerPlay table parsers read fixed table fields,
state array entries, or SMC PPT fields before validating that the
VBIOS table buffer covers those structures. A truncated table can
therefore lead to out-of-bounds reads during hwmgr initialization.

Reject tables smaller than the fixed PowerPlay table. For Vega10, also
validate the state array offset and entry range before dereferencing
the state array.

Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have enough to decide: the 6.18.53 tree still has the unvalidated Vega
parsers, the patch applies cleanly, and it closes a real out-of-bounds
read on init and `pp_table` upload.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[drm/amd/pm] [Validate] Vega hwmgr PowerPlay table bounds` —
add missing size/offset checks before parsing Vega10/12/20 PowerPlay
tables.

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>` (author)
- `Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>` (AMD)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (drm/amd
  maintainer)
- Pipeline-added tags ignored per instructions (`[Upstream commit
  3a8d8e0b7f61...]`, `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin`)
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Cc: stable`, `Link:`, or
  syzbot tags (absence is expected)

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- Bug: Vega hwmgr parsers read fixed PowerPlay fields, Vega10 state-
  array entries, or Vega12/20 SMC PPT fields without checking that
  `soft_pp_table` is large enough.
- Symptom: out-of-bounds reads during hwmgr initialization (GPU probe /
  table re-init).
- Root cause: truncated or offset-corrupt VBIOS/custom PPTable; pointer
  arithmetic from `usStateArrayOffset` and struct-sized reads happen
  before a size check.
- No specific kernel-version range in the message.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not disguised. Explicit memory-safety fix (OOB read). Also
corrects `entry_index <= ucNumEntries` to `<` (off-by-one).

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- `vega10_processpptables.c`: +43/−21 (refactor `check_powerplay_tables`
  into `get_vega10_state_array`; reuse it from entry lookup)
- `vega12_processpptables.c`: +7
- `vega20_processpptables.c`: +7
- Net: 52 insertions, 21 deletions; three files, one subsystem
- Functions: `get_vega10_state_array` (new), `check_powerplay_tables`
  (all three), `vega10_get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries`,
  `vega10_get_powerplay_table_entry`
- Scope: surgical, same-family parsers only

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- Vega10 before: `check_powerplay_tables` / entry getters add
  `usStateArrayOffset` to the table pointer, then read `ucNumEntries`
  with no size check. Offset/revision checks happen *after* that
  dereference.
- Vega10 after: require `soft_pp_table_size >=
  sizeof(*powerplay_table)`; then offset `<= table_size -
  sizeof(*state_arrays)`; then `struct_size(..., ucNumEntries) <=
  remaining`.
- Vega12/20 before: only format_revision / structuresize (and Vega20 SMC
  version).
- Vega12/20 after: also `table_size >= offsetofend(..., smcPPTable)`
  before those field reads.
- Vega10 entry lookup: `entry_index <= ucNumEntries` → `entry_index <
  ucNumEntries`.
- Path: init/error-reject of bad tables, not a new feature path.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: **Memory safety / OOB read**, plus a **logic off-by-one**.
- Mechanism: VBIOS/custom table is smaller than the structures, or
  `usStateArrayOffset`/`ucNumEntries` describe data past the buffer. The
  driver still computed pointers and read them.
- Fix: reject before dereference using `soft_pp_table_size` (already
  filled by `smu_atom_get_data_table` / cached table).

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: Obviously correct integer bounds checks. Uses existing
`struct_size` / `offsetofend`. Reject path is the same
`PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE(... return -1)` style already used. Regression risk
is low: a genuine Vega PPTable is at least the header/SMC-PPT size.
Worst case a truncated table that previously “worked” by reading
adjacent BIOS bytes would now fail init instead of over-reading — that
is the intended failure mode. No API/lock/data-structure changes.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Vega10 `check_powerplay_tables`: `f83a9991648bb4` (Eric Huang,
  2017-03-06)
- Vega12: `2cac05dee6e309` (Evan Quan, 2018-03-19)
- Vega20: `da958630d53025` (Evan Quan, 2018-08-02)
- Bug is long-standing (4.x/5.x era), present throughout 6.18.y.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Not applicable.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record: Same-author series (2026-06-23), of which this is **patch 4/5**:
1. `Validate pp_table header before reading size` (swsmu)
2. `Use uploaded size for legacy custom PPTable` (`amd_powerplay.c`)
3. `Validate Tonga PowerPlay state array bounds`
4. **This commit**
5. `Validate legacy hwmgr PP table offsets`

Follow-up (separate series): `Validate Vega10 PPTable subtable bounds` —
more subtables, not a prerequisite for these checks.

None of 1–5 are in `v6.18.53`. This hunk does not need 1–3 to compile or
run: it only uses `hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size`, which
`get_powerplay_table()` already sets in this tree.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Yang Wang is an AMD pm contributor with a run of PPTable
bounds/UAF fixes (`fix pptable use-after-free` is already in v6.18.53).
Hawking Zhang reviewed; Alex Deucher merged.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Standalone for these three files. `struct_size` and
`offsetofend` exist (`include/linux/overflow.h`,
`include/linux/stddef.h`). Flexible-array `states[]` is already in
v6.18.53 (`bae82e8418234` is an ancestor). Patch 2/5 (upload size) makes
short sysfs uploads match `soft_pp_table_size`; this patch still stops
offsets past the *allocated* buffer on 6.18.53, because that tree keeps
the original VBIOS size as the buffer size.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 3a8d8e0b7f61...` → https://patch.msgid.link/20260623034151.
  263746-4-kevinyang.wang@amd.com
- Series: v1 `[PATCH 1/5] ... [PATCH 5/5]`; this is 4/5. `b4 dig -a`
  showed only this v1 (no later revision of *this* patch).
- Mbox: Hawking Zhang: “Series is Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang”. No NAK,
  no stable-risk comments.
- lore.kernel.org HTTP fetch returned 403; discussion recovered via `b4
  dig -m`.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record (`b4 dig -w`): To/Cc `amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org`, Alex
Deucher, Hawking Zhang, Kenneth Feng. Maintainer merge + AMD review.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No `Reported-by` / bugzilla / syzbot. Author-driven audit of
PPTable parsers, consistent with the rest of the series. Trigger is
still real (init + sysfs upload), not speculative code.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Self-contained Vega header/state-array/SMC-PPT checks. Follow-up
subtable patch is extra coverage, not required for these checks to be
correct.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: UNVERIFIED — `lore.kernel.org/stable/` returned 403. No evidence
in-tree of a prior rejection.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**
Record: `get_vega10_state_array`, `check_powerplay_tables`
(vega10/12/20), `vega10_get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries`,
`vega10_get_powerplay_table_entry`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `check_powerplay_tables` ← `vega10_pp_tables_initialize` / vega12/20
  equivalents, and `vega10_baco_set_cap`
- `pptable_init` ← `hwmgr.c` during hwmgr init
- `vega10_get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries` / `get_pp_table_entry`
  ← `psm_init_power_state_table()` (`for (i = 0; i < table_entries;
  i++)`)
- Context: process/workqueue GPU init, not IRQ. Also re-entered from
  `pp_dpm_set_pp_table` → `amd_powerplay_reset` → `hwmgr_hw_init`.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `get_powerplay_table` → `smu_atom_get_data_table` (pointer into
ATOM BIOS + ATOM-reported size). `PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE` warns and runs
`return -1`. No new allocations/locks.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Reachable on every Vega10/12/20 GPU probe. Also reachable from
sysfs `pp_table` (`AMDGPU_DEVICE_ATTR_RW` → `S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR`, root
write). Unprivileged users cannot write it; root/firmware can still
drive the OOB.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Same pattern in Tonga (`process_pptables_v1_0.c`) and legacy
(`processpptables.c`) in the same series. Vega12
`get_powerplay_table_entry` still uses a raw offset after this patch;
Vega10 is the family that actually walks a state array here. Remaining
holes are why the follow-up exists; they do not invalidate this patch.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Yes. Local tree is **6.18.53** (`git describe HEAD` →
`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`, `make kernelversion` → 6.18.53). `git
merge-base --is-ancestor 10510a4c2c397 v6.18.53` is false. `v6.18.53`
`check_powerplay_tables` still dereferences the state array / SMC PPT
with no size check.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: Clean apply onto v6.18.53 file contents (`patch --dry-run` on
the three files succeeded). `git apply --check` on current HEAD fails
only because the candidate + follow-up are already stacked on the
autosel branch.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: The older `fix pptable use-after-free` is in v6.18.53. No
equivalent Vega bounds check is. v6.18.53 `pp_dpm_set_pp_table` still
`memcpy`s into a buffer sized from the original VBIOS table and does
**not** shrink `soft_pp_table_size`.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay` — Vega PowerPlay table
parsing. **IMPORTANT** (common AMD dGPU driver; Vega10/12/20 still in
the field). Not core mm/net, not staging.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Mature parser (2017–2018) with recent bounds-hardening. Long-
lived bug, not churn from a new subsystem.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver-specific: Vega10/Vega12/Vega20 amdgpu powerplay. Also
anyone writing `/sys/class/drm/card*/device/pp_table` on those GPUs.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record:
- Normal good VBIOS: not triggered.
- Truncated/corrupt ATOM PPTable at probe: GPU init OOB.
- Root write of a crafted `pp_table` that re-inits hwmgr: same path.
- Unprivileged: no (sysfs is `S_IWUSR`).
- Off-by-one `<=` is latent: `psm_init_power_state_table` uses `i <
  table_entries`, so the common loop never passes `entry_index ==
  ucNumEntries`. Still a real bounds bug if any caller passes
  `ucNumEntries`.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: Kernel OOB read (KASAN/oops, possible info leak from adjacent
BIOS/kmalloc). Init failure on reject is the safe outcome. Severity:
**HIGH** (memory safety). Not a guaranteed panic on every boot.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- Benefit: HIGH for Vega + custom PPTable users; stops OOB on init.
- Risk: LOW (~50 lines, assert-and-return, no locking/API).
- Ratio: favorable.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real OOB read in GPU power-management init, present since 2017/2018 in
  this 6.18 tree
- Triggerable from truncated VBIOS and from root `pp_table` sysfs re-
  init
- Small, obviously correct bounds checks; AMD Reviewed-by + maintainer
  SOB
- Applies cleanly to v6.18.53; helpers already present
- Matches stable’s buffer-overflow / memory-safety class

AGAINST:
- No public crash/syzbot/CVE write-up
- Privileged sysfs / firmware trigger, not unprivileged
- Series 4/5; later patch covers more Vega10 subtables (not required for
  this hunk)
- Good VBIOS never hits it

UNRESOLVED:
- Stable-list discussion (lore.kernel.org/stable 403)

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — integer bounds; reviewed and
   merged by AMD
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — OOB read of PPTable
   buffer
3. Important issue? **PASS** — memory-safety OOB (HIGH), not a style fix
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 3 files, ~50 net lines
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — v6.18.53 still has the bug;
   dry-run apply clean

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/docs exception. Ordinary memory-safety
bugfix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
Backport. This tree still performs unvalidated Vega PPTable pointer math
during hwmgr init. The patch is the minimal, already-reviewed guard for
that path.

What it solves for 6.18.y users: Vega probe and `pp_table` reload can
read past the PowerPlay buffer if the table is short or
`usStateArrayOffset`/`ucNumEntries` (Vega10) / SMC PPT (Vega12/20) stick
past `soft_pp_table_size`. That is an OOB read, not a feature.

Risk vs benefit: low-risk reject-invalid-table change vs stopping kernel
over-reads on a supported amdgpu path.

Concerns: more complete subtable checks come later; v6.18.53 custom-
upload still keeps the old VBIOS size (patch 2/5). Neither blocks this
patch: it still applies and still stops offsets past the allocated
buffer.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: author Yang Wang; Reviewed-by Hawking Zhang; SOB Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/syzbot
- [Phase 2] Diff: 52/21 across three Vega processpptables files;
  size/offset checks + off-by-one
- [Phase 3] Blame: Vega10 2017 (`f83a9991648bb4`), Vega12 2018, Vega20
  2018; present in v6.18.53
- [Phase 3] Series 4/5; no code dependency on 1–3 for these files
- [Phase 3] `struct_size`/`offsetofend` and flexible `states[]` already
  in this tree
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 3a8d8e0b7f61...` → msgid 20260623034151.263746-4;
  series R-b from Hawking; no NAK
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org HTTP 403; mbox via `b4 dig -m` used instead
- [Phase 5] Callers: `pptable_init` from `hwmgr.c`;
  `psm_init_power_state_table`; `pp_dpm_set_pp_table` reset
- [Phase 5] `smu_atom_get_data_table` returns BIOS pointer + ATOM size
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` v6.18.53-5049; `merge-base --is-
  ancestor` vs v6.18.53: not present; buggy code confirmed in `git show
  v6.18.53:...`
- [Phase 6] `patch --dry-run` on v6.18.53 copies of the three files:
  clean
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: OOB read during hwmgr init; sysfs `pp_table`
  is `S_IWUSR`
- UNVERIFIED: stable@ mailing-list thread (HTTP 403)

**YES**

 .../powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_processpptables.c  | 59 ++++++++++++-------
 .../powerplay/hwmgr/vega12_processpptables.c  |  7 +++
 .../powerplay/hwmgr/vega20_processpptables.c  |  7 +++
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_processpptables.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_processpptables.c
index 3be616af327ef..64cff9f4850a6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_processpptables.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_processpptables.c
@@ -63,14 +63,17 @@ static const void *get_powerplay_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
 	return table_address;
 }
 
-static int check_powerplay_tables(
-		struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
-		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
+static int get_vega10_state_array(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+	const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+	const ATOM_Vega10_State_Array **state_array)
 {
 	const ATOM_Vega10_State_Array *state_arrays;
+	u16 state_array_offset;
+	size_t state_array_size;
+	size_t table_size = hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size;
 
-	state_arrays = (ATOM_Vega10_State_Array *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset));
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((table_size >= sizeof(*powerplay_table)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
 
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((powerplay_table->sHeader.format_revision >=
 			ATOM_Vega10_TABLE_REVISION_VEGA10),
@@ -79,12 +82,34 @@ static int check_powerplay_tables(
 		"State table is not set!", return -1);
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE(powerplay_table->sHeader.structuresize > 0,
 		"Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	state_array_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((state_array_offset <=
+			     table_size - sizeof(*state_arrays)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	state_arrays = (ATOM_Vega10_State_Array *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
+		state_array_offset);
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE(state_arrays->ucNumEntries > 0,
 		"Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
 
+	state_array_size = struct_size(state_arrays, states, state_arrays->ucNumEntries);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((state_array_size <= table_size - state_array_offset),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	*state_array = state_arrays;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int check_powerplay_tables(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+	const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Vega10_State_Array *state_arrays;
+
+	return get_vega10_state_array(hwmgr, powerplay_table, &state_arrays);
+}
+
 static int set_platform_caps(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, uint32_t powerplay_caps)
 {
 	set_hw_cap(
@@ -1249,15 +1274,14 @@ int vega10_get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
 {
 	const ATOM_Vega10_State_Array *state_arrays;
 	const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *pp_table = get_powerplay_table(hwmgr);
+	int result;
 
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((pp_table != NULL),
 			"Missing PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
-	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((pp_table->sHeader.format_revision >=
-			ATOM_Vega10_TABLE_REVISION_VEGA10),
-			"Incorrect PowerPlay table revision!", return -1);
 
-	state_arrays = (ATOM_Vega10_State_Array *)(((unsigned long)pp_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(pp_table->usStateArrayOffset));
+	result = get_vega10_state_array(hwmgr, pp_table, &state_arrays);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((result == 0),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table State Array.", return result);
 
 	return (uint32_t)(state_arrays->ucNumEntries);
 }
@@ -1308,17 +1332,11 @@ int vega10_get_powerplay_table_entry(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 
 	if (pp_table->sHeader.format_revision >=
 			ATOM_Vega10_TABLE_REVISION_VEGA10) {
-		state_arrays = (ATOM_Vega10_State_Array *)
-				(((unsigned long)pp_table) +
-				le16_to_cpu(pp_table->usStateArrayOffset));
-
-		PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE(pp_table->usStateArrayOffset > 0,
-				"Invalid PowerPlay Table State Array Offset.",
-				return -1);
-		PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE(state_arrays->ucNumEntries > 0,
+		result = get_vega10_state_array(hwmgr, pp_table, &state_arrays);
+		PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((result == 0),
 				"Invalid PowerPlay Table State Array.",
-				return -1);
-		PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((entry_index <= state_arrays->ucNumEntries),
+				return result);
+		PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((entry_index < state_arrays->ucNumEntries),
 				"Invalid PowerPlay Table State Array Entry.",
 				return -1);
 
@@ -1360,4 +1378,3 @@ int vega10_baco_set_cap(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
 			PHM_PlatformCaps_BACO);
 	return result;
 }
-
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega12_processpptables.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega12_processpptables.c
index 89148f73b514a..8e6b1565d00de 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega12_processpptables.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega12_processpptables.c
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ static int check_powerplay_tables(
 		struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 		const ATOM_Vega12_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
 {
+	size_t smc_pptable_size =
+		offsetofend(ATOM_Vega12_POWERPLAYTABLE, smcPPTable);
+	size_t table_size = hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size;
+
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((table_size >= smc_pptable_size),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((powerplay_table->sHeader.format_revision >=
 		ATOM_VEGA12_TABLE_REVISION_VEGA12),
 		"Unsupported PPTable format!", return -1);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega20_processpptables.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega20_processpptables.c
index 2b446f8866bac..0d008573c0388 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega20_processpptables.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega20_processpptables.c
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ static int check_powerplay_tables(
 		struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 		const ATOM_Vega20_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
 {
+	size_t smc_pptable_size =
+		offsetofend(ATOM_Vega20_POWERPLAYTABLE, smcPPTable);
+	size_t table_size = hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size;
+
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((table_size >= smc_pptable_size),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((powerplay_table->sHeader.format_revision >=
 		ATOM_VEGA20_TABLE_REVISION_VEGA20),
 		"Unsupported PPTable format!", return -1);
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amdgpu: validate XCP topology counts before division

[Sasha Levin]

From: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 0eda57ee303b4392057b7d4c32e8fda9d14cffad ]

In aqua_vanjaram_get_xcp_res_info(), max_res[i] can be zero.
When res_lt_xcp is true the code divides num_xcp by max_res[i],
causing a divide fault.

Skip the loop body for absent resources.

v2: Remove redundant checks (Lijo)

Signed-off-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This is a divide-by-zero oops in MI300 XCP sysfs init. The buggy loop is
in this 6.18.y tree; the fix is a 3-line skip for a zero resource count.

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
- Subsystem: `drm/amdgpu`
- Action verb: `validate` (defensive correctness; body is an explicit
  divide-fault fix)
- Claimed intent: do not divide XCP topology counts when a resource
  count is zero

Record: `[drm/amdgpu] [validate] [skip XCP resource loop when
max_res[i]==0 to avoid divide-by-zero]`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected for this review pipeline)
- No `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Link:`, or `Cc: stable@`
- `Reviewed-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>` — original author of
  this function
- `Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>`
- `Signed-off-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- Ignored pipeline tags: `[Upstream commit 0eda57ee…]`, `Signed-off-by:
  Sasha Levin`

Record: Author + two AMD reviewers + maintainer SOB. No syzbot/user
report tag.

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
- Bug: in `aqua_vanjaram_get_xcp_res_info()`, `max_res[i]` can be 0.
  When `res_lt_xcp` is true the code does `num_xcp / max_res[i]`.
- Symptom: kernel divide fault (oops/exception).
- Fix: skip the loop body for absent resources.
- `v2: Remove redundant checks (Lijo)` — review-driven simplification.

Record: `[Bug: division by zero on zero resource counts] [Failure:
divide fault] [No version range stated] [Root cause: max_res[i]==0 with
res_lt_xcp true]`

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Not hidden. The message names the divide fault and the skip.

Record: `[Not a disguised cleanup; explicit divide-by-zero fix]`

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c` (+3/−1)
- Function: `aqua_vanjaram_get_xcp_res_info()`
- Scope: single-file, surgical

Record: `[1 file, +3/-1, one function, surgical]`

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Before (v6.18.53):
```
for each resource:
    res_lt_xcp = max_res[i] < num_xcp;
    set id;
    num_inst = res_lt_xcp ? 1 : max_res[i] / num_xcp;
    num_shared = res_lt_xcp ? num_xcp / max_res[i] : 1;
```
After:
```
for each resource:
    set id;
    if (!max_res[i]) continue;   // leave num_inst/num_shared at 0
    ... same arithmetic ...
```
The `continue` is on the per-resource fill path used at sysfs init and
on partition-mode store.

Record: `[zero count: divide -> skip and keep zeros]`

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Category: logic / memory-safety adjacent (integer divide-by-zero).

`max_res[]` is `= {}` then filled from:
- XCC: `NUM_XCC(adev->gfx.xcc_mask)`
- DMA: `adev->sdma.num_instances`
- DEC: `adev->vcn.num_vcn_inst`
- JPEG: `adev->jpeg.num_jpeg_inst`

`aqua_vanjaram_init_soc_config()` sets VCN/JPEG counts from
`hweight32(inst_mask)`. Discovery starts `vcn.inst_mask` /
`jpeg.inst_mask` at 0 and only sets bits when VCN IPs exist; harvest can
clear those bits. If a count is 0 and `num_xcp > 0` (SPX=1, DPX=2,
TPX=3, QPX=4, CPX=XCC count), then `res_lt_xcp` is true and `num_xcp /
max_res[i]` is a divide fault.

Record: `[divide-by-zero] [absent VCN/JPEG/SDMA/XCC count vs non-zero
partition count]`

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Obviously correct: skip the division when the divisor is 0. `xcp_cfg` is
`kzalloc`’d in `amdgpu_xcp_cfg_sysfs_init()`, so skipped entries keep
`num_inst`/`num_shared` = 0, which matches “absent”. Sysfs still creates
the `dec`/`jpeg` kobjects (id is still set); they report 0 instead of
oopsing.

Regression risk is very low. No API/locking/refcount change. v2 dropped
extra checks at Lijo’s request.

Record: `[minimal, correct] [very low regression risk]`

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
On v6.18.53, the loop is from `f501057aff3357` (`drm/amdgpu: Add
callback get xcp resource info`, Lijo Lazar, 2024-09-09). Present in
v6.13; not in v6.12. Wrapper/NPS split later in `3aa37922c66a63` /
`e5ad71779df6f4`; the divide itself is original.

Record: `[f501057aff3357, first in v6.13; in this 6.18.y tree]`

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
No `Fixes:` tag.

Record: `[N/A — no Fixes tag; buggy commit identified by blame]`

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY**
Recent v6.18.53 history on this file is XCP/NPS/partition work. No prior
zero-divisor guard in this loop. Later autosel commit `9bd596d9e90da`
(`Guard reads in pcie state readout`) is unrelated.

Record: `[standalone; no prerequisite series for this skip]`

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Asad Kamal is an AMD amdgpu contributor. Lijo Lazar has 20 commits on
this file in 6.18.y and wrote the function; his Reviewed-by is strong.

Record: `[AMD author; reviewed by function author and amdgpu
maintainer]`

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Uses existing `max_res[]` loop only. Sibling mainline patch `guard zero
divisors in soc_v1_0 partition code` is a different ASIC file;
`soc_v1_0` is **not** in this tree. This patch is self-contained.

Record: `[no local dependencies; applies standalone]`

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
`b4 dig -c 0eda57ee…` failed: lore.kernel.org returned an error.
Fallback: amd-gfx archives.

- v2 submission: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-June/146963.html
- Hawking Reviewed-by: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-June/146976.html
- May–July 2026 archives: only v2, no public v1 (v1 likely internal;
  message says Lijo asked to drop redundant checks)
- No NAK

Record: `[amd-gfx v2 + Hawking RB; no NAK; v1 not on the public list]`

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
v2 To/Cc: amd-gfx, Lijo Lazar, Hawking Zhang, Le Ma, Morris Zhang, Alex
Deucher, Yang Wang. Right maintainers.

Record: `[Lijo + Hawking reviewed; Deucher merged]`

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
No bugzilla/syzbot/Link. Hardware-path analysis by AMD, not a fuzzer ID.

Record: `[no public crash dump; AMD-described divide fault]`

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Standalone `[PATCH v2]`, not `n/N`. Related only as the same round of
divisor guards (`soc_v1_0` not in 6.18.y).

Record: `[standalone; soc_v1_0 sibling N/A here]`

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
lore.kernel.org/stable/?q=… returned 403. No evidence this was rejected
for stable.

Record: `[UNVERIFIED: stable list discussion (HTTP 403)]`

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `[aqua_vanjaram_get_xcp_res_info]`

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Callback `.get_xcp_res_info` in `aqua_vanjaram_xcp_funcs`. Only call
sites of `amdgpu_xcp_get_res_info()`:
1. `amdgpu_xcp_cfg_sysfs_init()` — `amdgpu_xcp_sysfs_init()` ←
   `amdgpu_device.c` during device init
2. `xcp_config_store()` — sysfs `xcp_config` (`__ATTR_RW_MODE(...,
   0644)`), typically CAP_SYS_ADMIN/root

Record: `[GPU probe sysfs init + privileged sysfs store]`

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
`__aqua_vanjaram_get_px_mode_info()` sets `num_xcp` to 1/2/3/4 or
`NUM_XCC`. No alloc/lock in the changed loop.

Record: `[fills xcp_cfg for sysfs; no new side effects]`

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Probe: discovery → `aqua_vanjaram_init_soc_config()` (GC 9.4.3 / 9.4.4 /
9.5.0) → later `amdgpu_xcp_sysfs_init()` → this function. Userspace can
also write `compute_partition_config/xcp_config`.

Record: `[reachable on MI300-class probe and partition sysfs; not a dead
path]`

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Only implementation of `get_xcp_res_info` in this tree. Mainline
`soc_v1_0` guard is a sibling, not present here.

Record: `[no other local copy of this loop]`

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Local tree: **v6.18.53** (`VERSION=6 PATCHLEVEL=18 SUBLEVEL=53`, `git
describe HEAD` = `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`, branch `autosel`).

v6.18.53 `aqua_vanjaram_get_xcp_res_info()` still does `num_xcp /
max_res[i]` with no zero check. Upstream `0eda57ee` is **not** an
ancestor of HEAD. Introducing commit `f501057aff3357` **is** an ancestor
of v6.18.53.

Record: `[YES, buggy loop is in v6.18.53] [bug from v6.13 /
f501057aff3357]`

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
v6.18.53 loop matches the patch preimage exactly. Clean apply; no
refactor in the way.

Record: `[clean apply]`

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
No other zero-divisor fix for this loop in v6.18.53.

Record: `[no substitute fix in this tree]`

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: SUBSYSTEM AND CRITICALITY**
`drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu` — AMD GPU driver, Aqua Vanjaram XCP
(MI300/MI325/MI350-class, GC 9.4.3/9.4.4/9.5.0).

Record: `[amdgpu XCP] [IMPORTANT — datacenter Instinct GPUs, not core
mm/fs]`

**Step 7.2: SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
File is actively maintained (partition/NPS/XCP changes). The divide is
old (6.13), not a last-week feature.

Record: `[active driver; bug has been in-tree since v6.13]`

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: WHO IS AFFECTED**
Users of amdgpu on Aqua Vanjaram ASICs (MI300A/X, MI325, GC 9.5.0) with
XCP sysfs. Not universal.

Record: `[driver-specific / platform-specific (MI300-class)]`

**Step 8.2: TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Always runs at XCP sysfs init if `xcp_mgr` exists. Faults when any
`max_res[i]` is 0 — verified possible for VCN/JPEG via `inst_mask==0`
after discovery/harvest. Also on writing partition mode. Unprivileged
users do not normally write that sysfs node (0400 resource attrs; store
is 0644 on a root-owned kobject). Probe path does not need a user
trigger.

Record: `[probe + partition sysfs] [likely on harvested/no-VCN configs]
[unprivileged write not required]`

**Step 8.3: FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
x86 `#DE` in kernel → oops. During device init this can fail GPU bring-
up or panic if `panic_on_oops`. Not silent corruption.

Record: `[kernel oops / GPU init crash] [CRITICAL/HIGH]`

**Step 8.4: RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Benefit: stop a real divide oops on MI300-class XCP sysfs. Risk: 3
lines, skip-only, zeros already from kzalloc.

Record: `[high benefit for affected GPUs] [very low risk] [favorable]`

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real divide-by-zero; oops on XCP sysfs init / partition store
- Buggy code is in this v6.18.53 tree
- Counts can be 0 (VCN/JPEG `inst_mask` from discovery/harvest)
- 3-line skip; obviously correct; v2 reviewed by the function author and
  Hawking; merged by Deucher
- Clean apply; no new API; no series dependency

AGAINST:
- Affects only MI300-class XCP, not all machines
- No public reproducer/syzbot
- v1 mailing-list text not found

UNRESOLVED:
- Stable-list discussion (lore 403)
- Exact public v1 diff
- How often production MI300 SKUs have `num_vcn_inst==0` (AMD still
  treated it as real)

**Step 9.2: STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — skip on zero divisor; two
   AMD R-b, maintainer SOB
2. Real bug that affects users? **PASS** — divide fault in driver
   init/sysfs
3. Important (crash/security/corruption/deadlock)? **PASS** — kernel
   oops
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +3/−1, one function
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to local tree? **PASS** — v6.18.53 preimage matches

**Step 9.3: EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Not ID/quirk/DT/docs. Direct crash fix.

**Step 9.4: DECISION**
Backport. It is a small, obviously correct oops fix for code this tree
actually runs.

### Why this matters for this tree
v6.18.y ships Aqua Vanjaram XCP resource sysfs. If VCN/JPEG/SDMA/XCC
count is 0, `num_xcp / max_res[i]` oopses during
`amdgpu_xcp_cfg_sysfs_init()` or a partition-mode store. Skipping empty
resources stops the fault and reports 0 instances.

### Risk vs benefit
Benefit is avoiding a GPU-init oops on MI300-class systems. Risk is a
continue that leaves kzalloc zeros. No locking or ABI change.

### Concerns
None material. `soc_v1_0` sibling is not needed here. No follow-up on
this loop in this tree.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: Reviewed-by Lijo Lazar, Hawking Zhang; SOB Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/syzbot
- [Phase 2] Diff: +3/−1 in `aqua_vanjaram_get_xcp_res_info()`; `if
  (!max_res[i]) continue` before `num_xcp / max_res[i]`
- [Phase 3] `git blame` v6.18.53: loop from `f501057aff3357` (in v6.13;
  not v6.12); `git merge-base --is-ancestor f501057aff3357 v6.18.53`
  succeeded
- [Phase 3] No Fixes tag; no later related fix on this loop in v6.18.53
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 0eda57ee…`: lore error; found v2 at
  lists.freedesktop.org/amd-gfx/2026-June/146963.html; Hawking RB
  146976.html; no NAK
- [Phase 4] UNVERIFIED: stable@ thread (lore 403); public v1 body
- [Phase 5] Callers: `amdgpu_xcp_cfg_sysfs_init` (device init) and
  `xcp_config_store` (sysfs)
- [Phase 5] `adev->vcn.inst_mask` starts 0 in `amdgpu_discovery.c`;
  harvest can clear bits; `aqua_vanjaram_init_soc_config` sets
  `num_vcn_inst = hweight32(inst_mask)`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD`: v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb; `make
  kernelversion`: 6.18.53
- [Phase 6] v6.18.53 file has the unfixed loop (`has skip? False`);
  `0eda57ee` is not an ancestor of HEAD
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: kernel divide fault / oops on XCP sysfs init,
  severity HIGH/CRITICAL
- UNVERIFIED: frequency of zero VCN/JPEG on shipping MI300 SKUs (does
  not override the verified divide path)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c
index f9e2edf5260bc..15e70415c35b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c
@@ -295,8 +295,10 @@ static int aqua_vanjaram_get_xcp_res_info(struct amdgpu_xcp_mgr *xcp_mgr,
 	xcp_cfg->num_res = ARRAY_SIZE(max_res);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < xcp_cfg->num_res; i++) {
-		res_lt_xcp = max_res[i] < num_xcp;
 		xcp_cfg->xcp_res[i].id = i;
+		if (!max_res[i])
+			continue;
+		res_lt_xcp = max_res[i] < num_xcp;
 		xcp_cfg->xcp_res[i].num_inst =
 			res_lt_xcp ? 1 : max_res[i] / num_xcp;
 		xcp_cfg->xcp_res[i].num_inst =
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/panel-edp: Add BOE NE140QDM-NX2

[Sasha Levin]

From: Weiji Wang <nebclllo0444@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit 354b9c43d36ce9b41e48b2d67c5d9b953a0e9d64 ]

Add timing from datasheet for BOE NE140QDM-NX2.

edid-decode (hex):

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20 1f 01 04 a5 1e 13 78 03 ee 96 a3 54 4c 99 26
0f 4e 51 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 01 01 01 01 01 60 d2 00 a0 a0 40 32 60 30 20
35 00 2e bd 10 00 00 18 c8 9d 00 a0 a0 40 32 60
30 20 35 00 2e bd 10 00 00 18 00 00 00 fd 00 30
78 c6 c6 36 01 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fe
00 4e 45 31 34 30 51 44 4d 2d 4e 58 32 20 01 f8

70 13 79 00 00 03 01 14 30 69 00 05 ff 09 9f 00
2f 00 1f 00 3f 06 31 00 02 00 04 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4d 90

Signed-off-by: Weiji Wang <nebclllo0444@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/82fc6395-3425-4f71-ba58-813856cee61d@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1: Subject line**
Record: `[drm/panel-edp] [Add] [one-line BOE NE140QDM-NX2 panel-id /
delay table entry]`

**Step 1.2: Tags**
Record:
- `Signed-off-by: Weiji Wang <nebclllo0444@gmail.com>` (author)
- `Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>` (listed `R:`
  for this driver in MAINTAINERS)
- `Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>` (applied via
  drm-misc)
- `Link: https://patch.msgid.link/82fc6395-3425-4f71-ba58-
  813856cee61d@gmail.com`
- No `Fixes:`, no `Cc: stable`, no `Reported-by`, no `Tested-by` tag
  (author later said they verified on `next-20260726` in the v1 thread)
- Ignore pipeline `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` / `[Upstream commit ...]`
  if present

**Step 1.3: Body**
Record:
- Claimed intent: add datasheet timing for BOE NE140QDM-NX2.
- Failure mode is not a crash dump; it is missing table data for a real
  eDP panel identified by EDID.
- Included raw EDID (base + CTA). Manufacturer `09 e5` is BOE; product
  `f2 0a` little-endian is `0x0af2`; ASCII descriptor is `NE140QDM-NX2`.
- Root cause: generic `edp-panel` path looks up power-seq delays by
  panel ID; this ID was absent.

**Step 1.4: Hidden bug fix?**
Record: Not a disguised UAF/leak. It is hardware-table enablement.
Without the row, `generic_edp_panel_probe()` hits
`WARN_ON(!panel->detected_panel)` and falls back to conservative delays
(2000 ms unprepare / 200 ms enable). That is a real user-visible issue
for this panel (warning + slow suspend/resume), not style cleanup.

---

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1: Inventory**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c` (+1 / −0)
- Function/data: `edp_panels[]` only
- Scope: single-file, one table row

**Step 2.2: Code flow**
Record:
- Before: BOE IDs jump from `0x0ae8` (NV140WUM-N41) to `0x0b09`
  (NV140FHM-NZ). `0x0af2` is unknown.
- After: `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0af2,
  &delay_200_500_e50_p2e80, "NE140QDM-NX2")`.
- Path: probe of compatible `"edp-panel"` → `generic_edp_panel_probe()`
  → `find_edp_panel()` → copy `*delay` into `desc`. Modes still come
  from EDID (`override_edid_mode` is not set).

**Step 2.3: Bug mechanism**
Record: **Hardware ID / quirk table** (device-ID exception). Not a
memory-safety bug. Missing identity causes:
1. `WARN_ON` splat at probe
2. `panel_edp_set_conservative_timings()`: `unprepare=2000`,
   `enable=200`, vs datasheet delays `hpd_absent=200`, `unprepare=500`,
   `enable=50`, `prepare_to_enable=80`

**Step 2.4: Fix quality**
Record: Obviously correct one-liner using an existing delay blob. Sorted
by product ID. Regression risk is confined to this panel ID; other
panels are untouched. Commit text says “timing” but the row only sets
**power sequencing**; that matches the driver’s design comment “Update
the delay; everything else comes from EDID”.

---

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1: Blame**
Record:
- New line is commit `354b9c43d36ce` (Weiji Wang, 2026-07-28).
- Neighbors: `0x0ae8` from `993d36ac99efe` (2024), `0x0b09` from
  `c03dd019f0b56` (2025).
- `delay_200_500_e50_p2e80` introduced in `f4ccd9fea2270` (2023-12-14),
  present long before this change.
- Driver file from `5f04e7ce392db` (2021-09-20).

**Step 3.2: Fixes: tag**
Record: None. Bug is “this panel ID was never listed”, not a regression
from a specific SHA.

**Step 3.3: File history**
Record: Many similar `drm/panel-edp: Add …` one-liners. Standalone; not
`N/M`. Parent `eb7979f6014a1` already has the delay struct and
surrounding BOE rows. `git grep 0x0af2` on the parent: not present.

**Step 3.4: Author**
Record: Only this commit by Weiji Wang in `drivers/gpu/drm/`. Douglas
Anderson is `R: DRM DRIVER FOR GENERIC EDP PANELS` and both reviewed and
applied it.

**Step 3.5: Prerequisites**
Record: Needs `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY`, `edp_panels[]`, and
`delay_200_500_e50_p2e80`. All exist in this checkout. Applies
standalone.

---

## Phase 4: Mailing list

**Step 4.1: Original discussion**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 354b9c43d36ce` → https://patch.msgid.link/82fc6395-3425-
  4f71-ba58-813856cee61d@gmail.com
- v1: 2026-07-24, https://patch.msgid.link/697e79c2-98a9-4bb3-b5fb-
  db327cbe1bce@gmail.com
  Used unsorted `0x0af2` with `delay_200_500_e80`.
- v2: 2026-07-28 (applied). Changelog: sort fix +
  `delay_200_500_e50_p2e80`.
- Doug on v2: mailer wrapped/tabs-to-spaces; he fixed and pushed to drm-
  misc-next as `354b9c43d36ce`. `Reviewed-by` given. No NAK.
- v1 review: sort bug; asked if datasheet vs guess. Author: Panelook
  datasheet; T4+T5+T6+T8-min given. Doug recommended
  `delay_200_500_e50_p2e80`. Author confirmed T7/T8 match and verified
  on `next-20260726`.
- No reviewer `Cc: stable`.

**Step 4.2: Recipients (`b4 dig -w`)**
Record: Weiji Wang, Doug Anderson, `dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org`,
`linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org`. Right reviewer and list.

**Step 4.3: Bug report**
Record: No syzbot/bugzilla. Hardware addition from someone with the
panel/datasheet. EDID in the message is the identification evidence.

**Step 4.4: Series**
Record: Single patch, v1→v2 only.

**Step 4.5: stable@**
Record: lore HTTP fetch returned 403. `b4` threads have no stable
discussion. Not used as a negative signal.

---

## Phase 5: Semantic analysis

**Step 5.1: Functions**
Record: No function body change. Data: `edp_panels[]`. Consumers:
`find_edp_panel()`, `generic_edp_panel_probe()`.

**Step 5.2: Callers**
Record:
- `panel_edp_probe()` if DT compatible is `"edp-panel"`
- `panel_edp_platform_probe()` / AUX-bus probe → `panel_edp_probe()`
- Context: device probe (boot / connector bring-up), not IRQ/hot path

**Step 5.3: Callees**
Record: `find_edp_panel()` walks `edp_panels`; on hit, `desc->delay =
*panel->detected_panel->delay`.

**Step 5.4: Reachability**
Record: Yes, from normal laptop/embedded eDP probe when the panel EDID
is BOE `0x0af2`. Unprivileged users do not program the ID; it is
firmware/EDID. Impact is display power-seq and a kernel warning at
probe.

**Step 5.5: Similar patterns**
Record: The table is full of the same `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` pattern
(including other BOE NE140QDM parts, e.g. `0x0b1e` NE140QDM-N6A). This
is the standard way this driver is extended.

---

## Phase 6: Local tree (this checkout)

**Step 6.1: Does the code exist here?**
Record:
- Tree: `git describe HEAD` = `v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`; `make
  kernelversion` = `7.3.0-rc4`
- `drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c` present; `CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_EDP` in
  Kconfig
- `delay_200_500_e50_p2e80` at lines 1768–1773
- `edp_panels[]` and `WARN_ON` unknown-panel path at 829–833
- Line 2060 already has this entry because `354b9c43d36ce` **is an
  ancestor of HEAD**. That is mainline history, not a reason to treat
  the change as “already selected for stable”.

**Step 6.2: Backport difficulty**
Record: Clean apply: one sorted row, delay symbol already in this tree.
No API/struct change.

**Step 6.3: Related fixes already here?**
Record: No other `NE140QDM-NX2` / `0x0af2` commit besides this one. No
alternate fix.

---

## Phase 7: Subsystem context

**Step 7.1:**
Record: DRM panel (`drivers/gpu/drm/panel/`). Criticality: **IMPORTANT**
for systems using generic eDP (`edp-panel`), typical
laptops/Chromebooks/ARM boards. Not mm/net core; not staging.

**Step 7.2:**
Record: Active table (many recent `Add` commits). Mature lookup/delay
design since ~2021–2023.

---

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1: Who is affected**
Record: Driver/config-specific: `CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_EDP` + DT `"edp-
panel"` + BOE product ID `0x0af2`. No effect on other panels.

**Step 8.2: Trigger**
Record: Every probe of that panel (boot / display init). Not a race. Not
a syscall exploit path.

**Step 8.3: Failure mode**
Record:
- `WARN_ON` on unknown panel (MEDIUM as a warning, but intentional
  “please add this ID” splat)
- Conservative delays: extra ~1.5 s unprepare vs 500 ms (user-visible
  resume/power-off lag)
- Panel is still expected to work; this is enablement + warning/latency,
  not panic
- Severity: **MEDIUM** as a bug; **high value** as a device-ID exception

**Step 8.4: Risk-benefit**
Record:
- Benefit: correct power-seq and no warning for this hardware; same
  class as PCI/USB ID adds
- Risk: very low (1 line, ID-matched only)
- Ratio: favorable

---

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Step 9.1: Evidence**

FOR:
- Existing driver; only a new panel ID + existing delay pointer
- Matches the documented **new device ID** / hardware-quirk exception
- Prevents `WARN_ON` + 2000 ms conservative unprepare for BOE NE140QDM-
  NX2
- 1 line, sorted, uses `delay_200_500_e50_p2e80` already in this tree
- EDID in the message matches vendor/product/name
- Reviewed and applied by the panel-edp reviewer; v2 delay choice came
  from datasheet discussion
- Author verified on `next-20260726`

AGAINST:
- Not a UAF/crash/security fix
- Unknown panel still functions with conservative timings
- No `Fixes:` / `Cc: stable` (expected for this review path)
- Commit subject is enablement (“Add …”), not “fix”

UNRESOLVED:
- lore.kernel.org via WebFetch was 403; thread recovered with `b4`
- No stable@ thread found
- Exact laptop SKUs using this panel not identified beyond the EDID

**Step 9.2: Stable rules**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** (1-line table add; maintainer
   review; author verified)
2. Real bug affecting users? **PASS** (missing ID → warning + wrong
   delays on real hardware)
3. Important (crash/security/corruption/deadlock)? **PASS via
   exception** (device ID / panel quirk; warning + bad power-seq). Not
   CRITICAL memory safety.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** (+1 line, one file)
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS** (no new driver, syscall, or userspace
   ABI; ID in existing table)
6. Can apply to this tree? **PASS** (driver, macro, delay struct, and
   sort neighbors all present)

**Step 9.3: Exception**
Record: **New device ID / hardware quirk** on an existing driver
(`EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` is this driver’s ID table).

**Step 9.4: Decision**
This is the eDP equivalent of adding a PCI/USB ID: a one-line table
entry so existing `panel-edp` uses datasheet power sequencing instead of
the unknown-panel `WARN_ON` + conservative delays. This tree has every
prerequisite. Benefit is real for owners of this panel; risk is
negligible.

### What the commit solves for this tree
On `v7.3-rc4`, generic `"edp-panel"` devices read EDID and look up
`edp_panels[]`. BOE `0x0af2` (NE140QDM-NX2) had no row, so probe warned
and used 2000/200 ms conservative delays. The patch adds that row with
`delay_200_500_e50_p2e80`. Display modes remain EDID-driven.

### Risk vs benefit
Very low risk, contained to one product ID. Benefit is working/faster
power sequencing and no warning for that panel—standard stable device-ID
material.

---

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed subject/tags/body from `git show 354b9c43d36ce`; EDID
  `09 e5 f2 0a` + `NE140QDM-NX2` checked against the new `BOE, 0x0af2`
  row
- [Phase 2] Diff is +1 line in `edp_panels[]`;
  `generic_edp_panel_probe()` / `WARN_ON` /
  `panel_edp_set_conservative_timings()` read in `panel-edp.c`
- [Phase 3] `git blame -L 2058,2062`; `git log -L
  :delay_200_500_e50_p2e80:…` → `f4ccd9fea2270`; parent has no `0x0af2`;
  `git merge-base --is-ancestor 354b9c43d36ce HEAD` → yes
- [Phase 3] No `Fixes:`; author log only this DRM commit
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 354b9c43d36ce` / `-a` / `-w` / `-m`; v1 mbox (7
  messages) with Doug’s sort + delay review; v2 applied despite wrap
- [Phase 4] WebFetch lore → 403; discussion taken from b4 mboxes instead
- [Phase 5] Call path: `"edp-panel"` → `panel_edp_probe()` →
  `generic_edp_panel_probe()` → `find_edp_panel()`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = `v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`;
  `VERSION=7 PATCHLEVEL=3 SUBLEVEL=0 EXTRAVERSION=-rc4`; delay struct
  and table present
- [Phase 7] MAINTAINERS: `R: Douglas Anderson` for `panel-edp.c`;
  Kconfig `DRM_PANEL_EDP`
- [Phase 8] Failure mode verified: unknown panel → WARN_ON + unprepare
  2000 / enable 200
- UNVERIFIED: stable@ archive (lore HTTP 403); specific machine models
  shipping this panel

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
index 614c63e95c357..65e2f68b919ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
@@ -1989,6 +1989,7 @@ static const struct edp_panel_entry edp_panels[] = {
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0a6a, &delay_200_500_e80, "NV140WUM-N44"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0ac5, &delay_200_500_e50, "NV116WHM-N4C"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0ae8, &delay_200_500_e50_p2e80, "NV140WUM-N41"),
+	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0af2, &delay_200_500_e50_p2e80, "NE140QDM-NX2"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0b09, &delay_200_500_e50_po2e200, "NV140FHM-NZ"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0b1e, &delay_200_500_e80, "NE140QDM-N6A"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0b34, &delay_200_500_e80_d50, "NV122WUM-N41"),
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/panel: simple: Add Kyocera tcg070wvlq panel

[Sasha Levin]

From: Heiko Schocher <hs@nabladev.com>

[ Upstream commit 900517da69afca6f72dacf14278aee3b65275507 ]

Commit 922fb2db0287 ("dt-bindings: display: simple: Add Kyocera
tcg070wvlq panel") added the compatible string for the Kyocera
tcg070wvlq panel to the devicetree bindings documentation
(panel-simple.yaml), but the corresponding entry was not added
to the panel-simple driver.

Add the missing compatible entry to the driver.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher <hs@nabladev.com>
Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721041935.757240-1-hs@nabladev.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **7.3.0-rc4** (`v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`). This
commit is a 3-line `of_device_id` addition to the existing `panel-
simple` driver. Official stable rules allow that class of change.

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1:** Record: `[drm/panel: simple] [Add] [register OF compatible
kyo,tcg070wvlq, reusing existing lg_lb070wv8 descriptor]`

**Step 1.2:** Record: tags present:
- Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong (drm/panel maintainer)
- Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher (author); Neil Armstrong (applied to
  drm-misc)
- Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260721041935.757240-1-hs@nabladev.com
- No Fixes:, Reported-by, Tested-by, Cc: stable, or syzbot (absence
  expected)

Ignored pipeline markers: none in the provided text beyond the usual
evaluation context.

**Step 1.3:** Record:
- Bug: commit `922fb2db0287` (v5.12-rc1) documented `kyo,tcg070wvlq` in
  `panel-simple.yaml` but never added the matching `of_device_id` entry.
- Symptom: a DT node whose only compatible is `kyo,tcg070wvlq` does not
  bind to `panel-simple`.
- Version info: bindings since v5.12; driver entry added 2026-07-22.
- Root cause: incomplete match-table vs documented binding, not a crash
  path.

**Step 1.4:** Record: Not a hidden crash/UAF/leak fix. It is hardware-ID
enablement. The 2021 bindings commit said the panel “seems to be
compatible with `lg,lb070wv8`” and added the string “only to the dt-
binding documentation to fix the checkpatch warnings.”

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1:** Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c` +3/−0.
Function/table: `platform_of_match[]`. Scope: single-file surgical
match-table insert.

**Step 2.2:** Record: Before, `kyo,tcg070wvlq` was not in
`platform_of_match`. After, it matches and uses `&lg_lb070wv8` (same
timings/size/bus as `lg,lb070wv8`).

**Step 2.3:** Record: category **h) hardware / device ID**. Mechanism:
documented OF compatible now matches the existing panel descriptor.

**Step 2.4:** Record: Obviously correct (alias of an existing
descriptor). Minimal. Regression risk very low: in-tree `imx6dl-
prtmvt.dts` already has fallback `lg,lb070wv8` pointing at the same
data, so probe behavior is unchanged there.

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1:** Record: Missing driver ID is the gap left by
`922fb2db0287` (v5.12-rc1). `lg_lb070wv8` itself is `dd0150026901b`
(v4.2-rc1). In-tree DTS usage is `f3604ba14bd75e` (v5.12-rc1):
`compatible = "kyo,tcg070wvlq", "lg,lb070wv8"`.

**Step 3.2:** Record: No Fixes: tag. The referenced bindings commit is
an ancestor of HEAD.

**Step 3.3:** Record: Standalone; not `patch X/Y`. Nearby `panel-simple`
commits are other panel IDs, not prerequisites.

**Step 3.4:** Record: Heiko originally added `lg_lb070wv8` (2015) and
this ID (2026). Neil Armstrong reviewed and applied it. Maintainer-
acked.

**Step 3.5:** Record: Depends only on `lg_lb070wv8` and
`platform_of_match`, both present here. Applies standalone.

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external

**Step 4.1:** Record: `b4 dig` → v1 only,
https://patch.msgid.link/20260721041935.757240-1-hs@nabladev.com.
Thread: Heiko submit → Neil `Reviewed-by` → applied to drm-misc-next as
`900517da69afc`. No NAK, no stable discussion, no requested revisions.

**Step 4.2:** Record: Recipients included Neil Armstrong, Maxime Ripard,
dri-devel, DRM maintainers, original bindings author Oleksij Rempel.

**Step 4.3:** Record: No bugzilla/syzbot. Motivation is binding/driver
mismatch, not a crash report.

**Step 4.4:** Record: Single-patch series.

**Step 4.5:** Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search returned 403; no
stable-list discussion verified. LKML mirrors confirm review-only
thread.

## Phase 5: Code semantics

**Step 5.1:** Record: `platform_of_match[]` only.

**Step 5.2:** Record: Used as `.of_match_table` of
`panel_simple_platform_driver` (`panel_simple_platform_probe`). Probe
path on DT match.

**Step 5.3:** Record: Match data is existing `lg_lb070wv8` (`panel_desc`
+ LVDS timings). No new alloc/lock/API.

**Step 5.4:** Record: Reachable when a DT node uses `kyo,tcg070wvlq`.
In-tree board `imx6dl-prtmvt` already matches via fallback. Userspace
does not trigger this except by using that panel.

**Step 5.5:** Record: Same file already has `kyo,tcg121xglp` and
`lg,lb070wv8`. This is the standard panel-simple ID pattern.

## Phase 6: This checkout

**Step 6.1:** Record: Tree is 7.3.0-rc4. `panel-simple.c`,
`lg_lb070wv8`, bindings `kyo,tcg070wvlq`, and DTS fallback all exist.
Commit `900517da69afc` is already an ancestor of HEAD (merged via drm-
misc-next → drm-next before v7.3-rc1). The **match table and descriptor
this patch needs are in this tree**.

**Step 6.2:** Record: Clean apply (already applied here). Insertion sits
alphabetically between `koe,tx31d200vm0baa` and `kyo,tcg121xglp`.

**Step 6.3:** Record: No alternate fix. This *is* the driver-side
completion of the v5.12 binding.

## Phase 7: Subsystem context

**Step 7.1:** Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/panel` — **PERIPHERAL** (one LVDS
panel / Protonic MVT i.MX6 board).

**Step 7.2:** Record: `panel-simple` is mature and still gets ID
additions; this is normal hardware enablement, not a new subsystem.

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1:** Record: Driver/board-specific (`CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_SIMPLE`,
DT with this compatible). Not universal.

**Step 8.2:** Record: Trigger is panel probe. Common for that one
industrial board; otherwise only if DT lists `kyo,tcg070wvlq`. Not a
syscall/security path.

**Step 8.3:** Record: Without the ID, a **primary-only**
`kyo,tcg070wvlq` node fails to bind (no display). In-tree DTS still
works via `lg,lb070wv8`. Severity **LOW** as a crash; **hardware
enablement** under the device-ID rule.

**Step 8.4:** Record: Benefit = correct match for a documented
compatible / existing panel. Risk = very low (3 lines, existing
descriptor). Ratio favors taking it: official rules explicitly allow
device IDs.

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Evidence FOR:**
- `Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst` in this tree: “It must
  either fix a real bug that bothers people **or just add a device
  ID**.”
- Device-ID exception in the review criteria: ID-only change in an
  existing driver.
- 3 lines, reuses `lg_lb070wv8` since v4.2, reviewed by the panel
  maintainer.
- Completes a compatible documented since v5.12.

**Evidence AGAINST:**
- Not a crash, UAF, deadlock, or corruption fix.
- In-tree `imx6dl-prtmvt.dts` already falls back to `lg,lb070wv8`, so
  this tree’s in-tree board already probes.
- 2021 bindings commit intentionally omitted the driver entry at first.
- No user/syzbot report.

**Unresolved:** Could not fetch lore.kernel.org/stable (403). No
evidence this was rejected for stable.

**Stable checklist:**
1. Obviously correct and tested — **PASS** (maintainer Reviewed-by,
   applied to drm-misc-next)
2. Real bug that affects users — **PASS** as device ID (documented
   compatible did not match); in-tree fallback means limited user-
   visible delta
3. Important issue — **PASS via device-ID exception**, not via
   crash/security
4. Small and contained — **PASS** (+3)
5. No new features/APIs — **PASS** (no new descriptor, timings, or uAPI;
   match-table ID only)
6. Can apply to this tree — **PASS** (`lg_lb070wv8` and
   `platform_of_match` present)

**Exception category:** New device ID (OF compatible) on an existing
driver.

This is not a stability fix, but it is exactly the “just add a device
ID” case the stable rules call out. Risk is negligible.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Reviewed-by Neil Armstrong; Link msgid
  20260721041935.757240-1; no Fixes/syzbot
- [Phase 2] Diff: +3 in `platform_of_match[]`; `.data = &lg_lb070wv8`
- [Phase 3] `git name-rev --tags 922fb2db02871` → v5.12-rc1;
  `dd0150026901b` → v4.2-rc1; `f3604ba14bd75e` DTS fallback
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 922fb2db0287 HEAD` exit 0;
  `900517da69afc` ancestor of HEAD
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 900517da69afc` / `-a` / `-w` / `-m`: v1 only;
  Neil review + apply; dri-devel CCd
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org WebFetch 403; LKML mirrors used instead
- [Phase 5] `platform_of_match` →
  `panel_simple_platform_driver.of_match_table`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` → v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37; `make
  kernelversion` → 7.3.0-rc4
- [Phase 6] Grep: `kyo,tcg070wvlq` in driver, yaml, and `imx6dl-
  prtmvt.dts`
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: unmatched compatible → no panel probe; in-tree
  DTS still matches fallback
- [Phase 9] Read `Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst` lines
  15–16: device IDs are allowed
- UNVERIFIED: stable@vger discussion (HTTP 403)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
index 878a5dc7748fb..c784f67f58fa4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
@@ -5245,6 +5245,9 @@ static const struct of_device_id platform_of_match[] = {
 	}, {
 		.compatible = "koe,tx31d200vm0baa",
 		.data = &koe_tx31d200vm0baa,
+	}, {
+		.compatible = "kyo,tcg070wvlq",
+		.data = &lg_lb070wv8,
 	}, {
 		.compatible = "kyo,tcg121xglp",
 		.data = &kyo_tcg121xglp,
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] drm/amdgpu/gfx11: WARN() rather than BUG() for invalid SDMA engine

[Sasha Levin]

From: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit c24edbd5ae0e4f24e0179e8c9f22a867016177bb ]

There's no need to crash the kernel for these cases.

Reviewed-by: Kent Russell <kent.russell@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have enough context: this is a three-line `BUG()`-to-`WARN()` change
on the GFX11 KFD SDMA path, already present in this 7.3-rc4 tree. The
remaining question is whether it is a real panic-prevention fix worth
keeping in stable.

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1: Subject line**
Record: `[drm/amdgpu/gfx11]` `[WARN() rather than BUG()]` `[stop
panicking on an invalid SDMA engine id in get_sdma_rlc_reg_offset()]`

**Step 1.2: Tags**
Record:
- `Reviewed-by: Kent Russell <kent.russell@amd.com>` (AMD GPU developer)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer; ignore any Sasha Levin SOB)
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Link:`, or `Cc: stable`
  (absence expected)

**Step 1.3: Body**
Record: Body is one sentence: “There's no need to crash the kernel for
these cases.” No stack trace, no reproducer, no version range. Failure
mode claimed: kernel crash via `BUG()`. Root cause as stated: invalid
`engine_id` in `get_sdma_rlc_reg_offset()` was treated as fatal.

**Step 1.4: Hidden bug fix?**
Record: Not hidden. It is an explicit panic-to-warning conversion. It is
also patch `15/43` of Alex Deucher’s amdgpu `BUG()`-removal series
(later resent as `02/30`). Same boilerplate appears on sibling
gfx12/gfx12.1 patches. That is hardening of a driver `BUG()`, not a
style-only rename.

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1: Inventory**
Record: One file, `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gfx_v11.c`.
Function: `get_sdma_rlc_reg_offset()`. Scope: +2/−1, single-file
surgical change.

**Step 2.2: Code flow**
Record: Before: `switch (engine_id)` handles 0 and 1; `default:` calls
`BUG()` and never returns. After: `WARN(1, "Invalid SDMA engine id
%d\n", engine_id); break;` then the function still computes
`sdma_rlc_reg_offset` from `sdma_engine_reg_base` (initialized to 0) and
returns. Affected path: invalid engine id on SDMA queue
load/dump/occupy/destroy.

**Step 2.3: Bug mechanism**
Record: Category **(g) logic / correctness** plus crash hardening.
`BUG()` is a kernel panic (unless `CONFIG_BUG` is off). The fix stops
the panic and logs. It does not add a hard error return; callers still
`RREG32`/`WREG32` using a 0 base.

**Step 2.4: Fix quality**
Record: Obviously correct as “don’t panic.” Minimal. Regression risk is
low: if the default branch is taken, the kernel continues and may
program SDMA engine 0-ish registers instead of dying. That matches the
older gfx9/gfx10.3 pattern (`dev_warn` + fallthrough to engine 0),
though this gfx11 version warns and breaks with `base = 0` rather than
explicitly using the engine-0 `SOC15_REG_OFFSET`. No public API change.

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1: Blame**
Record: Function and original `BUG()` introduced in `cc009e613de65`
(“drm/amdkfd: Add KFD support for soc21 v3”, Mukul Joshi, 2022-05-04).
That commit is an ancestor of `v6.1` and `v6.6` in this repo. The
`WARN()` lines are from `c24edbd5ae0e4` (Alex Deucher, 2026-06-15 /
committed 2026-07-08).

**Step 3.2: Fixes: tag**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Buggy code is the original gfx11 KFD SDMA
helper, not a later regression.

**Step 3.3: File history / series**
Record: Standalone for this file. Related siblings:
- `28cc342e2455c` gfx12 same change
- `9f8032604b973` gfx12.1 same change
Part of the June/July 2026 amdgpu `BUG()` cleanup. No extra gfx11
refactor is required for this hunk.

**Step 3.4: Author**
Record: Alex Deucher is the amdgpu maintainer. Around the same dates he
landed many `BUG()`/`BUG_ON()` → `WARN()`/`-EINVAL` conversions across
gfx/sdma/psp.

**Step 3.5: Prerequisites**
Record: None. The function and `BUG()` existed since the file was added.
Applies standalone.

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external

**Step 4.1: Original discussion**
Record: `b4 dig -c c24edbd5ae0e4` matched patch-id
`8e42a5ee823a482676f1d117737bc3f4d06296d3`.
Lore/msgid: https://patch.msgid.link/20260615235645.737189-15-
alexander.deucher@amd.com
Series: v1 `[PATCH 15/43]` 2026-06-15; later v2 `[PATCH 02/30]`
2026-07-07. Committed version matches the posted diff. No NAKs found. No
reviewer `Cc: stable` on this patch. Cover-letter fetch from lore
returned 403; mail-archive and Phoronix describe the series as removing
amdgpu `BUG()` so the driver does not panic when it can continue.

**Step 4.2: Recipients (`b4 dig -w`)**
Record: Alex Deucher, `amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org`. Kent Russell’s
`Reviewed-by` is on the git commit, not on the v1 mail-archive copy
(review landed later / at commit time).

**Step 4.3: Bug report**
Record: None. No syzbot, bugzilla, or user panic report.

**Step 4.4: Related patches**
Record: Independent per-IP copies. This gfx11 hunk does not depend on
the rest of the 43-patch series.

**Step 4.5: Stable list**
Record: No stable-thread hit found for this subject. UNVERIFIED:
lore.kernel.org/stable search was blocked (Anubis/403).

## Phase 5: Semantic / call graph

**Step 5.1: Functions**
Record: `get_sdma_rlc_reg_offset()` only.

**Step 5.2: Callers (this tree)**
Record:
- `hqd_sdma_load_v11()` — KFD SDMA queue load
- `hqd_sdma_dump_v11()` — dump (debug / dqm)
- `hqd_sdma_is_occupied_v11()`
- `hqd_sdma_destroy_v11()` — preempt/destroy

Those are `gfx_v11_kfd2kgd` ops. Load goes `kfd_load_mqd_sdma()` →
`hqd_sdma_load()`. Dump is used from `kfd_device_queue_manager.c`.

**Step 5.3: Callees**
Record: `SOC15_REG_OFFSET`, register arithmetic, `pr_debug`. Callers
then `RREG32`/`WREG32` at the returned offset.

**Step 5.4: Reachability**
Record: Yes, from `/dev/kfd` queue create/destroy (needs KFD/render
access, not a raw unprivileged syscall). `engine_id` comes from
`v11_sdma_mqd.sdma_engine_id`, set in `kfd_mqd_manager_v11.c` from
`q->sdma_engine_id`.

Kernel assignment (`kfd_device_queue_manager.c`):
- normal SDMA: `sdma_id % kfd_get_num_sdma_engines()`
- `kfd_get_num_sdma_engines()` is `num_instances/num_nodes`, or
  `min(..., 2)` if XGMI

Userspace `KFD_QUEUE_TYPE_SDMA_BY_ENG_ID` is range-checked against
`num_sdma + num_xgmi - 1` in `kfd_ioctl_create_queue()`.

Verified: on typical GFX11 (2 SDMA, no XGMI) the id is 0 or 1, so
`default:` is not the normal path. Unverified: whether any GFX11 SKU
with XGMI and >2 SDMA instances can produce `engine_id >= 2` and hit
`BUG()`.

**Step 5.5: Similar patterns**
Record: gfx9 and gfx10.3 already `dev_warn` + fallthrough to engine 0.
gfx11/12/12.1 used `BUG()` until this series. This is aligning gfx11
with the safer sibling.

## Phase 6: This tree

**Step 6.1: Buggy code in this checkout?**
Record: Local tree is **7.3.0-rc4** (`v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`). File
exists. Current `get_sdma_rlc_reg_offset()` already has `WARN(1, ...)`.
`git merge-base --is-ancestor c24edbd5ae0e4 HEAD` succeeds. The panic
path is already gone here; the pre-fix `BUG()` is in the parent of that
commit.

**Step 6.2: Backport difficulty**
Record: Clean apply. Hunk matches the original function from 2022; no
conflicting refactor in that switch.

**Step 6.3: Related fixes already here**
Record: This exact fix is already ancestor of HEAD. Sibling gfx12/12.1
conversions are also present. No alternate gfx11 SDMA `BUG()` fix.

## Phase 7: Subsystem

**Step 7.1**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu` KFD GFX11. Criticality:
**IMPORTANT** (RDNA3 / RX 7000 / Phoenix, not core mm/vfs).

**Step 7.2**
Record: amdgpu/KFD is actively developed; this helper itself has been
stable since 2022.

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1: Who**
Record: Users of AMD GFX11 + KFD compute (ROCm / `/dev/kfd`), config
`CONFIG_HSA_AMD`. Driver-specific, not universal.

**Step 8.2: Trigger**
Record: Invalid `engine_id` not in `{0,1}` on SDMA HQD
load/dump/destroy. Common path uses kernel-assigned 0/1. Userspace
engine id is validated for `SDMA_BY_ENG_ID`. Trigger is uncommon; not
shown as a day-to-day ROCm failure. Not a fully unprivileged DoS on
typical 2-engine GFX11.

**Step 8.3: Failure mode**
Record: Old: `BUG()` → kernel panic. Severity if hit: **CRITICAL**.
Likelihood: **LOW** on known 2-engine GFX11. After the fix: warning +
possible wrong MMIO if the branch is taken.

**Step 8.4: Risk-benefit**
Record: Benefit: avoid an intentional driver panic on a bad engine id.
Risk: 3 lines, no locking/API change, very low. Ratio: favorable if the
panic is treated as worth preventing; weaker if judged purely
theoretical.

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Step 9.1: Evidence**

FOR:
- Replaces `BUG()` (panic) with `WARN()` on a real KFD SDMA path.
- 3-line, obviously correct, reviewed by Kent Russell, written by the
  amdgpu maintainer.
- GFX11 KFD support has been in the kernel since 2022 (`cc009e613de65`,
  ancestor of v6.1).
- gfx9/gfx10.3 already refused to panic here; gfx11 was the harsh
  outlier.
- No prerequisites; applies cleanly to this file.
- Prompt’s crash/panic guidance favors inclusion.

AGAINST:
- No user report, syzbot, or demonstrated trigger.
- Official stable rule: not a “this could be a problem” patch without an
  exploit/trigger explanation.
- Identical one-line body across a 43-patch cleanup series, not a
  targeted production-crash fix.
- On typical GFX11, engine id is 0 or 1, so `default:` is largely
  defensive.
- After `WARN()`, execution continues with `base = 0` rather than
  failing the ioctl.

UNRESOLVED:
- Whether any GFX11 product can assign `engine_id >= 2` via XGMI extra
  SDMA engines.
- Full cover-letter text (lore 403).
- Stable-list discussion (lore/stable blocked).

**Step 9.2: Stable rules checklist**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — 3-line substitution,
   reviewed, in mainline.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** with caveat — it fixes
   a real panic *if* the branch runs; no evidence users hit it. Still a
   driver `BUG()` on a userspace-reachable KFD path.
3. Important (crash/security/corruption/deadlock)? **PASS** for the
   failure mode (panic). Likelihood is low.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +2/−1, one function.
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS**.
6. Can apply to this tree? **PASS** — file/function exist; hunk is
   identical. (Already applied on 7.3-rc4.)

**Step 9.3: Exception category**
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception. Ordinary
robustness fix.

**Step 9.4: Decision**

This tree is 7.3-rc4 and already contains the commit; the evaluation is
whether the change is stable-worthy for this codebase, not whether to
re-apply it.

It should be. `BUG()` in `get_sdma_rlc_reg_offset()` is an intentional
kernel panic on the GFX11 KFD SDMA load/destroy path. Replacing it with
`WARN()` is the same policy older GFX generations already used, it is
three lines, and it cannot introduce a new API or locking scheme. Lack
of a public reproducer makes it a cleanup-shaped patch, but the user-
visible failure if that branch ever runs is still a full panic, which is
what stable is for.

### What it solves for stable users
Stops the GFX11 KFD SDMA helper from taking down the machine on an out-
of-range engine id, instead of asserting.

### Rules
Small, obviously correct, no new API, applies to this file. It addresses
a panic, not a feature.

### Risk vs benefit
Benefit is panic avoidance on AMD RDNA3 compute queues. Risk is
negligible.

### Concerns
Trigger is uncommon; after `WARN()` the function still returns a 0-based
offset. That is acceptable versus `BUG()`. No extra commits are
required.

## Verification
- [Phase 1] Parsed subject/body/tags: one-sentence panic rationale;
  `Reviewed-by: Kent Russell`; no `Fixes`/`Reported-by`.
- [Phase 2] Diff: `BUG()` → `WARN(1, ...)` + `break` in
  `get_sdma_rlc_reg_offset()`; +2/−1.
- [Phase 3] `git blame`: `BUG()` from `cc009e613de65` (2022-05-04);
  ancestor of v6.1 and v6.6.
- [Phase 3] `git show c24edbd5ae0e4`: matches the candidate diff.
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor c24edbd5ae0e4 HEAD`: yes
  (already in this tree).
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c c24edbd5ae0e4`: msgid
  `20260615235645.737189-15-alexander.deucher@amd.com` (`15/43`).
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: v1 43-patch series 2026-06-15; v2 30-patch
  2026-07-07.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: To/Cc Alex Deucher + amd-gfx; no stable CC.
- [Phase 4] mail-archive: posted diff identical; no NAK in the copies
  read.
- [Phase 4] UNVERIFIED: lore.kernel.org cover letter and stable@ archive
  (403/Anubis).
- [Phase 5] Callers verified: `hqd_sdma_load_v11` / `dump` /
  `is_occupied` / `destroy`; load via `kfd_load_mqd_sdma`.
- [Phase 5] `engine_id` from MQD ← `q->sdma_engine_id`; ioctl range
  check for `SDMA_BY_ENG_ID`; typical GFX11 stays 0/1.
- [Phase 5] gfx9/gfx10.3 already warn instead of `BUG()`.
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` / Makefile: 7.3.0-rc4; current file
  already has `WARN()`.
- [Phase 8] Failure mode if hit: `BUG()` panic; trigger likelihood low
  on 2-engine GFX11.
- UNVERIFIED: GFX11 SKU with `engine_id >= 2` in production.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gfx_v11.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gfx_v11.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gfx_v11.c
index aaccf0b9947d4..d32ea91eeb343 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gfx_v11.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gfx_v11.c
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ static uint32_t get_sdma_rlc_reg_offset(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 				regSDMA1_QUEUE0_RB_CNTL) - regSDMA0_QUEUE0_RB_CNTL;
 		break;
 	default:
-		BUG();
+		WARN(1, "Invalid SDMA engine id %d\n", engine_id);
+		break;
 	}
 
 	sdma_rlc_reg_offset = sdma_engine_reg_base
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amdgpu: Validate ATPX buffer length before use

[Sasha Levin]

From: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 916867cd75dbbc383aa6cb724556de769912157a ]

Add amdgpu_atpx_buffer_validate() to check that the returned ACPI
buffer is of type ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER, is large enough to hold the u16
size field, and that the BIOS-reported size does not exceed the actual
allocation length or fall below the minimum required by the caller.
Use it in VERIFY_INTERFACE and GET_PX_PARAMETERS callers.

Signed-off-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>
Assisted-by: Claude Sonnet (Cursor AI)
Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have enough to decide: the 6.18.y tree still has the unvalidated ATPX
ACPI path, and the patch is a small, self-contained memory-safety fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**

Record: [drm/amdgpu] [Validate] [Check ACPI ATPX response buffer type
and length before reading the BIOS-reported size and memcpy]

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**

Record:
- Signed-off-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com> (author)
- Assisted-by: Claude Sonnet (Cursor AI)
- Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com> (amdgpu maintainer)
- Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
- (pipeline) Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin — ignored per instructions
- (pipeline) `[ Upstream commit 916867cd75dbbc383aa6cb724556de769912157a
  ]` — ignored per instructions
- No Fixes:, Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Link:, or Cc: stable (absence
  expected)

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**

Record:
- Bug: ATPX ACPI responses are used without checking object type, that
  the allocation is large enough to hold the leading `u16` size field,
  or that the BIOS-reported size is within the real ACPI buffer.
- Symptom/failure mode: out-of-bounds read and/or NULL dereference when
  firmware returns a short buffer, a claimed size larger than
  `buffer.length`, or a non-buffer object.
- Version information: none in the message. History shows the pattern
  dates to the original amdgpu ATPX code (2015).
- Root cause: callers did `size = *(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer` then
  `memcpy(..., min(sizeof(output), size))` with only a minimum-size
  check on the BIOS-reported value, never on ACPI type/`buffer.length`.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**

Record: Not hidden. The subject and body describe a memory-safety
validation fix. It is not cleanup or a feature.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**

Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atpx_handler.c` (+21 / −12)
- Functions: new `amdgpu_atpx_buffer_validate()`; modified
  `amdgpu_atpx_validate()`, `amdgpu_atpx_verify_interface()`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**

Record:
- Hunk 1: add helper that requires non-NULL object, `ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER`,
  `buffer.length >= 2`, `buffer.length >= claimed u16 size`, and
  `claimed size >= min_size`. `&&` short-circuit makes the `u16` load
  safe.
- Hunk 2 (`amdgpu_atpx_validate` / GET_PX_PARAMETERS): old path zeroed
  `output`, loaded claimed size, rejected only `size < 10`, then
  `memcpy` of `min(sizeof(output), size)`. New path validates first,
  then the same bounded copy. `sizeof(struct atpx_px_params)` is 10
  (`u16+u32+u32`, packed), so the minimum is unchanged for valid
  firmware.
- Hunk 3 (`amdgpu_atpx_verify_interface`): same, replacing hardcoded
  `size < 8` with `sizeof(struct atpx_verify_interface)` which is also
  8.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**

Record:
- Category: memory safety — OOB read and possible NULL deref on
  firmware-controlled ACPI data
- Mechanism:
  1. No type check. `union acpi_object` overlays `integer` and `buffer`.
     An INTEGER 0 makes `buffer.length` 0 and `buffer.pointer` NULL →
     `*(u16 *)NULL` oops.
  2. No `buffer.length >= sizeof(u16)` check → OOB 2-byte read on
     empty/short buffers.
  3. memcpy used BIOS size capped only by `sizeof(output)`, not by
     `buffer.length`. Example: length=4, claimed size=10 → copy 10 bytes
     from a 4-byte buffer.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**

Record:
- Obviously correct; check order is right; min sizes match the old
  hardcoded 8/10.
- Minimal; no API change.
- Regression risk is low: it only rejects responses that were already
  type-confused or out of bounds. A BIOS that “worked” only because
  memcpy read extra heap bytes was already relying on undefined
  behavior.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**

Record: Buggy loads/memcpy introduced in `d38ceaf99ed015` (“drm/amdgpu:
add core driver (v4)”, 2015-06-03), first in v4.2-rc1. Present for the
entire life of amdgpu ATPX. printk→pr_err only in `07867a78f88465`
(2023).

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**

Record: No Fixes: tag (expected). Introducing commit is in this tree
(`git merge-base --is-ancestor d38ceaf99ed015 HEAD` succeeded).

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**

Record: Sibling series patch 1/2 is `c8373721c3e54` “Validate ATIF
buffer length before use” on `amdgpu_acpi.c`. Independent file. Other
recent ATPX commits are unused-function removal and printk conversion,
not prerequisites. Standalone.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**

Record: Lijo Lazar is a regular AMD contributor (bounds checks, reset,
ACPI). Maintainer Acked-by/SOB from Alex Deucher.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**

Record: Submitted as PATCH 2/2 with ATIF 1/2. No shared symbols or
types. ATPX applies alone. radeon still has the old pattern in
`radeon_atpx_handler.c`; that is out of scope, not a dependency.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**

Record:
- `b4 dig -c 916867cd75db...` and local SHA: lore.kernel.org returned
  errors; no b4 match.
- Fallback: https://www.mail-archive.com/amd-
  gfx@lists.freedesktop.org/msg145005.html (PATCH 2/2, 2026-06-14)
- Review: https://www.mail-archive.com/amd-
  gfx@lists.freedesktop.org/msg145042.html — Alex Deucher: “Series is:
  Acked-by”
- Series: v1 only; no v2/v3; no NAK; no reviewer Cc: stable
- Freedesktop June 2026 index lists the submission and Deucher’s ack
  only

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**

Record: Maintainer Alex Deucher acked the series. Recipients from mail-
archive: amd-gfx. b4 -w failed (lore error).

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**

Record: No Reported-by, syzbot, bugzilla, or CVE found. Code-review
hardening against malformed ACPI, not a user reproducer.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**

Record: 1/2 ATIF (`amdgpu_acpi.c`) is the same class of fix. ATIF
already had `obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER`; ATPX `amdgpu_atpx_call()`
never checked type. ATPX does not need 1/2.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**

Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search returned 403. Web search did not
show a prior stable discussion of this subject. UNVERIFIED whether
anyone already requested or rejected it for stable.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**

Record: `amdgpu_atpx_buffer_validate` (new), `amdgpu_atpx_validate`,
`amdgpu_atpx_verify_interface`

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**

Record:
- `amdgpu_atpx_verify_interface` / `amdgpu_atpx_validate` ←
  `amdgpu_atpx_init()` ← `amdgpu_atpx_detect()` when ATPX exists and
  there are two VGA-class devices ← `amdgpu_register_atpx_handler()` ←
  `amdgpu_init()` in `amdgpu_drv.c` (module init)
- Gated by `CONFIG_VGA_SWITCHEROO` (x86 + ACPI + PCI hybrid-laptop GPU
  switching)

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**

Record: `amdgpu_atpx_call()` → `acpi_evaluate_object(...,
ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER)`. On failure other than `AE_NOT_FOUND` it frees
and returns NULL. Success and `AE_NOT_FOUND` return `buffer.pointer`
with **no type check**. Callers only test `if (!info)`.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**

Record: Reachable on amdgpu module load on hybrid PX laptops. Not a
syscall hot path; it is a common boot/probe path for those machines.
Unprivileged users do not trigger it directly; a crash still takes down
the GPU/driver init (and can oops the kernel).

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**

Record: Identical unvalidated pattern remains in
`drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_atpx_handler.c`. ATIF now validates type
and both sizes. Confirms a systematic ACPI-buffer issue; this patch
covers amdgpu ATPX only.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**

Record:
- Local tree: `git describe HEAD` = `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`;
  `Makefile` 6.18.53; branch `autosel`
- Candidate is **not** in `v6.18.53` (`merge-base --is-ancestor` failed)
- `v6.18.53:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atpx_handler.c` still has
  `size = *(u16 *) info->buffer.pointer` / `size < 10` / `size < 8`
- `git diff v6.18.53 9d367fab451d9^ -- amdgpu_atpx_handler.c` is empty:
  pre-fix file matches 6.18.53
- Bug introduced v4.2; present in this series

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**

Record: Clean apply. Same file content as the commit’s parent. No
refactor since 6.18.53 on these functions.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**

Record: No earlier ATPX buffer-length fix in this file’s history besides
the candidate. ATIF sibling is also not in v6.18.53; not required.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**

Record: [drm/amdgpu ATPX / vga_switcheroo] [IMPORTANT — common x86
hybrid AMD laptop path, not core mm/vfs, not staging]

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**

Record: amdgpu is actively developed; this ATPX file is mature (2015)
with occasional quirks. Long-lived bug, not a recent-feature regression.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**

Record: Driver-specific + config-specific: `CONFIG_VGA_SWITCHEROO`
amdgpu users on hybrid PX systems (two GPUs, ATPX ACPI method). Typical
of 2008–2010s and some later A+A laptops. Distro kernels usually enable
VGA_SWITCHEROO on x86.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**

Record: Module init / ATPX detect. Needs ATPX plus a malformed ACPI
return (wrong type, length < 2, or claimed size > actual). No evidence
an unprivileged user can inject ACPI here; buggy/malicious firmware can.
No public reproducer. Severity if it hits is a boot-time oops, not a
rare runtime race.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**

Record: NULL deref or OOB read during GPU/hybrid init → kernel oops.
Severity HIGH (crash). Not confirmed privilege escalation. Not data
corruption.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**

Record:
- Benefit: medium-high for hybrid AMD laptops; prevents oops on bad ATPX
  data; completes validation the driver already attempted.
- Risk: very low (one helper, two call sites, min sizes unchanged).
- Ratio: favorable.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real OOB read / possible NULL deref on ACPI ATPX responses
- Incomplete size check since 2015, present in 6.18.53
- Small, obviously correct, maintainer-acked
- Applies cleanly; no new API; no series dependency
- Boot path on hybrid laptops, not dead code

AGAINST:
- No user/syzbot report
- Trigger needs bad firmware
- ATPX is a shrinking hybrid-laptop population
- Same bug still in radeon (unrelated)

UNRESOLVED:
- b4/lore 403; no stable-list discussion confirmed
- No known machine that actually returns a short/wrong-type ATPX object

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**

1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — helper logic is sound;
   Acked-by amdgpu maintainer
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — missing type/length
   checks; crash if firmware is wrong
3. Important issue? **PASS** — oops/OOB, HIGH; not a feature
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +21/−12, one file
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — v6.18.53 has the buggy code;
   diff would apply cleanly

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**

Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception. Standard memory-
safety bug fix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**

This belongs on 6.18.y. The tree still trusts BIOS-reported ATPX sizes
without checking ACPI object type or real buffer length. That can oops
at amdgpu init on hybrid systems. The fix is tiny, matches existing
mins, and was acked by the maintainer.

### What the commit solves for this tree

On `v6.18.53`, `amdgpu_atpx_verify_interface()` and GET_PX_PARAMETERS
still do `*(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer` and memcpy without confirming
`ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER` or that `buffer.length` covers the claimed size.
Wrong-type INTEGER 0 is a NULL deref; a short buffer or oversized
claimed length is an OOB read. Stable 6.18 users of hybrid AMD laptops
hit this on module load if firmware is buggy.

### Risk vs benefit

Benefit is avoiding a probe-time oops. Risk is a few lines of stricter
validation that valid ATPX responses already satisfy (`sizeof` 8 and
10). Sibling ATIF patch is not required.

### Concerns

No field report. radeon is still unfixed. Neither blocks backporting
this amdgpu change.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: author SOB, Assisted-by Claude, Acked-by/SOB Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc stable
- [Phase 2] Diff: +21/−12 in one file; helper plus two call sites; min
  8/10 preserved via sizeof
- [Phase 2] `union acpi_object` in `include/acpi/actypes.h`: INTEGER vs
  BUFFER overlay confirmed
- [Phase 3] blame: `d38ceaf99ed015` (v4.2-rc1); in this tree
- [Phase 3] parent is ATIF 1/2 on a different file; ATPX standalone
- [Phase 4] b4 dig failed (lore error); mail-archive PATCH 2/2 + Deucher
  series ack
- [Phase 4] No stable-list hit (lore 403) — UNVERIFIED
- [Phase 5] Call chain: amdgpu_init → register_atpx_handler → detect →
  init → verify/validate; CONFIG_VGA_SWITCHEROO
- [Phase 5] `amdgpu_atpx_call` has no type check (unlike ATIF)
- [Phase 5] Same bug still in `radeon_atpx_handler.c`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD`: v6.18.53-5049; candidate not in
  v6.18.53; buggy code present; empty diff vs parent file
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: oops/OOB on ATPX probe, HIGH; trigger = hybrid
  PX + bad ACPI
- UNVERIFIED: no concrete BIOS reproducer; no CVE

**YES**

 .../gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atpx_handler.c  | 33 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atpx_handler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atpx_handler.c
index 3893e6fc2f037..e2a4644896ca8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atpx_handler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atpx_handler.c
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ bool amdgpu_is_atpx_hybrid(void)
 	return amdgpu_atpx_priv.atpx.is_hybrid;
 }
 
+static bool amdgpu_atpx_buffer_validate(const union acpi_object *obj,
+					size_t min_size)
+{
+	return obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER &&
+	       obj->buffer.length >= sizeof(u16) &&
+	       obj->buffer.length >= *(u16 *)obj->buffer.pointer &&
+	       *(u16 *)obj->buffer.pointer >= min_size;
+}
+
 /**
  * amdgpu_atpx_call - call an ATPX method
  *
@@ -179,15 +188,15 @@ static int amdgpu_atpx_validate(struct amdgpu_atpx *atpx)
 		if (!info)
 			return -EIO;
 
-		memset(&output, 0, sizeof(output));
-
-		size = *(u16 *) info->buffer.pointer;
-		if (size < 10) {
-			pr_err("ATPX buffer is too small: %zu\n", size);
+		if (!amdgpu_atpx_buffer_validate(info, sizeof(output))) {
+			pr_err("Invalid ATPX GET_PX_PARAMETERS response\n");
 			kfree(info);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		size = min(sizeof(output), size);
+
+		memset(&output, 0, sizeof(output));
+
+		size = min(sizeof(output), (size_t)*(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer);
 
 		memcpy(&output, info->buffer.pointer, size);
 
@@ -258,15 +267,15 @@ static int amdgpu_atpx_verify_interface(struct amdgpu_atpx *atpx)
 	if (!info)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	memset(&output, 0, sizeof(output));
-
-	size = *(u16 *) info->buffer.pointer;
-	if (size < 8) {
-		pr_err("ATPX buffer is too small: %zu\n", size);
+	if (!amdgpu_atpx_buffer_validate(info, sizeof(output))) {
+		pr_err("Invalid ATPX VERIFY_INTERFACE response\n");
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	size = min(sizeof(output), size);
+
+	memset(&output, 0, sizeof(output));
+
+	size = min(sizeof(output), (size_t)*(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer);
 
 	memcpy(&output, info->buffer.pointer, size);
 
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amd/pm: Validate legacy hwmgr PP table offsets

[Sasha Levin]

From: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 0ceb6bc43e62f0e73b282c9de8f4bc4d5498f281 ]

processpptables.c walks several variable-length PPLIB tables by
using offsets from the VBIOS PowerPlay table. Some paths dereference
extended headers, state arrays, clock arrays, non-clock arrays, or VCE
records before checking that the referenced data is inside the table
buffer.

Add local bounds helpers and validate the relevant offsets and entry
sizes before dereferencing them. This prevents truncated or malformed
legacy PowerPlay tables from driving out-of-bounds reads during hwmgr
initialization and table entry lookup.

Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

Hawking’s series review is on file, and the v6.18.53 parser still has
the unfixed offset walks. I’ll write up the nine-phase verdict from that
evidence.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[drm/amd/pm] [Validate] [bounds-check legacy hwmgr PowerPlay
table offsets before dereference]`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>` (author, AMD)
- `Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>` (AMD reviewer)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected)
- No `Reported-by:` / syzbot / `Cc: stable`
- No `Link:` in the committed message
- Ignore pipeline `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` and `[Upstream commit
  0ceb6bc43e62...]`

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** `processpptables.c` walks variable-length PPLIB tables using
  VBIOS offsets and dereferences extended headers, state/clock/non-clock
  arrays, and VCE records without confirming they lie inside the table
  buffer.
- **Symptom:** out-of-bounds kernel reads during hwmgr init and table
  entry lookup on truncated or malformed PowerPlay tables.
- **Root cause:** offset/size taken from untrusted table contents; only
  a weak `usTableSize >= sizeof(POWERPLAYTABLE3)` check existed for
  extended headers; array walks used `ucNumEntries` / `ucEntrySize` with
  no remaining-buffer check.
- **Version info:** none in the message. Author date 2026-06-23;
  upstream commit 2026-07-01 (after v6.18).

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not disguised. Explicit memory-safety fix. Also silently
corrects an off-by-one in `get_state_entry_v2` (`entry_index <=
ucNumEntries` vs `>=`) and adds a missing NULL/size check in
`pp_tables_initialize`.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- One file: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c`
- `+316 / -130` (446 lines touched); 21 hunks
- New: `pp_table_has_space()`, `get_extended_header()`
- Modified: VCE/UVD/SAMU/ACP/PowerTune/SCLK offset helpers,
  `get_state_entry_v2`, `pp_tables_get_response_times`,
  `pp_tables_get_num_of_entries`, `pp_tables_get_entry`,
  `get_vce_state_table_entry`, `pp_tables_initialize`
- Classification: single-file surgical hardening (not cross-subsystem)

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- **Extended-header getters:** previously cast `powerplay_table +
  usExtendendedHeaderOffset` after only `usTableSize >=
  sizeof(POWERPLAYTABLE3)`. Now `get_extended_header()` also requires
  the offset and `min_size` to fit in `hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size`.
- **VCE/UVD array size helpers:** previously read `ucNumEntries` and
  computed size with no bounds check. Now require the count byte and the
  full computed array to fit; otherwise return 0 so later offset math
  stops.
- **`get_state_entry_v2`:** previously walked `entry_index` steps if
  `entry_index <= ucNumEntries` (allows OOB when `entry_index ==
  ucNumEntries`) and returned the resulting pointer even if it walked
  off the buffer. Now rejects `entry_index >= ucNumEntries` and checks
  each variable-length entry against the buffer.
- **`pp_tables_get_entry`:** previously used offsets as-is (and
  `entry_index > ucNumEntries`, another off-by-one). Now validates
  state/clock/non-clock array headers, entry sizes, and per-index
  offsets; returns `-1` on failure.
- **`pp_tables_initialize`:** previously used `powerplay_table` with no
  NULL/size check after `get_powerplay_table()`. Now asserts table
  present and large enough for the header.
- Paths: init (`pptable_init` → `hwmgr_hw_init`) and entry lookup
  (power-state construction). Error paths become fail-closed instead of
  OOB.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: **(d) Memory safety — out-of-bounds reads** plus **(g)
logic/off-by-one**.
Mechanism: firmware/sysfs PP tables supply offsets and counts; the
parser added them to the base pointer without comparing against
`soft_pp_table_size`. The fix is overflow-safe (`offset <= table_size &&
size <= table_size - offset`) and rejects truncated entries.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record:
- Obviously correct for the paths it covers: fail closed, no new APIs,
  local static helpers.
- Not complete for the whole file: `init_thermal_controller` still uses
  `usFanTableOffset`, and `init_overdrive_limits_V2_1` still uses
  `usExtendendedHeaderOffset`, without `pp_table_has_space()`. Partial
  hardening is still a real fix.
- Regression risk: well-formed VBIOS inside the ATOM-reported size is
  unchanged. Malformed tables that previously “worked” by reading past
  the buffer now fail init (`pptable_init` error → DPM init error). That
  is the intended fail-closed behavior.
- No public API / struct layout change.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record: Unfixed `get_vce_table_offset` at v6.18.53 blames
`3bace359149391` (“drm/amd/powerplay: add hardware manager sub-
component”, 2015-12-21). Present since the powerplay hwmgr was added.
Confirmed ancestor of v6.18.53.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Bug is original parser design, not a later
regression.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record: Same author series (standalone files, not compile deps for this
patch):
- `Validate pp_table header before reading size` (sysfs/SMU)
- `Use uploaded size for legacy custom PPTable` (`amd_powerplay.c`)
- `Validate Tonga PowerPlay state array bounds`
- `Validate Vega hwmgr PowerPlay table bounds`
This commit is **[PATCH 5/5]** and only touches `processpptables.c`. No
prerequisite refactor in this file. No later follow-up on this file
after upstream `0ceb6bc43e62`.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Yang Wang is an AMD pm contributor with multiple PP-table
UAF/bounds fixes (`fix pptable use-after-free`, header-size validation,
custom-table size). Hawking Zhang and Alex Deucher reviewed/merged.
Maintainer-backed.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Applies standalone. Uses existing `hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size`
(in `hwmgr.h` at v6.18.53). Sibling patch “Use uploaded size…” is
**not** required for this to compile; it would make short *custom*
uploads match `soft_pp_table_size` more tightly. This patch still stops
offsets past the allocated buffer.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 0ceb6bc43e62...` → only **v1**, msgid
  `20260623034151.263746-5-kevinyang.wang@amd.com`
- Series: `[PATCH 1/5] ... header before reading size` through `[PATCH
  5/5] Validate legacy hwmgr PP table offsets`
- lore.kernel.org fetches returned **403**; thread recovered via
  `https://ratatoskr.run/amd-gfx/2026/06/17163868`
- `b4 dig -a`: only v1 (committed version is the submitted version)
- Merged via Alex Deucher drm-next-7.3 pull
  (`lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-gfx/2026-July/148126.html`)
- No NAK found. No reviewer `Cc: stable` found (absence expected).

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: `b4 dig -w` CC: Yang Wang, amd-gfx, alexander.deucher@amd.com,
hawking.zhang@amd.com, kenneth.feng@amd.com. Hawking replied R-B on the
series (`RE: [PATCH 1/5]` on 2026-06-23); commit carries his `Reviewed-
by`. Alex Deucher signed off.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No syzbot/bugzilla. The 5-patch series is systematic hardening
of PP-table parsing after related issues (`bound pp_dpm_set_pp_table()
memcpy` heap overflow, pptable UAF). Severity from code: kernel OOB
read.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: 5-patch v1 series; this is 5/5, different files. Standalone for
this tree.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search not usable (403). `git log
--grep="Validate legacy"` on v6.18.53: not present. No evidence it was
rejected for stable.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `pp_table_has_space`, `get_extended_header`,
VCE/UVD/SAMU/ACP/PowerTune/SCLK offset helpers, `get_state_entry_v2`,
`pp_tables_get_response_times`, `pp_tables_get_num_of_entries`,
`pp_tables_get_entry`, `get_vce_state_table_entry`,
`pp_tables_initialize`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `pptable_funcs.pptable_init` = `pp_tables_initialize` →
  `hwmgr_hw_init()` (GPU DPM init / `amd_powerplay_reset` after sysfs
  upload)
- `pptable_funcs` assigned for:
  - SMU7 + `PP_TABLE_V0`: `AMDGPU_FAMILY_CI` (Bonaire/Hawaii),
    `CHIP_TOPAZ` (Iceland)
  - SMU8: `AMDGPU_FAMILY_CZ` (Carrizo/Stoney)
  - SMU10: `CHIP_RAVEN` (dummy table; initialize returns 0 early)
- `pp_tables_get_entry` called from `smu7_hwmgr.c`, `smu8_hwmgr.c`,
  `smu10_hwmgr.c` while building power states.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `get_powerplay_table()` fills `soft_pp_table` /
`soft_pp_table_size` from ATOM `PowerPlayInfo` or the dummy table.
Helpers then index that buffer.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Reachable on every boot of CI/CZ/Iceland amdgpu with DPM, and on
`pp_table` sysfs write (`S_IWUSR`, typically root) which copies a user
buffer and calls `amd_powerplay_reset()` → `pptable_init` / entry
lookup.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Same series adds analogous checks in Tonga
(`process_pptables_v1_0.c`) and Vega parsers. Leftover unguarded
`usFanTableOffset` / overdrive extended-header walks remain in this
file.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Local tree is **6.18.53** (`git describe HEAD` =
`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`; Makefile `VERSION=6 PATCHLEVEL=18
SUBLEVEL=53`).
- `git merge-base --is-ancestor 0ceb6bc43e62 v6.18.53` → **no** (fix not
  in 6.18.53)
- `git grep pp_table_has_space v6.18.53 -- processpptables.c` → **NOT
  PRESENT**
- Unfixed `get_vce_table_offset` / `get_state_entry_v2` /
  `pp_tables_get_entry` confirmed at v6.18.53.
- Bug introduced 2015; present in this series.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: `patch --dry-run` of this commit onto the v6.18.53 blob: **EXIT
0, clean apply**. File not refactored between 6.18.53 and the patch
context.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: No equivalent bounds helper in this file at v6.18.53.
`3334985f8b4c7` (`bound pp_dpm_set_pp_table() memcpy`) is in 6.18.53 and
only caps upload size; it does not validate internal offsets.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay` — **IMPORTANT** (legacy AMD
GPU powerplay). Not core mm/vfs, but amdgpu DPM init is a common
production path (CI/CZ laptops and cards still in use).

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Actively maintained; this is late hardening of a 10-year-old
parser, not a brand-new subsystem.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver-specific: amdgpu CI (Bonaire/Hawaii), Iceland/Topaz,
Carrizo/Stoney; sysfs `pp_table` writers on those chips. Not Navi/RDNA
swsmu.

**Step 8.2: TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record:
- Probe/init: truncated or offset-inconsistent VBIOS PowerPlay table.
- Sysfs: root write of a malformed table ≤ original size (6.18.53 still
  copies into the VBIOS-sized buffer). Offsets beyond that buffer OOB
  without this patch.
- Off-by-one: `entry_index == ucNumEntries` on format rev ≥ 6.
- Unprivileged users cannot write `pp_table` (`S_IWUSR`). VBIOS path
  runs on device init.

**Step 8.3: FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: Kernel **out-of-bounds read** → KASAN/oops or info leak.
**HIGH**. Missing table in `pp_tables_initialize` was a possible NULL
deref (**CRITICAL** if hit).

**Step 8.4: RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit: HIGH** — stops OOB reads in DPM init on remaining CI/CZ
  hardware and custom PP tables.
- **Risk: LOW–MEDIUM** — +316 lines but one file, fail-closed checks,
  overflow-safe helper, maintainer-reviewed; leftover unguarded
  fan/overdrive walks are pre-existing, not introduced.
- **Ratio:** benefit outweighs risk.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR backporting:
- Real OOB reads in a firmware table parser present since 2015 and still
  in v6.18.53
- Off-by-one in `get_state_entry_v2` / `pp_tables_get_entry`
- Probe-time path plus documented `pp_table` sysfs upload
- Applies cleanly to this tree
- Reviewed by Hawking Zhang, signed off by Alex Deucher
- No new APIs; overflow-safe helper
- No follow-up fix indicating the patch itself was buggy

AGAINST:
- Larger than a typical 10-line stable patch (+316/−130)
- Incomplete (fan/overdrive offset walks still unchecked)
- No syzbot/CVE/user crash report
- Sibling “uploaded size” patch not in 6.18.53 (custom short tables
  still keep VBIOS `soft_pp_table_size`)

UNRESOLVED:
- Full lore thread text (403); ratatoskr + b4 + drm-next pull used
  instead
- Whether any production VBIOS relies on reading past ATOM size
  (unverified; fail-closed is still correct)

**Step 9.2: STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — overflow-safe bounds checks;
   v1 applied; maintainer R-B/SOB
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — OOB reads on
   malformed VBIOS/custom PP tables; CI/CZ still use this parser
3. Important issue? **PASS** — HIGH (OOB read / possible oops); NULL
   deref on missing table
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one file, no refactor, no API; large
   but contained
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — clean apply to v6.18.53;
   buggy code present

**Step 9.3: EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception. Qualifies as a
memory-safety fix.

**Step 9.4: DECISION**
This should be backported to this 6.18.y tree. The parser is in-tree,
the bug is old, the patch applies cleanly, and the failure mode is
kernel OOB during GPU powerplay init.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: author Yang Wang; Reviewed-by Hawking Zhang;
  SOB Alex Deucher; no Fixes/syzbot/stable Cc
- [Phase 2] Diff: +316/−130 in `processpptables.c`; adds
  `pp_table_has_space`/`get_extended_header`; validates offsets before
  deref; also fixes `entry_index <= ucNumEntries` off-by-one
- [Phase 3] `git blame` at v6.18.53: `3bace359149391` (2015-12-21); `git
  merge-base --is-ancestor 3bace359149391 v6.18.53` = yes
- [Phase 3] No Fixes: tag; series siblings touch other files only
- [Phase 3] No follow-up on this file after `0ceb6bc43e62`
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 0ceb6bc43e62`: v1 only, msgid
  `20260623034151.263746-5-kevinyang.wang@amd.com`
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: amd-gfx + Deucher + Hawking + Kenneth Feng
- [Phase 4] lore WebFetch 403; discussion via ratatoskr 17163868; merged
  in drm-next-7.3 pull
- [Phase 5] `pptable_funcs` used by smu7 (PP_TABLE_V0: CI, Topaz), smu8
  (CZ), smu10 (Raven dummy); `hwmgr_hw_init` → `pptable_init`
- [Phase 5] `pp_table` sysfs `AMDGPU_DEVICE_ATTR_RW` with `S_IWUSR`;
  write → `pp_dpm_set_pp_table` → `amd_powerplay_reset`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb; `make
  kernelversion` 6.18.53
- [Phase 6] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 0ceb6bc43e62 v6.18.53` = no;
  `pp_table_has_space` absent at v6.18.53
- [Phase 6] patch dry-run against v6.18.53 blob: EXIT 0
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: OOB read during hwmgr init / entry lookup,
  severity HIGH
- UNVERIFIED: full lore review body (403); whether any in-field VBIOS
  depends on reading past table_size

**YES**

 .../amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c  | 446 +++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 316 insertions(+), 130 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c
index f06b29e33ba45..f1009b2973574 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c
@@ -47,26 +47,53 @@
 
 #define NUM_BITS_CLOCK_INFO_ARRAY_INDEX 6
 
+static bool pp_table_has_space(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, size_t offset,
+			       size_t size)
+{
+	size_t table_size = hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size;
+
+	return offset <= table_size && size <= table_size - offset;
+}
+
+static const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *
+get_extended_header(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		    const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		    size_t min_size)
+{
+	const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *powerplay_table3;
+	const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *extended_header;
+	u16 offset;
+
+	if (le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usTableSize) <
+	    sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3) ||
+	    !pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, 0, sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3)))
+		return NULL;
+
+	powerplay_table3 = (const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *)powerplay_table;
+	offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset);
+	if (!offset || !pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, offset,
+					   sizeof(extended_header->usSize)))
+		return NULL;
+
+	extended_header = (const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *)
+		(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) + offset);
+	if (le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usSize) < min_size ||
+	    !pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, offset, min_size))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return extended_header;
+}
+
 static uint16_t get_vce_table_offset(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 			const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
 {
 	uint16_t vce_table_offset = 0;
+	const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *extended_header;
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usTableSize) >=
-	   sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3)) {
-		const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *powerplay_table3 =
-			(const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *)powerplay_table;
-
-		if (powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset > 0) {
-			const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER  *extended_header =
-						(const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *)
-						(((unsigned long)powerplay_table3) +
-						le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset));
-			if (le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usSize) >=
-			   SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V2)
-				vce_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usVCETableOffset);
-		}
-	}
+	extended_header = get_extended_header(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+					      SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V2);
+	if (extended_header)
+		vce_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usVCETableOffset);
 
 	return vce_table_offset;
 }
@@ -93,7 +120,14 @@ static uint16_t get_vce_clock_info_array_size(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 	if (table_offset > 0) {
 		const VCEClockInfoArray *p = (const VCEClockInfoArray *)
 			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) + table_offset);
-		table_size = sizeof(uint8_t) + p->ucNumEntries * sizeof(VCEClockInfo);
+		size_t size;
+
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset, sizeof(p->ucNumEntries)))
+			return 0;
+
+		size = sizeof(uint8_t) + p->ucNumEntries * sizeof(VCEClockInfo);
+		if (pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset, size))
+			table_size = size;
 	}
 
 	return table_size;
@@ -104,10 +138,13 @@ static uint16_t get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table_offset(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 {
 	uint16_t table_offset = get_vce_clock_info_array_offset(hwmgr,
 							powerplay_table);
+	u16 table_size;
 
-	if (table_offset > 0)
-		return table_offset + get_vce_clock_info_array_size(hwmgr,
-							powerplay_table);
+	if (table_offset > 0) {
+		table_size = get_vce_clock_info_array_size(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
+		if (table_size)
+			return table_offset + table_size;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -121,8 +158,15 @@ static uint16_t get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table_size(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 	if (table_offset > 0) {
 		const ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_Clock_Voltage_Limit_Table *ptable =
 			(const ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_Clock_Voltage_Limit_Table *)(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) + table_offset);
+		size_t size;
 
-		table_size = sizeof(uint8_t) + ptable->numEntries * sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_Clock_Voltage_Limit_Record);
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset, sizeof(ptable->numEntries)))
+			return 0;
+
+		size = sizeof(uint8_t) +
+			ptable->numEntries * sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_Clock_Voltage_Limit_Record);
+		if (pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset, size))
+			table_size = size;
 	}
 	return table_size;
 }
@@ -130,9 +174,13 @@ static uint16_t get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table_size(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 static uint16_t get_vce_state_table_offset(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
 {
 	uint16_t table_offset = get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table_offset(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
+	u16 table_size;
 
-	if (table_offset > 0)
-		return table_offset + get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table_size(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
+	if (table_offset > 0) {
+		table_size = get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table_size(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
+		if (table_size)
+			return table_offset + table_size;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -143,8 +191,12 @@ static const ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_State_Table *get_vce_state_table(
 {
 	uint16_t table_offset = get_vce_state_table_offset(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
 
-	if (table_offset > 0)
-		return (const ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_State_Table *)(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) + table_offset);
+	if (table_offset > 0) {
+		if (pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+				       sizeof(((ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_State_Table *)0)->numEntries)))
+			return (const ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_State_Table *)
+				(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) + table_offset);
+	}
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -153,21 +205,13 @@ static uint16_t get_uvd_table_offset(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 			const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
 {
 	uint16_t uvd_table_offset = 0;
+	const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *extended_header;
+
+	extended_header = get_extended_header(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+					      SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V3);
+	if (extended_header)
+		uvd_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usUVDTableOffset);
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usTableSize) >=
-	    sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3)) {
-		const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *powerplay_table3 =
-			(const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *)powerplay_table;
-		if (powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset > 0) {
-			const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER  *extended_header =
-					(const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *)
-					(((unsigned long)powerplay_table3) +
-				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset));
-			if (le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usSize) >=
-			    SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V3)
-				uvd_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usUVDTableOffset);
-		}
-	}
 	return uvd_table_offset;
 }
 
@@ -193,8 +237,14 @@ static uint16_t get_uvd_clock_info_array_size(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 		const UVDClockInfoArray *p = (const UVDClockInfoArray *)
 					(((unsigned long) powerplay_table)
 					+ table_offset);
-		table_size = sizeof(UCHAR) +
-			     p->ucNumEntries * sizeof(UVDClockInfo);
+		size_t size;
+
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset, sizeof(p->ucNumEntries)))
+			return 0;
+
+		size = sizeof(UCHAR) + p->ucNumEntries * sizeof(UVDClockInfo);
+		if (pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset, size))
+			table_size = size;
 	}
 
 	return table_size;
@@ -206,10 +256,13 @@ static uint16_t get_uvd_clock_voltage_limit_table_offset(
 {
 	uint16_t table_offset = get_uvd_clock_info_array_offset(hwmgr,
 						     powerplay_table);
+	u16 table_size;
 
-	if (table_offset > 0)
-		return table_offset +
-			get_uvd_clock_info_array_size(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
+	if (table_offset > 0) {
+		table_size = get_uvd_clock_info_array_size(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
+		if (table_size)
+			return table_offset + table_size;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -218,21 +271,12 @@ static uint16_t get_samu_table_offset(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 			const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
 {
 	uint16_t samu_table_offset = 0;
+	const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *extended_header;
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usTableSize) >=
-	    sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3)) {
-		const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *powerplay_table3 =
-			(const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *)powerplay_table;
-		if (powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset > 0) {
-			const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER  *extended_header =
-				(const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *)
-				(((unsigned long)powerplay_table3) +
-				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset));
-			if (le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usSize) >=
-			    SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V4)
-				samu_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usSAMUTableOffset);
-		}
-	}
+	extended_header = get_extended_header(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+					      SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V4);
+	if (extended_header)
+		samu_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usSAMUTableOffset);
 
 	return samu_table_offset;
 }
@@ -254,21 +298,12 @@ static uint16_t get_acp_table_offset(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 				const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
 {
 	uint16_t acp_table_offset = 0;
+	const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *extended_header;
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usTableSize) >=
-	    sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3)) {
-		const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *powerplay_table3 =
-			(const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *)powerplay_table;
-		if (powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset > 0) {
-			const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER  *pExtendedHeader =
-				(const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *)
-				(((unsigned long)powerplay_table3) +
-				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset));
-			if (le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usSize) >=
-			    SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V6)
-				acp_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usACPTableOffset);
-		}
-	}
+	extended_header = get_extended_header(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+					      SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V6);
+	if (extended_header)
+		acp_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usACPTableOffset);
 
 	return acp_table_offset;
 }
@@ -290,21 +325,12 @@ static uint16_t get_cacp_tdp_table_offset(
 				const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
 {
 	uint16_t cacTdpTableOffset = 0;
+	const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *extended_header;
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usTableSize) >=
-	    sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3)) {
-		const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *powerplay_table3 =
-				(const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *)powerplay_table;
-		if (powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset > 0) {
-			const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER  *pExtendedHeader =
-					(const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *)
-					(((unsigned long)powerplay_table3) +
-				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset));
-			if (le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usSize) >=
-			    SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V7)
-				cacTdpTableOffset = le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usPowerTuneTableOffset);
-		}
-	}
+	extended_header = get_extended_header(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+					      SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V7);
+	if (extended_header)
+		cacTdpTableOffset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usPowerTuneTableOffset);
 
 	return cacTdpTableOffset;
 }
@@ -341,22 +367,13 @@ static uint16_t get_sclk_vdd_gfx_table_offset(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 			const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
 {
 	uint16_t sclk_vdd_gfx_table_offset = 0;
+	const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *extended_header;
 
-	if (le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usTableSize) >=
-	    sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3)) {
-		const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *powerplay_table3 =
-				(const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *)powerplay_table;
-		if (powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset > 0) {
-			const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER  *pExtendedHeader =
-				(const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *)
-				(((unsigned long)powerplay_table3) +
-				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset));
-			if (le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usSize) >=
-			    SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V8)
-				sclk_vdd_gfx_table_offset =
-					le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usSclkVddgfxTableOffset);
-		}
-	}
+	extended_header = get_extended_header(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+					      SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V8);
+	if (extended_header)
+		sclk_vdd_gfx_table_offset =
+			le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usSclkVddgfxTableOffset);
 
 	return sclk_vdd_gfx_table_offset;
 }
@@ -770,20 +787,37 @@ static ULONG size_of_entry_v2(ULONG num_dpm_levels)
 }
 
 static const ATOM_PPLIB_STATE_V2 *get_state_entry_v2(
+					struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 					const StateArray * pstate_arrays,
+					u16 state_array_offset,
 							 ULONG entry_index)
 {
 	ULONG i;
 	const ATOM_PPLIB_STATE_V2 *pstate;
+	size_t entry_offset;
+	size_t entry_size;
+
+	if (entry_index >= pstate_arrays->ucNumEntries)
+		return NULL;
 
+	entry_offset = state_array_offset + sizeof(pstate_arrays->ucNumEntries);
 	pstate = pstate_arrays->states;
-	if (entry_index <= pstate_arrays->ucNumEntries) {
-		for (i = 0; i < entry_index; i++)
-			pstate = (ATOM_PPLIB_STATE_V2 *)(
-						  (unsigned long)pstate +
-			     size_of_entry_v2(pstate->ucNumDPMLevels));
+	for (i = 0; i <= entry_index; i++) {
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, entry_offset, sizeof(*pstate)))
+			return NULL;
+
+		entry_size = size_of_entry_v2(pstate->ucNumDPMLevels);
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, entry_offset, entry_size))
+			return NULL;
+
+		if (i == entry_index)
+			return pstate;
+
+		entry_offset += entry_size;
+		pstate = (ATOM_PPLIB_STATE_V2 *)((unsigned long)pstate + entry_size);
 	}
-	return pstate;
+
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static const unsigned char soft_dummy_pp_table[] = {
@@ -851,6 +885,8 @@ int pp_tables_get_response_times(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE(NULL != powerplay_tab,
 			    "Missing PowerPlay Table!", return -EINVAL);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE(pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, 0, sizeof(*powerplay_tab)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -EINVAL);
 
 	*vol_rep_time = (uint32_t)le16_to_cpu(powerplay_tab->usVoltageTime);
 	*bb_rep_time = (uint32_t)le16_to_cpu(powerplay_tab->usBackbiasTime);
@@ -863,13 +899,21 @@ int pp_tables_get_num_of_entries(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 {
 	const StateArray *pstate_arrays;
 	const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table = get_powerplay_table(hwmgr);
+	u16 state_array_offset;
 
 	if (powerplay_table == NULL)
 		return -1;
+	if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, 0, sizeof(*powerplay_table)))
+		return -1;
 
 	if (powerplay_table->sHeader.ucTableFormatRevision >= 6) {
+		state_array_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset);
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, state_array_offset,
+					sizeof(pstate_arrays->ucNumEntries)))
+			return -1;
+
 		pstate_arrays = (StateArray *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-					le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset));
+					state_array_offset);
 
 		*num_of_entries = (unsigned long)(pstate_arrays->ucNumEntries);
 	} else
@@ -896,49 +940,128 @@ int pp_tables_get_entry(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 	const NonClockInfoArray *pnon_clock_arrays;
 
 	const ATOM_PPLIB_STATE *pstate_entry;
+	u16 state_array_offset;
+	u16 clock_info_array_offset;
+	u16 non_clock_info_array_offset;
+	size_t clock_info_offset;
+	size_t non_clock_info_offset;
+	size_t state_entry_offset;
 
 	if (powerplay_table == NULL)
 		return -1;
+	if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, 0, sizeof(*powerplay_table)))
+		return -1;
 
 	ps->classification.bios_index = entry_index;
 
 	if (powerplay_table->sHeader.ucTableFormatRevision >= 6) {
+		state_array_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset);
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, state_array_offset,
+					sizeof(pstate_arrays->ucNumEntries)))
+			return -1;
+
 		pstate_arrays = (StateArray *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-					le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset));
+					state_array_offset);
+
+		if (entry_index >= pstate_arrays->ucNumEntries)
+			return -1;
 
-		if (entry_index > pstate_arrays->ucNumEntries)
+		pstate_entry_v2 = get_state_entry_v2(hwmgr, pstate_arrays,
+						     state_array_offset,
+						     entry_index);
+		if (!pstate_entry_v2)
+			return -1;
+
+		clock_info_array_offset =
+			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usClockInfoArrayOffset);
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, clock_info_array_offset,
+					sizeof(*pclock_arrays)))
 			return -1;
 
-		pstate_entry_v2 = get_state_entry_v2(pstate_arrays, entry_index);
 		pclock_arrays = (ClockInfoArray *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-					le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usClockInfoArrayOffset));
+					clock_info_array_offset);
+		if (!pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize)
+			return -1;
+
+		non_clock_info_array_offset =
+			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usNonClockInfoArrayOffset);
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, non_clock_info_array_offset,
+					sizeof(*pnon_clock_arrays)))
+			return -1;
 
 		pnon_clock_arrays = (NonClockInfoArray *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-						le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usNonClockInfoArrayOffset));
+						non_clock_info_array_offset);
+		if (!pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize ||
+		    pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize < ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER1 ||
+		    (pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize > ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER1 &&
+		     pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize < ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER2) ||
+		    pstate_entry_v2->nonClockInfoIndex >= pnon_clock_arrays->ucNumEntries)
+			return -1;
 
+		non_clock_info_offset = non_clock_info_array_offset +
+			offsetof(NonClockInfoArray, nonClockInfo) +
+			pstate_entry_v2->nonClockInfoIndex * pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize;
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, non_clock_info_offset,
+					pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize))
+			return -1;
 		pnon_clock_info = (ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCK_INFO *)((unsigned long)(pnon_clock_arrays->nonClockInfo) +
 					(pstate_entry_v2->nonClockInfoIndex * pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize));
 
 		result = init_non_clock_fields(hwmgr, ps, pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize, pnon_clock_info);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < pstate_entry_v2->ucNumDPMLevels; i++) {
-			const void *pclock_info = (const void *)(
-							(unsigned long)(pclock_arrays->clockInfo) +
-							(pstate_entry_v2->clockInfoIndex[i] * pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize));
+			const void *pclock_info;
+
+			if (pstate_entry_v2->clockInfoIndex[i] >=
+			    pclock_arrays->ucNumEntries)
+				return -1;
+
+			clock_info_offset = clock_info_array_offset +
+				offsetof(ClockInfoArray, clockInfo) +
+				pstate_entry_v2->clockInfoIndex[i] * pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize;
+			if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, clock_info_offset,
+						pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize))
+				return -1;
+
+			pclock_info = (const void *)
+					((unsigned long)(pclock_arrays->clockInfo) +
+					(pstate_entry_v2->clockInfoIndex[i] *
+					 pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize));
 			res = func(hwmgr, &ps->hardware, i, pclock_info);
 			if ((0 == result) && (0 != res))
 				result = res;
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (entry_index > powerplay_table->ucNumStates)
+		if (entry_index >= powerplay_table->ucNumStates ||
+		    !powerplay_table->ucStateEntrySize ||
+		    !powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize ||
+		    powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize < ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER1 ||
+		    (powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize > ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER1 &&
+		     powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize < ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER2) ||
+		    !powerplay_table->ucClockInfoSize)
+			return -1;
+
+		state_array_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset);
+		state_entry_offset = state_array_offset +
+			entry_index * powerplay_table->ucStateEntrySize;
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, state_entry_offset,
+					powerplay_table->ucStateEntrySize))
 			return -1;
 
 		pstate_entry = (ATOM_PPLIB_STATE *)((unsigned long)powerplay_table +
-						    le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset) +
+						    state_array_offset +
 						    entry_index * powerplay_table->ucStateEntrySize);
 
+		non_clock_info_array_offset =
+			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usNonClockInfoArrayOffset);
+		non_clock_info_offset = non_clock_info_array_offset +
+			pstate_entry->ucNonClockStateIndex * powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize;
+		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, non_clock_info_offset,
+					powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize))
+			return -1;
+
 		pnon_clock_info = (ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCK_INFO *)((unsigned long)powerplay_table +
-						le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usNonClockInfoArrayOffset) +
+						non_clock_info_array_offset +
 						pstate_entry->ucNonClockStateIndex *
 						powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize);
 
@@ -947,12 +1070,23 @@ int pp_tables_get_entry(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 							pnon_clock_info);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < powerplay_table->ucStateEntrySize-1; i++) {
-			const void *pclock_info = (const void *)((unsigned long)powerplay_table +
-						le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usClockInfoArrayOffset) +
+			const void *pclock_info;
+
+			clock_info_array_offset =
+				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usClockInfoArrayOffset);
+			clock_info_offset = clock_info_array_offset +
+				pstate_entry->ucClockStateIndices[i] *
+				powerplay_table->ucClockInfoSize;
+			if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, clock_info_offset,
+						powerplay_table->ucClockInfoSize))
+				return -1;
+
+			pclock_info = (const void *)((unsigned long)powerplay_table +
+						clock_info_array_offset +
 						pstate_entry->ucClockStateIndices[i] *
 						powerplay_table->ucClockInfoSize);
 
-			int res = func(hwmgr, &ps->hardware, i, pclock_info);
+			res = func(hwmgr, &ps->hardware, i, pclock_info);
 
 			if ((0 == result) && (0 != res))
 					result = res;
@@ -1667,21 +1801,70 @@ static int get_vce_state_table_entry(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 							unsigned long *flag)
 {
 	const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table = get_powerplay_table(hwmgr);
+	const ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_State_Table *vce_state_table;
+	const ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_State_Record *record;
+	const VCEClockInfoArray *vce_clock_info_array;
+	const VCEClockInfo *vce_clock_info;
+	const ClockInfoArray *clock_arrays;
+	u16 vce_state_table_offset;
+	u16 vce_clock_info_array_offset;
+	u16 clock_info_array_offset;
+	unsigned long clockInfoIndex;
+	size_t record_offset;
+	size_t vce_clock_info_offset;
+	size_t clock_info_offset;
+
+	if (!powerplay_table || !pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, 0, sizeof(*powerplay_table)))
+		return -1;
 
-	const ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_State_Table *vce_state_table = get_vce_state_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
+	vce_state_table_offset = get_vce_state_table_offset(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
+	vce_state_table = get_vce_state_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
+	if (!vce_state_table || i >= vce_state_table->numEntries)
+		return -1;
+
+	record_offset = vce_state_table_offset +
+		offsetof(ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_State_Table, entries) +
+		i * sizeof(*record);
+	if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, record_offset, sizeof(*record)))
+		return -1;
+
+	record = &vce_state_table->entries[i];
+
+	vce_clock_info_array_offset =
+		get_vce_clock_info_array_offset(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
+	if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, vce_clock_info_array_offset,
+				sizeof(vce_clock_info_array->ucNumEntries)))
+		return -1;
 
-	unsigned short vce_clock_info_array_offset = get_vce_clock_info_array_offset(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
+	vce_clock_info_array = (const VCEClockInfoArray *)
+		(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) + vce_clock_info_array_offset);
+	if (record->ucVCEClockInfoIndex >= vce_clock_info_array->ucNumEntries)
+		return -1;
 
-	const VCEClockInfoArray *vce_clock_info_array = (const VCEClockInfoArray *)(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) + vce_clock_info_array_offset);
+	vce_clock_info_offset = vce_clock_info_array_offset +
+		offsetof(VCEClockInfoArray, entries) +
+		record->ucVCEClockInfoIndex * sizeof(*vce_clock_info);
+	if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, vce_clock_info_offset, sizeof(*vce_clock_info)))
+		return -1;
 
-	const ClockInfoArray *clock_arrays = (ClockInfoArray *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-								le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usClockInfoArrayOffset));
+	vce_clock_info = &vce_clock_info_array->entries[record->ucVCEClockInfoIndex];
 
-	const ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_State_Record *record = &vce_state_table->entries[i];
+	clock_info_array_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usClockInfoArrayOffset);
+	if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, clock_info_array_offset,
+				sizeof(*clock_arrays)))
+		return -1;
 
-	const VCEClockInfo *vce_clock_info = &vce_clock_info_array->entries[record->ucVCEClockInfoIndex];
+	clock_arrays = (ClockInfoArray *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
+					  clock_info_array_offset);
+	clockInfoIndex = record->ucClockInfoIndex & 0x3F;
+	if (!clock_arrays->ucEntrySize || clockInfoIndex >= clock_arrays->ucNumEntries)
+		return -1;
 
-	unsigned long clockInfoIndex = record->ucClockInfoIndex & 0x3F;
+	clock_info_offset = clock_info_array_offset +
+		offsetof(ClockInfoArray, clockInfo) +
+		clockInfoIndex * clock_arrays->ucEntrySize;
+	if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, clock_info_offset, clock_arrays->ucEntrySize))
+		return -1;
 
 	*flag = (record->ucClockInfoIndex >> NUM_BITS_CLOCK_INFO_ARRAY_INDEX);
 
@@ -1705,6 +1888,10 @@ static int pp_tables_initialize(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
 	hwmgr->need_pp_table_upload = true;
 
 	powerplay_table = get_powerplay_table(hwmgr);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((powerplay_table),
+			    "Missing PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE(pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, 0, sizeof(*powerplay_table)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
 
 	result = init_powerplay_tables(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
 
@@ -1807,4 +1994,3 @@ const struct pp_table_func pptable_funcs = {
 	.pptable_get_vce_state_table_entry =
 						get_vce_state_table_entry,
 };
-
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amd/display: Fix rounding errors in CalculatePrefetchSchedule

[Sasha Levin]

From: Matthew Stewart <Matthew.Stewart2@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit fa0300333db07ca4ad56c9879f155faafd3f7079 ]

[why]

Rounding errors were causing mode validation to fail in some cases when
it should not. (IE. Increasing fclk from a lower value could lead to
validation failure, which should not happen.)

Reviewed-by: Dillon Varone <dillon.varone@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Stewart <Matthew.Stewart2@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Fangzhi Zuo <jerry.zuo@amd.com>
Tested-by: Dan Wheeler <daniel.wheeler@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

Connection lost, reconnecting to https://agentn.us.api5.cursor.sh
(attempt 1)...
Retry attempt 1...
I have enough to decide: this is a small DCN4 DML prefetch-rounding fix
in 7.3-rc4, and the remaining work is to write the phase-by-phase
verdict.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE
Record: [drm/amd/display] [Fix] [rounding errors in
CalculatePrefetchSchedule causing false mode-validation failures]

Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS
Record:
- Reviewed-by: Dillon Varone &lt;dillon.varone@amd.com&gt;
- Signed-off-by: Matthew Stewart &lt;Matthew.Stewart2@amd.com&gt;
  (author)
- Signed-off-by: Fangzhi Zuo &lt;jerry.zuo@amd.com&gt; (DC series
  collector)
- Tested-by: Dan Wheeler &lt;daniel.wheeler@amd.com&gt;
- Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher &lt;alexander.deucher@amd.com&gt; (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- No Fixes: tag (expected)
- No Reported-by, no syzbot, no Link:, no Cc: stable
- Ignore any Sasha Levin SOB / Upstream-commit markers if present in a
  candidate wrapper; none are in the real commit

Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT
Record:
- Bug: rounding in the DCN4 DML21 prefetch scheduler made mode
  validation fail for configurations that are actually valid.
- Symptom: increasing fclk (fabric clock) from a working lower value can
  cause validation to fail. That is non-monotonic and should not happen.
- Failure mode: Display Core rejects a mode (`PrefetchSupported` /
  `NoTimeForPrefetch`), so a modeset or clock bump that should work is
  refused.
- No stack trace, no CVE, no named kernel version range in the message.
- Root cause (from message + comments in the diff): VM/row prefetch
  times are later ceiled to quarter-line units, which steals time from
  the swath (SW) stage. `Tsw_est*` did not account for that, so the
  wrong prefetch-bandwidth case was selected.

Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES
Record: Not a disguised cleanup. Subject and body state a real
validation bug. The three subtracted LineTime fractions are the actual
fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2_0/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_
  core_dcn4_calcs.c`
- +6 / -3 (stat of fa0300333db07)
- Function: `CalculatePrefetchSchedule`
- Scope: single-file surgical change to three assignments

Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE
Record:
- Before: `Tsw_est1/2/3 = prefetch_sw_bytes / prefetch_bwN` (SW time
  estimated with no rounding slack).
- After:
  - `Tsw_est1 -= 3/4 LineTime` (VM +1/4, two rows +2/4)
  - `Tsw_est2 -= 1/4 LineTime` (VM only)
  - `Tsw_est3 -= 2/4 LineTime` (two rows)
- Affected path: DML mode-support / mode-programming prefetch bandwidth
  selection, not an error-path or init-only path.
- Those `Tsw_est*` values feed `if (Tsw_estN < min_Lsw_equ * LineTime)`
  which already subtracts 0.75 / 0.25 / 0.5 LineTime when recalculating
  `prefetch_bw1/2/3`. The initial estimate is now consistent with that
  later quarter-line rounding.

Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM
Record: [Logic / correctness] [DML prefetch time rounding]
- Later in the same function, VM and row times are ceiled to U2.2
  quarter-lines:
  `dst_y_per_vm_vblank = ceil(4 * Tvm / LineTime) / 4` and the same for
  rows.
- That can consume up to +1/4 line (VM) and +1/4 line × 2 rows. SW then
  has less time than `Tsw_est` assumed, so the equalized bandwidth case
  is wrong and validation fails even though the mode is feasible
  (including after an fclk increase).
- Category is not UAF/leak/race/NULL; it is display-mode calculator
  incorrectness.

Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY
Record:
- Quality: high. The 3/4, 1/4, 2/4 constants match the existing 0.75 /
  0.25 / 0.5 LineTime terms and the documented quarter-line clamp.
- Minimal: three expressions plus comments.
- Regression risk: changing DML bandwidth can theoretically accept a
  mode that underflows, or reject a previously accepted one. Here the
  change only makes `Tsw_est` pessimistic so the already-margined
  recalculation path runs; the author states the old path rejected valid
  modes. Reviewed and Tested-by AMD display.
- No public API / data-structure change.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES
Record:
- File added as DCN401 DML21 in 70839da636050 (`drm/amd/display: Add new
  DCN401 sources`, 2024-04-26). Present from v6.11 onward.
- Surrounding `Tpre_rounded` / `Tsw_est` logic largely from
  be4e3509314af7 (`DML21 Reintegration For Various Fixes`, 2024-12-18).
- The three `Tsw_est*` lines are fa0300333db07 itself (2026-06-19 /
  committed 2026-07-28).
- Bug has been in DCN4 DML21 since that IP was added, not a last-month
  regression.

Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG
Record: No Fixes: tag. Not applicable. Buggy code is the original DCN4
prefetch estimator, not a one-commit regression.

Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES
Record:
- Recent file commits include DCN6 compile, PMO pstate plumbing, this
  fix, UCLK pstate, divide-by-zero, HDMI FRL, HostVM units.
- Follow-ups after this fix (9fcd9c7545654, 992694ad28584) do not revert
  or rework these three lines.
- Standalone mathematically; landed as patch 46/49 of a bulk DC drop,
  but the hunk has no dependency on 45/47/etc.

Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS
Record: Matthew Stewart is an AMD display engineer (DCN42B enablement,
soc_bb, register masks). Not the drm/amd maintainer; Alex Deucher signed
it off. Related nearby work is DCN42B, not a prerequisite for this
rounding change.

Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS
Record: No extra helpers or struct fields. Can apply standalone wherever
this `CalculatePrefetchSchedule` exists. This tree uses `dml2_0/`
(rename e6a8a000cfe6a, 2025-10-28); older stables still on `dml2/` would
only need a path tweak. No missing prerequisites in this checkout.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION
Record:
- `b4 dig -c fa0300333db07` failed: lore.kernel.org returned errors.
- Found on amd-gfx: [PATCH 46/49] in “DC Patches July 20th, 2026”
  - Cover: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
    gfx/2026-July/149310.html
  - Patch: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
    gfx/2026-July/149359.html
- Cover letter summary: KUnit expansion, dm refactor, Apple 5K tiled
  monitor, FRL/DSC, dcn42 fixes. This rounding fix is not called out as
  a highlight.
- Diff on the list matches the committed change. No v2/v3 of this
  specific patch.
- No reviewer NAK, no Cc: stable in the mail.

Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH
Record: Reviewed-by Dillon Varone (DML/DCN4). Tested-by Dan Wheeler.
Collected by Fangzhi Zuo, merged by Alex Deucher. Appropriate AMD
display reviewers.

Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT
Record: No user bugzilla/syzbot/lore bug report found. Evidence is AMD
internal: “some cases”, fclk monotonicity example. Severity from the
author: false mode-validation failure, not oops.

Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES
Record: Independent of the rest of the 49-patch DC drop (KUnit,
refactors, Apple tiled display, etc.). DCN5
`dml2_core_dcn5_calcs_dchub.c` still uses unadjusted `Tsw_est*`; this
fix is DCN4 DML21 only.

Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search returned 403.
lists.freedesktop.org has no AUTOSEL of this subject. Unverified whether
stable@ ever discussed it.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF
Record: `CalculatePrefetchSchedule` only (static in
dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c).

Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS
Record: Two call sites in the same file:
- Mode support (~line 7645): `mode_lib->ms.NoTimeForPrefetch[k] =
  CalculatePrefetchSchedule(...)` then `PrefetchSupported &=
  !NoTimeForPrefetch[k]`
- Mode programming (~line 11473): `mode_lib->mp.NoTimeToPrefetch[k] =
  CalculatePrefetchSchedule(...)`
`dml2_core_calcs_mode_support_ex` is used from `dml2_core_dcn4.c` during
DC mode validation.

Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES
Record: Floating-point DML math (`math_max2/3`, `math_ceil2`), no
alloc/lock/I/O. Pure calculator.

Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN
Record: Userspace DRM atomic modeset / DC validate → DML21 mode_support
→ CalculatePrefetchSchedule. Reachable on DCN4 family (DCN401/42/42B;
dcn401_resource.c sets `.using_dml21 = true`). Not a syscall crash path;
it is the normal display-mode path for those GPUs.

Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS
Record: Same unadjusted `Tsw_est` pattern remains in DCN5 DML21 and
older VBA DML (dcn31/32/314). Not a tree-wide systematic fix;
DCN4-specific.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?
Record:
- Local tree: `git describe HEAD` = v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37; `make
  kernelversion` = 7.3.0-rc4.
- File and function exist. Current tree already has the fixed `Tsw_est*`
  lines (fa0300333db07 is an ancestor of HEAD; also in v7.3-rc1).
- Bug introduced with DCN401 sources (v6.11). This 7.3 codebase includes
  that IP.

Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS
Record: Expected apply on this tree: clean (context matches). No
conflicting local changes around those three assignments.

Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE
Record: No earlier alternate fix of these `Tsw_est*` lines. No revert.
DCN5 still unfixed (different file).

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY
Record: [drm/amd/display DML21 DCN4] [IMPORTANT] — not mm/core, but
current AMD dGPU/APU display mode library. DCN401 is GC 12.0
(RDNA4-class). Affects all users of that display IP.

Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY
Record: Very active (DC drops, DCN42B, DCN6). This is a calculator
correction in a mature DCN4 path, not a new subsystem.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED
Record: Driver-specific / DCN4-family AMD display (DCN401/42/42B with
DML21). Not universal; not staging.

Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Record: Trigger is DML prefetch scheduling during mode validation,
especially near rounding boundaries and when fclk changes. Common for
anyone setting modes or changing clocks on those GPUs. Unprivileged
userspace can trigger via KMS modeset. Not a rare CONFIG-only path.

Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY
Record: [False mode validation failure / non-monotonic fclk] [MEDIUM,
user-visible HIGH on affected HW]
- Not panic, UAF, deadlock, or filesystem corruption.
- Result: atomic commit / mode rejected; valid timing or a clock
  increase can fail. That is a real display functional bug (blank / mode
  not available / DPM clock bump fails), not cosmetic logging.

Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO
Record:
- Benefit: DCN4 users keep modes that should work; fclk increases remain
  monotonic. High for that hardware, moderate globally.
- Risk: 3-line DML tweak, internally consistent with existing margins,
  reviewed/tested. Low.
- Ratio: favorable.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE
FOR:
- Real user-visible bug: DML falsely fails prefetch/mode validation.
- Concrete symptom: raising fclk can make validation fail.
- Small, obviously correct vs quarter-line VM/row ceils already in this
  function.
- Reviewed-by Dillon Varone, Tested-by Dan Wheeler, SOB Alex Deucher.
- DCN4 DML21 is in this 7.3-rc4 tree; fix applies cleanly.
- Similar DML prefetch correctness patches have historically been stable
  material (underflow/clamp fixes).
- Standalone; no new API.

AGAINST:
- Not a crash, security hole, leak, or data-corruption bug.
- No external reporter / syzbot / Fixes: tag.
- Landed inside a 49-patch DC dump, not highlighted as a stable item.
- DML float tweaks can in principle change which modes pass; residual
  underflow risk is low but non-zero.
- DCN5 sibling calculator left unchanged (DCN4-only).

UNRESOLVED:
- lore.kernel.org (b4 dig and stable list) returned HTTP errors; amd-gfx
  archive was used instead.
- No public reproducer beyond the author’s fclk example.

Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST
1. Obviously correct and tested? PASS — quarter-line math matches
   existing 0.75/0.25/0.5 paths; Tested-by + Reviewed-by.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? PASS — false mode reject on DCN4
   validation, including fclk increase.
3. Important issue? PASS — display mode / clock-validation failure on
   current AMD DCN4 hardware is a serious functional bug for those users
   (not a panic, but modeset/DPM can fail).
4. Small and contained? PASS — 6 insertions / 3 deletions, one function.
5. No new features or APIs? PASS.
6. Can apply to the local tree? PASS — file/function present; hunk
   matches this tree.

Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES
Record: None of device-ID / quirk / DT / build / docs. Qualifies as a
normal small correctness fix.

Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION
This tree is 7.3.0-rc4 and contains DCN4 DML21. The patch is a small,
reviewed correction so prefetch time estimates match the quarter-line
rounding the hardware/DML already applies. Without it, valid modes can
be rejected and raising fclk can fail validation. That is a real display
bug, not a feature or cleanup. Risk is low relative to the benefit for
DCN4 users of this codebase.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Reviewed-by Dillon Varone; Tested-by Dan
  Wheeler; SOB Matthew Stewart, Fangzhi Zuo, Alex Deucher; no
  Fixes:/Reported-by/Cc: stable
- [Phase 2] Diff: 3 `Tsw_est*` assignments in
  `CalculatePrefetchSchedule`; subtract 3/4, 1/4, 2/4 LineTime
- [Phase 2] Confirmed later code ceils VM/row to quarter-lines and
  already uses 0.75/0.25/0.5 LineTime in the BW-update path
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor fa0300333db07 HEAD` → yes
  (exit 0)
- [Phase 3] File added in 70839da636050; in v6.11+, not in v6.10; fix in
  v7.3-rc1+
- [Phase 3] blame: original DCN401 DML (Aurabindo Pillai) / DML21
  reintegration (Austin Zheng)
- [Phase 4] b4 dig: lore server error (UNVERIFIED via b4)
- [Phase 4] amd-gfx: patch 46/49 of DC July 20 2026 (149310 cover,
  149359 patch); no NAK; not Cc: stable
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org/stable: 403 (UNVERIFIED)
- [Phase 5] Callers: mode_support and mode_programming in the same file;
  `PrefetchSupported &= !NoTimeForPrefetch`
- [Phase 5] dcn401_resource.c `.using_dml21 = true`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD`: v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37;
  kernelversion 7.3.0-rc4; buggy/fixed code present
- [Phase 6] DCN5 still has unadjusted Tsw_est (different IP)
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: false DML mode validation fail, not oops
- UNVERIFIED: whether older LTS trees need a `dml2/` vs `dml2_0/` path
  tweak (out of scope for this checkout)

**YES**

 .../dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c   | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c
index da865bd466c9a..c32b704627085 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/src/dml2_core/dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c
@@ -5554,7 +5554,8 @@ static bool CalculatePrefetchSchedule(struct dml2_core_internal_scratch *scratch
 				+ 2 * (p->PixelPTEBytesPerRow * p->HostVMInefficiencyFactor + p->meta_row_bytes + tdlut_row_bytes)
 				+ *p->prefetch_sw_bytes)
 				/ (*p->Tpre_rounded - *p->Tno_bw);
-			s->Tsw_est1 = *p->prefetch_sw_bytes / s->prefetch_bw1;
+			/* due to rounding, VM can clamp to +1/4, Row can clamp to +2/4, giving SW less time */
+			s->Tsw_est1 = *p->prefetch_sw_bytes / s->prefetch_bw1 - 3.0 * s->LineTime / 4.0;
 		} else
 			s->prefetch_bw1 = 0;
 
@@ -5578,7 +5579,8 @@ static bool CalculatePrefetchSchedule(struct dml2_core_internal_scratch *scratch
 		if (*p->Tpre_rounded - *p->Tno_bw - 2.0 * s->Tr0_trips_rounded > 0) {
 			s->prefetch_bw2 = (vm_bytes * p->HostVMInefficiencyFactor + *p->prefetch_sw_bytes) /
 			(*p->Tpre_rounded - *p->Tno_bw - 2.0 * s->Tr0_trips_rounded);
-			s->Tsw_est2 = *p->prefetch_sw_bytes / s->prefetch_bw2;
+			/* due to rounding, VM can clamp to +1/4  */
+			s->Tsw_est2 = *p->prefetch_sw_bytes / s->prefetch_bw2 - 1.0 * s->LineTime / 4.0;
 		} else
 			s->prefetch_bw2 = 0;
 
@@ -5592,7 +5594,8 @@ static bool CalculatePrefetchSchedule(struct dml2_core_internal_scratch *scratch
 		if (*p->Tpre_rounded - s->Tvm_trips_rounded > 0) {
 			s->prefetch_bw3 = (2 * (p->PixelPTEBytesPerRow * p->HostVMInefficiencyFactor + p->meta_row_bytes + tdlut_row_bytes) + *p->prefetch_sw_bytes) /
 				(*p->Tpre_rounded - s->Tvm_trips_rounded);
-			s->Tsw_est3 = *p->prefetch_sw_bytes / s->prefetch_bw3;
+			/* due to rounding, Row can clamp to +2/4  */
+			s->Tsw_est3 = *p->prefetch_sw_bytes / s->prefetch_bw3 - 2.0 * s->LineTime / 4.0;
 		} else
 			s->prefetch_bw3 = 0;
 
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amdgpu: Validate ATIF buffer length before use

[Sasha Levin]

From: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit b978b7d43963bbb3e2d850288f7c21ac11c3b751 ]

Add a min_size parameter to amdgpu_atif_call() to validate that the
returned ACPI buffer is of type ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER, holds at least a u16
size field, does not claim more data than was actually returned, and
meets the minimum size required by the calling function. Each caller
passes its required minimum via sizeof() or offsetof() of the expected
output struct and drops its own size check.

Signed-off-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>
Assisted-by: Claude Sonnet (Cursor AI)
Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This is a firmware-buffer bounds check in `amdgpu_atif_call()`. On this
6.18.53 tree the buggy path is still present, the patch is small, and it
closes a real out-of-bounds read.

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[drm/amdgpu] [Validate] Validate ATIF buffer length before use`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `Signed-off-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>` (author)
- `Assisted-by: Claude Sonnet (Cursor AI)`
- `Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>`
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Cc: stable`, or syzbot
  tags (absence expected)
- Upstream SHA from the candidate wrapper:
  `b978b7d43963bbb3e2d850288f7c21ac11c3b751` (ignored as a selection
  marker; used only to find the original discussion)

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- Bug: ACPI ATIF responses are used without checking that the returned
  buffer actually contains the `u16` size field, that the BIOS-reported
  size does not exceed the ACPI object length, or that the payload meets
  the caller’s minimum.
- Symptom/failure mode: out-of-bounds read (and possible oops) when
  firmware returns a short or lying buffer, then callers `memcpy()`
  using the claimed size.
- Version info: none in the message. The pattern dates to `d38ceaf99ed0`
  (“drm/amdgpu: add core driver (v4)”, 2015).
- Root cause: callers trusted `*(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer` and copied
  that many bytes without comparing it to `obj->buffer.length`.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: This is an explicit memory-safety fix, not cleanup. Centralizing
existing per-caller `size < N` checks is incidental; the new `actual >=
sizeof(u16)` and `actual >= claimed` tests are the real fix.

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c` (+34/−34)
- Functions: `amdgpu_atif_call`, `amdgpu_atif_verify_interface`,
  `amdgpu_atif_get_notification_params`,
  `amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps`, `amdgpu_atif_get_sbios_requests`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record (v6.18.53 before → after):
- `amdgpu_atif_call()`: after confirming `ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER`, return the
  object. After: reject length `< sizeof(u16)`, claimed size `> actual`
  length, or claimed size `< min_size`.
- Callers: pass `sizeof()` / `offsetof()` as `min_size` and drop their
  own `size < 12/10/10/0xd` checks. `memcpy` still uses
  `min(sizeof(struct), claimed_size)`, now only after those checks.

Verified struct sizes in `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/include/amd_acpi.h`
(`__packed`):
- `sizeof(atif_verify_interface)` = 12 (replaces `size < 12`)
- `offsetof(atif_system_params, command_code)` = 10 (replaces `size <
  10`; the `size < 11` command_code path remains)
- `offsetof(atif_qbtc_output, data_points)` = 10 (replaces `size < 10`)
- `sizeof(atif_sbios_requests)` = 13 = `0xd` (replaces `size < 0xd`)

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: `[Memory safety / OOB] [Firmware-controlled size used as memcpy
length]`

v6.18.53 callers still do:

```
size = *(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer;
size = min(sizeof(output), size);
memcpy(&output, info->buffer.pointer, size);
```

If `obj->buffer.length` is 0 or 1, the `u16` load is already OOB. If
claimed size is 12 and actual length is 4, `memcpy` copies 12 bytes from
a 4-byte ACPI payload (heap OOB read). `c9b7c809b89f2` only checked
object type, not length; that hole is still in this tree.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: Obviously correct. Rejecting `claimed > actual` can disable ATIF
on a BIOS that lies about size but still returned enough bytes; that is
malformed firmware, and the fallback is “ATIF unused” rather than a
crash. Error codes change from `-EINVAL` to `-EIO` on undersized
buffers; callers only test `if (ret)` / disable the feature. Low
regression risk.

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record: Size-then-memcpy logic is from `d38ceaf99ed0` (Alex Deucher,
2015, “drm/amdgpu: add core driver (v4)”). Type check added by
`c9b7c809b89f2` (2024). NULL-on-`AE_NOT_FOUND` fixed by `91c9e221fe255`
(2024). Length vs claimed size was never checked.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. The bug is in original ATIF parsing, present
since 2015. Both `d38ceaf99ed0` and `c9b7c809b89f2` are ancestors of
`v6.18.53`.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record:
- `c9b7c809b89f2` “Guard against bad data for ATIF ACPI method” — real
  oops in `amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps`; later tagged
  CVE-2024-50117; already in this tree.
- `91c9e221fe255` — NULL deref if ATIF missing; already in this tree.
- Sibling `9d367fab451d9` “Validate ATPX buffer length before use” is
  patch 2/2 on a different file; not a prerequisite.
- No later commits on this file after the candidate that rework the same
  logic.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Lijo Lazar is a regular AMD amdgpu contributor (ATPX/ATRM/XCP
bounds checks in the same wave). Maintainer Acked-by/SOB from Alex
Deucher.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Standalone. `amdgpu_atif_call` is static with four local
callers, all updated. No new helpers. ATPX 2/2 is independent.

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c b978b7d43963...` failed (lore.kernel.org returned errors).
- Original submission: `[PATCH 1/2] drm/amdgpu: Validate ATIF buffer
  length before use`, 14 Jun 2026, https://www.mail-archive.com/amd-
  gfx@lists.freedesktop.org/msg145004.html
- Series: 1/2 ATIF, 2/2 ATPX. No v2 found.
- No NAKs found. Merged via Alex Deucher’s `drm-next-7.3` pull; Dave
  Airlie acked the pull.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: Posted to amd-gfx. Acked/signed by Alex Deucher. Recipients from
`b4 dig -w` could not be retrieved (lore 403).

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: This commit has no new user report. The related 2024 ATIF bad-
data oops (`c9b7c809b89f2`) was hit on at least one system and became
CVE-2024-50117. That earlier fix did not validate lengths.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: 1/2 of ATIF+ATPX ACPI buffer validation. ATRM buffer checks in
the same author batch. ATIF is self-contained.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search returned 403. No verified stable-
list discussion. Prior ATIF guard *was* taken into stable
(CVE-2024-50117).

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `amdgpu_atif_call` plus the four callers listed above. No
semcode tools available.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `amdgpu_atif_verify_interface` ← `amdgpu_atif_pci_probe_handle` ←
  `amdgpu_acpi_detect` ← `amdgpu_drv.c` (driver load)
- `amdgpu_atif_get_notification_params` /
  `amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps` ← `amdgpu_acpi_detect`
- `amdgpu_atif_get_sbios_requests` ← `amdgpu_atif_handler` ← ACPI
  notifier (`amdgpu_acpi_event`) on brightness/hotplug-style events

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `acpi_evaluate_object`, then `memcpy` of firmware bytes into
stack structs.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Reached on every amdgpu load when the GPU’s ACPI node has ATIF
(common on AMD laptops/APUs). SBIOS request path runs on ACPI video
notifies. Unprivileged userspace cannot call ATIF directly; a guest/VM
with a crafted ACPI table can. Firmware bugs have already crashed this
path.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Same claimed-size-then-memcpy pattern remains in
`amdgpu_atcs_call` callers in this file and in `radeon_acpi.c`. This
patch does not touch those; not a reason to reject the ATIF fix.

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Local tree is **6.18.53** (`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`,
branch `autosel`). `git merge-base --is-ancestor c8373721c3e54 v6.18.53`
is false. `v6.18.53:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c` still has
the unvalidated `*(u16 *)` / `memcpy` sequence. Bug introduced in 2015
(`d38ceaf99ed0`).

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: `git diff v6.18.53 c8373721c3e54 --
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c` is exactly this commit
(+34/−34). Mainline `noinline_for_stack` is not in 6.18; the candidate
as it exists here already matches 6.18. Clean apply.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: Type/NULL guards (`c9b7c809b89f2`, `91c9e221fe255`) are in
6.18.53. Length validation is not. No alternate fix.

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: `[drm/amdgpu ACPI/ATIF] [IMPORTANT]` — not core mm/net, but a
widely used GPU driver on AMD laptops.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Actively developed; this ATIF parsing has been stable since 2015
aside from the 2024 type/NULL guards.

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: AMD GPU systems whose ACPI provides ATIF (typical AMD
laptop/APU). Config: `CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU`.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: Driver probe always; ACPI notifies for SBIOS requests. Needs a
short or lying ATIF buffer. Unprivileged userspace cannot trigger it on
bare metal; firmware/VM ACPI can. Prior ATIF bad-data crashes were seen
in the wild.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: `[OOB read → possible oops / info leak] [HIGH]` Same class as
CVE-2024-50117, remaining hole.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record: Benefit high (closes firmware OOB on a common driver). Risk low
(~30-line single-file change, fail-closed). Ratio favors backport.

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real OOB: claimed ATIF size used as `memcpy` length without comparing
  to ACPI buffer length.
- Same subsystem already produced a stable/CVE oops from unvalidated
  ATIF data (`c9b7c809b89f2` / CVE-2024-50117); that patch did not check
  lengths.
- Buggy code is in this 6.18.53 tree since 2015.
- Small, contained, no new API; maintainer Acked-by.
- Applies cleanly here.
- Failure is crash/OOB, not a feature change.

AGAINST:
- No dedicated report for *this* length mismatch (hardening of a known-
  bad path).
- Undersized-buffer errno changes `-EINVAL` → `-EIO` (callers treat both
  as failure).
- Sibling ATPX patch is separate and not required.

UNRESOLVED:
- `b4 dig` / lore.kernel.org returned errors; discussion recovered from
  mail-archive.
- No stable@ thread found (lore 403).

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — checks match existing
   minima; maintainer merged.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — OOB on malformed
   ATIF; ATIF bad data already crashed systems.
3. Important issue? **PASS** — HIGH: OOB read / oops from firmware data.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one file, +34/−34.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS** — static helper only.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — identical to `v6.18.53` file
   plus this diff.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/docs exception. Ordinary memory-safety
bug fix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
Backport. It closes a leftover ATIF buffer-length hole on this 6.18 tree
with a small, fail-closed change.

### What the commit solves for stable users
On 6.18, `amdgpu_atif_call()` only rejects non-buffer ACPI objects.
Callers then trust a BIOS `u16` size and `memcpy` that many bytes. A
short or inflated ATIF payload over-reads kernel heap and can oops — the
same ATIF path that already oopsed in 2024. This patch requires actual
length ≥ 2, actual ≥ claimed, and claimed ≥ caller minimum before any
copy.

### Risk vs benefit
Benefit is preventing oops/OOB on AMD systems with ATIF. Risk is
disabling ATIF on lying firmware instead of crashing. That is the right
stable tradeoff.

### Concerns
ATPX 2/2 is not required. ATCS/radeon still have the old pattern; out of
scope. No extra 6.18 prerequisites.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: author SOB, Claude Assisted-by, Alex Deucher Acked-
  by/SOB; no Fixes/Reported-by/syzbot
- [Phase 2] Diff: +34/−34 in `amdgpu_acpi.c`; length checks in
  `amdgpu_atif_call`; callers pass sizeof/offsetof
- [Phase 2] Struct sizes: 12, offsetof 10, offsetof 10, 13 match old
  magic constants
- [Phase 3] blame: size/memcpy from `d38ceaf99ed0` (2015); type check
  `c9b7c809b89f2` (in 6.18.53)
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor d38ceaf99ed0 v6.18.53` true;
  `c9b7c809b89f2` true; this commit false
- [Phase 3] ATPX sibling `9d367fab451d9` is a different file; not a
  dependency
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig` failed (lore error). Thread: mail-archive
  msg145004, series 1/2. Pulled in drm-next-7.3
- [Phase 4] lore/stable 403; UNVERIFIED whether stable@ discussed this
  SHA
- [Phase 5] Callers: probe via `amdgpu_acpi_detect`, ACPI notify via
  `amdgpu_atif_handler`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` → `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`;
  Makefile 6.18.53
- [Phase 6] `git diff v6.18.53 <commit> -- amdgpu_acpi.c` equals this
  patch (clean apply)
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: heap OOB read / oops; severity HIGH
- UNVERIFIED: exact To/Cc list (`b4 dig -w` unavailable)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c | 68 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c
index 36f429e7f2027..5a04c20a5fd15 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c
@@ -138,13 +138,15 @@ static struct amdgpu_acpi_priv {
  * @atif: atif structure
  * @function: the ATIF function to execute
  * @params: ATIF function params
+ * @min_size: minimum size of the expected output buffer in bytes
  *
  * Executes the requested ATIF function (all asics).
  * Returns a pointer to the acpi output buffer.
  */
 static union acpi_object *amdgpu_atif_call(struct amdgpu_atif *atif,
 					   int function,
-					   struct acpi_buffer *params)
+					   struct acpi_buffer *params,
+					   size_t min_size)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
 	union acpi_object *obj;
@@ -187,6 +189,28 @@ static union acpi_object *amdgpu_atif_call(struct amdgpu_atif *atif,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (obj->buffer.length < sizeof(u16)) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("ATIF buffer too small to hold size field: %u\n",
+				 obj->buffer.length);
+		kfree(obj);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (obj->buffer.length < *(u16 *)obj->buffer.pointer) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("ATIF buffer length mismatch: reported %u, actual %u\n",
+				 *(u16 *)obj->buffer.pointer,
+				 obj->buffer.length);
+		kfree(obj);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (*(u16 *)obj->buffer.pointer < min_size) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("ATIF buffer too small: expected %zu, got %u\n",
+				 min_size, *(u16 *)obj->buffer.pointer);
+		kfree(obj);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	return obj;
 }
 
@@ -248,19 +272,14 @@ static int amdgpu_atif_verify_interface(struct amdgpu_atif *atif)
 	size_t size;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	info = amdgpu_atif_call(atif, ATIF_FUNCTION_VERIFY_INTERFACE, NULL);
+	info = amdgpu_atif_call(atif, ATIF_FUNCTION_VERIFY_INTERFACE, NULL,
+				sizeof(output));
 	if (!info)
 		return -EIO;
 
 	memset(&output, 0, sizeof(output));
 
-	size = *(u16 *) info->buffer.pointer;
-	if (size < 12) {
-		DRM_INFO("ATIF buffer is too small: %zu\n", size);
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-	size = min(sizeof(output), size);
+	size = min(sizeof(output), (size_t)*(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer);
 
 	memcpy(&output, info->buffer.pointer, size);
 
@@ -270,7 +289,6 @@ static int amdgpu_atif_verify_interface(struct amdgpu_atif *atif)
 	amdgpu_atif_parse_notification(&atif->notifications, output.notification_mask);
 	amdgpu_atif_parse_functions(&atif->functions, output.function_bits);
 
-out:
 	kfree(info);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -295,20 +313,14 @@ static int amdgpu_atif_get_notification_params(struct amdgpu_atif *atif)
 	int err = 0;
 
 	info = amdgpu_atif_call(atif, ATIF_FUNCTION_GET_SYSTEM_PARAMETERS,
-				NULL);
+				NULL, offsetof(struct atif_system_params, command_code));
 	if (!info) {
 		err = -EIO;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	size = *(u16 *) info->buffer.pointer;
-	if (size < 10) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
-	size = min(sizeof(params), size);
+	size = min(sizeof(params), (size_t)*(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer);
 	memcpy(&params, info->buffer.pointer, size);
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("SYSTEM_PARAMS: mask = %#x, flags = %#x\n",
@@ -371,20 +383,14 @@ static int amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps(struct amdgpu_atif *atif)
 
 	info = amdgpu_atif_call(atif,
 		ATIF_FUNCTION_QUERY_BRIGHTNESS_TRANSFER_CHARACTERISTICS,
-		&params);
+		&params, offsetof(struct atif_qbtc_output, data_points));
 	if (!info) {
 		err = -EIO;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	size = *(u16 *) info->buffer.pointer;
-	if (size < 10) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	memset(&characteristics, 0, sizeof(characteristics));
-	size = min(sizeof(characteristics), size);
+	size = min(sizeof(characteristics), (size_t)*(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer);
 	memcpy(&characteristics, info->buffer.pointer, size);
 
 	atif->backlight_caps.caps_valid = true;
@@ -422,24 +428,18 @@ static int amdgpu_atif_get_sbios_requests(struct amdgpu_atif *atif,
 	int count = 0;
 
 	info = amdgpu_atif_call(atif, ATIF_FUNCTION_GET_SYSTEM_BIOS_REQUESTS,
-				NULL);
+				NULL, sizeof(*req));
 	if (!info)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	size = *(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer;
-	if (size < 0xd) {
-		count = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
 	memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req));
 
-	size = min(sizeof(*req), size);
+	size = min(sizeof(*req), (size_t)*(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer);
 	memcpy(req, info->buffer.pointer, size);
 	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("SBIOS pending requests: %#x\n", req->pending);
 
 	count = hweight32(req->pending);
 
-out:
 	kfree(info);
 	return count;
 }
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amdgpu: Add checks to vbios fetch through ATRM

[Sasha Levin]

From: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 8c3fcfc14fc1320a1155acb2dd7656fce7003bc0 ]

Check if a valid buffer object is returned after ATRM call. Also, match
the buffer length against requested size before copying.

Signed-off-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This 6.18.53 tree still copies an untrusted ATRM ACPI buffer with no
type or length check, which is a real heap overflow / NULL-deref during
dGPU probe. The patch is a small, self-contained memory-safety fix and
belongs in this tree.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE
Record: [drm/amdgpu] [Add] [checks on ATRM ACPI return before copying
VBIOS data]
Subsystem prefix `drm/amdgpu`. Verb is “Add checks,” which here means
adding missing validation, not a feature.

Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS
Record:
- Signed-off-by: Lijo Lazar \<lijo.lazar@amd.com\> (author)
- Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher \<alexander.deucher@amd.com\> (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher \<alexander.deucher@amd.com\>
- No Fixes:, Reported-by, Tested-by, Link:, or Cc: stable (absence
  expected)
- Ignore pipeline-added “Upstream commit …” and “Signed-off-by: Sasha
  Levin”

Notable: maintainer Reviewed-by + SOB. No fuzzer or user crash report.

Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT
Record:
- Bug: ATRM ACPI evaluation result used without checking it is a buffer,
  and without capping copy size to the requested length.
- Symptom: NULL deref if `buffer.pointer` is NULL; type-confused access
  if the object is not `ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER`; `memcpy` of firmware-
  controlled `obj->buffer.length` into a 4 KiB slot of a 256 KiB
  kmalloc, i.e. heap overflow especially on the last 4 KiB page.
- Version info: none in the message. Code dates to amdgpu core (v4.2).
- Root cause (author): ATRM can return a non-buffer or oversized buffer;
  copy must be validated first.

Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES
Record: Yes. “Add checks” is defensive language for a memory-safety bug:
missing type check + unbounded memcpy from ACPI firmware data. Same
pattern as this author’s ATIF/ATPX buffer validation commits.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_bios.c` (+8 / -2)
- Function: `amdgpu_atrm_call()`
- Scope: single-function surgical fix

Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE
Record:
Before: after `acpi_evaluate_object` success, `obj = buffer.pointer`
then `memcpy(bios+offset, obj->buffer.pointer, obj->buffer.length)` and
`return obj->buffer.length`.
After: reject NULL or non-buffer objects (`kfree` + `-EINVAL`); `len =
min_t(size_t, obj->buffer.length, len)`; copy that many bytes; return
the capped length.
Path: dGPU VBIOS fetch via ATRM during probe (`amdgpu_atrm_get_bios` →
`amdgpu_get_bios_dgpu` → `amdgpu_get_bios`).

Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM
Record:
- Category: memory safety (NULL deref + out-of-bounds write) on an
  ACPI/firmware path.
- Mechanism: `union acpi_object` is type-tagged. Using `.buffer.length`
  / `.buffer.pointer` when type is INTEGER/PACKAGE/etc. reads the wrong
  union members. Even with a real buffer, firmware can return length \>
  requested 4096. Destination is `adev->bios` (`kmalloc(256*1024)`),
  `offset = i * 4096`. Last page (`i == 63`) overflow writes past the
  allocation.

Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY
Record:
- Obviously correct: type check is the standard ACPI pattern (ATIF
  already does `obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER`; nouveau `acpi_read_bios`
  already does `min(length, obj->buffer.length)`).
- Minimal; no unrelated churn; no API change.
- Regression risk low: well-behaved ATRM still copies ≤ requested size.
  Oversize/wrong-type now fails this chunk; caller already treats `ret <
  ATRM_BIOS_PAGE` as end-of-data and then `check_atom_bios()`. `-EINVAL`
  is `< 4096`, so the loop stops and BIOS validation fails instead of
  overflowing.
- Remaining gap (not a reason to reject): no check that
  `obj->buffer.pointer` is non-NULL when type is BUFFER; ACPI normally
  provides one. ACPI_FAILURE path still does not `kfree` (pre-existing).

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES
Record: Unchecked `memcpy` comes from `d38ceaf99ed015` (“drm/amdgpu: add
core driver (v4)”, 2015-04-20), first in v4.2-rc1. Present for the
entire life of amdgpu, including this 6.18 tree.

Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG
Record: No Fixes: tag. Introducer is the original amdgpu core commit,
which is in this tree.

Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES
Record: Recent `amdgpu_bios.c` work is VBIOS source selection (ROM BAR,
VFCT, shadow ROM), not ATRM copy logic. ATRM skip for removable devices
is `432e664e7c98c`. This patch is standalone, not “X/Y”. Sibling
hardening (not prerequisites): `c8373721c3e54` ATIF buffer validation,
`9d367fab451d9` ATPX buffer validation (same author, May 2026). No
follow-ups on this file after the candidate.

Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS
Record: Lijo Lazar is a regular AMD amdgpu contributor. Same-era ACPI
object validation: ATIF and ATPX. Maintainer Alex Deucher reviewed.

Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS
Record: None. Uses existing `acpi_evaluate_object`, `ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER`,
`min_t`, `memcpy`. `git diff v6.18.53 <candidate> -- amdgpu_bios.c` is
exactly this hunk. Applies standalone.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 8c3fcfc14fc1320a1155acb2dd7656fce7003bc0` →
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260615053911.59876-1-lijo.lazar@amd.com
- `b4 dig -a`: v1 only, 2026-06-15, no later revisions.
- Thread: patch from Lijo Lazar; Alex Deucher Reviewed-by. No NAK, no
  stable nomination, no risk flags.
- lore.kernel.org WebFetch returned 403; thread recovered via `b4 dig
  -m`.

Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH
Record (`b4 dig -w`): To/Cc Lijo Lazar, amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org,
Hawking Zhang, Alexander Deucher, Asad Kamal, Candice Li. Subsystem
maintainer reviewed.

Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT
Record: No Reported-by / Link. No public crash report found. Bug is from
code inspection of untrusted ACPI length.

Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES
Record: Standalone v1. Related ATIF/ATPX validation patches are
independent files (`amdgpu_acpi.c`, `amdgpu_atpx_handler.c`). radeon
`radeon_atrm_call()` still has the old memcpy (separate driver; not
required for this backport).

Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable WebFetch 403. `b4 dig` showed only amd-
gfx. No evidence this was rejected for stable. Absence of prior stable
discussion is not a negative.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF
Record: `amdgpu_atrm_call()` only.

Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS
Record:
- `amdgpu_atrm_call` ← `amdgpu_atrm_get_bios` (CONFIG_ACPI)
- `amdgpu_atrm_get_bios` ← `amdgpu_get_bios_dgpu`
- `amdgpu_get_bios_dgpu` ← `amdgpu_get_bios` (non-APU)
- `amdgpu_get_bios` ← `amdgpu_device.c` during COMMON IP `early_init` /
  device init
Context: process context, driver probe, hybrid/PX dGPU laptops. Not IRQ.
Userspace cannot call it directly; it runs when amdgpu binds.

Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES
Record: `acpi_evaluate_object`, `acpi_format_exception`, `memcpy`,
`kfree`, `min_t`, `DRM_ERROR`. ACPI allocates with
`ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER`.

Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN
Record: Reachable on boot/module load for discrete AMD GPUs on PX
platforms with an ATRM ACPI method (on-platform only; removable devices
skipped). Failure of ATRM can make `amdgpu_get_bios()` fail and probe
return `-EINVAL` unless VBIOS is optional. Heap overflow is reachable
whenever ATRM returns a too-large buffer.

Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS
Record: Same unfixed pattern in `drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_bios.c`.
Nouveau already caps length. ATIF/ATPX in amdgpu already validate
type/length. Systematic ACPI-buffer issue; this commit fixes amdgpu ATRM
only.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?
Record: Yes. Local tree is 6.18.53 (`git describe HEAD` →
`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`, `VERSION=6 PATCHLEVEL=18 SUBLEVEL=53`).
`v6.18.53:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_bios.c` still has:
```
memcpy(bios+offset, obj->buffer.pointer, obj->buffer.length);
```
Bug since v4.2 (`d38ceaf99ed015`).

Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS
Record: Clean apply. Diff vs v6.18.53 is only this hunk. Surrounding
`amdgpu_atrm_call` matches the patch context.

Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE
Record: No other ATRM copy-size fix in this tree. ATIF/ATPX validation
does not cover ATRM.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY
Record: [drm/amdgpu VBIOS/ACPI] [IMPORTANT] — not mm/core, but a widely
used GPU driver; probe-time heap overflow can oops or corrupt kernel
memory.

Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY
Record: amdgpu is actively developed; this ATRM helper has been
unchanged since 2015 aside from log-string tweaks. Long-lived bug, not a
new-code issue.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED
Record: Driver-specific: discrete AMD GPUs on hybrid/PX systems with
ATRM (typical laptop mux). CONFIG_ACPI. Not APUs (`amdgpu_get_bios_apu`
does not call ATRM). Still a real, common laptop class.

Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Record: Device probe when ATRM is present. Unprivileged users do not
invoke it directly; broken/malicious ACPI (buggy laptop firmware, or
attacker-controlled tables in some virt setups) can trigger overflow.
Well-behaved 4 KiB ATRM responses are unaffected.

Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY
Record: Kernel heap out-of-bounds write and/or NULL deref oops during
GPU init. Severity HIGH (crash; potential memory corruption). Not a
guaranteed panic on every AMD system.

Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO
Record:
- Benefit: HIGH for ATRM systems — prevents overflow/oops; zero behavior
  change for correct firmware.
- Risk: VERY LOW — 8 lines, error-path + bounds cap, maintainer-
  reviewed.
- Ratio: strongly favors backport.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE
FOR:
- Unbounded `memcpy` from ACPI-controlled length into a fixed kmalloc
  (heap OOB).
- Missing type check → type-confused union access / NULL deref.
- Present in this 6.18.y tree since amdgpu introduction (v4.2).
- Small, obviously correct, applies cleanly.
- Maintainer Reviewed-by.
- Same class as ATIF/ATPX ACPI buffer validation.

AGAINST:
- No user/syzbot report; described as “add checks.”
- Only hybrid/PX ATRM path, not all amdgpu users.
- radeon sibling left unfixed (out of scope).

UNRESOLVED:
- Could not fetch lore/stable HTML (403); mbox via b4 was sufficient.
- No public reproducer; overflow depends on ATRM returning a bad object
  (verified in code, not in a crash log).

Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST
1. Obviously correct and tested? PASS — type check + min length;
   maintainer review; caller already handles short reads.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? PASS — firmware-supplied length
   used as memcpy size on a real probe path.
3. Important issue? PASS — heap overflow / oops, HIGH.
4. Small and contained? PASS — one function, +8/-2.
5. No new features or APIs? PASS.
6. Can apply to the local tree? PASS — identical context on v6.18.53.

Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES
Record: None (not a device ID/quirk/DT/build/doc exception). Qualifies
as a normal memory-safety bug fix.

Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION
YES. This tree still has the unchecked ATRM copy. The patch is a
contained, high-value memory-safety fix with negligible regression risk.

===============================================================
What the commit solves for this tree
===============================================================

`amdgpu_atrm_call()` fetches VBIOS in 4 KiB ATRM pages into a 256 KiB
buffer. Before this change it memcpy’d `obj->buffer.length` with no
check that ACPI returned a buffer or that length ≤ 4096. Bad firmware
(wrong type or oversized buffer) can NULL-deref or smash the heap during
amdgpu probe on PX laptops. The fix rejects invalid objects and caps the
copy. That matches stable rules: real bug, important, small, no new API,
clean apply to 6.18.53.

Risk vs benefit: benefit is preventing overflow/oops; risk is a tighter
copy that only changes broken ATRM responses. No prerequisites.

===============================================================
Verification
===============================================================
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: author Lijo Lazar; Reviewed-by/SOB Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable.
- [Phase 2] Diff: `amdgpu_atrm_call()` +8/-2; type check + `min_t`
  before memcpy.
- [Phase 2] Pre-fix at `e0d5ff3ff014b^` and at `v6.18.53`: raw memcpy of
  `obj->buffer.length`.
- [Phase 2] `union acpi_object` in `include/acpi/actypes.h`: INTEGER vs
  BUFFER overlay confirms type confusion.
- [Phase 2] Caller loop: `ATRM_BIOS_PAGE` 4096, `size` 256*1024; last
  chunk overflow is past kmalloc.
- [Phase 3] `git blame` on parent: `d38ceaf99ed015` (2015), `git
  describe --contains` → v4.2-rc1.
- [Phase 3] No Fixes: tag; introducer is in this tree.
- [Phase 3] ATIF/ATPX validation commits are sibling files, not
  prerequisites.
- [Phase 3] `git log e0d5ff3ff014b..HEAD -- amdgpu_bios.c`: no follow-
  ups.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 8c3fcfc14fc1…`: lore msgid
  20260615053911.59876-1-lijo.lazar@amd.com.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: v1 only.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: amd-gfx + Deucher/Zhang/Kamal/Li.
- [Phase 4] mbox: Deucher Reviewed-by; no NAK.
- [Phase 4] WebFetch lore/stable: 403; treated as UNVERIFIED for HTML,
  covered by b4 mbox.
- [Phase 5] Callers: `amdgpu_atrm_get_bios` → `amdgpu_get_bios_dgpu` →
  `amdgpu_get_bios` → `amdgpu_device.c` probe.
- [Phase 5] radeon still unfixed; nouveau already mins length.
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD`: v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb; `make
  kernelversion` 6.18.53.
- [Phase 6] `git diff v6.18.53 <candidate> -- amdgpu_bios.c`: this hunk
  only → clean apply.
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: heap OOB / NULL deref on ATRM probe, HIGH.
- UNVERIFIED: live ATRM firmware that returns oversized buffers (no
  crash report); stable-list HTML search (403).

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_bios.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_bios.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_bios.c
index dec312b0f3b0a..f28dec3630de5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_bios.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_bios.c
@@ -280,8 +280,14 @@ static int amdgpu_atrm_call(acpi_handle atrm_handle, uint8_t *bios,
 	}
 
 	obj = (union acpi_object *)buffer.pointer;
-	memcpy(bios+offset, obj->buffer.pointer, obj->buffer.length);
-	len = obj->buffer.length;
+	if (!obj || obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
+		DRM_ERROR("ATRM returned an invalid object\n");
+		kfree(buffer.pointer);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	len = min_t(size_t, obj->buffer.length, len);
+	memcpy(bios+offset, obj->buffer.pointer, len);
 	kfree(buffer.pointer);
 	return len;
 }
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amd/pm: derive stable PPT limits from PPTable

[Sasha Levin]

From: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 25f4a46b0c8acd77c9065b50a1fe48af27d91fdf ]

GetPptLimit reports mutable PMFW runtime state. Using that value for
static capabilities causes two externally visible problems:

- A userspace override changes the default reported through hwmon.
- A firmware reset changes the advertised minimum or maximum range.

Derive platform defaults and supported ranges from the driver PPTable
for Sienna Cichlid, Navi10, Arcturus, and Aldebaran. Reserve PMFW queries
for the effective current limit.

Runtime policy can no longer redefine immutable platform capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Kenneth Feng <kenneth.feng@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have enough from the local 6.12 tree, the sibling SMU13/SMU14
backports, and the series context to decide. The remaining lore lookups
failed with 403, so those are marked unverified.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE
Record: [drm/amd/pm] [derive] [source immutable PPT default/min/max from
the driver PPTable instead of PMFW GetPptLimit]

Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS
Record:
- Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com> (author)
- Reviewed-by: Kenneth Feng <kenneth.feng@amd.com> (AMD PM reviewer)
- Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com> (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- No Fixes:, Reported-by, Tested-by, Link:, or Cc: stable (absence
  expected)
- Ignore Sasha Levin SOB if present (pipeline)

Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT
Record:
- Bug: GetPptLimit returns mutable PMFW runtime state, but the driver
  used that one value for current, default, min, and max.
- Symptoms: (1) a userspace power-cap override changes the default shown
  in hwmon; (2) a firmware/GPU reset changes the advertised min/max
  range.
- Failure mode: hwmon `power1_cap_default` / `power1_cap_max` /
  `power1_cap_min` stop being immutable platform capabilities. After
  reset, `smu_set_power_limit()` can reject a previously valid TDP
  because max was recomputed from the runtime value.
- Root cause: static capabilities were taken from PMFW instead of
  PPTable.
- Version info: none in the message. Upstream SHA from drm.git is
  `25f4a46b0c8acd77c9065b50a1fe48af27d91fdf` (author 2026-07-30,
  committed 2026-08-06).

Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES
Record: Not a disguised cleanup. It is an explicit correctness fix.
Navi10/Sienna also start using AC vs DC PPTable entries, matching the
SMU13 pattern already in this tree.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES
Record:
- `arcturus_ppt.c` `arcturus_get_power_limit`: ~+12/-11
- `navi10_ppt.c` `navi10_get_power_limit`: ~+16/-12
- `sienna_cichlid_ppt.c` `sienna_cichlid_get_power_limit`: ~+16/-12
- `aldebaran_ppt.c` `aldebaran_get_power_limit`: ~+6/-2
- Scope: four ASIC PPT backends, one function each. Surgical, not a
  cross-subsystem refactor.

Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE
Record:
- Before: query GetPptLimit into `power_limit`; on failure fall back to
  PPTable; assign that same value to current, default, and (for
  Navi/Sienna) the OD min/max base.
- After: default/min/max come from PPTable (Navi/Sienna: AC or DC by
  `adev->pm.ac_power`). GetPptLimit is used only for current; on query
  failure current falls back to default.
- Arcturus: max becomes the PPTable default; min stays 0 (already true
  in this tree from `08e5f8e1a24fb`).
- Aldebaran: max already came from `pptable->PptLimit`; default now does
  too, instead of the GetPptLimit result.
- Path: init via `smu_late_init()` → `smu_get_asic_power_limits()`, and
  GPU reset via `smu_reset()` which re-runs late_init. Also used when
  Sienna/Aldebaran re-query current.

Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM
Record: [Logic / correctness] Using a mutable firmware PPT as the
immutable hwmon default/range. Fix: PPTable owns capabilities; PMFW owns
current.

Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY
Record: Obviously correct and matches `smu_v13_0_0_get_power_limit()` /
`smu_v14_0_2_get_power_limit()` already in this tree. Minimal.
Regression risk is low: Navi/Sienna now pick DC limits on battery, which
is the same rule SMU13 already uses here. Desktop `ac_power` is normally
true, so those cards keep AC limits. No API or locking changes.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES
Record: The GetPptLimit-as-everything pattern dates to `1e239fdd31cdf1`
(Evan Quan, 2020-06-08, “maximize code sharing around power limit”).
Min/max pointer args came from `1958946858a62b` (Ma Jun, 2023-10-12).
Present since well before 6.12.

Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG
Record: No Fixes: tag. The real ancestor is the 2020 GetPptLimit
sharing, which is in this tree.

Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES
Record:
- `08e5f8e1a24fb` already in this tree: Arcturus min=0 (Cc: stable).
  This patch keeps that.
- `b3498e00aff57` “fix smu13 power limit default/cap calculation” (Yang
  Wang, Cc: stable, in v6.12.94): same bug on SMU13.
- `b3adc697752b9` follow-up SMU13 range fix (Cc: stable, Closes gitlab
  5419).
- `a322d276f3d10` SMU14 range fix (Cc: stable).
- This candidate is the remaining SMU11/Aldebaran analog; not already
  applied (`git merge-base --is-ancestor 25f4a46b0c8acd HEAD` failed).

Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS
Record: Yang Wang is a regular amd/pm contributor in this tree
(SMU13/SMU14 power-limit fixes, pptable UAF, metrics). Kenneth Feng
reviewed those as well.

Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS
Record: Standalone. No new helpers. `SocketPowerLimitDc`,
`GET_PPTABLE_MEMBER`, and `adev->pm.ac_power` already exist here. Later
drm-next-7.3 series (refactor by controller, OD percentage,
save/restore, restore after reset) is a large follow-on and is not
required for this hunk.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 25f4a46b0c8acd77c9065b50a1fe48af27d91fdf`: lore.kernel.org
  returned server error; no match.
- lore.kernel.org WebFetch: 403.
- drm.git commit page confirms SHA, author, reviewer, committer.
- amd-gfx July 2026: related 4-patch “refactor PPT limit runtime policy”
  (Kenneth Feng reviewed). “derive stable PPT limits from PPTable” is
  listed first among Yang Wang’s five commits in the amd-drm-next-7.3
  pull (mail-archive).
- UNVERIFIED: full review thread / NAKs / explicit Cc: stable for this
  exact patch (lore 403).

Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH
Record: Kenneth Feng Reviewed-by; Alex Deucher signed off. Recipients
from `b4 dig -w` unverified.

Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT
Record: No Reported-by on this commit. Sibling SMU13 fix closed
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/work_items/5227 (WebFetch 403;
title/body unverified). Follow-up closed work item 5419.

Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES
Record: First of five PPT commits in amd-drm-next-7.3. Later four are a
large policy refactor. This patch is self-contained.

Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY
Record: UNVERIFIED for this SHA (lore 403). The same class of fix for
SMU13/SMU14 already landed in this 6.12 tree with Cc: stable.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF
Record: `arcturus_get_power_limit`, `navi10_get_power_limit`,
`sienna_cichlid_get_power_limit`, `aldebaran_get_power_limit`.

Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS
Record: Registered as `.get_power_limit` in each ppt_funcs table.
Invoked via `smu_get_asic_power_limits()` from:
- `smu_late_init()` (boot and `smu_reset()`), filling
  `smu->{current,default,max,min}_power_limit`
- `smu_get_power_limit()` for CURRENT on Sienna-family (11.0.7/11/12/13)
  and Aldebaran (13.0.2)
Hwmon `power1_cap{,_default,_max,_min}` goes
`amdgpu_hwmon_show_power_cap_*` → `amdgpu_dpm_get_power_limit` →
`smu_get_power_limit`. Sets are range-checked against cached
`max_power_limit`/`min_power_limit` in `smu_set_power_limit()`.

Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES
Record: `smu_v11_0_get_current_power_limit()` /
`smu_cmn_send_smc_msg(SMU_MSG_GetPptLimit)` for current only; PPTable
fields for defaults.

Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN
Record: Userspace-reachable via hwmon sysfs (typically root). GPU reset
/ late_init also refresh the caches. Reachable on Navi10 (RX 5700),
Sienna (RX 6800/6900, 6000M), Arcturus (MI100), Aldebaran (MI200).

Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS
Record: SMU13 (`smu_v13_0_0`, `smu_v13_0_7`) and SMU14 (`smu_v14_0_2`)
already use PPTable + AC/DC for default/min/max in this tree. These four
backends were the leftover GetPptLimit-for-everything copies.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?
Record: Yes. Local tree is **pending-6.12 / 6.12.111**
(`p-6.12-3-g88406e77611c6`). The four `*_get_power_limit` functions
match the patch “before” side. Bug introduced ~2020 (`1e239fdd31cdf1`),
long before 6.12.

Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS
Record: Clean apply expected. Navi10 context below the hunk differs
(`MAX_PCIE_CONF` vs `NUM_LINK_LEVELS`) but that is outside this
function. Arcturus min=0 already present.

Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE
Record: SMU13/SMU14 analogs are here; these four ASICs are not. No
earlier version of this exact change.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY
Record: [drm/amd/pm SWSMU] [IMPORTANT] — common AMD dGPU/instinct power
management, not core mm/net, but widely used hardware.

Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY
Record: Actively maintained; recent 6.12.y already took SMU13/SMU14
power-limit correctness fixes from the same author.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED
Record: Driver-specific: Navi10/Navi14, Sienna Cichlid family, Arcturus,
Aldebaran. Anyone using hwmon power cap (LACT, CoreCtrl, scripts) or
hitting GPU reset.

Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Record:
- Always at `smu_late_init` if PMFW current ≠ PPTable default (boot
  power source / firmware policy).
- GPU reset (`smu_reset` → late_init) refreshes default/max/min from
  GetPptLimit, so a runtime policy or leftover firmware value rewrites
  advertised range.
- In this 6.12 tree, DEFAULT/MAX/MIN hwmon reads use the cache, so a
  live userspace write to `power1_cap` does not immediately rewrite
  `power1_cap_default` unless late_init/reset re-runs. The commit’s
  first symptom is therefore mainly boot/reset, not every write. Still a
  real bug.
- Trigger is privileged sysfs or reset, not an unprivileged crash
  primitive.

Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY
Record: Incorrect hwmon capabilities; after reset,
`smu_set_power_limit()` can reject a previously legal TDP because max
was derived from the runtime PPT. No oops/UAF/corruption. Severity:
MEDIUM (functional / ABI), same class already accepted for this tree on
SMU13.

Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO
Record: Benefit medium-high for affected GPUs (correct caps, no trapped
range after reset). Risk low (~40 net lines, four isolated functions,
established pattern). Ratio favors backport.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE
FOR:
- Real bug: mutable PMFW state used as immutable hwmon default/min/max.
- After GPU reset, cached max/min can shrink and block restoring the
  platform TDP.
- Same class already backported to this 6.12 tree for SMU13/SMU14
  (`b3498e00aff57`, `b3adc697752b9`, `a322d276f3d10`), all Cc: stable.
- Small, obviously correct, no new APIs.
- Buggy code is in this tree; patch applies cleanly.
- Reviewed by Kenneth Feng, signed off by Alex Deucher.

AGAINST:
- Not a crash, security hole, or data corruption.
- First of a later 5-commit PPT series; later patches are large
  refactors (do not take those).
- Navi/Sienna AC/DC selection is extra vs the old always-AC fallback
  (same as already-stable SMU13).
- No Fixes:/Reported-by on this commit; lore thread unverified.

UNRESOLVED:
- Full amd-gfx review text / NAKs (lore 403, b4 failed).
- GitLab 5227 details (403).

Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST
1. Obviously correct and tested? PASS — matches SMU13/14 in this tree;
   AMD reviewer + maintainer.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? PASS — wrong hwmon caps; reset
   can trap the power range.
3. Important issue? PASS — not a panic, but the same issue was already
   treated as stable-worthy here for newer ASICs; user-visible PM/sysfs
   breakage on common GPUs.
4. Small and contained? PASS — four functions, ~70 lines.
5. No new features or APIs? PASS — corrects existing hwmon values; AC/DC
   uses existing PPTable fields.
6. Can apply to the local tree? PASS — buggy code present; clean apply
   expected.

Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES
Record: None of the automatic exceptions (device ID / quirk / DT / build
/ docs). Qualifies as a normal small correctness fix.

Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION
This should be backported to this 6.12 tree. It is the leftover
SMU11/Aldebaran half of a power-cap reporting bug whose SMU13/SMU14 half
is already in 6.12.y. Do not pull the later PPT refactor series with it.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: author Yang Wang, Reviewed-by Kenneth Feng, SOB
  Alex Deucher; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc stable
- [Phase 1] drm.git SHA 25f4a46b0c8acd77c9065b50a1fe48af27d91fdf
  confirmed via search snippet
- [Phase 2] Diff: four `*_get_power_limit` functions; PPTable for
  default/min/max, GetPptLimit only for current
- [Phase 3] git describe HEAD: p-6.12-3-g88406e77611c6; make
  kernelversion 6.12.111
- [Phase 3] git merge-base --is-ancestor 25f4a46b0c8acd HEAD: not an
  ancestor (not in this tree)
- [Phase 3] git blame: GetPptLimit pattern from 1e239fdd31cdf1 (2020);
  still present in all four files
- [Phase 3] Related stable commits in this tree: b3498e00aff57
  (v6.12.94), b3adc697752b9, a322d276f3d10, 08e5f8e1a24fb
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -c 25f4a46b0c8acd: lore server error, no match
- [Phase 4] lore WebFetch 403; gitlab 5227 403
- [Phase 4] amd-gfx July 2026: 4-patch PPT refactor series by same
  author; drm-next-7.3 pull lists this commit first of five
- [Phase 5] Callers: smu_late_init, smu_reset, smu_get_power_limit,
  hwmon power1_cap*; range check in smu_set_power_limit
- [Phase 5] SMU13/SMU14 in this tree already implement the post-fix
  pattern
- [Phase 6] Read all four local functions: match the patch “before” side
- [Phase 6] GET_PPTABLE_MEMBER and SocketPowerLimitDc exist for Sienna
  and Beige Goby
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: wrong hwmon caps / possible -EINVAL on set
  after reset; not oops
- UNVERIFIED: original lore discussion, NAKs, gitlab 5227 body, whether
  SocketPowerLimitDc is zero on any Navi10 mobile SKU

This is a small, already-reviewed correction of hwmon PPT
default/min/max on GPUs that still use GetPptLimit for those values. The
same bug was already backported on SMU13/SMU14 in this 6.12 tree, the
code is present, and the follow-on refactor series is not required.

**YES**

 .../gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/arcturus_ppt.c | 25 ++++++++-------
 .../gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/navi10_ppt.c   | 32 +++++++++++--------
 .../amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/sienna_cichlid_ppt.c   | 28 +++++++++-------
 .../drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/aldebaran_ppt.c    |  8 +++--
 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/arcturus_ppt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/arcturus_ppt.c
index 4fff78da81ff8..2b2d3c3aa20ba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/arcturus_ppt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/arcturus_ppt.c
@@ -1329,24 +1329,25 @@ static int arcturus_get_power_limit(struct smu_context *smu,
 					uint32_t *min_power_limit)
 {
 	PPTable_t *pptable = smu->smu_table.driver_pptable;
-	uint32_t power_limit;
+	uint32_t current_limit, default_limit;
 
-	if (smu_v11_0_get_current_power_limit(smu, &power_limit)) {
-		/* the last hope to figure out the ppt limit */
-		if (!pptable) {
-			dev_err(smu->adev->dev, "Cannot get PPT limit due to pptable missing!");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-		power_limit =
-			pptable->SocketPowerLimitAc[PPT_THROTTLER_PPT0];
+	if (!pptable) {
+		dev_err(smu->adev->dev,
+			"Cannot get PPT limit due to pptable missing!");
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	default_limit = pptable->SocketPowerLimitAc[PPT_THROTTLER_PPT0];
+
+	if (smu_v11_0_get_current_power_limit(smu, &current_limit))
+		current_limit = default_limit;
+
 	if (current_power_limit)
-		*current_power_limit = power_limit;
+		*current_power_limit = current_limit;
 	if (default_power_limit)
-		*default_power_limit = power_limit;
+		*default_power_limit = default_limit;
 	if (max_power_limit)
-		*max_power_limit = power_limit;
+		*max_power_limit = default_limit;
 	/*
 	 * No lower bound is imposed on the limit. Any unreasonable limit set
 	 * will result in frequent throttling.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/navi10_ppt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/navi10_ppt.c
index a2fcf678182b4..4737ceb2a5434 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/navi10_ppt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/navi10_ppt.c
@@ -2393,22 +2393,26 @@ static int navi10_get_power_limit(struct smu_context *smu,
 		(struct smu_11_0_powerplay_table *)smu->smu_table.power_play_table;
 	struct smu_11_0_overdrive_table *od_settings = smu->od_settings;
 	PPTable_t *pptable = smu->smu_table.driver_pptable;
-	uint32_t power_limit, od_percent_upper = 0, od_percent_lower = 0;
+	uint32_t current_limit, default_limit;
+	uint32_t od_percent_upper = 0, od_percent_lower = 0;
 
-	if (smu_v11_0_get_current_power_limit(smu, &power_limit)) {
-		/* the last hope to figure out the ppt limit */
-		if (!pptable) {
-			dev_err(smu->adev->dev, "Cannot get PPT limit due to pptable missing!");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-		power_limit =
-			pptable->SocketPowerLimitAc[PPT_THROTTLER_PPT0];
+	if (!pptable) {
+		dev_err(smu->adev->dev,
+			"Cannot get PPT limit due to pptable missing!");
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	default_limit = smu->adev->pm.ac_power ?
+		pptable->SocketPowerLimitAc[PPT_THROTTLER_PPT0] :
+		pptable->SocketPowerLimitDc[PPT_THROTTLER_PPT0];
+
+	if (smu_v11_0_get_current_power_limit(smu, &current_limit))
+		current_limit = default_limit;
+
 	if (current_power_limit)
-		*current_power_limit = power_limit;
+		*current_power_limit = current_limit;
 	if (default_power_limit)
-		*default_power_limit = power_limit;
+		*default_power_limit = default_limit;
 
 	if (powerplay_table) {
 		if (smu->od_enabled &&
@@ -2422,15 +2426,15 @@ static int navi10_get_power_limit(struct smu_context *smu,
 	}
 
 	dev_dbg(smu->adev->dev, "od percent upper:%d, od percent lower:%d (default power: %d)\n",
-					od_percent_upper, od_percent_lower, power_limit);
+		 od_percent_upper, od_percent_lower, default_limit);
 
 	if (max_power_limit) {
-		*max_power_limit = power_limit * (100 + od_percent_upper);
+		*max_power_limit = default_limit * (100 + od_percent_upper);
 		*max_power_limit /= 100;
 	}
 
 	if (min_power_limit) {
-		*min_power_limit = power_limit * (100 - od_percent_lower);
+		*min_power_limit = default_limit * (100 - od_percent_lower);
 		*min_power_limit /= 100;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/sienna_cichlid_ppt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/sienna_cichlid_ppt.c
index 31c2c0386b1f9..d553c6fbab47c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/sienna_cichlid_ppt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/sienna_cichlid_ppt.c
@@ -632,20 +632,24 @@ static int sienna_cichlid_get_power_limit(struct smu_context *smu,
 	struct smu_11_0_7_powerplay_table *powerplay_table =
 		(struct smu_11_0_7_powerplay_table *)smu->smu_table.power_play_table;
 	struct smu_11_0_7_overdrive_table *od_settings = smu->od_settings;
-	uint32_t power_limit, od_percent_upper = 0, od_percent_lower = 0;
-	uint16_t *table_member;
+	uint32_t current_limit, default_limit;
+	uint32_t od_percent_upper = 0, od_percent_lower = 0;
+	u16 *power_limit_ac, *power_limit_dc;
 
-	GET_PPTABLE_MEMBER(SocketPowerLimitAc, &table_member);
+	GET_PPTABLE_MEMBER(SocketPowerLimitAc, &power_limit_ac);
+	GET_PPTABLE_MEMBER(SocketPowerLimitDc, &power_limit_dc);
 
-	if (smu_v11_0_get_current_power_limit(smu, &power_limit)) {
-		power_limit =
-			table_member[PPT_THROTTLER_PPT0];
-	}
+	default_limit = smu->adev->pm.ac_power ?
+		power_limit_ac[PPT_THROTTLER_PPT0] :
+		power_limit_dc[PPT_THROTTLER_PPT0];
+
+	if (smu_v11_0_get_current_power_limit(smu, &current_limit))
+		current_limit = default_limit;
 
 	if (current_power_limit)
-		*current_power_limit = power_limit;
+		*current_power_limit = current_limit;
 	if (default_power_limit)
-		*default_power_limit = power_limit;
+		*default_power_limit = default_limit;
 
 	if (powerplay_table) {
 		if (smu->od_enabled &&
@@ -659,15 +663,15 @@ static int sienna_cichlid_get_power_limit(struct smu_context *smu,
 	}
 
 	dev_dbg(smu->adev->dev, "od percent upper:%d, od percent lower:%d (default power: %d)\n",
-					od_percent_upper, od_percent_lower, power_limit);
+		 od_percent_upper, od_percent_lower, default_limit);
 
 	if (max_power_limit) {
-		*max_power_limit = power_limit * (100 + od_percent_upper);
+		*max_power_limit = default_limit * (100 + od_percent_upper);
 		*max_power_limit /= 100;
 	}
 
 	if (min_power_limit) {
-		*min_power_limit = power_limit * (100 - od_percent_lower);
+		*min_power_limit = default_limit * (100 - od_percent_lower);
 		*min_power_limit /= 100;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/aldebaran_ppt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/aldebaran_ppt.c
index 18d5d07045098..9e67e57d70b75 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/aldebaran_ppt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/aldebaran_ppt.c
@@ -1281,8 +1281,12 @@ static int aldebaran_get_power_limit(struct smu_context *smu,
 
 	if (current_power_limit)
 		*current_power_limit = power_limit;
-	if (default_power_limit)
-		*default_power_limit = power_limit;
+	if (default_power_limit) {
+		if (pptable)
+			*default_power_limit = pptable->PptLimit;
+		else
+			*default_power_limit = power_limit;
+	}
 
 	if (max_power_limit) {
 		if (pptable)
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] drm/msm/adreno: Add support for A704 GPU

[Sasha Levin]

From: Aditya Sherawat <asherawa@qti.qualcomm.com>

[ Upstream commit 1f69339da06255a7f8560b4768fff83992c03deb ]

Adreno A704 GPU found in Shikra is an IP reuse of A702 GPU with very
minimal changes. The only KMD facing difference is the chipid and the
zap firmware which is specified via devicetree.

Just add the new chipid to enable support for A704 GPU in Shikra.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Sherawat <asherawa@qti.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@oss.qualcomm.com>
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/738931/
Message-ID: <20260710-shikra-gpu-v6-1-b388ec5dce77@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local checkout is **Linux 7.3.0-rc4**
(`v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`). The commit is a one-line Adreno chip-id
add on the existing A702 catalog entry; that is the textbook device-ID
exception, so the rest of the write-up is the forensic checklist behind
a YES for this tree.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**

Record: **[drm/msm/adreno] [Add] [register Adreno A704 chipid on the
existing A702 catalog entry]**

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**

Record:
- **Fixes:** none (expected; this is new hardware ID enablement, not a
  regression fix)
- **Reported-by:** none
- **Tested-by:** none
- **Reviewed-by:** Konrad Dybcio `<konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>`
  (listed reviewer of the msm/adreno driver); Dmitry Baryshkov
  `<dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>` (msm display maintainer)
- **Acked-by:** none
- **Link:** none in the commit body; **Patchwork:**
  https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/738931/; **Message-ID:**
  `<20260710-shikra-gpu-v6-1-b388ec5dce77@oss.qualcomm.com>` (explicit
  **v6 1/7** of the Shikra GPU series)
- **Cc: stable:** none (expected)
- **Signed-off-by:** Aditya Sherawat (author); Akhil P Oommen
  (msm/adreno reviewer/maintainer, listed in MAINTAINERS); Rob Clark
  (DRM msm maintainer, committer)
- Pipeline markers such as `Upstream commit` / `Signed-off-by: Sasha
  Levin` were ignored per instructions; none were present on the git
  object itself

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**

Record:
- **Bug/problem:** Adreno A704 on Qualcomm **Shikra** is an IP reuse of
  A702. The kernel-facing difference is the chipid (`0x07000400` vs
  `0x07000200`); zap firmware is supplied via DT, not a new catalog
  firmware name.
- **Symptom:** without the chipid, `adreno_info()` does not match,
  `adreno_has_gpu()` warns `Unknown GPU revision` and returns false, and
  the GPU does not bind.
- **Version info:** none in the message. Git: commit is
  `1f69339da06255a7f8560b4768fff83992c03deb`, first contained in
  **v7.3-rc1**.
- **Root cause as stated:** missing catalog chipid; A704 is not a new
  GPU family.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**

Record: **Not a hidden bug fix.** The subject is honest new-hardware
enablement. It still qualifies under the **new device-ID** stable
exception (one ID on an already-supported driver), not as a
crash/UAF/leak fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**

Record:
- **File:** `drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c` — **1 insertion,
  1 deletion** (2 lines changed, 1 file)
- **Function/object:** `static const struct adreno_info a7xx_gpus[]` —
  first entry (A702)
- **Scope:** single-file surgical ID add

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**

Record:
- **Before:** that catalog entry matches only `chip_ids = {0x07000200,
  0}`.
- **After:** `{0x07000200, 0x07000400, 0}`.
- **Path:** GPU probe / `adreno_has_gpu()` → `find_chipid()` (DT
  compatible `qcom,adreno-07000400` or `qcom,chipid`) → `adreno_info()`
  walks `chip_ids[]`. A704 now returns the existing A702 `adreno_info`
  (same firmware `a702_sqe.fw`, same `a6xx_gmuwrapper_funcs`, same
  quirks). Systems without that chipid are unchanged.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**

Record: **[Hardware / device-ID enablement]** not UAF/leak/race.
Mechanism: catalog match table omitted `0x07000400`, so A704 never
bound. Fix: append the ID to the existing A702 row. Same pattern as
existing multi-id rows (e.g. A630 `0x06030001, 0x06030002`).

Verified detail: `adreno_is_a702()` compares `gpu->info->chip_ids[0] ==
0x07000200`. A702 remains first, so A704 still takes the A702 code paths
— consistent with “IP reuse”.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**

Record: **Obviously correct and minimal.** No API, locking, or struct-
layout change. Regression risk is **very low**: unknown chipids still
miss; only `0x07000400` newly matches, and it reuses the already-shipped
A702 programming. Zap firmware override remains DT `firmware-name`
(`adreno_gpu.c`).

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**

Record:
- Current line is this commit (`1f69339da06255`).
- Surrounding A702 entry comes from catalog split **`2e819c420e5b8`**
  (Rob Clark, 2024-06-18) and A702 support **`18397519cb622`**
  (“drm/msm/adreno: Add A702 support”), first contained in **v6.9-rc1**.
- A702 code has been in-tree for many releases; this is not last-month-
  only infrastructure.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**

Record: **No Fixes: tag.** N/A. There is no “introduced the bug” SHA;
the gap is a new chipid on existing IP.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**

Record:
- Immediate neighbors in `a6xx_catalog.c`: A810 support, A722 support,
  GBIF rename, A730 hwcg fix — unrelated GPU SKUs.
- **Series:** Message-ID is **v6 1/7** “drm/msm: Add support for Shikra
  GPU (A704)”. Rest of series: dt-binding `qcom,adreno-07000400`, SMMU
  binding, Shikra GPU/SMMU/cooling DT, EVK enable.
- Binding commit **`9479a45e5f59c`** is in this tree
  (`qcom,adreno-07000400` in `gpu.yaml`).
- This catalog patch is **standalone** as a match-table add; it does not
  call new helpers.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**

Record: Aditya Sherawat has this one msm/adreno commit in the path-
limited log. Submitted via **Akhil P Oommen** (MAINTAINERS reviewer for
Adreno) and merged by **Rob Clark**. Weight is from reviewer/maintainer
trailers, not author volume.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**

Record:
- Needs the A702 `a7xx_gpus[]` row and `ADRENO_CHIP_IDS()` — both
  present here.
- Does **not** need the rest of the 7-patch DT series to be correct or
  safe.
- Cover letter listed many Shikra SoC prerequisites; those apply to
  **board GPU bring-up**, not to appending a chipid.
- **Can apply standalone: yes.**

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**

Record:
- `b4 dig -c 1f69339da06255`: **[PATCH v6 1/7] drm/msm/adreno: Add
  support for A704 GPU** — https://patch.msgid.link/20260710-shikra-
  gpu-v6-1-b388ec5dce77@oss.qualcomm.com
- `b4 dig -a`: v1 (2026-06-09, 2 patches, bindings-first) through **v6
  (2026-07-10, 7 patches)**. Applied version is latest (v6).
- Cover letter (v5 mbox, same change-id): A704 is A702 reuse; Mesa
  already merged
  (gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/41762). DT bits
  added from v3.
- Reviews on this patch: R-b Konrad, R-b Dmitry. **No NAK** on the
  chipid patch. Dmitry’s only v5 comment was parsing of the **GPU
  cooling DT** commit (patch 6), unrelated to the chipid.
- **No reviewer Cc: stable** on this patch.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**

Record (`b4 dig -w`): To/Cc included Rob Clark, Konrad Dybcio, Dmitry
Baryshkov, Akhil P Oommen, linux-arm-msm, dri-devel, freedreno, DT list.
Right maintainers and lists.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**

Record: **No syzbot/bugzilla/user crash.** Intent is enablement of
Shikra A704, not a fuzzer bug. Cover letter is the “report”.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**

Record: 7-patch Shikra GPU series. This commit is **1/7** and is the
only KMD catalog change. Later patches are bindings/DT. Not a “2/3 logic
fix that is incomplete alone”.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**

Record: `https://lore.kernel.org/stable/?q=A704+adreno` → **[No results
found]**. No stable request and no documented rejection.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**

Record: No function body edited. Data: `a7xx_gpus[]`. Consumers:
`adreno_info()`, `adreno_has_gpu()`, `adreno_bind()`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**

Record:
- `adreno_info()`: used from `adreno_has_gpu()` and `adreno_bind()`.
- `adreno_has_gpu()` / bind: OF GPU device probe (drm/msm), not a
  syscall-hot path.
- Context: platform probe, process context.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**

Record: After match, `info->funcs->init` is existing
`&a6xx_gmuwrapper_funcs`. No new callees.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**

Record: userspace cannot invent a chipid; DT/firmware describes the GPU.
Reachable on Shikra (or any board with `qcom,adreno-07000400`). **Not**
a universal mm/fs path. Without a GPU node the new ID is inert.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**

Record: Multiple `ADRENO_CHIP_IDS(id1, id2)` rows already exist (A630
and others). This is the standard alias-SKU pattern.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**

Record:
- Tree: **7.3.0-rc4** (mainline -rc, `HEAD` `f0100363d8c37`).
- `a6xx_catalog.c` A702 row exists; **this commit is already an ancestor
  of HEAD** (`git merge-base --is-ancestor 1f69339da06255 HEAD` → yes).
  Current source already has `ADRENO_CHIP_IDS(0x07000200, 0x07000400)`.
- A702 support: **v6.9-rc1**; catalog file since **`2e819c420e5b8`**.
- Missing-id problem is real for any 7.3-based kernel that lacked this
  SHA; this checkout already contains the ID.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**

Record: **Clean apply** onto the A702 row in this tree (already
applied). No conflicting hunk. `a6xx_gmuwrapper_funcs` is present
(`491fadb2b818e`).

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**

Record: Binding `9479a45e5f59c` is here. Shikra `shikra.dtsi` has GPUCC
but **no `gpu@` / `qcom,adreno-07000400` node** in this checkout — DT
enablement from later series patches is incomplete here, which does
**not** make the chipid harmful.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**

Record: **drm/msm/adreno** (Qualcomm GPU). **IMPORTANT** for MSM/Adreno
devices, not core mm/vfs. Peripheral relative to the whole kernel;
important for Shikra and any other A704 SKU.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**

Record: **Active** — recent catalog churn (A810, A722, A840, X2-85).
Maintained by Rob Clark / Akhil / Konrad. Mature A702 path since v6.9;
this ID rides that path.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**

Record: **driver/platform-specific** — Adreno A704 / Shikra. No effect
on other GPUs. `CONFIG_DRM_MSM` users only.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**

Record: Probe of a GPU node whose parsed chipid is `0x07000400`. Common
on that SoC, never on others. Unprivileged users do not trigger a new
attack surface; they only get a working GPU after bind.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**

Record: Without the ID: GPU not recognized, no bind, no display/compute
on that SoC — **not** panic/UAF. **Severity: MEDIUM for those devices**
(hardware dead), **LOW for everyone else**. Device-ID exception treats
that as backport-worthy enablement.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**

Record:
- **Benefit:** A704/Shikra GPU can bind using the already-supported A702
  path; Mesa support already exists per cover letter.
- **Risk:** very low (1-token ID, existing row, no hot-path/locking).
- **Ratio:** high benefit for that hardware, negligible risk.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

**FOR:**
- Classic **new device ID** on an existing driver (A702 since v6.9).
- One-line, obviously correct; A704 is documented IP reuse of A702.
- Matching already supports multiple `chip_ids`; A702 stays
  `chip_ids[0]` so `adreno_is_a702()` still works.
- Reviewed by Konrad Dybcio and Dmitry Baryshkov; signed off by Akhil P
  Oommen; merged by Rob Clark.
- Inert on machines without chipid `0x07000400`.
- Local tree has the A702 catalog row, macros, and probe path; patch
  applies (and is already in 7.3-rc1+).

**AGAINST:**
- Not a crash/security/corruption fix; it is new SKU enablement.
- Part of a 7-patch Shikra GPU series (DT still incomplete in this dts).
- No syzbot/user crash, no Cc: stable, no stable@ discussion.
- Author is not a high-volume subsystem regular (mitigated by maintainer
  R-b/SOB).

**UNRESOLVED:**
- lore HTML for the v6 thread was 403 via WebFetch; discussion was
  recovered via `b4 dig` + mbox (v5 thread saved; v6 is the applied
  revision with the same chipid hunk).
- Whether every Shikra EVK DT patch is in 7.3-rc4: GPU node not found in
  `shikra*.dts*`; does not change chipid safety.

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**

1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — one ID, two msm maintainers
   R-b, merged by drm/msm maintainer; Mesa noted as already merged.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** (via device-ID
   exception) — without the ID, A704 never matches and the GPU does not
   probe.
3. Important issue (crash, security, corruption, deadlock)? **PASS**
   under the **new device-ID exception**, not as a critical memory-
   safety fix. Severity for A704 owners is missing GPU, not oops.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 1 file, +1/-1.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS** — no new uAPI/driver; only a chipid
   alias on existing A702 code.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — A702 row and
   `ADRENO_CHIP_IDS` exist; commit is already in this 7.3-rc4 history.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**

Record: **NEW DEVICE ID on an existing driver** (Adreno catalog chipid ≡
PCI/USB ID add). DT exception would apply to later series patches, not
this one.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**

This tree is **7.3.0-rc4**. The A702 driver and catalog entry are
present. The patch is a one-line chipid add, which stable policy
explicitly allows. It does not need the rest of the Shikra DT series to
be correct. Benefit is enabling A704; risk is negligible. That is a YES
for this tree.

---

**What the commit solves for users of this tree:** A704 reports chipid
`0x07000400`. Without it, drm/msm logs unknown revision and skips the
GPU. With it, the existing A702 path runs (SQE firmware, GMU wrapper,
quirks). Zap firmware stays DT-overridable.

**Stable rules:** small, reviewed, no new API; qualifies as a device-ID
add, not as a sanitizer/crash fix.

**Risk vs benefit:** very low risk, real hardware enablement for
Shikra/A704.

**Concerns:** series 1/7; DT GPU node may still be missing on Shikra in
this checkout — that does not make the ID unsafe. No crash-fix urgency.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Subject/tags: no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable; R-b Konrad +
  Dmitry; SOB Akhil + Rob Clark; Message-ID v6-1/7
- [Phase 1] Body: A704 = A702 reuse; difference is chipid + DT zap
- [Phase 2] `git show 1f69339da06255`: `a6xx_catalog.c` +1/-1,
  `ADRENO_CHIP_IDS(0x07000200, 0x07000400)`
- [Phase 2] `adreno_is_a702()` uses `chip_ids[0] == 0x07000200` — A702
  remains first
- [Phase 2] `adreno_info()` matches any `chip_ids[k]`
  (`adreno_device.c:59-61`)
- [Phase 3] `git describe --match 'v*' --contains 18397519cb622` → A702
  in **v6.9-rc1**
- [Phase 3] `git describe --match 'v*' --contains 1f69339da06255` → A704
  in **v7.3-rc1**
- [Phase 3] blame: A702 row from `2e819c420e5b8`; this line from
  `1f69339da06255`
- [Phase 3] no Fixes: tag; standalone vs DT series
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c`: lore/msgid v6 1/7; `-a`: v1–v6; `-w`: msm
  maintainers + lists
- [Phase 4] mbox `/tmp/a704-thread.mbox`: v5 0–7/7 subjects; R-b on
  chipid; Dmitry comment only on cooling DT
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org/stable `A704 adreno`: no hits
- [Phase 4] WebFetch lore/patchwork: 403/Anubis; discussion taken from
  b4/mbox instead
- [Phase 5] probe path `find_chipid` → `adreno_info` →
  `info->funcs->init`; grep callers verified
- [Phase 5] similar multi-id: A630 `0x06030001, 0x06030002`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` → **v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37**; `make
  kernelversion` → **7.3.0-rc4**
- [Phase 6] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 1f69339da06255 HEAD` → yes
  (already in this tree)
- [Phase 6] `gpu.yaml` contains `qcom,adreno-07000400` via
  `9479a45e5f59c`
- [Phase 6] no `gpu@` / adreno compatible in
  `arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/shikra*`
- [Phase 7] MAINTAINERS: Rob Clark / Konrad / Akhil for
  `drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/`
- [Phase 8] failure mode: unknown GPU, no bind; not oops; device-ID
  exception
- UNVERIFIED: full v6 lore HTML (403); whether Shikra EVK GPU DT landed
  under a different subject

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c
index b43850966a5f6..bbfee7fef6dc0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ DECLARE_ADRENO_REGLIST_LIST(a750_ifpc_reglist);
 
 static const struct adreno_info a7xx_gpus[] = {
 	{
-		.chip_ids = ADRENO_CHIP_IDS(0x07000200),
+		.chip_ids = ADRENO_CHIP_IDS(0x07000200, 0x07000400),
 		.family = ADRENO_6XX_GEN1, /* NOT a mistake! */
 		.fw = {
 			[ADRENO_FW_SQE] = "a702_sqe.fw",
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] drm/xe: only resume exec queues that were actually suspended

[Sasha Levin]

From: Niranjana Vishwanathapura <niranjana.vishwanathapura@intel.com>

[ Upstream commit 65f40fa5022bcdb90d3a39e4948adf2aa16732a3 ]

A consumer-issued suspend() can fail (e.g. the queue is killed, banned
or wedged), leaving the queue un-suspended. The consumer must then not
issue the matching resume(): resuming a queue that was never suspended
is incorrect.

Add an lr.suspended flag to struct xe_exec_queue that records whether a
consumer suspend() succeeded and a matching resume() is still owed. Set
it on a successful suspend() in the preempt-fence path, clear it on
resume(), and only resume queues that have it set.

In resume_and_reinstall_preempt_fences() also skip queues that have
since been reset/killed/banned/wedged: such a queue's suspend may not
have completed (suspend_pending can still be set, e.g. a preempt fence
signalled with -ENOENT without waiting), so resuming it would trip the
!suspend_pending assert in the backend. Leave it marked suspended and
let teardown resolve its state.

A queue is only ever suspended by a single consumer at a time
(preempt-fence mode and hw engine group fault mode are mutually
exclusive), so a single flag is sufficient.

Assisted-by: Github-Copilot:Claude-opus-4.8
Signed-off-by: Niranjana Vishwanathapura <niranjana.vishwanathapura@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260713202317.2187787-9-niranjana.vishwanathapura@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This tree is **v7.3-rc4** (mainline). The Xe preempt-fence path this
patch touches is present, and the change is a small, self-contained
pairing fix for a real GuC suspend/resume protocol bug.

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1: Subject line**
- Record: `[drm/xe] [only resume] only resume exec queues that were
  actually suspended`
- Subsystem: Intel Xe DRM. Verb “only resume” is a restriction/guard: do
  not resume a queue that was never successfully suspended.

**Step 1.2: Tags**
- Record:
  - `Assisted-by: Github-Copilot:Claude-opus-4.8`
  - `Signed-off-by: Niranjana Vishwanathapura` (author)
  - `Reviewed-by: Matthew Brost` (Xe maintainer)
  - `Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260713202317.2187787-9-
    niranjana.vishwanathapura@intel.com`
  - No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Cc: stable` (absence is
    expected)
  - Ignore any pipeline `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` / `[Upstream commit
    …]` markers; none were on the real commit

**Step 1.3: Body**
- Record: `[Bug] Consumer `suspend()` can fail (killed/banned/wedged)
  leaving the queue un-suspended; the matching `resume()` was still
  issued. A second case: suspend started but the preempt fence was
  signalled `-ENOENT` without `suspend_wait()`, so `suspend_pending` can
  still be set; `resume()` then trips the backend `!suspend_pending`
  assert.`
- `[Symptom]` Incorrect resume pairing; GuC backend assert; scheduling
  state left inconsistent.
- `[Version]` None stated. Series title: “balance exec queue
  suspend/resume”.
- `[Root cause]` Resume was unconditional. Fix: `lr.suspended` set only
  on successful `suspend()`, cleared on `resume()`, and skip
  reset/killed/banned/wedged queues.

**Step 1.4: Hidden bug fix?**
- Record: Not disguised. Explicit correctness fix. Covering letter also
  calls the series “fixes and hardens”; this patch is the pairing fix,
  not a pure cleanup.

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1: Inventory**
- Record: 3 files, **+36 / -1**
  - `xe_exec_queue_types.h`: add `bool lr.suspended` (+12)
  - `xe_preempt_fence.c`: `preempt_fence_enable_signaling()` (+7)
  - `xe_vm.c`: `resume_and_reinstall_preempt_fences()` (+17 / -1)
- Scope: single-subsystem surgical fix.

**Step 2.2: Code flow**
- Record:
  - **Before:** `suspend()` return stored in `pfence->error`;
    `resume_and_reinstall_preempt_fences()` always called
    `q->ops->resume(q)` for every queue on `vm->preempt.exec_queues`.
  - **After:** successful `suspend()` does `WRITE_ONCE(q->lr.suspended,
    true)`; resume only if `READ_ONCE(q->lr.suspended) &&
    !q->ops->reset_status(q)`, then clears the flag.
- Path: compute/long-running VM rebind worker (preempt-fence mode), not
  probe/init.

**Step 2.3: Bug mechanism**
- Record: `[Logic / state-machine pairing]` plus `[debug assert]`
- At the parent of this commit, GuC resume was:

```2248:2254:drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
// parent: 65f40fa5022bc^
xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), !q->guc->suspend_pending);
guc_exec_queue_try_add_msg(q, msg, RESUME);
```

- Failed `suspend()` returns `-EINVAL` *before* setting
  `suspend_pending`. Unconditional `resume()` still queues a GuC RESUME.
- `preempt_fence_work_func()` on `reset_status()` signals `-ENOENT`
  without `suspend_wait()`, so `suspend_pending` can still be true when
  resume runs.
- `guc_exec_queue_allowed_to_change_state()` is `!killed/banned/wedged
  && registered` — it does **not** check RESET. A reset-but-not-yet-
  killed queue can take the resume path and call `enable_scheduling()`.

**Step 2.4: Fix quality**
- Record: Obviously correct pairing (resume only if suspend succeeded
  and queue is not in reset/kill). Minimal. Adds an internal flag only.
  WRITE_ONCE/READ_ONCE match the comment that only one consumer suspends
  at a time (preempt-fence vs hw-engine-group fault mode). Regression
  risk: low; skipping resume is limited to queues already failing, which
  the commit says teardown owns.

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1: Blame / introduction**
- Record: Unconditional `q->ops->resume(q)` in
  `resume_and_reinstall_preempt_fences()` dates to `dd08ebf6c3525`
  (“drm/xe: Introduce a new DRM driver for Intel GPUs”), i.e. Xe’s
  introduction (v6.8-era). Long-standing, not last-month code.

**Step 3.2: Fixes: tag**
- Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Buggy resume site is original Xe code, not a
  recent regression-only commit.

**Step 3.3: Related file history**
- Record: This is **patch 1/6** of “drm/xe: balance exec queue
  suspend/resume”. Later commits in this tree that use `lr.suspended` /
  continue the series:
  - `dad2af2da9ead` ban on suspend timeout
  - `412c885692cad` uninterruptible suspend wait
  - `c373eaaada2fe` hw_engine_group propagate suspend failures (sets
    `lr.suspended` there)
  - `3c316b09072c2` suspend refcount
  - `5d5a729cc9780` multi-queue preempt primary
- Patch 1 is standalone for the preempt-fence path. Later patches are
  not required for this hunk to be correct.

**Step 3.4: Author**
- Record: Niranjana Vishwanathapura, regular Xe contributor. Reviewed by
  Matthew Brost, Xe maintainer (`MAINTAINERS`: INTEL DRM XE DRIVER).

**Step 3.5: Dependencies**
- Record: Needs existing `q->ops->suspend`, `resume`, `reset_status`,
  and `struct xe_exec_queue` `lr` — all present here. No new helper from
  later series patches. Can apply standalone.

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external

**Step 4.1: Original discussion**
- Record: `b4 dig -c 65f40fa5022bc` → https://patch.msgid.link/202607132
  02317.2187787-9-niranjana.vishwanathapura@intel.com
- Revisions: v1 (2026-06-24, 1/5) → v2 → v3 (1/6) → v5 covering letter
  2026-07-13. Applied version is v5 1/6.
- Covering letter: consumers issued resume even when suspend never took
  effect; “with the GuC backend it can trip the `!suspend_pending`
  assertion or leave scheduling state inconsistent.”
- No NAKs in the saved thread mbox (series posts only; `Reviewed-by` was
  already on the submission).

**Step 4.2: Recipients (`b4 dig -w`)**
- Record: `intel-xe@lists.freedesktop.org`, Matthew Brost, Thomas
  Hellström (both Xe maintainers). Right list and maintainers.

**Step 4.3: Bug report**
- Record: No syzbot, bugzilla, or user `Reported-by`. Author-driven
  correctness fix.

**Step 4.4: Series**
- Record: 6 patches. Patch 1 = this commit (preempt-fence pairing).
  Patch 4 applies the same flag to hw engine group. Patch 6 is multi-
  queue GuC preempt behavior. This commit does not depend on 2–6.

**Step 4.5: Stable list**
- Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search for this subject did not show a
  dedicated stable request or rejection (unrelated 7.2/6.18 review mails
  matched generic words).

## Phase 5: Semantic / call-chain

**Step 5.1: Functions**
- Record: `preempt_fence_enable_signaling`,
  `resume_and_reinstall_preempt_fences`. New field
  `xe_exec_queue.lr.suspended`.

**Step 5.2: Callers**
- Record: `resume_and_reinstall_preempt_fences()` is called once from
  the preempt rebind worker after `arm_preempt_fences()` (“point of no
  return”). `preempt_fence_enable_signaling` is the dma-fence
  `enable_signaling` callback for Xe preempt fences.

**Step 5.3: Callees**
- Record: `q->ops->suspend` / `resume` / `reset_status` (GuC backend is
  the real one; execlist ops are NIY stubs).

**Step 5.4: Reachability**
- Record: Yes from userspace. `xe_vm_in_preempt_fence_mode()` is long-
  running compute VMs (`XE_VM_FLAG_LR_MODE` and not fault mode).
  Triggered when the VM rebind worker runs (BO moves, userptr
  invalidation, eviction) while compute exec queues are attached.
  Concurrent GPU reset/kill of a queue during that window is the bad
  path.

**Step 5.5: Similar patterns**
- Record: Same `lr.suspended` discipline later in `xe_hw_engine_group.c`
  (series patch 4). Confirms this is the intended pairing primitive, not
  a one-off hack.

## Phase 6: This tree

**Step 6.1: Buggy code in this tree?**
- Record: Yes. Tree is `v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`, `VERSION=7
  PATCHLEVEL=3 SUBLEVEL=0 EXTRAVERSION=-rc4`. Xe files exist. Parent of
  `65f40fa5022bc` still has unconditional `q->ops->resume(q)`. Bug
  introduced with Xe (`dd08ebf6c3525`), well before 7.3.

**Step 6.2: Backport difficulty**
- Record: For this tree, the surrounding structs/ops match the diff:
  clean apply. (This commit is already an ancestor of HEAD; that is used
  only to inspect the code, not as a “already selected” reason.)

**Step 6.3: Related fixes already here**
- Record: No earlier alternate fix of this pairing. Later series patches
  extend the same flag to other callers; they do not replace this
  preempt-fence fix.

## Phase 7: Subsystem context

**Step 7.1**
- Record: `[drivers/gpu/drm/xe] [IMPORTANT]` — Intel Xe (Lunar Lake and
  newer). Not core mm/net, but a supported production GPU driver.

**Step 7.2**
- Record: High activity (many Xe commits in this tree). The bug itself
  is old pairing, not a brand-new subsystem.

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1: Who is affected**
- Record: Xe users with long-running/compute exec queues in preempt-
  fence mode (Intel compute / Level Zero style workloads), during VM
  rebind plus queue reset/kill/ban/wedge.

**Step 8.2: Trigger**
- Record: Not every boot. Concurrent rebind + queue failure/reset.
  Userspace-reachable via compute VM + memory movement + hang/reset or
  queue destroy. Timing-dependent.

**Step 8.3: Failure mode**
- Record: `xe_gt_assert` is **debug-only** (`CONFIG_DRM_XE_DEBUG`);
  production distro kernels will not WARN there. Production still queues
  GuC RESUME without a completed suspend. For killed queues,
  `allowed_to_change_state` makes the resume handler mostly a no-op. For
  **RESET but not yet killed** queues, resume can `enable_scheduling()`
  on a context hang recovery is tearing down — GPU scheduling
  inconsistency / possible hang of that engine, not a kernel oops.
- Severity: **HIGH** for the reset-window GuC protocol break; **MEDIUM**
  if only dead queues are poked (mostly no-op + debug WARN).

**Step 8.4: Risk-benefit**
- Record: Benefit: medium-high for Xe compute (prevents illegal resume /
  enable on reset queues). Risk: low (36 lines, error/teardown path, no
  UAPI). Ratio favors taking it.

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Step 9.1: Evidence**

FOR:
- Real pairing bug: resume of never-suspended or still-pending-suspend
  queues.
- Concrete backend contract: `guc_exec_queue_resume()` asserts
  `!suspend_pending` and (in production) still submits RESUME.
- Reset vs kill mismatch: `reset_status` includes RESET;
  `allowed_to_change_state` does not — so old resume can re-enable a
  reset context.
- Small, obviously correct, maintainer-reviewed (Matthew Brost).
- Self-contained for preempt-fence; this tree has the code.
- No new userspace API.

AGAINST:
- Series 1/6; later patches continue related hardening (not required
  here).
- No `Reported-by` / syzbot.
- Healthy queues on the success path are unchanged; the skip is for
  already-failing queues.
- Primary wording in the commit is the debug assert.

UNRESOLVED:
- No public user crash report proving a full-device GPU hang in the
  wild.
- Stable list had no explicit ACK/NAK for this subject.

**Step 9.2: Stable rules**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — pairing is straightforward;
   v1–v5 review; maintainer `Reviewed-by`.
2. Real bug affecting users? **PASS** — reachable compute rebind +
   reset/kill path; illegal GuC RESUME.
3. Important (crash/security/corruption/deadlock)? **PASS** — not a
   kernel oops in production, but GuC protocol violation and
   `enable_scheduling()` on a reset queue is a serious GPU-driver
   failure (hang / inconsistent scheduling), which is in the “etc.”
   class for driver stability.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 36 lines, 3 Xe files.
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS** — internal flag only. (Series patch 6
   is a feature; this patch is not.)
6. Can apply to this tree? **PASS** — Xe preempt-fence path and ops
   exist; hunk is against the local structures.

**Step 9.3: Exception category**
- Record: None (not a device ID, quirk, DT, build, or docs fix).
  Qualifies as a normal bugfix.

**Step 9.4: Decision**
This is a small, reviewed correctness fix for a real suspend/resume
imbalance on a supported Intel GPU compute path. It does not add
features, applies to this tree’s Xe code, and the production risk of the
bug is illegal GuC resume (including re-enabling a reset context), not
merely a debug WARN. That meets stable rules for this checkout.

### What it solves for users of this tree
On Xe long-running (preempt-fence) VMs, the rebind worker always resumed
every attached exec queue. If `suspend()` had failed or the queue was
reset before suspend finished, that resume violated the GuC backend
contract. This patch records a successful suspend and only resumes those
queues, so already-failed queues are left to teardown instead of getting
a spurious RESUME.

### Risk vs benefit
Benefit is avoiding GuC protocol errors and possible engine re-enable
during reset. Risk is low: one flag, two call sites, no UAPI, skip
limited to reset/killed queues.

### Concerns
It is patch 1/6; hw-engine-group pairing is a later commit and is not
required for this hunk. No in-the-wild report. Debug asserts are
compiled out of production, so the user-visible production issue is the
protocol/state bug, not a WARN.

### Verification
- [Phase 1] Parsed commit `65f40fa5022bc`: tags as listed; no
  Fixes/Reported-by/Cc-stable.
- [Phase 2] Diff: +36/-1 in three Xe files; resume became conditional on
  `lr.suspended && !reset_status()`.
- [Phase 2] Parent `guc_exec_queue_suspend` returns `-EINVAL` for
  killed/banned/wedged without setting `suspend_pending`; parent
  `guc_exec_queue_resume` asserts `!suspend_pending` then
  `try_add_msg(RESUME)`.
- [Phase 2] `xe_assert.h`: `xe_gt_assert` effective only with
  `CONFIG_DRM_XE_DEBUG`.
- [Phase 2] `guc_exec_queue_allowed_to_change_state()` ignores RESET;
  `guc_exec_queue_reset_status()` includes RESET;
  `xe_guc_exec_queue_reset_handler()` sets reset then `trigger_cleanup`
  — window verified in `xe_guc_submit.c`.
- [Phase 3] `git log -S 'resume_and_reinstall_preempt_fences' --
  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c` → `dd08ebf6c3525`.
- [Phase 3] Series neighbors confirmed via `git log --author=Niranjana
  Vishwanathapura -- drivers/gpu/drm/xe/`.
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 65f40fa5022bc HEAD` succeeds
  (used to inspect, not as a selection argument). `git merge-base --is-
  ancestor 65f40fa5022bc v7.2` fails; present since `v7.3-rc1`.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 65f40fa5022bc` / `-a` / `-w` / `-m /tmp/xe-
  suspend.mbox`: v5 1/6, maintainers CC’d, covering letter quoted above;
  mbox had no NAK replies.
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org/stable search: no dedicated discussion of
  this patch.
- [Phase 5] Only caller of `resume_and_reinstall_preempt_fences` is the
  rebind worker in `xe_vm.c` (~line 569).
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` → `v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`; `make
  kernelversion` → `7.3.0-rc4`.
- [Phase 7] `MAINTAINERS`: Matthew Brost is Xe maintainer; he reviewed
  the patch.
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: production GuC RESUME without completed
  suspend; debug WARN only if `CONFIG_DRM_XE_DEBUG`.
- UNVERIFIED: no public user GPU-hang log for this exact race.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_preempt_fence.c    |  7 +++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c               | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h
index 38906cb7608ca..c5024acf4aaf0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h
@@ -139,6 +139,18 @@ struct xe_exec_queue {
 		u32 seqno;
 		/** @lr.link: link into VM's list of exec queues */
 		struct list_head link;
+		/**
+		 * @lr.suspended: Tracks whether the consumer-issued suspend()
+		 * succeeded and a matching resume() is still owed. suspend() can
+		 * fail (e.g. killed/banned/wedged), leaving the queue
+		 * un-suspended, so consumers must only resume() queues that were
+		 * actually suspended. Set by the suspend caller on success and
+		 * cleared by the resume caller. A queue is only ever suspended by
+		 * a single consumer at a time (preempt-fence mode and hw engine
+		 * group fault mode are mutually exclusive), so a single flag is
+		 * sufficient.
+		 */
+		bool suspended;
 	} lr;
 
 #define XE_EXEC_QUEUE_TLB_INVAL_PRIMARY_GT	0
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_preempt_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_preempt_fence.c
index 83fbeea5aa201..014a5980febd0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_preempt_fence.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_preempt_fence.c
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ static bool preempt_fence_enable_signaling(struct dma_fence *fence)
 	struct xe_exec_queue *q = pfence->q;
 
 	pfence->error = q->ops->suspend(q);
+	/*
+	 * Record a successful suspend so the rebind worker only resumes queues
+	 * that were actually suspended; a failed suspend() leaves the queue
+	 * un-suspended and must not be paired with a resume().
+	 */
+	if (!pfence->error)
+		WRITE_ONCE(q->lr.suspended, true);
 	queue_work(q->vm->xe->preempt_fence_wq, &pfence->preempt_work);
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
index a4272bc248ec7..b139ee46208ad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
@@ -195,7 +195,23 @@ static void resume_and_reinstall_preempt_fences(struct xe_vm *vm,
 	xe_vm_assert_held(vm);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(q, &vm->preempt.exec_queues, lr.link) {
-		q->ops->resume(q);
+		/*
+		 * Only resume queues whose suspend() actually succeeded. A
+		 * failed suspend() (e.g. killed/banned/wedged) leaves the queue
+		 * un-suspended, so it must not be resumed.
+		 *
+		 * Also skip queues that have since been reset/killed/banned/
+		 * wedged: their suspend may not have completed (suspend_pending
+		 * can still be set, e.g. a preempt fence signalled with -ENOENT
+		 * without waiting), so resuming would trip the !suspend_pending
+		 * assert in the backend. Such queues are being torn down anyway,
+		 * so leave them marked suspended and let teardown resolve their
+		 * state.
+		 */
+		if (READ_ONCE(q->lr.suspended) && !q->ops->reset_status(q)) {
+			WRITE_ONCE(q->lr.suspended, false);
+			q->ops->resume(q);
+		}
 
 		drm_gpuvm_resv_add_fence(&vm->gpuvm, exec, q->lr.pfence,
 					 DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP, DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP);
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] drm/amd/pm: Use uploaded size for legacy custom PPTable

[Sasha Levin]

From: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 055a40c32f3a2dcd4d1a6f85ff4c231cf35f1b53 ]

The legacy powerplay path used to allocate hardcode_pp_table from
the original VBIOS PPTable size, copy only the uploaded bytes into it,
and keep soft_pp_table_size unchanged. If a custom PPTable is shorter
than the original table, later code can still treat the stale tail as
valid table data.

Treat the uploaded buffer as the complete custom PPTable: duplicate the
uploaded buffer directly, replace hardcode_pp_table atomically, and set
soft_pp_table_size to the uploaded size.

Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[drm/amd/pm] [Use] Use uploaded size for legacy custom PPTable`
Subsystem: AMDGPU PowerPlay (legacy hwmgr path). Verb “Use” describes
the corrected size source; the body is a correctness fix for stale table
tails.

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>` (author)
- `Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>` (AMD)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Link:`, or `Cc: stable` on
  the upstream commit (absence expected)
- Pipeline-only markers ignored: `[Upstream commit 055a40c32f3a2…]`,
  `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin`

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** `pp_dpm_set_pp_table()` allocated `hardcode_pp_table` at the
  original VBIOS PPTable size, `memcpy`’d only the uploaded bytes, and
  left `soft_pp_table_size` unchanged.
- **Symptom:** A shorter custom table leaves a stale VBIOS tail; later
  parsing still treats that tail as valid table data.
  `pp_dpm_get_pp_table()` also reports the old size.
- **Root cause:** Upload size is not treated as the complete custom
  table.
- **Fix:** `kmemdup(buf, size)`, atomically replace `hardcode_pp_table`,
  set `soft_pp_table_size = size`.
- No stack traces, syzbot, or version range in the message.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not a disguised cleanup. It is an explicit correctness/memory-
safety fix for mixed VBIOS+custom table contents. Also aligns the legacy
path with SWSMU’s `smu_sys_set_pp_table()`.

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/amd_powerplay.c` (+8 / −13)
- Function: `pp_dpm_set_pp_table()` only
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record: **Before** (this tree at `v6.18.53` / parent of the candidate):
```
if (!hwmgr || !hwmgr->pm_en) return -EINVAL;
if (size > hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size) return -EINVAL;
if (!hardcode_pp_table)
    hardcode_pp_table = kmemdup(soft_pp_table, soft_pp_table_size, ...);
memcpy(hardcode_pp_table, buf, size);
soft_pp_table = hardcode_pp_table;
// soft_pp_table_size unchanged
amd_powerplay_reset();
```
**After:**
```
if (!hwmgr || !hwmgr->pm_en || !buf || !size || size > U32_MAX) return
-EINVAL;
hardcode_pp_table = kmemdup(buf, size, GFP_KERNEL);
kfree(old); assign new;
soft_pp_table = hardcode_pp_table;
soft_pp_table_size = size;
amd_powerplay_reset();
```
Path: privileged sysfs store to `pp_table`, then DPM re-init. Not boot-
default.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: **Logic/correctness + memory-safety (stale buffer / wrong
length).**
Broken: partial overwrite of a VBIOS-sized copy; parsers and
`pp_table_has_space()` / `*_pp_table_has_space()` use
`soft_pp_table_size` as the valid span.
Fix: the uploaded buffer *is* the table; size matches allocation.
Removes the overflow `memcpy` by allocating exactly `size` (supersedes
the in-tree `size > soft_pp_table_size` cap). Adds `!buf`, `!size`,
`size > U32_MAX` (`soft_pp_table_size` is `uint32_t`).

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: Minimal and matches SWSMU. `kfree` + replace is serialized by
`adev->pm.mutex` in `amdgpu_dpm_set_pp_table()`. `kfree(NULL)` is safe
on first upload. Destroy path already `kfree`s `hardcode_pp_table`.
Regression risk: low on the common (no custom table) path. Larger-than-
VBIOS uploads are now allowed up to sysfs `PAGE_SIZE`; parsers that
trust header offsets still need the later bounds patches.
Truncated/malformed headers could already OOB in `v6.18.53` without
those checks.

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Function added `f3898ea12fc1f` (2016-02, “add some sysfs interfaces
  for powerplay”)
- Upload/reset/memcpy: `4dcf9e6f2e33fe` (2016-07, “add uploading pptable
  and resetting powerplay support”)
- `kmemdup` of VBIOS-sized original: `efdf7a93195a71` (2016-09)
- Overflow cap: `3334985f8b4c7` / upstream `f193e71fa9fab` (“bound
  pp_dpm_set_pp_table() memcpy”) — **already in `v6.18.53`**
Bug is long-standing; this tree still has the stale-tail behavior.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Introduced with PowerPlay sysfs upload in 2016.
Present in this 6.18.y tree.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record: Related in this tree:
- `3334985f8b4c7` — overflow bound (in `v6.18.53`)
- `3149b1bee4fa1` — series 1/5, SWSMU header check (not in `v6.18.53`;
  different file)
- Later descendants: `f29e53bc54611`, `10510a4c2c397`, `c80131588ca2f`
  (series 3–5 bounds; **not** in `v6.18.53`)
- `8c685df5c3b26` — get-path UAF, different files
This patch is **2/5** of Yang Wang’s June 2026 series. It is standalone
(legacy `amd_powerplay.c` only). 3–5 use `soft_pp_table_size` as the
bound, so they want this size to match custom uploads.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Yang Wang is an AMD pm contributor with several PPTable
bounds/UAF fixes. Hawking Zhang reviewed; Alex Deucher signed off.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: No missing helpers: `kmemdup`, `U32_MAX`, `hardcode_pp_table`,
`amd_powerplay_reset()` all exist in `v6.18.53`. Does **not** depend on
1/5. Parent blob already has the overflow `if (size >
soft_pp_table_size)` that this diff removes — clean apply on this tree.

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 055a40c32f3a2dcd4d1a6f85ff4c231cf35f1b53` → https://patch.m
  sgid.link/20260623034151.263746-2-kevinyang.wang@amd.com
- Series v1 only (no v2/v3)
- `[PATCH 2/5] drm/amd/pm: Use uploaded size for legacy custom PPTable`
- **1/5** SWSMU header + atomic `kmemdup`
- **2/5** this commit
- **3/5** Tonga state-array bounds
- **4/5** Vega hwmgr bounds
- **5/5** legacy `processpptables.c` offset bounds
  (`pp_table_has_space`)
- lore.kernel.org HTTP 403; discussion taken from `b4 dig -m` mbox
  (verified)

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record (`b4 dig -w`): To/Cc `amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org`, Alex
Deucher, Hawking Zhang, Kenneth Feng. Hawking: “Series is Reviewed-by:
Hawking Zhang”. No NAKs in the saved thread.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No `Reported-by` / bugzilla / syzbot. Bug is described from code
review.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: 2/5 does not need 1/5. 3–5 are follow-on parser hardening that
treat `soft_pp_table_size` as the valid span; they are stronger with 2/5
but VBIOS parsing still works without it.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: **UNVERIFIED** — `lore.kernel.org/stable/` returned HTTP 403. No
stable discussion in the amd-gfx mbox.

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `pp_dpm_set_pp_table()`; uses `amd_powerplay_reset()`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `pp_dpm_funcs.set_pp_table` → `amdgpu_dpm_set_pp_table()`
  (`mutex_lock(&adev->pm.mutex)`) → `amdgpu_set_pp_table()` sysfs store
- Attribute: `AMDGPU_DEVICE_ATTR_RW(pp_table, …)` → `S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR`
  (root write)
- HW: legacy PowerPlay (SI/CI/VI/Polaris/Vega via hwmgr), not Navi+
  SWSMU (`smu_sys_set_pp_table`)

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `kmemdup`, `kfree`, `amd_powerplay_reset()` → `hwmgr_hw_fini` /
`hwmgr_hw_init` / `hwmgr_handle_task(AMD_PP_TASK_COMPLETE_INIT)`,
optional `avfs_control(false)`.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Userspace `write()` to `/sys/class/drm/card*/device/pp_table`
(root). Then full PM re-init from the new table. Reachable, privileged,
documented.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: SWSMU already `kmemdup(buf, size)` and sets
`power_play_table_size = size` (series 1/5 / current
`smu_sys_set_pp_table()`). This is the legacy equivalent.

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: **Yes.** `git describe HEAD` = `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`;
`Makefile` 6.18.53.
`v6.18.53:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/amd_powerplay.c` still has
VBIOS-sized `kmemdup` + partial `memcpy` + unchanged
`soft_pp_table_size` (and the overflow cap). Introduced ~2016.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: **Clean apply.** Candidate diff is against the exact `v6.18.53`
function (including `if (size > hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size)`).

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: Overflow cap is in `v6.18.53`; it does **not** fix the short-
table tail. No other in-tree substitute for updating
`soft_pp_table_size` on upload.

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay` — **IMPORTANT** (amdgpu DPM
on pre-Navi ASICs). Not core mm/vfs, but production GPU power/clocks.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Actively maintained (Alex Deucher). Legacy PowerPlay is mature;
this is hardening of a 2016 sysfs API, not new feature work.

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver-specific: root users uploading custom PPTables on legacy
PowerPlay AMD GPUs (Polaris/Vega/etc.). Not universal; the sysfs node is
a documented interface.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: Write a custom table **shorter** than the VBIOS table. Common
for truncated files or smaller community/AMD PPT blobs. Not boot.
**Not** unprivileged (`S_IWUSR`).

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: Mixed custom prefix + stale VBIOS tail parsed as one table →
wrong clocks/voltages/DPM (hangs, instability, possible overvoltage).
`get_pp_table` returns too much mixed data. Defeats size-based parser
bounds that key off `soft_pp_table_size`.
**Severity: HIGH** on that path (wrong PM programming / confused
bounds), **MEDIUM** globally (privileged, non-default).

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit:** Completes the overflow fix already in 6.18.53; custom
  tables are actually the bytes uploaded; readback size is right; later
  bounds checks can trust the size.
- **Risk:** Low — ~8 insertions, one function, mutex-held, same pattern
  as SWSMU. Idle GPUs that never write `pp_table` are unchanged.
- **Ratio:** Favorable.

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

**FOR:**
- Real bug: stale VBIOS tail treated as valid PPTable after a short
  custom upload
- Can misprogram GPU power/clocks and break size-based parsing
- Small, obviously correct, matches SWSMU
- Overflow half already in this tree; this is the remaining hole
- AMD review (Hawking) + maintainer SOB (Deucher)
- Applies cleanly; no missing helpers
- Privileged but supported sysfs API

**AGAINST:**
- Not a default-boot crash; root-only
- No syzbot/CVE/user report in the message
- Part of a 5-patch series (2/5 still stands alone)
- Allows uploads larger than the original VBIOS size (capped in practice
  by sysfs `PAGE_SIZE`)

**UNRESOLVED:** Stable-list discussion (lore 403). No evidence this was
rejected for stable.

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — SWSMU-equivalent; reviewed
   by AMD; in mainline
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — documented `pp_table`
   upload
3. Important issue? **PASS** — wrong DPM table contents / bounds (HIGH
   on that path)
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one function, net −5 lines
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — clean vs `v6.18.53`

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: None (not a device ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception). Qualifies
as a normal small bugfix.

**Step 9.4: DECISION**
This belongs on 6.18.y: the buggy upload path is here, the overflow cap
is already here, and this is the matching fix so a custom PPTable is
exactly the uploaded bytes and length.

### What the commit solves for this tree
On 6.18.53, `pp_dpm_set_pp_table()` still clones the VBIOS table, copies
only the write, and keeps `soft_pp_table_size`. A shorter custom table
leaves a stale tail that init/sysfs still treat as valid, so DPM can run
on a hybrid table. The patch makes the upload the whole table, which is
what the sysfs ABI documents.

### Risk vs benefit
Benefit is real for anyone using `pp_table` on legacy PowerPlay. Risk is
a small, mutex-protected change with no effect unless that sysfs node is
written.

---

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: author Yang Wang; Reviewed-by Hawking Zhang; SOB Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc: stable on upstream `055a40c32f3a2`
- [Phase 2] Diff: `pp_dpm_set_pp_table()` only; drop VBIOS-sized clone +
  partial memcpy; `kmemdup(buf,size)`; set `soft_pp_table_size`; extra
  `!buf/!size/U32_MAX` checks
- [Phase 3] Blame: memcpy upload `4dcf9e6f2e33fe` (2016); overflow cap
  `3334985f8b4c7` is in `v6.18.53`; this candidate is not
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 055a40c32f3a2 HEAD` → not in
  this history as that SHA (expected for a stable cherry-pick
  evaluation)
- [Phase 3] `v6.18.53` file contents confirmed: bound-check +
  kmemdup(original) + memcpy(size) + no size update
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 055a40c32f3a2` → patch 2/5, msgid
  `20260623034151.263746-2`; v1 only; Hawking reviewed the series
- [Phase 4] WebFetch lore/msgid 403; mbox via `b4 dig -m` used instead
- [Phase 4] Stable-list search 403 — UNVERIFIED
- [Phase 5] Callers: `amdgpu_dpm_set_pp_table` under `adev->pm.mutex`
  from sysfs `pp_table` (`S_IWUSR`)
- [Phase 5] SWSMU `smu_sys_set_pp_table()` already uses the same kmemdup
  + size update
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`; `make
  kernelversion` 6.18.53; buggy code in this tree
- [Phase 6] Series 3–5 not in `v6.18.53`; this commit does not require
  them to apply
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: mixed PPTable → wrong GPU PM; trigger = root
  write of a shorter custom table
- UNVERIFIED: Whether anyone requested this on stable@ (lore 403)

**YES**

 .../gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/amd_powerplay.c  | 21 +++++++------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/amd_powerplay.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/amd_powerplay.c
index 5e197c463ed96..05c5e7d19ca1c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/amd_powerplay.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/amd_powerplay.c
@@ -663,25 +663,20 @@ static int amd_powerplay_reset(void *handle)
 static int pp_dpm_set_pp_table(void *handle, const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr = handle;
+	void *hardcode_pp_table;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (!hwmgr || !hwmgr->pm_en)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (size > hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size)
+	if (!hwmgr || !hwmgr->pm_en || !buf || !size || size > U32_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!hwmgr->hardcode_pp_table) {
-		hwmgr->hardcode_pp_table = kmemdup(hwmgr->soft_pp_table,
-						   hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size,
-						   GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!hwmgr->hardcode_pp_table)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
-	memcpy(hwmgr->hardcode_pp_table, buf, size);
+	hardcode_pp_table = kmemdup(buf, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!hardcode_pp_table)
+		return ret;
 
+	kfree(hwmgr->hardcode_pp_table);
+	hwmgr->hardcode_pp_table = hardcode_pp_table;
 	hwmgr->soft_pp_table = hwmgr->hardcode_pp_table;
+	hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size = size;
 
 	ret = amd_powerplay_reset(handle);
 	if (ret)
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] gpu: host1x: Wait for timeout worker completion on channel free

[Sasha Levin]

From: Mikko Perttunen <mperttunen@nvidia.com>

[ Upstream commit 7a39b9856acccc8e9b05845ca2bf62494fcd3dfa ]

cdma_timeout_destroy() used cancel_delayed_work() to cancel pending
timeout work when destroying the CDMA. Usually this is fine, but
there is a narrow race condition where the timeout handler has started
execution but has not taken cdma->lock; the channel is freed causing
cdma_stop to take cdma->lock and flush the channel; host1x_cdma_deinit
then proceeds with deinitializing cdma while the handler is waiting to
take cdma->lock.

Therefore change cdma_timeout_destroy to use cancel_delayed_work_sync
instead to ensure any pending timeout work completes before proceeding.

Signed-off-by: Mikko Perttunen <mperttunen@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260609-b4-host1x-small-fixes-a-v1-1-7c1131c0b3ad@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **v7.3-rc4** (`7.3.0-rc4`). The host1x CDMA timeout
path is present, and this is a one-line `cancel_delayed_work` →
`cancel_delayed_work_sync` race/UAF fix that is standalone and meets
stable criteria.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: **[gpu/host1x] [Wait / ensure completion] [Wait for timeout
worker completion on channel free]**
Subsystem prefix `gpu: host1x:`. The verb is “Wait … on channel free”,
i.e. synchronize teardown with a running work item. That is a teardown-
race fix, not a feature.

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- **Fixes:** none (expected for this review path)
- **Reported-by:** none
- **Tested-by:** none
- **Reviewed-by:** none on the commit itself
- **Acked-by:** none
- **Link:** `https://patch.msgid.link/20260609-b4-host1x-small-fixes-
  a-v1-1-7c1131c0b3ad@nvidia.com`
- **Cc: stable:** none (expected)
- **Signed-off-by:** Mikko Perttunen `<mperttunen@nvidia.com>` (author);
  Thierry Reding `<treding@nvidia.com>` (Tegra/host1x maintainer).
  Ignored any Sasha Levin SOB (none on this commit).
- Series marker in the msgid: **patch 1/6** of `host1x-small-fixes-a`.

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** `cdma_timeout_destroy()` used `cancel_delayed_work()`, which
  does not wait if the timeout work is already running.
- **Mechanism:** timeout handler has started but has not yet taken
  `cdma->lock`; channel free runs `cdma_stop` (takes the lock, flushes),
  then `host1x_cdma_deinit()` tears CDMA down while the handler is still
  waiting for that lock.
- **Symptom/failure mode:** use-after-free / use of a destroyed mutex
  and CDMA state from the timeout worker. That is a kernel crash /
  memory-safety bug, not a cosmetic issue.
- **Version info:** none in the message. The call has existed since
  host1x channel support.
- **Author’s root cause:** async cancel vs running work vs lock/deinit
  order.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not hidden. It is an explicit race/UAF fix. Cover letter (see
Phase 4) calls patches 1–4 “logic issues that are unlikely to happen but
technically possible.” Unlikely trigger does not make a UAF inapplicable
to stable.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c` — **1 insertion, 1 deletion**
- Function: `cdma_timeout_destroy()`
- Scope: **single-file surgical fix** (one call-site change)

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- **Before:** if `cdma->timeout.initialized`,
  `cancel_delayed_work(&cdma->timeout.wq)` then `initialized = false`.
  Pending work is cancelled; **running** work is not waited for.
- **After:** `cancel_delayed_work_sync()` — cancel pending work **and
  wait** if the handler is executing.
- **Path:** channel teardown / CDMA destroy, not the submit hot path.

Verified teardown order in this tree:

```102:113:drivers/gpu/host1x/channel.c
static void release_channel(struct kref *kref)
{
        ...
        host1x_hw_cdma_stop(host, &channel->cdma);
        host1x_cdma_deinit(&channel->cdma);
        clear_bit(channel->id, chlist->allocated_channels);
}
```

```528:541:drivers/gpu/host1x/cdma.c
int host1x_cdma_deinit(struct host1x_cdma *cdma)
{
        ...
        host1x_pushbuffer_destroy(pb);
        host1x_hw_cdma_timeout_destroy(host1x, cdma);
        return 0;
}
```

`cdma_stop()` takes `cdma->lock`, may wait for an empty sync queue, then
unlocks. `host1x_cdma_deinit()` then runs **without** `cdma->lock`. That
matches the commit’s race: stop can finish and deinit can proceed while
`cdma_timeout_handler()` is between start and `mutex_lock(&cdma->lock)`.

The window is larger than “a few instructions.” The handler dumps debug
state **before** taking the lock:

```291:305:drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c
static void cdma_timeout_handler(struct work_struct *work)
{
        ...
        host1x_debug_dump(cdma_to_host1x(cdma));
        mutex_lock(&cdma->lock);
```

`host1x_debug_dump()` walks every channel and dumps FIFOs
(`show_all(..., true)`). A GPU timeout is also when userspace/driver
often closes the channel. That is a realistic overlap, not only a one-
instruction race.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record:
- **Category:** race + use-after-free / use of destroyed CDMA (mutex,
  push buffer, channel).
- **Mechanism:** non-synchronous delayed-work cancel on destroy. Fix is
  the standard `cancel_*_sync` teardown pattern.
- **Not** a leak, NULL check, or new API.

Related code that correctly stays **non-sync** (would deadlock if
changed, because it runs under `cdma->lock`, which the handler also
takes):

```293:297:drivers/gpu/host1x/cdma.c
static void stop_cdma_timer_locked(struct host1x_cdma *cdma)
{
        cancel_delayed_work(&cdma->timeout.wq);
        cdma->timeout.client = NULL;
}
```

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record:
- **Quality:** obviously correct for the stated race.
  `cancel_delayed_work_sync()` is the documented way to wait for delayed
  work before freeing the object that work touches.
- **Minimal:** one identifier change.
- **Regression risk:**
  - `_sync` can sleep. Callers of `host1x_channel_put()` →
    `release_channel()` are process-context (DRM ioctls/file close,
    client `exit`/unbind, debugfs). Sleeping is valid there.
  - `_sync` is **not** called while holding `cdma->lock` (`cdma_stop`
    drops it first). No lock-vs-work deadlock on the free path described
    in the commit.
  - Residual risk: if the timeout handler’s `host1x_debug_dump()` →
    `host1x_channel_put()` dropped the **last** channel ref,
    `release_channel()` would run on the same work and `_sync` could
    wait on itself. That path was already unsafe with async cancel (UAF
    after dump returns). No mailing-list NAK of this patch; maintainer
    applied it.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Buggy `cancel_delayed_work()` in `cdma_timeout_destroy()` comes from
  **`6579324a41cc41`** (“gpu: host1x: Add channel support”, Terje
  Bergstrom, 2013-03-22).
- First contained in **`v3.10-rc1`**. This is old, long-lived driver
  code, not a last-month addition.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. The introducing commit is identified by blame,
not by the message. `git merge-base --is-ancestor 6579324a41cc41 HEAD`
succeeds — the introducing commit is in this checkout.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record (recent `drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c`):
- `7a39b9856accc` — this fix
- `60bca008dd789` — Tegra264 support (does not revert the `_sync`
  change; current file still has `cancel_delayed_work_sync`)
No prerequisite refactor. Standalone.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Mikko Perttunen is a regular NVIDIA host1x contributor (UAF,
refcount, iommu, MLOCK, etc.). Same-series follow-ups are independent
(double `device_add`, trace offset, debug stack over-read, `pin_job`
return type, syncpoint wrap annotation). This patch does not depend on
them.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: None. It only needs `cdma_timeout_destroy()` +
`cancel_delayed_work()` / `_sync`, present since 2013. **Can apply
standalone.**

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 7a39b9856accc` matched **v1 only** (no v2/v3).
- Lore: https://patch.msgid.link/20260609-b4-host1x-small-fixes-
  a-v1-1-7c1131c0b3ad@nvidia.com
- Cover letter: https://patch.msgid.link/20260609-b4-host1x-small-fixes-
  a-v1-0-7c1131c0b3ad@nvidia.com — “Miscellaneous fixes”; patches 1–4
  “unlikely to happen but technically possible.”
- Thierry Reding, 2026-07-16: **“Applied to drm-misc-next, thanks.”** No
  NAK, no stable discussion, no request for a different approach.
- `sashiko-bot` replied with **pre-existing** issues (`update_work` not
  cancelled in deinit; non-sync cancel in `stop_cdma_timer_locked()`).
  It did **not** reject this change. Those are separate bugs, not
  regressions of this one-liner.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record (`b4 dig -w`): To/Cc included Thierry Reding, David Airlie,
Simona Vetter, `dri-devel`, `linux-tegra`, `linux-kernel`. Subsystem
maintainer applied the series. No extra Reviewed-by on the commit.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No syzbot, bugzilla, or user crash report. Author-found race
from code inspection. Severity still UAF if it hits.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Series is 6 independent small fixes. This is patch 1/6 and does
not need 2–6.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: WebFetch to `lore.kernel.org/stable/` returned 403.
**UNVERIFIED** whether stable@ already discussed this specific commit.
No `Cc: stable` on the patch.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `cdma_timeout_destroy` (changed). Related:
`cdma_timeout_handler`, `cdma_timeout_init`, `host1x_cdma_deinit`,
`release_channel`, `cdma_stop`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `cdma_timeout_destroy` via `host1x_cdma_ops.timeout_destroy` →
  `host1x_hw_cdma_timeout_destroy()` → **`host1x_cdma_deinit()`** only.
- `host1x_cdma_deinit()` from **`release_channel()`** (last
  `host1x_channel_put()`).
- `host1x_channel_put()` call sites (all process context):
  - `drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/uapi.c` — channel close / ioctl error
  - `drm/tegra` gr2d/gr3d/vic/nvdec — client exit / context close
  - `drivers/crypto/tegra/tegra-se-main.c` — SE driver
  - `drivers/gpu/host1x/debug.c` — debugfs dump

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `cancel_delayed_work_sync()` only. Can sleep; flushes the
delayed work.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Userspace on Tegra DRM can trigger it: submit a job with a
timeout → timeout work queued → close channel (`DRM_TEGRA` channel close
/ process exit) while the handler runs. Unprivileged on devices that
expose tegra DRM. **Reachable from userspace.**

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: `stop_cdma_timer_locked()` still uses unsynchronized cancel
**under the lock** (correct). `cdma->update_work` is still not cancelled
in deinit (pre-existing, called out by sashiko-bot; **not** this patch).

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record:
- `git describe HEAD` = **v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37**; `make
  kernelversion` = **7.3.0-rc4**.
- Commit **`7a39b9856acccc8e9b05845ca2bf62494fcd3dfa` is already an
  ancestor of HEAD** (`git merge-base --is-ancestor` succeeded). Current
  `cdma_timeout_destroy()` already calls `cancel_delayed_work_sync()`.
- The **bug** existed here until that commit: same function, same
  `cancel_delayed_work()`, since **v3.10**. This is mainline, so the fix
  is already applied; the question is whether the same change belongs on
  this tree’s stable-style policy given the code is the host1x driver
  this tree ships.
- Introducing commit **is** in this tree. This is not “bug added after
  this tree branched.”

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: **Clean apply.** Surrounding function is still the 2013
structure plus later whitespace. One-line identifier swap; no data-
structure or API change.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: This exact fix is already in HEAD (mainline). No alternate fix,
no revert. No other commit on this file addresses the same cancel-vs-
running-work race.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: SUBSYSTEM AND CRITICALITY**
Record: **drivers/gpu/host1x** (NVIDIA Tegra host1x DMA/sync engine).
**IMPORTANT** for Tegra (Android, Jetson, embedded), **PERIPHERAL** for
generic x86. `CONFIG_TEGRA_HOST1X` depends on `ARCH_TEGRA ||
COMPILE_TEST`.

**Step 7.2: SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Actively maintained (Tegra264, context devices, multiple 2026
fixes). Author is a core contributor; Thierry Reding applied the series.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: **Driver-specific / platform-specific** — Tegra SoCs using
host1x (DRM 2D/3D/VIC/NVDEC, Tegra SE crypto). Not universal mm/net.

**Step 8.2: TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record:
- Job timeout work is running (or sitting in `host1x_debug_dump` before
  the lock).
- Concurrent last `host1x_channel_put()` (channel close, client unbind,
  process exit).
- Timing-dependent. Author: “narrow” / cover letter “unlikely” — but
  timeout + channel teardown is a real recovery path.
- Unprivileged userspace on Tegra DRM can close a channel; timeout is a
  driver-internal delayed work.

**Step 8.3: FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: Timeout handler runs against CDMA/channel that
`host1x_cdma_deinit()` already tore down: destroyed mutex, freed push
buffer, stale channel. **UAF / kernel oops.** Severity: **HIGH** (crash;
possible memory-safety issue). Not a log-only bug.

**Step 8.4: RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit:** High for Tegra users — prevents UAF on channel free vs
  timeout. Low for everyone else (config-gated).
- **Risk:** Very low — 1 line, standard API, no lock held, process
  context.
- **Ratio:** Benefit outweighs risk for any tree that still has the
  unsynchronized cancel.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

**FOR backporting:**
- Real race: running timeout work vs CDMA/channel destroy.
- Failure mode is UAF / oops, not style.
- One-line, obviously correct `cancel_delayed_work_sync`.
- Bug in code since **v3.10**; no missing helpers.
- Standalone; series mates not required.
- Maintainer (Thierry Reding) applied v1 with no objections.
- Teardown is reachable from userspace channel close on Tegra.
- `debug_dump` before the lock makes the window practical during GPU
  timeout recovery.

**AGAINST:**
- No `Reported-by` / syzbot / production stack trace.
- Author called it unlikely.
- Tegra-only.
- Cover letter grouped it with “miscellaneous” logic issues.
- sashiko-bot noted other incomplete teardown (`update_work`); this
  patch does not fix that (and does not need to).
- This checkout already contains the commit (it is mainline 7.3-rc4).
  That is not a reason the **fix** is wrong for trees that still have
  async cancel.

**UNRESOLVED:**
- Stable@ archive search via WebFetch: 403.
- No empirical reproduction here.
- Self-flush if last kref is dropped from inside `debug_dump`: analyzed
  from code, not discussed on list.

**Step 9.2: STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — standard workqueue teardown;
   maintainer applied; in mainline since 2026-07.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — UAF on channel free
   vs timeout handler.
3. Important issue (crash, security, corruption, deadlock)? **PASS** —
   UAF/oops; **HIGH**.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 1 line, one function.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — host1x CDMA timeout code is
   here; the change is trivial. (HEAD already has the post-image because
   this is the originating mainline tree.)

**Step 9.3: EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: None (not a device ID, quirk, DT, build, or docs exception). It
qualifies as a normal small crash-class fix.

**Step 9.4: DECISION**
This tree has host1x and the historical bug. The fix is a textbook
cancel-vs-running-work UAF close, one line, no prerequisites, no new
API. Stable rules are satisfied. Unlikely trigger does not outweigh an
oops/UAF on a path userspace can hit after a GPU timeout.

### What the commit solves
`cdma_timeout_destroy()` cancelled timeout work asynchronously. If
`cdma_timeout_handler()` was already running (especially in
`host1x_debug_dump()` before `cdma->lock`), `release_channel()` could
`cdma_stop` + `host1x_cdma_deinit()` and free CDMA while the handler
still used it. `cancel_delayed_work_sync()` waits for that worker first.

### Stable rules / risk
Meets all six stable criteria. Risk is a possible extra wait on channel
free (correct). Benefit is avoiding a kernel UAF on Tegra host1x.

### Concerns
No user report; Tegra-only; leftover `update_work` teardown is a
separate bug. None of those block this one-liner.

### Verification
- **[Phase 1]** Parsed subject/tags/body from `git log -1` + `git show
  7a39b9856accc`; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc-stable; Link msgid present.
- **[Phase 2]** Diff is one token in `cdma_timeout_destroy`; read
  handler, `cdma_stop`, `host1x_cdma_deinit`, `release_channel`.
- **[Phase 2]** Confirmed handler calls `host1x_debug_dump()` before
  `mutex_lock`; dump uses `show_all(..., true)`.
- **[Phase 3]** `git blame` on parent: `6579324a41cc41` (2013); `git
  describe --contains` → `v3.10-rc1`.
- **[Phase 3]** `git merge-base --is-ancestor 6579324a41cc41 HEAD` and
  `7a39b9856accc HEAD` both true.
- **[Phase 3]** `git log --oneline` on `drivers/gpu/host1x/` for author
  and series; patch is standalone.
- **[Phase 4]** `b4 dig -c/-a/-w/-m`: v1 only; recipients include
  Thierry; mbox cover letter + “Applied to drm-misc-next”.
- **[Phase 4]** WebFetch lore/stable: 403 — listed UNVERIFIED.
- **[Phase 5]** `git grep host1x_channel_put` — DRM/crypto/debugfs,
  process context.
- **[Phase 6]** `git describe HEAD` / `make kernelversion` → v7.3-rc4;
  current file already has `_sync`.
- **[Phase 7]** `drivers/gpu/host1x/Kconfig` → `CONFIG_TEGRA_HOST1X`.
- **[Phase 8]** Failure mode from code: handler vs deinit = UAF; trigger
  = timeout work + last channel put.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c
index 3f3f0018eee0d..ab714d221120c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static int cdma_timeout_init(struct host1x_cdma *cdma)
 static void cdma_timeout_destroy(struct host1x_cdma *cdma)
 {
 	if (cdma->timeout.initialized)
-		cancel_delayed_work(&cdma->timeout.wq);
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cdma->timeout.wq);
 
 	cdma->timeout.initialized = false;
 }
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: udlfb: validate vendor descriptor items

[Sasha Levin]

From: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>

[ Upstream commit 3cc2fad376ac7360b4518277aa923752624db59c ]

dlfb_parse_vendor_descriptor() walks key-length-value items inside the
DisplayLink vendor descriptor.

Require each item to contain its key, length and declared value bytes
before reading item-specific fields such as max_area.

Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This is a USB descriptor bounds-check for `udlfb`. The buggy parser is
in this 6.12.111 tree, the patch applies cleanly, and the failure mode
is an out-of-bounds read from device-controlled data.

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: **[fbdev/udlfb] [validate] [require each vendor-descriptor TLV
item to contain key, length, and declared value bytes before reading
fields such as max_area]**

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou \<pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn\> (author)
- Signed-off-by: Helge Deller \<deller@gmx.de\> (fbdev maintainer;
  applied)
- No Fixes:, Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Acked-by:, Link:,
  or Cc: stable tags (absence is expected for this review)
- Ignore any pipeline “Upstream commit …” / Sasha Levin SOB markers;
  they are not evidence of selection

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- Bug: `dlfb_parse_vendor_descriptor()` walks DisplayLink vendor-
  descriptor key-length-value items without checking that key, length,
  and value bytes are still inside the descriptor.
- Symptom/failure mode: out-of-bounds read of `max_area` (and of the
  next key/length) when the remaining buffer is shorter than the
  declared item.
- Version information: none in the message. The parser has been in this
  file for many years (see Phase 3).
- Root cause: missing remaining-length checks before reading item
  fields.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not disguised. “Validate” is an explicit bounds-check fix for a
USB descriptor parser. It is not cleanup, a new feature, or refactor-
only.

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c` — **+16 / −6** (22-line change)
- Function: `dlfb_parse_vendor_descriptor()`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Current code in this tree (`drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c` around the
parse loop):

```1588:1612:drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c
                while (desc < desc_end) {
                        u8 length;
                        u16 key;

                        key = *desc++;
                        key |= (u16)*desc++ << 8;
                        length = *desc++;

                        switch (key) {
                        case 0x0200: { /* max_area */
                                u32 max_area = *desc++;
                                max_area |= (u32)*desc++ << 8;
                                max_area |= (u32)*desc++ << 16;
                                max_area |= (u32)*desc++ << 24;
                                ...
                        }
                        ...
                        desc += length;
                }
```

Record, per hunk:
- Before: if `desc` is within `desc_end`, it always consumes 3 bytes
  (key+length) and, for key `0x0200`, 4 more value bytes, with no
  remaining-length test. Then it still does `desc += length`.
- After: require at least 3 bytes left; parse key with
  `get_unaligned_le16()`; reject if `length` exceeds remaining bytes;
  for `max_area`, require `length >= 4` and read via
  `get_unaligned_le32(value)` without advancing past the value twice;
  then `desc += length`.
- Path: USB probe / firmware descriptor parse (initialization), not a
  hot path.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record:
- Category: **memory safety / out-of-bounds read** of USB descriptor
  data (also a logic correction of the 2018 max_area pointer walk).
- Mechanism: a truncated or hostile descriptor can make `desc_end -
  desc` smaller than 3 (key+length) or smaller than `length` /
  `sizeof(u32)`. The old loop still reads `key`, `length`, and
  `max_area`. The fix stops at `unrecognized` instead of reading past
  the buffer. `unrecognized` already exists and still returns true
  (driver still loads with the default SKU limit).

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record:
- Quality: obviously correct TLV remaining-length checks;
  `get_unaligned_le16/le32` matches USB little-endian layout and the
  pre-2018 `le16_to_cpu`/`le32_to_cpu` reads. `linux/unaligned.h` is
  already included.
- Regression risk: low. Failures take the existing `unrecognized` path,
  which logs and still succeeds. The kernel is built with `-funsigned-
  char`, so switching from byte-or-shifts to `get_unaligned_le*` is not
  a signed-char behavior change. Restoring “read value, then `desc +=
  length`” matches the original 2010 parser and the DRM `udl` parser in
  this tree.

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Loop introduced in `18dffdf8913ab9` (“staging: udlfb: enhance EDID and
  mode handling support”, 2010-09-05). Original max_area read did
  **not** advance `desc` before `desc += length`.
- Current byte-by-byte form introduced by `115e77597efcc9` (“video:
  udlfb: Fix unaligned access”, 2018-03-12), which is an ancestor of
  this HEAD. That commit replaced `le16_to_cpu`/`le32_to_cpu` with
  `*desc++` and accidentally advanced `desc` through the 4-byte value
  **and** still did `desc += length`.
- Bug class is old (2010 missing bounds; 2018 worse walk). Present in
  6.12.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No Fixes: tag. Not applicable beyond that. The intended target
is the long-standing parser, last reshaped by `115e77597efcc9`, which
**is** in this tree.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record: Recent udlfb commits in this tree are independent (`add
vm_ops…`, `avoid divide-by-zero…`). This is a standalone v1 patch, not
“X/Y”. No prerequisite refactor is required.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Pengpeng Hou has no other udlfb commits in this tree. Helge
Deller (fbdev maintainer) applied it. Related DRM work: `df6dc12e5e6dd`
(“drm/udl: Validate length in vendor-descriptor parser”) on
`origin/master` is the sibling hardening of the same protocol; it is
**not** an ancestor of this HEAD.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: None. Uses existing `get_unaligned_le16`/`get_unaligned_le32`
from `include/linux/unaligned.h` (already included as
`<linux/unaligned.h>`). `git apply --check` of `3cc2fad376ac7` on this
tree succeeded. Standalone.

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- Commit on `origin/master`: `3cc2fad376ac7360b4518277aa923752624db59c`
  (not in this HEAD).
- `b4 dig -c 3cc2fad376ac7`:
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260706093038.80131-1-pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn
- `b4 dig -a`: **v1 only** (no v2/v3). Applied version is that v1.
- Maintainer Helge Deller first asked whether LE reads were valid, then
  retracted: “Your patch is of course correct! The patch is now added to
  fbdev git tree.”
- No NAK. No reviewer request for Cc: stable (not a negative).
- An automated Sashiko note flagged a **pre-existing** `%11ph` 11-byte
  dump when `total_len` can be 6; that is **not** introduced or fixed
  here.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record (`b4 dig -w`): Pengpeng Hou; Bernie Thompson; Helge Deller;
linux-fbdev; dri-devel; linux-kernel. Subsystem maintainer was on Cc and
applied the patch.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No syzbot/bugzilla tag. Same bug class as DRM udl: Thomas
Zimmermann’s `drm/udl` series (lore, April 2025) states the current
parser “might read more bytes than available” / “out-of-bounds reads of
the allocated buffer.” That is independent confirmation of the protocol
bug, not a userspace crash report for udlfb.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Standalone single patch. No later origin/master follow-up on
`udlfb.c` after `3cc2fad376ac7`. DRM equivalent is a larger 2025
refactor (`udl_parse_key_value_pair`); not a dependency of this fbdev
patch.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: WebFetch of lore.kernel.org/stable returned 403. **UNVERIFIED**
whether stable@ discussed this subject. No in-tree evidence of a prior
rejection. The commit is simply not in this 6.12 checkout.

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `dlfb_parse_vendor_descriptor()` only.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record: Sole caller is `dlfb_usb_probe()`
(`drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c`). Bound via `.probe = dlfb_usb_probe` for
USB VID `0x17e9` + vendor-specific interface. Context: process-context
USB probe, not IRQ.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `usb_get_descriptor()`, `usb_get_extra_descriptor()`,
`dev_info`/`dev_warn`/`dev_err`, `kfree`. New: `get_unaligned_le16`,
`get_unaligned_le32`. No new locks or allocations.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Plug in / enumerate a DisplayLink USB device (or a device
spoofing VID `0x17e9`) → `dlfb_usb_probe` → parser. Reachable without
extra syscalls beyond USB enumeration. Unprivileged userspace cannot
call it directly, but a physical USB device can.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_main.c` `udl_parse_vendor_descriptor()`
in this tree still has the unbounded walk (`desc += length` with no
remaining-length check). Same protocol bug. That does not block this
udlfb-only fix.

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Yes. Tree is **6.12.111** (`git describe HEAD` →
`p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`; `VERSION/PATCHLEVEL/SUBLEVEL` 6.12.111).
Parser at `dlfb_parse_vendor_descriptor()` lines 1588–1612. `git merge-
base --is-ancestor 3cc2fad376ac7 HEAD` → **not in this tree**. Bug
present since 2010 / 2018, well before 6.12.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: **Clean apply.** `git show 3cc2fad376ac7 --
drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c | git apply --check` exit 0. Surrounding
function matches the patch context. `<linux/unaligned.h>` already
present.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: `git log --grep='validate vendor descriptor' --
drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c` empty. DRM `Validate length in vendor-
descriptor parser` is not in this HEAD. No alternate udlfb bounds fix
present.

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: **fbdev USB framebuffer driver** (`CONFIG_FB_UDL`,
`drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c`). Criticality: **PERIPHERAL / driver-
specific**, but USB descriptor parsing is a standard untrusted-input
path. DisplayLink USB 2.0 adapters are real hardware; the Kconfig help
still describes this as the fbdev driver for those devices.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Mature. Parser largely unchanged since 2018 aside from later
mmap/div-by-zero fixes. Low churn favors a small bounds-check backport.

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Users with `CONFIG_FB_UDL` and a DisplayLink USB 2.0 device (or
a spoofed `0x17e9` device). Not universal.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record:
- Honest device with a well-formed descriptor: loop stays in-bounds
  (typical path).
- Truncated/malformed descriptor: OOB read of key/length/`max_area`.
- Malicious USB device matching the VID/class: can set `bLength` up to
  `MAX_VENDOR_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE` (256) so `desc_end` sits at the `kzalloc`
  edge, then emit a TLV `length` that walks off the buffer.
- Extra-descriptor fallback: `__usb_get_extra_descriptor()` bounds
  `bLength` to the extra blob, but item `length` can still push reads
  past that descriptor.
- Trigger is probe-time, not a timing race. Unprivileged software cannot
  hit it without USB device control.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: **OOB read** of kernel memory during USB probe. Can KASAN-splat
or oops if the read crosses an allocation/page boundary (`total_len ==
256` is the sharp heap case). Severity: **HIGH** (crash / infoleak from
untrusted USB descriptor). Not a confirmed write, panic-on-boot for good
hardware, or filesystem corruption.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- Benefit: stops USB-descriptor OOB in a driver that is in this LTS
  tree; fail-open `unrecognized` path already exists.
- Risk: very low (16 insertions, existing helpers, existing error label,
  clean apply).
- Ratio: **favorable**.

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real OOB read of device-controlled USB descriptor data
- Same class already called out for DRM udl (“out-of-bounds reads of the
  allocated buffer”)
- Small, surgical, obviously correct remaining-length checks
- Code and bug exist in this 6.12.111 tree; fix is not in it
- Applies cleanly; `get_unaligned_*` already available
- Maintainer applied v1 after confirming LE reads are correct
- `unrecognized` still allows probe (low chance of breaking real
  adapters)
- No new API/feature

AGAINST:
- Driver-specific (DisplayLink fbdev), not core MM/VFS
- No syzbot/CVE/user oops in the commit message
- Honest devices with valid descriptors do not hit the bug
- Pre-existing `%11ph` dump issue is unfixed (not a reason to reject
  this)

UNRESOLVED:
- lore.kernel.org/stable search HTTP 403
- Exact TLV `length` byte on every DisplayLink SKU was not captured from
  a live device in this session; parser semantics match 2010 + current
  DRM udl, which is enough

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — bounds checks are local and
   reviewable; maintainer applied after LE confirmation.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — OOB read of USB
   descriptor memory; probe path for this driver.
3. Important issue? **PASS** — HIGH: crash/infoleak from untrusted USB
   descriptor (not a style cleanup).
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one function, +16/−6.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — `git apply --check` clean on
   6.12.111

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception. It qualifies as a
normal small security/robustness fix.

**Step 9.4: DECISION**
Backport to **this** tree. The buggy parser is here; the fix is small
and applies; the impact is a USB OOB read.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: author + Helge Deller SOB only; no
  Fixes/syzbot/Cc stable
- [Phase 2] Diff: +16/−6 in `dlfb_parse_vendor_descriptor()`; remaining-
  length checks + `get_unaligned_le16/le32`
- [Phase 2] Confirmed current 6.12 code still does unbounded `*desc++`
  key/length/max_area reads
- [Phase 3] Blame: loop from `18dffdf8913ab9` (2010); byte-walk from
  `115e77597efcc9` (2018), both ancestors of HEAD
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 3cc2fad376ac7 HEAD` → not
  present
- [Phase 3] `git apply --check` of `3cc2fad376ac7` → clean
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 3cc2fad376ac7` → lore msgid
  `20260706093038.80131-1-pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn`; v1 only
- [Phase 4] Thread: Helge questioned LE, then “patch is of course
  correct” and applied; no NAK
- [Phase 4] Sibling DRM commit `df6dc12e5e6dd` documents the same OOB;
  not in this HEAD
- [Phase 5] Only caller: `dlfb_usb_probe` / VID `0x17e9`
- [Phase 5] `include/linux/unaligned.h` provides
  `get_unaligned_le16/le32`; already included
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = `p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`; `make
  kernelversion` = 6.12.111
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: USB descriptor OOB read at probe; severity
  HIGH
- [Phase 8] Makefile has `-funsigned-char` (no signed-char regression
  from byte reads)
- UNVERIFIED: stable@ lore discussion (HTTP 403)

**YES**

 drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c
index 70ff38f35096a..1c82ee6984c8d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c
@@ -1586,19 +1586,29 @@ static int dlfb_parse_vendor_descriptor(struct dlfb_data *dlfb,
 		desc += 5; /* the fixed header we've already parsed */
 
 		while (desc < desc_end) {
+			char *value;
 			u8 length;
 			u16 key;
 
-			key = *desc++;
-			key |= (u16)*desc++ << 8;
+			if (desc_end - desc < sizeof(key) + sizeof(length))
+				goto unrecognized;
+
+			key = get_unaligned_le16(desc);
+			desc += sizeof(key);
 			length = *desc++;
 
+			if (length > desc_end - desc)
+				goto unrecognized;
+
+			value = desc;
 			switch (key) {
 			case 0x0200: { /* max_area */
-				u32 max_area = *desc++;
-				max_area |= (u32)*desc++ << 8;
-				max_area |= (u32)*desc++ << 16;
-				max_area |= (u32)*desc++ << 24;
+				u32 max_area;
+
+				if (length < sizeof(max_area))
+					goto unrecognized;
+
+				max_area = get_unaligned_le32(value);
 				dev_warn(&intf->dev,
 					 "DL chip limited to %d pixel modes\n",
 					 max_area);
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: maxine: fix 64-bit build error

[Sasha Levin]

From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>

[ Upstream commit 3adec5c640dc09dca5605043e138412fd5a0629d ]

The KSEG1ADDR() macro is only defined for non-64BIT builds.
Use the CKSEG1ADDR() macro instead.

In file included from ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:34:
../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c: In function 'maxinefb_ims332_write_register':
../include/video/maxinefb.h:16:41: error: implicit declaration of function 'KSEG1ADDR'; did you mean 'CKSEG1ADDR'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
   16 | #define MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS         KSEG1ADDR(0x1c140000)
../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:66:49: note: in expansion of macro 'MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS'
   66 |         register unsigned char *regs = (char *) MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS;
../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:66:40: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
   66 |         register unsigned char *regs = (char *) MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS;

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@orcam.me.uk>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This tree is **6.12.111** (`pending-6.12`). The buggy `KSEG1ADDR()` use
is still in `include/video/maxinefb.h`; the candidate is a two-line
build fix and belongs in this tree.

---

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[fbdev/maxine] [fix] [64-bit build error]` — subsystem `fbdev:
maxine`, action verb **fix**, intent is to make the DECstation Maxine
framebuffer driver compile on 64-bit MIPS.

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>` (author)
- `Acked-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@orcam.me.uk>` (MIPS/DECstation
  expert)
- `Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>` (fbdev maintainer)
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected for this review)
- No `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Cc: stable`, or `Link:`
- Ignore any pipeline `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` / `[Upstream commit
  ...]`

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** `KSEG1ADDR()` is used in `include/video/maxinefb.h` but is
  only defined when `!CONFIG_64BIT` in
  `arch/mips/include/asm/addrspace.h`.
- **Symptom:** compile failure:
  `error: implicit declaration of function 'KSEG1ADDR'` plus `warning:
  cast to pointer from integer of different size`.
- **Root cause:** 32-bit-only KSEG macros used in a driver that Kconfig
  allows on 64-bit `MACH_DECSTATION`.
- **Fix:** use `CKSEG1ADDR()`, which exists for both 32-bit and 64-bit.
- **Version info:** none in the message; series cover says the code is
  “from the beginning of git time.”

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not hidden. This is an explicit build-error fix, not a cleanup
in disguise. It is patch 03/03 of “fbdev: maxine: clean up build
issues”; patches 01/02 are warning/cleanup in `maxinefb.c` and are
independent of this header change.

---

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `include/video/maxinefb.h` only
- Two `#define` substitutions: `KSEG1ADDR` → `CKSEG1ADDR`
- ~2 insertions / 2 deletions
- No functions added or rewritten; macros `MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS` and
  `DS5000_xx_ONBOARD_FBMEM_START`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- Before: both MMIO/FB base macros expand via `KSEG1ADDR()`, which does
  not exist under `CONFIG_64BIT`.
- After: same physical addresses mapped through `CKSEG1ADDR()`.
- Affected path: compile of `maxinefb.c` (register access and
  framebuffer base). Runtime on 32-bit is unchanged because the two
  macros are identical there.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record:
- Category: **build / type correctness** (implicit declaration; 32-bit
  integer treated as a pointer on 64-bit).
- Mechanism: `KSEG1ADDR` is inside `#else /* !CONFIG_64BIT */`.
  `CKSEG1ADDR` is defined in both branches. On 32-bit, `CKSEG1ADDR(a)`
  is `(CPHYSADDR(a) | KSEG1)`, same as `KSEG1ADDR`. On 64-bit it uses
  `CKSEG1` (`0xffffffffa0000000`).

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record:
- Obviously correct: compiler even suggested `CKSEG1ADDR`.
- Minimal; no API or struct changes.
- Regression risk: very low. 32-bit generated addresses match. 64-bit
  previously did not compile, so there is no working 64-bit runtime to
  regress.
- Acked by the DECstation/MIPS expert.

---

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record: Both macros come from `1da177e4c3f41` (“Linux-2.6.12-rc2”,
2005). Present since git history began. `git merge-base --is-ancestor
1da177e4c3f41 HEAD` succeeds.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Not applicable. The broken use is the original
driver code, not a later regression.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record (this tree, path-limited):
- `e4f10ea729670 fbdev/maxinefb: Use fbdev I/O helpers`
- `6304da8a91da8 fbdev: Remove FBINFO_DEFAULT from static structs`
- `8c13c9de80b51 fbdev: maxinefb: Remove trailing whitespaces`
- plus older const/__initdata moves
None of these touch the `KSEG1ADDR` macros. Header last changed at git
genesis. Standalone vs series: submitted as 03/03, but this hunk does
not depend on 01/02.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Randy Dunlap has many fbdev build/Kconfig fixes in this tree
(`sh7760fb`, `hgafb`, `uvesafb`, `geode`, `atyfb`, …). No prior maxinefb
commit here. Helge Deller is the fbdev maintainer who merged it.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: None. `CKSEG1ADDR` has existed in `addrspace.h` for as long as
this tree’s MIPS headers. The patch applies to the current header as-is.
Cover letter patches 01/02 only change `maxinefb.c` (static, drop unused
`maxinefb_ims332_read_register`).

---

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c <sha>` cannot run: this commit is **not in the local
  tree**.
- `b4 dig` on Message-ID `20260813232934.2718291-4@infradead.org` also
  found no local commit.
- Original submission (13 Aug 2026): [PATCH 03/03] on linux-kernel;
  cover [PATCH 00/03] “fbdev: maxine: clean up build issues”. Randy:
  “Now builds cleanly on 32-bit and 64-bit MACH_DECSTATION.”
- Helge’s fbdev pull for v7.3-rc1 lists it under **Fixes**: “maxine: fix
  64-bit build error and code cleanups”.
- Review: Maciej Acked-by only; no NAK, no stable-tag request found in
  the retrieved thread text.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: To/Cc included Helge Deller, linux-fbdev, dri-devel, Maciej W.
Rozycki. Maciej acked. Helge merged.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No syzbot/bugzilla. Failure is a compiler error reproduced in
the commit message (typical Randy Dunlap / kbuild-style report).

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Series of 3 (+ later two maxine cleanups in the same pull: init
return value, `MODULE_LICENSE()`). Only 03/03 is required to fix the
implicit-declaration **error**. 01/02 are warning-level.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search returned **403**. UNVERIFIED
whether stable@ already discussed this. Openwall/Indiana archives show
no stable nomination in the review replies retrieved.

---

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: No functions modified. Macros used in
`maxinefb_ims332_write_register()`, `maxinefb_ims332_read_register()`,
and `maxinefb_init()`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS` / `DS5000_xx_ONBOARD_FBMEM_START`: only
  `drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c`.
- `maxinefb_ims332_write_register`: `maxinefb_setcolreg()` and
  `maxinefb_init()` (cursor RAM wipe).
- `maxinefb_ims332_read_register`: defined, **never called** in this
  tree (that is series patch 02).
- `maxinefb_init`: `module_init`. Probe path after `mips_machtype ==
  MACH_DS5000_XX`.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: Direct volatile MMIO via the mapped KSEG1/CKSEG1 addresses;
`register_framebuffer()` in init. No new callees.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Reachable at boot on Personal DECstation 5000/xx with
`CONFIG_FB_MAXINE=y`. The **compile** failure is reachable for any
`MACH_DECSTATION` + `64BIT` + `FB_MAXINE` config, including 64-bit R4x00
DECstation kernels that can still select this bool (Kconfig does not
restrict it to R3000). Userspace does not trigger the compile error.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Other DECstation code already uses `CKSEG1ADDR` (e.g.
`drivers/net/ethernet/amd/declance.c`). Remaining `KSEG1ADDR` in fbdev
is `au1100fb.c` (Alchemy, 32-bit-oriented). This is the only use in
`include/video/`.

---

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: **Yes.** `include/video/maxinefb.h` lines 16 and 22 still use
`KSEG1ADDR`. `git describe HEAD` → `p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`; `make
kernelversion` → **6.12.111**. Introduced at 2.6.12-rc2 genesis; present
for the entire 6.12 life.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: **Clean apply.** Local header matches the patch context exactly.
`CKSEG1ADDR` is already defined for both 32- and 64-bit in this tree’s
`addrspace.h`.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: `git log --grep="fix 64-bit build error" --
include/video/maxinefb.h` is empty. No equivalent fix in this checkout.

---

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: `drivers/video/fbdev` + `include/video` — MIPS DECstation
onboard framebuffer. **PERIPHERAL** (vintage workstation). Still a real
in-tree driver, not staging.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: maxinefb itself is dormant (whitespace/helpers only).
MACH_DECSTATION is mature. fbdev still receives small fixes (this series
landed in the v7.3 fbdev pull).

---

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Config-specific: `CONFIG_MACH_DECSTATION` && `CONFIG_FB_MAXINE`
&& `CONFIG_64BIT`. 32-bit Maxine builds already compile. 64-bit
DECstation + this driver cannot build today.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: Trigger is **building** that config, every time. Not a race.
Unprivileged userspace is irrelevant. Valid Kconfig: `MACH_DECSTATION`
selects `SYS_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL`; `CPU_R4X00` selects
`CPU_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL`; `FB_MAXINE` depends only on `FB=y &&
MACH_DECSTATION`.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: **Build error** — driver (and thus that kernel config) does not
compile. Local `Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst` lists “a
**build error** (but not for things marked CONFIG_BROKEN)” as a
qualifying bug. `FB_MAXINE` is not `BROKEN`. Implicit declaration is a
hard GCC error, independent of `CONFIG_WERROR` (which defaults to
`COMPILE_TEST` in this tree).

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit:** 64-bit MACH_DECSTATION + Maxine fb builds again; 32-bit
  behavior unchanged.
- **Risk:** very low (2 equivalent-on-32-bit macro lines, expert ack).
- Ratio: favorable. Niche hardware, but build-break fixes are in-policy
  even for small drivers.

---

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real compile failure with a pasted compiler log
- `KSEG1ADDR` confirmed undefined under `CONFIG_64BIT` in this tree
- `CKSEG1ADDR` is the portable replacement; 32-bit expansion is
  identical
- Two-line, single-file, applies cleanly
- Buggy code present since 2.6.12, still in 6.12.111
- Acked by Maciej W. Rozycki; merged by Helge Deller
- Stable rules in this tree explicitly allow build-error fixes
- Standalone vs the rest of the series

AGAINST:
- Very small user population (1990s Personal DECstation)
- Maxine silicon is R3000-class; 64-bit+FB_MAXINE is a Kconfig-legal
  combo more than a common production image
- No `Cc: stable` (not a negative per the review rules)

UNRESOLVED:
- Exact mainline SHA (commit not in this checkout)
- `b4 dig` / lore.kernel.org 403
- Whether stable@ already discussed it

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — compiler suggestion, Maciej
   ack, 32-bit equivalence verified in `addrspace.h`
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — cannot build a valid
   64-bit DECstation config with this driver
3. Important issue? **PASS** — build error, listed in this tree’s
   stable-kernel-rules
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 2 lines, one header
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — identical context,
   prerequisite macro already present

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: **Build fix** — qualifies under the documented exception /
“build error” clause.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
Backport. The bug exists here, the fix is the standard MIPS portable
mapping, and the stable rules call out build errors. Niche hardware does
not outweigh a zero-risk compile fix that applies cleanly.

---

### What the commit solves for this tree
On 6.12, `include/video/maxinefb.h` still maps IMS332 MMIO and onboard
FB memory with `KSEG1ADDR()`. That macro is compiled out for
`CONFIG_64BIT`, while `FB_MAXINE` can still be enabled on
`MACH_DECSTATION` 64-bit kernels. The result is an implicit-declaration
error and a 32-vs-64 pointer-cast warning. `CKSEG1ADDR()` is already the
32/64-safe helper used elsewhere on DECstation.

### Stable-rules fit
Obviously correct, two lines, no new API, no prerequisites missing in
6.12, not `CONFIG_BROKEN`.

### Risk vs benefit
Benefit is restoring a previously impossible 64-bit DECstation+maxinefb
build. Risk on 32-bit Maxine (the real hardware) is nil because the
macros match.

### Concerns
None that block backport: series mates 01/02 are not required; header
matches; `CKSEG1ADDR` exists.

---

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed subject/tags/body: fix 64-bit build; SOB Randy
  Dunlap, Ack Maciej, SOB Helge Deller; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable
- [Phase 2] Diff: two `KSEG1ADDR` → `CKSEG1ADDR` in
  `include/video/maxinefb.h`
- [Phase 2] `addrspace.h`: `KSEG1ADDR` only in `#else` of
  `CONFIG_64BIT`; `CKSEG1ADDR` in both; 32-bit expansions identical
- [Phase 3] `git blame include/video/maxinefb.h`: lines from
  `1da177e4c3f41` (2.6.12-rc2)
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 1da177e4c3f41 HEAD`: yes
- [Phase 3] `git log --oneline -- include/video/maxinefb.h`: only
  genesis; no later equivalent fix
- [Phase 3] No `Fixes:` tag to follow
- [Phase 4] Cover + 03/03 on lists.openwall.net (2026-08-13); Maciej Ack
  on lkml.indiana.edu 2608.2/02341
- [Phase 4] Helge GIT PULL lists this under Fixes for v7.3-rc1
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig`: no local commit (candidate not in tree);
  lore.kernel.org 403
- [Phase 5] Macros only used from `maxinefb.c`; `FB_MAXINE` depends on
  `MACH_DECSTATION` only
- [Phase 5] `MACH_DECSTATION` selects `SYS_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL`;
  `CPU_R4X00` selects `CPU_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = `p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`; `make
  kernelversion` = 6.12.111
- [Phase 6] Local file still has `KSEG1ADDR`; patch context matches
- [Phase 7] Peripheral fbdev driver, not staging
- [Phase 8] Failure: compile error; this tree’s stable-kernel-rules.rst
  line 19 includes “a build error”
- [Phase 8] `CONFIG_WERROR` defaults to `COMPILE_TEST`; implicit
  declaration is still a GCC error without it
- UNVERIFIED: exact upstream SHA; stable@ archives (lore 403); whether
  anyone already requested this for 6.12.y

**YES**

 include/video/maxinefb.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/video/maxinefb.h b/include/video/maxinefb.h
index 6aeb4acca2bdb..2b66b32f355cf 100644
--- a/include/video/maxinefb.h
+++ b/include/video/maxinefb.h
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 /*
  * IMS332 video controller register base address
  */
-#define MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS		KSEG1ADDR(0x1c140000)
+#define MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS		CKSEG1ADDR(0x1c140000)
 
 /*
  * Begin of DECstation 5000/xx onboard framebuffer memory, default resolution
  * is 1024x768x8
  */
-#define DS5000_xx_ONBOARD_FBMEM_START	KSEG1ADDR(0x0a000000)
+#define DS5000_xx_ONBOARD_FBMEM_START	CKSEG1ADDR(0x0a000000)
 
 /*
  *      The IMS 332 video controller used in the DECstation 5000/xx series
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/msm: Move nr_cmds initialization

[Sasha Levin]

From: Rob Clark <robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>

[ Upstream commit 9ee2884ed58e6b39da35732146446d5930e4746b ]

Previously if we entered an error path between these two points, we
could leak the relocs tables due to submit->nr_cmds still being zero.

In practice, relocs are disallowed on a6xx+, and non-ancient userspace
will not use relocs on earlier gens unless running on an ancient kernel.
But userspace could use this to trigger a memory leak.

Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/743085/
Message-ID: <20260729155609.20190-6-robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local checkout is mainline **v7.3-rc4**. The change is a real, user-
triggerable reloc-table leak in `MSM_GEM_SUBMIT`; it is small, correct,
and belongs in this tree.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: **[drm/msm] [Move] [initialize `submit->nr_cmds` earlier so
error-path cleanup can free reloc tables]**

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>` — static-analysis bot,
  not syzbot
- `Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>` — msm
  maintainer / author (ignore any pipeline SOB)
- `Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/743085/`
- `Message-ID: <20260729155609.20190-6-robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>` —
  v7 series, this is patch 5/17 (msgid -6 because -1 is the cover)
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected)
- No `Cc: stable` (expected)
- No `Tested-by` / `Reviewed-by` / `Acked-by` on the committed message

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** If submit hits an error between reloc `kmalloc` in
  `submit_lookup_cmds()` and the late `submit->nr_cmds = args->nr_cmds`,
  destroy walks `nr_cmds == 0` and skips `kfree(relocs)`.
- **Symptom:** Kernel memory leak; userspace can trigger it via
  `DRM_IOCTL_MSM_GEM_SUBMIT`.
- **Author’s caveat:** Relocs are disallowed on a6xx+; modern userspace
  does not use them on older gens. The author still states userspace can
  force the leak.
- **Version info:** None in the message. Introduced with reloc buffering
  in v5.11-rc1.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not disguised. It is an explicit error-path resource-leak fix
(delayed counter vs allocated objects).

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c` (+3 / −2)
- Functions: `submit_lookup_cmds()`, `msm_ioctl_gem_submit()`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- **Before:** `submit_lookup_cmds()` `kmalloc`s `cmd[i].relocs` then
  `copy_from_user`. `nr_cmds` stays 0 (kzalloc) until after pin/reloc
  parsing, then `submit->nr_cmds = args->nr_cmds`. Any `goto out` in
  between skips that store. `__msm_gem_submit_destroy()` only frees `i <
  nr_cmds`.
- **After:** `submit->nr_cmds = i + 1` immediately after a successful
  `kmalloc`, before `copy_from_user`. The late assignment is removed.
  Failed `kmalloc` does not bump the counter.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record:
- **Category:** error-path resource leak (ioctl-reachable, repeatable)
- **Mechanism:** counter used as the free loop bound is updated after
  the allocations. Verified destroy path:

```121:122:drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
        for (i = 0; i < submit->nr_cmds; i++)
                kfree(submit->cmd[i].relocs);
```

`allow_relocs` is false on a6xx+ (`adreno_gpu.c`: `gpu->allow_relocs =
family < ADRENO_6XX_GEN1`), but that check runs **after** lookup
allocates. Userspace with `nr_relocs > 0` allocates, then hits `EINVAL`
“relocs not allowed” and (before this fix) leaked.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record:
- Obviously correct: free bound tracks allocated slots.
- Minimal; no API/data-structure change.
- Regression risk is low. Mid-ioctl code uses `args->nr_cmds` /
  `cmds_to_parse`, not `submit->nr_cmds`. `msm_job_run()` / GPU submit
  run only after a successful job push, when `nr_cmds` already equaled
  `args->nr_cmds`.
- Failed `kmalloc` still does not increment, so a NULL slot is not
  `kfree`d.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Reloc `kmalloc` + destroy `kfree` loop: `20224d715a882`
  (“drm/msm/submit: Move copy_from_user ahead of locking bos”),
  **2020-10-23**, in **v5.11-rc1** (`git merge-base --is-ancestor` vs
  v5.10 failed, vs v5.11-rc1 succeeded).
- Late `submit->nr_cmds = args->nr_cmds`: `2e6a8a1fe2b262` (“drm/msm:
  Add VM_BIND ioctl”, 2025-06-29). Before that it was `submit->nr_cmds =
  i` **after** the parse loop; `goto out` inside that loop still skipped
  the store. The leak is older than VM_BIND.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Buggy pattern starts at `20224d715a882`
(v5.11). That commit is an ancestor of this tree.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY**
Record:
- Same-day series: `0369a2619c50b` SIZE_MAX cleanup, `7aeada642ebfd`
  overflow check — independent, not required for this leak fix.
- Related but different: `ad70e46e130a7` submit error-path unpin order.
- Standalone for the leak; bundled as v7 05/17 “lazy-vm fixes” for
  convenience.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Rob Clark is the msm GEM/submit maintainer. Nearby work is other
submit/VM fixes in the same series.

**Step 3.5: DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: None for this hunk. It only moves an existing store. Applies
standalone on this tree (already applied as `9ee2884ed58e6`).

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 9ee2884ed58e6`: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729155609.201
  90-6-robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com
- `[PATCH v7 05/17] drm/msm: Move nr_cmds initialization`
- Cover: `[PATCH v7 00/17] drm/msm: A couple lazy-vm fixes`
- Revisions v1–v7 of a growing msm series; this leak fix is in v7.
  Applied version is latest.
- Lore HTTP fetch returned 403; full thread read from `b4 dig -m` mbox.
- Sashiko reply on this patch: only **pre-existing** issues (SIZE_MAX in
  `submit_create`, lazy `ctx->vm` NULL). No NAK of the nr_cmds move.
  Those other bugs are other patches in the same series.
- No reviewer `Cc: stable` in the thread.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record (`b4 dig -w`): To dri-devel; Cc linux-arm-msm, freedreno,
Sashiko, Dmitry Baryshkov, Abhinav Kumar, Jessica Zhang, Sean Paul,
Marijn Suijten, David Airlie, Simona Vetter. Subsystem maintainers were
on the original mail. No human Reviewed-by on the git commit.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: Reporter is Sashiko (automated). No syzbot/bugzilla. Author
independently describes a userspace-triggerable leak. That description
matches the code.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: 17-patch lazy-VM series. This patch does not need 01–04
(ctxlock/queuelock) or 06+ (SIZE_MAX / VM helpers). Standalone leak fix.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: Web search of lore.kernel.org/stable for this subject found no
relevant thread.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `submit_lookup_cmds`, `msm_ioctl_gem_submit`; cleanup via
`__msm_gem_submit_destroy`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `msm_ioctl_gem_submit` registered with `DRM_RENDER_ALLOW` in
  `msm_drv.c` (`DRM_IOCTL_MSM_GEM_SUBMIT`).
- Reachable from render-node ioctl; not irq, not module init.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `kmalloc`, `copy_from_user`, later `submit_reloc` /
`allow_relocs` check. Destroy: `kfree(relocs)` gated by `nr_cmds`.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: userspace ioctl → `drm_ioctl` → `msm_ioctl_gem_submit` →
`submit_lookup_cmds` → error `goto out` → `submit_cleanup` →
`msm_gem_submit_put` → `__msm_gem_submit_destroy`. Unprivileged GPU
clients (render node) can trigger it.

**Step 5.5: SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: `submit_lookup_objects()` already does `submit->nr_bos = i` on
the way out so partial BO lookups are cleaned. Cmds did not have the
analogous update. No sibling drivers with the same bug in this file.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Yes, in this lineage. `git describe HEAD` =
`v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`, `make kernelversion` = `7.3.0-rc4`. Parent
of `9ee2884ed58e6` still has the late assignment and zero `nr_cmds`
during lookup. Bug present since v5.11; this fix is already an ancestor
of HEAD (`git merge-base --is-ancestor 9ee2884ed58e6 HEAD` succeeded).
Decision is still whether the fix has technical merit for this tree, not
whether a pipeline tag exists.

**Step 6.2: BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: On this tree the hunk matches current `msm_gem_submit.c`
(VM_BIND-era `args->nr_cmds` store). Clean apply. (Older pre-VM_BIND
trees would delete `submit->nr_cmds = i` instead; that is not this
checkout.)

**Step 6.3: RELATED FIXES ALREADY HERE**
Record: No earlier equivalent. Follow-ups `0369a2619c50b` /
`7aeada642ebfd` are overflow cleanups, not another leak fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: SUBSYSTEM AND CRITICALITY**
Record: **drm/msm GEM submit**. **IMPORTANT** (Qualcomm Adreno; Android
phones and Snapdragon laptops). Not mm/core, but a common production GPU
driver.

**Step 7.2: SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Actively developed (VM_BIND, lazy VM, submit locking). Submit
ioctl itself is old and long-lived.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver-specific (`CONFIG_DRM_MSM`). Anyone who can open the msm
render node.

**Step 8.2: TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record:
- Normal submits with `nr_relocs == 0`: `kmalloc(0)` is not a real leak.
- Trigger: `nr_relocs > 0`, then any error after allocation (bad copy,
  lock fail, invalid cmd size, **relocs not allowed on a6xx+**).
- Easy on modern Adreno: pass nonzero relocs; kernel allocates then
  rejects.
- Unprivileged with render-node access. Repeatable; size chosen by
  userspace.

**Step 8.3: FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: Kernel memory leak in a hot ioctl, unbounded. **HIGH** (DoS /
memory exhaustion). Not panic/UAF/corruption.

**Step 8.4: RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit:** Stops a userspace-triggerable leak on a widely used GPU
  ioctl. High for msm users.
- **Risk:** Very low (3 insertions, 2 deletions; error/cleanup
  accounting only).
- **Ratio:** Strongly favors applying.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real leak: destroy uses `nr_cmds` as the free count; that count was
  updated too late.
- User-triggerable via `DRM_IOCTL_MSM_GEM_SUBMIT` (`DRM_RENDER_ALLOW`).
- On a6xx+ the “relocs not allowed” path is after allocation, so modern
  hardware is included.
- Present since v5.11; still the same mechanism here until this commit.
- 5-line, obviously correct; msm maintainer authored it.
- Matches the common stable class of ioctl error-path leaks.

AGAINST:
- Not a crash/UAF; “only” a leak.
- Honest userspace rarely uses relocs on current gens.
- Found by Sashiko, not a user oops/syzbot.
- Shipped in a 17-patch series (but this patch is independent).
- No `Fixes:` / `Cc: stable` (not a negative per the rules).

UNRESOLVED:
- Lore.kernel.org HTTP 403; discussion recovered via `b4 dig -m`.
- Patchwork HTML was a bot-check page.
- No stable-list thread found.

**Step 9.2: STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — maintains allocated-vs-freed
   invariant; maintainer-authored; in mainline since v7.3-rc1.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — ioctl-reachable leak.
3. Important (crash/security/corruption/deadlock)? **PASS** at HIGH —
   repeatable kernel memory leak / DoS, not CRITICAL crash.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +3/−2, one file.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — already the code in this
   checkout.

**Step 9.3: EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: None (not an ID/quirk/DT/build/doc exception). It qualifies as a
normal leak fix.

**Step 9.4: DECISION**
This is a small, correct fix for a long-standing, userspace-triggerable
kernel memory leak in msm GEM submit. It meets stable rules for this
tree. Risk is negligible versus the DoS benefit.

------------------------------------------------
What the commit solves for this tree
------------------------------------------------
`submit_lookup_cmds()` allocated per-cmd reloc arrays while
`submit->nr_cmds` stayed 0 until much later in `msm_ioctl_gem_submit()`.
Destroy only frees `cmd[0..nr_cmds)`. Any error in that window leaked
those allocations. Moving `nr_cmds = i + 1` to right after `kmalloc`
makes cleanup free what was allocated, including the common a6xx+
“relocs not allowed” failure.

------------------------------------------------
Verification
------------------------------------------------
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Sashiko Reported-by; Rob Clark SOB; Patchwork
  743085; msgid 20190-6; no Fixes/Cc-stable
- [Phase 2] Diff: +3/−2 in `msm_gem_submit.c`; `nr_cmds = i+1` after
  kmalloc; removed late `nr_cmds = args->nr_cmds`
- [Phase 2] Destroy loop confirmed at lines 121–122; `allow_relocs` set
  false for a6xx+ at `adreno_gpu.c:1209`; check is after lookup
- [Phase 3] `git blame` on parent: reloc alloc from `20224d715a882`
  (v5.11-rc1); late assign from VM_BIND `2e6a8a1fe2b262`
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 20224d715a882 v5.11-rc1` yes;
  vs v5.10 no
- [Phase 3] No Fixes: tag to follow
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 9ee2884ed58e6`: lore msgid.link
  20260729155609.20190-6; v7 05/17
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: v1–v7 series; applied = v7
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: dri-devel + msm maintainers CC’d
- [Phase 4] mbox: Sashiko comments were pre-existing issues, not a NAK
  of this change; no stable nomination
- [Phase 4] lore WebFetch 403; patchwork served bot-check; stable search
  found nothing relevant
- [Phase 5] Caller: `DRM_IOCTL_DEF_DRV(..., DRM_RENDER_ALLOW)` in
  `msm_drv.c:804`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37; `make
  kernelversion` = 7.3.0-rc4
- [Phase 6] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 9ee2884ed58e6 HEAD` succeeded;
  parent still has the leak
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: ioctl-triggered kmalloc leak, severity HIGH
- UNVERIFIED: live lore.kernel.org HTML (403); patchwork page body;
  whether any human mailing-list Reviewed-by was dropped on commit

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index 75d9f35743700..2b6b5297f0592 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ static int submit_lookup_cmds(struct msm_gem_submit *submit,
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
+
+		submit->nr_cmds = i + 1;
+
 		ret = copy_from_user(submit->cmd[i].relocs, userptr, sz);
 		if (ret) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -717,8 +720,6 @@ int msm_ioctl_gem_submit(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	submit->nr_cmds = args->nr_cmds;
-
 	idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	spin_lock(&queue->idr_lock);
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amdgpu: Fix kobject cleanup in xcp sysfs

[Sasha Levin]

From: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 62d8b452615fd7a61976a1372bb81937807968c3 ]

Fix the indexing issue. Release the kobject whose init/add failed, and
unwind the successfully added ones.

Signed-off-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **6.18.53**. The buggy XCP sysfs cleanup is present
here; the patch is a small, obviously-correct error-path kobject
leak/WARN fix, so it should be backported.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: **[drm/amdgpu] [Fix] kobject cleanup in xcp sysfs** — intended
to correct failed/partial kobject teardown for compute-partition sysfs.

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- **Reviewed-by:** Alex Deucher `<alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- **Signed-off-by:** Lijo Lazar `<lijo.lazar@amd.com>` (author)
- **Signed-off-by:** Alex Deucher `<alexander.deucher@amd.com>`
- Ignore pipeline tags: `[Upstream commit
  62d8b452615fd7a61976a1372bb81937807968c3]`, `Signed-off-by: Sasha
  Levin`
- **No Fixes:, Reported-by, Tested-by, Link:, or Cc: stable** (absence
  is expected for this review)

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** “indexing issue” in XCP sysfs kobject unwind; failed
  `kobject_init_and_add()` is not released; successfully added kobjects
  are not unwound.
- **Symptom:** leaked kobjects / leftover sysfs on the init error path;
  extra `kobject_put()` on the failed object when the loop runs with `i
  >= 2`.
- **Version info in message:** none.
- **Root cause (author):** wrong index in the cleanup loop, plus missing
  `kobject_put()` for the kobject whose init/add failed.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not disguised. Subject and body state a real cleanup bug. The
original loop `for (j = 0; j < i; j++) { xcp_res = &xcp_cfg->xcp_res[i];
... }` using **`i` instead of `j`** is a copy-paste error, not style
cleanup.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- **File:** `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c` — **+5 / −3** (net
  +2)
- **Function:** `amdgpu_xcp_cfg_sysfs_init()`
- **Scope:** single-file surgical error-path fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record (verified against parent `6a08c18ac122` / `v6.18.53`):
1. Drop unused `j` after the loop rewrite.
2. On `kobject_init_and_add()` failure: **before** `goto err` with no
   put; **after** `kobject_put(&xcp_res->kobj)` then `goto err` (matches
   `kobject_init_and_add()` docs: put is required even on failure
   because `kobject_init()` already ran).
3. Unwind loop: **before** `for (j = 0; j < i; j++)` always uses
   `xcp_res[i]` (the failed slot), never `xcp_res[j]`; **after** `while
   (i--)` puts indices `i-1 … 0` (the successfully added ones).

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: **Error-path resource leak + incorrect kobject put** (refcount
WARN / leak).
- `kobject_init_and_add()` always inits; a failed add still needs one
  `kobject_put()`.
- The old loop used `i` instead of `j`, so it never released successful
  children and, when `i >= 2`, put the **same** failed kobject `i`
  times.
- `num_res` is `ARRAY_SIZE(max_res)` = `AMDGPU_XCP_RES_MAX` = **4**
  (`aqua_vanjaram_get_xcp_res_info()`), so `i` can be 2 or 3.
- First extra put: `kref` hits 0 → `kobject_cleanup()` (name freed).
  Further puts: `refcount_dec_and_test()` on 0 → **refcount underflow
  WARN**. Successful children and the parent `xcp_cfg` leak because
  those child refs are never dropped.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: Obviously correct and minimal. Success path unchanged. `while
(i--)` after putting the failed index is the usual pattern (`i=0` does
not unwind further). Regression risk is **low** (error path only; no
API/lock/hot-path change). `xcp_cfg_res_sysfs_ktype` has no `.release`
(embedded kobject); putting it only cleans kobject state, it does not
`kfree` the parent — that is correct.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record: Buggy loop introduced in **`4ae86dc878504`** (“drm/amdgpu: Add
sysfs nodes to get xcp details”, Lijo Lazar, 2024-09-09). `git describe`
→ `v6.11-rc7-1469-g4ae86dc878504`; contained in **v6.12**. Present in
this 6.18 tree (`git merge-base --is-ancestor 4ae86dc878504 HEAD`
succeeded).

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. The introducing commit is in this tree. No
later same-file fix for this indexing bug besides this candidate.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record: Nearby history is XCP sysfs feature work (`10072642541bd`,
`04e9101766dfe`, `cbbab29246c8b`) plus unrelated RAS/bounds fixes. This
is **standalone**, not `patch X/Y`. No extra prerequisite refactor is
required for the hunk.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Lijo Lazar is a regular amdgpu/XCP contributor and authored the
original sysfs nodes. Alex Deucher (maintainer) reviewed and signed off.
Related author work on this file is XCP feature/fix traffic, not a
hidden series dependency for this hunk.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Diff only uses existing `kobject_init_and_add` / `kobject_put`
and the existing `err` label. **Applies standalone.** Upstream SHA
`62d8b452615fd7a61976a1372bb81937807968c3` is **not** an ancestor of
this 6.18 HEAD (expected; it is a later mainline commit).

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 62d8b452…` →
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260617085435.723531-1-lijo.lazar@amd.com
- `b4 dig -a`: **v1 only** (2026-06-17), no v2/v3.
- Thread (mbox): body matches the committed message; **Alex Deucher
  Reviewed-by**; **no NAK**.
- WebFetch of lore.kernel.org returned **403**; discussion recovered via
  `b4 dig -m`.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record (`b4 dig -w`): To `amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org`; Cc Hawking
Zhang, Alexander Deucher, Asad Kamal, Candice Li. Maintainer reviewed.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No Reported-by / syzbot / bugzilla. Found by code inspection of
the unwind path. No user crash log.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Standalone single patch, not a multi-patch series.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: **UNVERIFIED** — lore.kernel.org/stable WebFetch returned 403.
No `Cc: stable` in the amd-gfx mbox.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `amdgpu_xcp_cfg_sysfs_init()` only.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `amdgpu_xcp_cfg_sysfs_init()` ← `amdgpu_xcp_sysfs_init()`
  (`amdgpu_xcp.c`)
- ← `amdgpu_device.c` (~line 4948) during device init, with other amdgpu
  sysfs setup
- Early-out if `!adev->xcp_mgr`

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `kobject_init_and_add`,
`sysfs_create_files`/`sysfs_create_file`, `amdgpu_xcp_get_res_info`,
`kobject_put`, `sysfs_remove_*`. No new locks or allocations besides
existing ones.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: GPU probe/init for devices that create `xcp_mgr`. That is
**`aqua_vanjaram_init_soc_config()`**, only for **GC IP 9.4.3, 9.4.4,
9.5.0** (MI300/MI325/MI350-class Instinct). Userspace cannot directly
call this; trigger is `kobject_init_and_add()` failure (ENOMEM / name
collision) during driver load. Function is `void`; probe **continues**
even on failure, so leaked objects live until unload/reboot.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: No remaining `for (j = 0; j < i; j++)` in this file.
`amdgpu_xcp_cfg_sysfs_fini()` iterates `0 .. num_res-1` correctly. Bug
is local to this init unwind.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: **Yes.** Tree is `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb` (`Makefile`
6.18.53, branch `autosel`). `v6.18.53:amdgpu_xcp.c` still has `int i, r,
j, rid, mode;`, `if (r) goto err;` without put, and `for (j = 0; j < i;
j++)` using `xcp_res[i]`. Introduced in v6.12-era commit
`4ae86dc878504`, ancestor of 6.18.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: **Clean apply.** Same function, same loop, same identifiers.
Context in 6.18 uses `kzalloc(sizeof(*xcp_cfg), GFP_KERNEL)` rather than
a later `kzalloc_obj` helper; that is outside the hunk. No conflicting
refactor in this file for these lines.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: No other commit on this file fixes this indexing/put bug.
`v6.18.53` does not contain the fix (`git merge-base --is-ancestor
4fbcdfa45e537 v6.18.53` failed).

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: **drm/amdgpu XCP (compute partition) sysfs.** Criticality:
**IMPORTANT** for MI300-class GPU servers; **PERIPHERAL** for typical
desktop/laptop amdgpu. Not mm/VFS/net core.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: amdgpu/XCP is actively developed in this tree, but this
particular unwind has been wrong since the 6.12-era feature landed — a
long-standing bug, not last-month code.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: **Driver/platform-specific** — AMD Instinct GC 9.4.3/9.4.4/9.5.0
with `xcp_mgr`. Consumer GPUs without XCP are unaffected (`if
(!adev->xcp_mgr) return`).

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: `kobject_init_and_add()` failure while creating
`compute_partition_config/{xcc,dma,dec,jpeg}` during probe. **Uncommon**
(ENOMEM or sysfs name clash). Not a hot path; not directly triggerable
by an unprivileged syscall except via memory pressure during driver
load. Timing race: no.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record:
- Leak of child kobjects + parent `xcp_cfg` (sysfs leftovers; `xcp_cfg`
  never stored so `fini` cannot recover it).
- If failure is at `i >= 2`: **refcount underflow WARN** on repeated put
  of the failed kobject.
- Not a happy-path oops, deadlock, or filesystem corruption.
- Severity: **MEDIUM–HIGH** on that error path (WARN + leak), **LOW**
  frequency.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit:** medium for affected GPUs — correct teardown, no leftover
  sysfs, no refcount WARN; zero effect on the success path.
- **Risk:** very low — 5-line error-path-only change, maintainer-
  reviewed.
- **Ratio:** favorable for stable.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real, obvious bug: cleanup loop uses `i` not `j`.
- Missing `kobject_put()` after failed `kobject_init_and_add()`
  (documented API contract in `lib/kobject.c`).
- Can leak kobjects/sysfs and, for `i >= 2` of 4 resources, trigger
  refcount underflow WARN.
- Tiny (+5/−3), success path untouched.
- Buggy code has been in tree since ~v6.12 and **is in 6.18.53**.
- Reviewed-by amdgpu maintainer; standalone; applies cleanly.

AGAINST:
- Error path only; `kobject_init_and_add()` rarely fails.
- Init function is `void`; probe does not fail, so users may not notice.
- Limited to XCP-capable Instinct GPUs.
- No syzbot/user report, no Fixes:/Cc: stable (not a negative by
  itself).
- One-time probe leak, not a hot-path leak.

UNRESOLVED:
- Could not query lore.kernel.org/stable (HTTP 403).
- Could not use semcode (namespace not present).

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — logic matches kobject rules;
   maintainer Reviewed-by.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — wrong unwind is in
   6.18; MI300-class systems hit this init.
3. Important issue? **PASS** — leak plus possible kernel refcount WARN;
   not a universal panic, but a real stability/correctness bug on a
   production GPU path.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 8-line hunk, one function.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — buggy code is in `v6.18.53`;
   context matches.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception. Ordinary small
bugfix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This should be backported to **this** 6.18.y tree. The indexing bug is
unambiguous, the missing put is required by the kobject API, the change
is surgical, and the code has been wrong for the entire lifetime of this
sysfs feature in 6.18.

**What it solves for stable users:** On MI300-class amdgpu probe, if
creating a partition-config resource kobject fails, 6.18 currently leaks
the kobjects that did get added (and can WARN on extra puts of the
failed one). The fix releases the failed kobject and actually unwinds
`0..i-1`.

**Risk vs benefit:** Benefit is correct error-path teardown with no
success-path behavior change; risk is negligible.

**Concerns:** Trigger is uncommon; impact is limited to XCP GPUs. That
does not make the patch unsuitable — it applies cleanly and does not
need other commits.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: Reviewed-by Alex Deucher; SOB Lijo Lazar + Deucher; no
  Fixes/Reported-by/Cc: stable
- [Phase 2] Diff: `amdgpu_xcp_cfg_sysfs_init()` +5/−3; add `kobject_put`
  on failed init/add; `for (j=0;j<i;j++)` + `xcp_res[i]` → `while (i--)`
- [Phase 2] Parent dump of `amdgpu_xcp.c` confirmed the `i`-instead-
  of-`j` bug
- [Phase 2] `lib/kobject.c`: `kobject_init_and_add()` inits then adds;
  comments require `kobject_put()` on error
- [Phase 2] Extra puts hit `refcount_dec_and_test()` underflow WARN
  (`include/linux/refcount.h`)
- [Phase 3] `git blame` on parent: lines from `4ae86dc878504` (v6.12
  era)
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 4ae86dc878504 HEAD` → yes;
  `62d8b452` not ancestor of this 6.18 HEAD
- [Phase 3] `git log --oneline -20 -- amdgpu_xcp.c`: standalone, not a
  series
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 62d8b452`: lore msgid
  20260617085435.723531-1-lijo.lazar@amd.com
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: v1 only; `b4 dig -w`: amd-gfx + Deucher et al.
- [Phase 4] mbox: Deucher Reviewed-by; no NAK; no stable nomination
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org WebFetch 403 — UNVERIFIED for stable@
  archive
- [Phase 5] callers: `amdgpu_xcp_sysfs_init` ← `amdgpu_device.c` probe;
  `xcp_mgr` only from `aqua_vanjaram_init_soc_config` for GC
  9.4.3/9.4.4/9.5.0
- [Phase 5] `num_res = ARRAY_SIZE(max_res)` = `AMDGPU_XCP_RES_MAX` = 4
- [Phase 5] no semcode — used grep/read
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb; `make
  kernelversion` 6.18.53
- [Phase 6] `git show v6.18.53:amdgpu_xcp.c` still has the buggy loop
- [Phase 8] Failure: leak + possible refcount WARN on probe error path;
  not a common-path oops
- UNVERIFIED: whether stable@ ever discussed this commit (lore 403)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c
index 1083db8cea2eb..6059227c53150 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ static void amdgpu_xcp_cfg_sysfs_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 {
 	struct amdgpu_xcp_res_details *xcp_res;
 	struct amdgpu_xcp_cfg *xcp_cfg;
-	int i, r, j, rid, mode;
+	int i, r, rid, mode;
 
 	if (!adev->xcp_mgr)
 		return;
@@ -947,14 +947,16 @@ static void amdgpu_xcp_cfg_sysfs_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 					 &xcp_cfg_res_sysfs_ktype,
 					 &xcp_cfg->kobj, "%s",
 					 xcp_res_names[rid]);
-		if (r)
+		if (r) {
+			kobject_put(&xcp_res->kobj);
 			goto err;
+		}
 	}
 
 	adev->xcp_mgr->xcp_cfg = xcp_cfg;
 	return;
 err:
-	for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
+	while (i--) {
 		xcp_res = &xcp_cfg->xcp_res[i];
 		kobject_put(&xcp_res->kobj);
 	}
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amdgpu/mes_v12_0: use mes schedule pipe for legacy queues on unified MES

[Sasha Levin]

From: Jesse Zhang <Jesse.Zhang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 5ec4cc91708370847772f2a2397316dbd8d8f066 ]

when suspend_all_gangs is issued to pipe0 MES during system suspend or runtime PM, pipe0 can only suspend and resume queues it has tracked.
KCQs registered with a non-zero pipe slot may not be correctly handled, leaving them in an inconsistent state after resume.

v3: fix the schedule pipe issue
v4: use schedule pipe for KQ resets

Reviewed-by: Michael Chen <michael.chen@amd.com>
Suggested-by: Michael Chen <michael.chen@amd.com>
Suggested-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Suggested-by: Shaoyun Liu <shaoyun.liu@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Zhang <jesse.zhang@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This is a **6.18.y** tree (`v6.18.53`). The buggy MES v12 pipe selection
is present here, the patch is small, and it applies cleanly.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[drm/amdgpu/mes_v12_0] [use] [route legacy kernel queues to the
MES schedule pipe on unified MES]`

Subsystem is AMD GPU MES firmware for gfx12. Verb is “use”, but the body
describes a resume/tracking bug, not a feature.

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected for autosel review)
- No `Reported-by:` / `Tested-by:` / `Cc: stable`
- `Reviewed-by: Michael Chen <michael.chen@amd.com>`
- `Suggested-by: Michael Chen`, `Alex Deucher`, `Shaoyun Liu` (AMD MES
  people)
- `Signed-off-by: Jesse Zhang` (author), `Alex Deucher` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- Ignore pipeline `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` and `[Upstream commit
  5ec4cc917083...]`

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- Bug: on unified MES, `suspend_all_gangs` is sent to pipe0 (SCHED).
  Pipe0 can only suspend/resume queues it has tracked.
- Symptom: KCQs registered on a non-zero pipe (KIQ = pipe 1) are not
  handled, and can be left inconsistent after resume.
- Trigger named in the message: system suspend / runtime PM.
- Changelog: v3 fixes schedule-pipe selection; v4 also sends kernel-
  queue resets to the schedule pipe.
- No stack trace, no kernel version list.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not disguised. It is an explicit correctness fix for MES pipe
routing. The v4 reset hunk is the same class of bug (reset must follow
the pipe that actually owns the queue).

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/mes_v12_0.c` (+17 / −10)
- Functions: `mes_v12_0_map_legacy_queue`,
  `mes_v12_0_unmap_legacy_queue`, `mes_v12_0_reset_hw_queue`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- Map/unmap, `enable_uni_mes`: previously always `AMDGPU_MES_KIQ_PIPE`.
  After: MES ring (`AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_MES`) stays on KIQ; every other
  kernel queue goes to `AMDGPU_MES_SCHED_PIPE`. Non-uni_mes path still
  uses SCHED.
- Reset: previously `is_kq` → KIQ, else SCHED. After: always SCHED.
- Affected paths: KCQ/KGQ map at gfx init/resume, unmap at gfx
  hw_fini/suspend, MES scheduler-queue map in `mes_v12_0_queue_init`,
  kernel-queue reset in gfx12 hang recovery.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: **Logic / hardware-firmware tracking bug** (wrong MES pipe).
- `AMDGPU_MES_SCHED_PIPE = 0`, `AMDGPU_MES_KIQ_PIPE = 1`.
- Suspend-all is submitted to SCHED (pipe0). Mapping KCQs on KIQ (pipe1)
  means pipe0 never tracked them.
- Reset of kernel queues was also sent to KIQ
  (`amdgpu_mes_reset_legacy_queue` always sets `is_kq = true`), so hang
  recovery talked to the wrong pipe.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: Obviously correct given MES pipe semantics. Minimal. Non-uni_mes
unchanged. MES scheduler queue still mapped via KIQ, which matches
`mes_v12_0_queue_init()` calling `amdgpu_mes_map_legacy_queue()` on the
SCHED ring (`AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_MES`). Regression risk is low: pipe choice
is firmware-facing, but AMD MES reviewers signed off. The v4 reset hunk
was added after the v3 Reviewed-by; it is consistent with the map
change, not a random extra edit.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Map/unmap KIQ routing: `aa539da8aff07a` (“drm/amdgpu/mes12: adjust
  mes12 sw/hw init for multiple pipes”, Jack Xiao, 2024-08). In
  v6.18.53.
- Reset `is_kq` → KIQ: `2e828a25f850f` (“drm/amdgpu/mes: use correct MES
  pipe for resets”, 2025-04). In v6.18.53.
- MES v12 itself: `785f0f9fe7420` (2024-05). In this tree.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Functionally this corrects `aa539da8aff07a`
(map/unmap) and `2e828a25f850f` (KQ reset pipe). Both ancestors of
v6.18.53.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record:
- `6abd725fdfc41` implements MES suspend/resume gang for v12 (in
  6.18.53); `mes_v12_0_suspend_gang()` already submits to
  `AMDGPU_MES_SCHED_PIPE`.
- `2e828a25f850f` is the prior reset-pipe policy this commit revises.
- Later autosel commit `00a6825e89078` (oversubscription doorbell mode)
  is unrelated.
- Standalone for 6.18: sibling `mes_v12_1` does not exist here.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Jesse Zhang is an AMD amdgpu contributor (MES/gfx/SDMA). This is
not a drive-by. Merged by Alex Deucher.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Needs MES v12, `enable_uni_mes`, map/unmap/reset callbacks, and
SCHED-pipe suspend. All present in v6.18.53. Applies cleanly to
`v6.18.53:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/mes_v12_0.c` (patch --dry-run rc
0). No missing helper or struct field.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 5ec4cc917083...` →
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260330013346.1054624-1-Jesse.Zhang@amd.com
- v3 series: 1/2 this file; 2/2 `mes_v12_1` (not in this tree).
- v4 standalone: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-April/142750.html (map/unmap only).
- Committed form matches later resends that add “v4: use schedule pipe
  for KQ resets” (e.g. 11/42 in “Enable pipe reset for compute”).
- Michael Chen: `Reviewed-by` on v3. No NAK in the saved thread.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: To/Cc: amd-gfx, Alex Deucher, Christian König, Shaoyun Liu,
Michael Chen. Right maintainers.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No bugzilla/syzbot. Description is from AMD MES engineers
(Suggested-by three of them). No public crash log.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: 2/2 is mes_v12_1 only. Not a hard dependency of 1/2. The May
42-patch compute-reset series reused this patch; this hunk does not need
the rest of that series.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: No useful stable-list discussion found. Absence is not a
negative signal.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**
Record: `mes_v12_0_map_legacy_queue`, `mes_v12_0_unmap_legacy_queue`,
`mes_v12_0_reset_hw_queue`. Semcode MCP not available; used grep/read.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- Map: `amdgpu_mes_map_legacy_queue()` ← `amdgpu_gfx_enable_kcq()` /
  `amdgpu_gfx_enable_kgq()`, gfx12 KCQ/KGQ reset remap,
  `mes_v12_0_queue_init()` for the MES SCHED ring when `enable_uni_mes`.
- Unmap: `amdgpu_mes_unmap_legacy_queue()` ← `amdgpu_gfx_disable_kcq()`
  (gfx12 `hw_fini` / suspend), MES kiq_hw_fini for the SCHED ring.
- Reset: `amdgpu_mes_reset_legacy_queue()` ← `gfx_v12_0_reset_kcq` /
  `gfx_v12_0_reset_kgq` (and SDMA MES reset on other IPs; gfx12 path is
  the one that hits mes_v12).
- Suspend-all: `amdgpu_mes_suspend()` ← KFD `suspend_all_queues_mes()`;
  MES suspend packet already goes to SCHED pipe.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: All three submit via
`mes_v12_0_submit_pkt_and_poll_completion(mes, pipe, ...)`, which writes
the packet to `mes->ring[pipe]`. Wrong `pipe` means the other MES engine
never sees ADD/REMOVE/RESET.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Reachable without special debug options:
- Boot/resume maps KCQs (`enable_legacy_queue_map` is hardcoded true in
  mes_v12 sw_init).
- GPU suspend/`hw_fini` unmaps them.
- Hang recovery resets them.
- KFD bad-queue handling issues suspend_all_gangs.
Userspace GPU clients and suspend/resume trigger this. Unprivileged
DRM/KFD users can hit hang recovery.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Same uni_mes → KIQ heuristic remains in `mes_v12_0_misc_op()`;
this patch does not touch it. User-queue add/remove already used SCHED
pipe. Sibling mes_v12_1 fix is for a file this tree does not have.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Yes, in v6.18.53 `mes_v12_0_map_legacy_queue` / `unmap` /
`reset_hw_queue`. Introduced 2024–2025; not after 6.18 branched.
Verified: `git describe HEAD` = `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`; `make
kernelversion` = `6.18.53`; `git merge-base --is-ancestor f15135562c4b0
v6.18.53` is false (candidate not in the stable tag).

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: Clean apply to v6.18.53. Context matches. No rework needed.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: 6.18.53 still has the uni_mes→KIQ map/unmap and `is_kq`→KIQ
reset. No earlier equivalent fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu` MES for gfx12. **IMPORTANT**
(shipping RDNA4: IP 12.0.0 / 12.0.1), not core mm/net, not staging.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Actively maintained; MES v12 has ongoing queue/reset work. The
bug is in code that has been in 6.18 since release, not brand-new post-
branch code.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: gfx12 (RDNA4) with unified MES. `amdgpu_uni_mes` defaults to 1;
discovery sets `enable_uni_mes` for IP 12.0.0/12.0.1. Driver-specific,
default-on for those GPUs.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record:
- Common: every gfx12 boot maps KCQs; every GPU suspend/`hw_fini` unmaps
  them.
- Hang recovery resets KCQ/KGQ through the same pipe.
- KFD suspend-all on bad queues.
- Not a theoretical race; wrong static pipe choice.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: Kernel compute/graphics queues left untracked or reset on the
wrong MES engine → failed suspend/resume, failed queue reset, GPU hang.
KFD treats MES suspend failure as unrecoverable and schedules GPU reset.
Severity: **HIGH** (GPU hang / failed recovery), not a kernel NULL-
deref, but user-visible and production-relevant on RDNA4.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- Benefit: HIGH for gfx12 6.18 users (default uni_mes).
- Risk: LOW (17 lines, one file, non-uni_mes unchanged, MES self-queue
  still on KIQ).
- Ratio: favor backport.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real firmware-tracking bug: KCQs mapped to pipe1 while suspend-
  all/reset tracking is pipe0.
- Present in this 6.18.y tree; uni_mes default-enabled on gfx12.
- Hits suspend/resume and hang recovery, not a dead path.
- Small, surgical, applies cleanly.
- Reviewed/suggested by AMD MES engineers; merged by Alex Deucher.
- Corrects pipe policy already in 6.18 (`aa539da8`, `2e828a25`).

AGAINST:
- No public user report or sanitizer hit.
- gfx12-only, not a core-kernel oops.
- v4 reset hunk was not in the v3 Reviewed-by mail (but it is the
  necessary counterpart of the map change).
- 2/2 mes_v12_1 is unrelated here (file absent).

UNRESOLVED:
- No first-party dmesg/reproducer beyond the author’s description (AMD-
  internal).

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — pipe choice matches suspend-
   all on SCHED; MES self-queue exception is required and matches
   `queue_init`.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — gfx12 KCQ
   tracking/resume/reset.
3. Important issue? **PASS** — GPU hang / failed queue reset /
   inconsistent KCQs after resume. HIGH, not a style nit.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one file, ~27 lines.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — clean on v6.18.53.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: None of ID/quirk/DT/build/docs. Ordinary driver correctness fix;
still stable-eligible.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
Backport. The 6.18 tree has unified MES, default-on, with the wrong pipe
for legacy kernel queues. The fix is small, applies cleanly, and
prevents KCQ inconsistency and failed MES resets on shipping gfx12
hardware.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: Reviewed-by Michael Chen; Suggested-by
  Chen/Deucher/Liu; no Fixes/syzbot.
- [Phase 2] Diff: map/unmap uni_mes now KIQ only for
  `AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_MES`; reset always SCHED.
- [Phase 3] Blame on v6.18.53: `aa539da8aff07a` (map/unmap),
  `2e828a25f850f` (reset is_kq).
- [Phase 3] Both those commits are ancestors of v6.18.53; candidate is
  not.
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor f15135562c4b0 v6.18.53` → not
  in the tag.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 5ec4cc917083...` → v3 1/2 lore; 2/2 is mes_v12_1
  only.
- [Phase 4] mbox: Chen Reviewed-by; no NAK.
- [Phase 4] v4 list mail had map/unmap only; committed v4 adds KQ reset
  pipe.
- [Phase 5] Callers: `amdgpu_gfx_enable/disable_kcq`, gfx12
  reset_kcq/kgq, mes queue_init, KFD `amdgpu_mes_suspend`.
- [Phase 5] Pipes: SCHED=0, KIQ=1; suspend_gang already uses SCHED.
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` v6.18.53-5049; `make kernelversion`
  6.18.53.
- [Phase 6] `enable_uni_mes` default 1 (`amdgpu_drv.c`); set for IP
  12.0.0/12.0.1.
- [Phase 6] Patch dry-run against v6.18.53 mes_v12_0.c: success.
- [Phase 6] No mes_v12_1.c in this tree.
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: inconsistent KCQs / failed MES reset → GPU
  hang; severity HIGH.
- UNVERIFIED: no public user crash log; lore.kernel.org WebFetch
  returned 403 (used b4 mbox + lists.freedesktop.org instead).

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/mes_v12_0.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/mes_v12_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/mes_v12_0.c
index c40aed5a8fc21..7d7bcf1c69f27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/mes_v12_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/mes_v12_0.c
@@ -524,10 +524,15 @@ static int mes_v12_0_map_legacy_queue(struct amdgpu_mes *mes,
 		convert_to_mes_queue_type(input->queue_type);
 	mes_add_queue_pkt.map_legacy_kq = 1;
 
-	if (mes->adev->enable_uni_mes)
-		pipe = AMDGPU_MES_KIQ_PIPE;
-	else
+	if (mes->adev->enable_uni_mes) {
+		/* Keep scheduler queue on KIQ pipe; map all other kernel queues on sched pipe. */
+		if (input->queue_type == AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_MES)
+			pipe = AMDGPU_MES_KIQ_PIPE;
+		else
+			pipe = AMDGPU_MES_SCHED_PIPE;
+	} else {
 		pipe = AMDGPU_MES_SCHED_PIPE;
+	}
 
 	return mes_v12_0_submit_pkt_and_poll_completion(mes, pipe,
 			&mes_add_queue_pkt, sizeof(mes_add_queue_pkt),
@@ -563,10 +568,15 @@ static int mes_v12_0_unmap_legacy_queue(struct amdgpu_mes *mes,
 			convert_to_mes_queue_type(input->queue_type);
 	}
 
-	if (mes->adev->enable_uni_mes)
-		pipe = AMDGPU_MES_KIQ_PIPE;
-	else
+	if (mes->adev->enable_uni_mes) {
+		/* Keep scheduler queue on KIQ pipe; unmap all other kernel queues on sched pipe. */
+		if (input->queue_type == AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_MES)
+			pipe = AMDGPU_MES_KIQ_PIPE;
+		else
+			pipe = AMDGPU_MES_SCHED_PIPE;
+	} else {
 		pipe = AMDGPU_MES_SCHED_PIPE;
+	}
 
 	return mes_v12_0_submit_pkt_and_poll_completion(mes, pipe,
 			&mes_remove_queue_pkt, sizeof(mes_remove_queue_pkt),
@@ -909,10 +919,7 @@ static int mes_v12_0_reset_hw_queue(struct amdgpu_mes *mes,
 		mes_reset_queue_pkt.doorbell_offset = input->doorbell_offset;
 	}
 
-	if (input->is_kq)
-		pipe = AMDGPU_MES_KIQ_PIPE;
-	else
-		pipe = AMDGPU_MES_SCHED_PIPE;
+	pipe = AMDGPU_MES_SCHED_PIPE;
 
 	return mes_v12_0_submit_pkt_and_poll_completion(mes, pipe,
 			&mes_reset_queue_pkt, sizeof(mes_reset_queue_pkt),
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] drm/virtio: reclaim pending vbufs before tearing down vqs

[Sasha Levin]

From: Anuj Bolewar <bolewara@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit 61d85f99b5a55d4f717c4bb2f4c4acabf22ee3fc ]

virtio_gpu_free_vbufs() destroys the vbufs kmem_cache after the virtqueues
have already been released. Commands that were queued but never completed
by the device leave their vbuffers stranded in the virtqueue, so the cache
still holds live objects when virtio_gpu_deinit() tears everything down.
This triggers a WARNING in virtio_gpu_free_vbufs:

    BUG virtio-gpu-vbufs (Not tainted): Objects remaining in cache
    on __kmem_cache_shutdown()

Drain any buffers still sitting in the control and cursor virtqueues in
virtio_gpu_deinit() after the device has been reset and before the
virtqueues are deleted, following the same pattern used by virtio_console's
remove_vqs(). Each reclaimed buffer is released with free_vbuf(), dropping
the reference on any GEM objects it holds. Pending RESOURCE_UNREF
commands are handled as well: their resp_cb_data still references a GEM
object, so it is cleaned up with virtio_gpu_cleanup_object() to avoid
leaking it on teardown.

Reported-by: syzbot+06f9b2a53ba4a5a47644@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=06f9b2a53ba4a5a47644
Signed-off-by: Anuj Bolewar <bolewara@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260802-virtio-gpu-reclaim-vbufs-v2-1-5767fb860691@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

# Stable backport analysis: `drm/virtio: reclaim pending vbufs before
tearing down vqs`

Local tree: **6.12.111** (`p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`). Verdict is for
this checkout only.

---

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**

Record: `[drm/virtio] [reclaim] [drain leftover virtqueue buffers before
destroying vbufs cache]`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**

Record:
- `Reported-by: syzbot+06f9b2a53ba4a5a47644@syzkaller.appspotmail.com` —
  fuzzer-found, reproducible
- `Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=06f9b2a53ba4a5a47644`
- `Signed-off-by: Anuj Bolewar <bolewara@gmail.com>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>`
  (virtio-gpu maintainer)
- `Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260802-virtio-gpu-reclaim-
  vbufs-v2-1-5767fb860691@gmail.com`
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected for this review pipeline)
- Ignore pipeline `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` / `[Upstream commit ...]`
  if present

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**

Record:
- **Bug:** `virtio_gpu_free_vbufs()` calls `kmem_cache_destroy()` after
  VQs are already deleted. In-flight commands stay attached to the
  virtqueue, so the `virtio-gpu-vbufs` cache still has live objects.
- **Symptom:** SLUB `BUG virtio-gpu-vbufs: Objects remaining on
  __kmem_cache_shutdown()` plus `WARNING` in `virtio_gpu_free_vbufs` /
  `kmem_cache_destroy`, on device removal.
- **Root cause:** `virtio_gpu_deinit()` does `virtio_reset_device()`
  then `del_vqs()` without draining unused buffers.
- **Fix:** After reset, before `del_vqs()`, detach leftover buffers
  (same idea as `virtio_console` `remove_vqs()`), `free_vbuf()` them,
  drop GEM arrays, and `virtio_gpu_cleanup_object()` pending
  `RESOURCE_UNREF` GEM objects.
- **Version info:** none in the message; code has been this way for
  years.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**

Record: Not hidden. Explicit leak/WARNING fix on teardown. v2 also
closes a GEM leak for stranded `RESOURCE_UNREF` commands.

---

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**

Record:
- `drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h`: +1 declaration
- `drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c`: +1 call in
  `virtio_gpu_deinit()`
- `drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c`: +15, new
  `virtio_gpu_reclaim_vbufs()`
- **Total: +17 / −0.** Single-subsystem surgical fix.

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**

Record:
- **Before:** `virtio_gpu_deinit()` flushes work, resets the device,
  deletes VQs. Later `virtio_gpu_release()` → `virtio_gpu_free_vbufs()`
  → `kmem_cache_destroy(vgdev->vbufs)` with any still-queued `vbuffer`s
  live.
- **After:** Same sequence, plus `virtio_gpu_reclaim_vbufs()` between
  reset and `del_vqs()`. Control queue: detach unused bufs, put GEM
  arrays, cleanup `resp_cb_data`, `free_vbuf()`. Cursor queue: detach
  and `free_vbuf()`.
- Path: device removal / unbind / probe-fail after successful
  `virtio_gpu_init()`.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**

Record:
- **Category:** resource leak + teardown WARNING (stranded slab objects;
  GEM refs left held).
- **Mechanism:** `virtqueue_detach_unused_buf()` after reset, then
  existing `free_vbuf()` / `virtio_gpu_array_put_free()` /
  `virtio_gpu_cleanup_object()`.
- In this tree `resp_cb_data` is only set in
  `virtio_gpu_cmd_unref_resource()` to a `struct virtio_gpu_object *`,
  so the extra cleanup is specific and correct here.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**

Record:
- Obviously correct: documented virtio shutdown helper; same pattern as
  `virtio_console`.
- Minimal; no API/feature additions.
- Regression risk is low. After `drm_dev_unplug()`, `drm_dev_enter()`
  fails, so `array_put_free()` → last GEM put →
  `virtio_gpu_cmd_unref_resource()` takes the existing `-ENODEV` path
  (`free_vbuf` + `virtio_gpu_cleanup_object`) instead of re-queuing.
  Both VQs are always created in `virtio_gpu_init()`
  (`vqs[0]`/`vqs[1]`), so no NULL `cursorq.vq` on the deinit path.

---

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**

Record:
- `virtio_gpu_free_vbufs()` / `kmem_cache_destroy`: `f5985bf9cadd4e`
  (Gerd Hoffmann, 2017-03-01, “drm: virtio: use kmem_cache”) — ancestor
  of this HEAD.
- `virtio_gpu_deinit()` body: `dc5698e80cf724` (Dave Airlie, 2013) plus
  later `virtio_reset_device()` (`d9679d0013a668`, 2021).
- Bug is old; present throughout 6.12.y.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**

Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Not applicable. Buggy teardown is in this tree.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**

Record: Recent virtio GPU work here is unrelated (EDID bounds, deadlock,
fence, KMS removal). No reclaim helper already present. `cec7f1774605a`
is a different probe double-free. Standalone patch, not “X/Y” of a
larger series (cover said “Patch 1” of a 1-patch series).

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**

Record: Anuj Bolewar has no virtio GPU commits in this tree. Dmitry
Osipenko is the virtio-gpu maintainer (SOB + “Applied to drm-misc-
fixes”).

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**

Record: Uses `virtqueue_detach_unused_buf`, `free_vbuf`,
`virtio_gpu_array_put_free`, `virtio_gpu_cleanup_object` — all present.
No panic-path helpers required. Can apply standalone.

---

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**

Record:
- `b4 dig -c <sha>` cannot match: commit is not in this tree (candidate
  only).
- Lore search via lore.kernel.org returned 403.
- Recovered from Openwall/LKML:
  - v1: drain only (`objs` + `free_vbuf`)
  - v2: also `virtio_gpu_cleanup_object(resp_cb_data)`
  - Applied version is v2
- Dmitry Osipenko, 2026-08-14: **“Applied to drm-misc-fixes, thanks!”**
  — no NAK.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**

Record: Recipients included Airlie, Hoffmann, Osipenko, Gurchetan Singh,
Chia-I Wu, dri-devel, virtualization, syzkaller-bugs. Maintainer applied
it. No NAK found.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**

Record (syzkaller, extid `06f9b2a53ba4a5a47644`):
- Title: `WARNING in virtio_gpu_free_vbufs`
- Labels: `prio:high`
- Assessment: DenialOfService exploitable; VM guest and host trigger;
  not unprivileged
- Stack: `kmem_cache_destroy` → `virtio_gpu_free_vbufs` →
  `virtio_gpu_release` → `drm_dev_put` → `virtio_dev_remove` → PCI
  `remove_store`
- 13 crashes; first ~2026-07-29
- Syzbot lists upstream fix `61d85f99b5a5` (that SHA is not in this
  tree; `git merge-base --is-ancestor` was not used on an unknown remote
  SHA)

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**

Record: 1-patch series. v2 is the applied leak-complete version.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**

Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search 403. **UNVERIFIED** whether
stable@ already discussed it. Not used as a NO reason.

---

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**

Record: `virtio_gpu_reclaim_vbufs` (new), `virtio_gpu_deinit` (call
site), `free_vbuf`, `virtio_gpu_array_put_free`,
`virtio_gpu_cleanup_object`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**

Record:
- `virtio_gpu_deinit()` from `virtio_gpu_probe` error path after
  `virtio_gpu_init()` (`err_deinit`) and from `virtio_gpu_remove()`
  after `drm_dev_unplug()`.
- Teardown/unbind, not a hot path.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**

Record: `virtqueue_detach_unused_buf` (documented for shutdown/reset),
GEM put, object cleanup, `kmem_cache_free`.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**

Record: Userspace/sysfs PCI remove (privileged) or guest virtio-gpu
unplug. Syzbot hit it from `remove_store`. Reachable on any system that
unbinds/unplugs virtio-gpu with commands still in the VQ (unresponsive
device, hot-unplug, fuzz).

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**

Record: Same drain exists in `virtio_console.c` `remove_vqs()`,
`virtio_net`, `virtio_crypto`, vsock, etc. virtio-gpu was missing it.

semcode: not available; used `git grep` / file reads.

---

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**

Record: **Yes.**

```283:293:drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
void virtio_gpu_deinit(struct drm_device *dev)
{
        ...
        virtio_reset_device(vgdev->vdev);
        vgdev->vdev->config->del_vqs(vgdev->vdev);
}
```

```83:87:drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
void virtio_gpu_free_vbufs(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev)
{
        kmem_cache_destroy(vgdev->vbufs);
        vgdev->vbufs = NULL;
}
```

`virtio_gpu_reclaim_vbufs` is **not** in this tree. `git log
--grep='reclaim pending vbufs'` on those files: empty.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**

Record: **Clean apply expected.** Actual v2 context matches 6.12 (no
panic helpers required). Line numbers differ slightly; 3-line context
around reset/`del_vqs` and `free_vbuf`/`reclaim_vbufs` is the same.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**

Record: No equivalent drain. KMS-disabled removal fix `38a5f891cda6d` is
unrelated (atomic shutdown).

---

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: SUBSYSTEM AND CRITICALITY**

Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/virtio` — **IMPORTANT** for VMs/QEMU guests
(common virtio-gpu), not core mm/VFS. Not staging.

**Step 7.2: SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**

Record: Mature driver (2013+), still receiving 6.12 stable fixes. Bug is
long-standing, not a brand-new subsystem.

---

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: WHO IS AFFECTED**

Record: virtio-gpu users (`CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU`) — QEMU/KVM/cloud VMs,
driver unbind, PCI remove, module unload.

**Step 8.2: TRIGGER CONDITIONS**

Record: Device teardown with commands still on the control/cursor VQ.
Syzbot: PCI `remove`. Privileged on the host; a VM guest can trigger it.
Not every boot, but a realistic hot-unplug/reset path.

**Step 8.3: FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**

Record:
- `kmem_cache_destroy()` **always** `WARN`s if objects remain
  (`mm/slab_common.c` ~547), not only `CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG`.
- With SLUB_DEBUG, additional `slab_bug` / `__slab_err`.
- If shutdown fails, the cache is **not** released (`if (err) return`) →
  cache leak plus leaked vbufs/GEM.
- Syzbot: DoS, `prio:high`.
- Severity: **HIGH** (kernel WARNING/taint, resource leak on remove;
  panic if `panic_on_warn`).

**Step 8.4: RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**

Record: **Benefit high** (stops WARNING + leak on a common VM GPU
driver). **Risk low** (17 lines, existing helpers, maintainer-acked).
Ratio favors backport.

---

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: EVIDENCE**

**FOR:**
- Real, syzbot-reproduced teardown bug
- Unconditional `WARN` + slab/GEM leak
- virtio-gpu is widely used in VMs on 6.12 LTS
- Small, obviously correct drain matching other virtio drivers
- All callees exist here; bug exists here
- Maintainer applied v2 to drm-misc-fixes

**AGAINST:**
- Trigger is device removal, not a hot path
- Needs privilege / VM unplug (not a local unprivileged syscall crash)
- No `Fixes:` / stable Cc in the original (not a negative under these
  rules)

**UNRESOLVED:**
- lore.kernel.org 403; stable@ discussion not fetched
- `b4 dig` could not resolve a SHA that is not in this tree

**Step 9.2: STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**

1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — v2, syzbot, maintainer
   applied
2. Real user-visible bug? **PASS** — WARNING + leak on virtio-gpu remove
3. Important (crash/leak/DoS)? **PASS** — HIGH; syzbot prio:high / DoS
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +17 lines, 3 files, one driver
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS** — internal helper only
6. Applies to local tree? **PASS** — buggy code present; helpers present

**Step 9.3: EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**

Record: Not ID/quirk/DT/docs. Ordinary important bugfix.

**Step 9.4: DECISION**

This tree has the bug and the dependencies. The fix is small, matches
established virtio teardown, and stops a syzbot-confirmed WARNING plus
object leak on virtio-gpu teardown. It should be backported to this 6.12
tree.

---

## What the commit solves for stable users

On virtio-gpu unbind/unplug, in-flight command buffers stay in the
virtqueues. Destroying the `virtio-gpu-vbufs` cache then WARNs and leaks
those buffers and any GEM objects they hold (including pending
`RESOURCE_UNREF`). 6.12 guests using virtio-gpu hit this on device
removal.

## Risk vs benefit

Benefit: no WARN/taint and no leaked GEM/vbufs on a common VM driver.
Risk: low; one drain after reset, before `del_vqs()`, using APIs already
in 6.12.

## Concerns

None that block backport. Header context in some expanded diffs mentions
later panic helpers; the real v2 hunk does not need them. Apply as the
17-line v2.

---

## Verification

- **[Phase 1]** Tags: syzbot Reported-by, Closes syzkaller URL, Osipenko
  SOB
- **[Phase 2]** Diff: +17 across 3 virtio GPU files; drain after reset
- **[Phase 2]** `resp_cb_data` only assigned in
  `virtio_gpu_cmd_unref_resource()` in this tree
- **[Phase 3]** `git describe HEAD` / Makefile: 6.12.111;
  `p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`
- **[Phase 3]** blame: `kmem_cache_destroy` in `virtio_gpu_free_vbufs`
  since `f5985bf9cadd4e` (2017); deinit without drain since original
  driver
- **[Phase 3]** `git log --grep='reclaim pending vbufs' --
  drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/`: not present
- **[Phase 4]** Openwall v2 + LKML: Osipenko “Applied to drm-misc-fixes”
- **[Phase 4]** syzbot: WARNING in `virtio_gpu_free_vbufs`, prio:high,
  PCI remove stack, 13 crashes
- **[Phase 4]** lore.kernel.org 403; `b4 dig` no local commit —
  UNVERIFIED beyond Openwall/LKML/syzbot
- **[Phase 5]** Callers: `virtio_gpu_drv.c` probe fail +
  `virtio_gpu_remove`
- **[Phase 5]** Both VQs assigned in `virtio_gpu_init()` lines 217–218
- **[Phase 6]** Local `virtio_gpu_deinit` / `virtio_gpu_free_vbufs`
  match the buggy sequence
- **[Phase 6]** `virtqueue_detach_unused_buf`,
  `virtio_gpu_array_put_free`, `virtio_gpu_cleanup_object` exist
- **[Phase 8]** `kmem_cache_destroy` WARNs if `__kmem_cache_shutdown`
  returns nonzero (`mm/slab_common.c`); cache not released on error
- **UNVERIFIED:** whether this SHA is already in some other stable
  series (irrelevant; not in this tree)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h |  1 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c |  1 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c  | 15 +++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
index 51b78f8a8aa2e..d52f35a09a1b0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_array_put_free_work(struct work_struct *work);
 /* virtgpu_vq.c */
 int virtio_gpu_alloc_vbufs(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev);
 void virtio_gpu_free_vbufs(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev);
+void virtio_gpu_reclaim_vbufs(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev);
 void virtio_gpu_cmd_create_resource(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 				    struct virtio_gpu_object *bo,
 				    struct virtio_gpu_object_params *params,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
index 4a25347734fda..01ea5cd5ea7f1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_deinit(struct drm_device *dev)
 	flush_work(&vgdev->cursorq.dequeue_work);
 	flush_work(&vgdev->config_changed_work);
 	virtio_reset_device(vgdev->vdev);
+	virtio_gpu_reclaim_vbufs(vgdev);
 	vgdev->vdev->config->del_vqs(vgdev->vdev);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
index 244a791ab915e..f7e7d212fc67c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
@@ -207,6 +207,21 @@ static void free_vbuf(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 	kmem_cache_free(vgdev->vbufs, vbuf);
 }
 
+void virtio_gpu_reclaim_vbufs(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev)
+{
+	struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer *vbuf;
+
+	while ((vbuf = virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(vgdev->ctrlq.vq))) {
+		if (vbuf->objs)
+			virtio_gpu_array_put_free(vbuf->objs);
+		if (vbuf->resp_cb_data)
+			virtio_gpu_cleanup_object(vbuf->resp_cb_data);
+		free_vbuf(vgdev, vbuf);
+	}
+	while ((vbuf = virtqueue_detach_unused_buf(vgdev->cursorq.vq)))
+		free_vbuf(vgdev, vbuf);
+}
+
 static void reclaim_vbufs(struct virtqueue *vq, struct list_head *reclaim_list)
 {
 	struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer *vbuf;
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.15] drm/amd/pm: Validate Tonga PPTable subtable bounds

[Sasha Levin]

From: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 53ef33c084c5778cc2dcd1efff25e31b6e231141 ]

v1:
Tonga PPTable parsing also relies on VBIOS offsets, revision fields
and entry counts for several subtables. Malformed data can cause
out-of-bounds reads, while voltage lookup tables can overrun their
fixed-size destination arrays.

Add common bounds helpers and validate fixed subtables, dynamic entry
arrays and revision-specific layouts before consuming voltage lookup,
dependency, PCIE, power-tune, hard-limit, thermal, fan, GPIO, PPM and
VCE state data.

v2:
correct to handle get_tonga_ppm_table() return value.

Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Kenneth Feng <kenneth.feng@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1 — Subject**
- Record: `[drm/amd/pm] [Validate] Tonga PPTable subtable bounds`

**Step 1.2 — Tags**
- Record: `Reviewed-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>`; `Reviewed-by:
  Kenneth Feng <kenneth.feng@amd.com>`; `Signed-off-by: Yang Wang
  <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>`; `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher
  <alexander.deucher@amd.com>`.
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by`, `Tested-by`, `Link:`, or `Cc: stable`
  (absence is expected).
- Pipeline markers (`[Upstream commit …]`, `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin`)
  ignored.

**Step 1.3 — Body**
- Record: Tonga PPTable parsing trusts VBIOS offsets, revision IDs, and
  entry counts. Malformed data can cause out-of-bounds reads; voltage
  lookup tables can overrun fixed-size destination arrays.
- Symptom: kernel OOB read/write while parsing PowerPlay tables at init
  or after a `pp_table` upload.
- Root cause: pointer = `powerplay_table + le16_to_cpu(offset)` with no
  check against `soft_pp_table_size`, plus `ucNumEntries` used past
  allocated destination size.
- v2 only corrects `get_tonga_ppm_table()` return handling.

**Step 1.4 — Hidden bug fix?**
- Record: Not hidden. Explicit bounds-check fix for OOB reads and
  destination-array overrun.

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1 — Inventory**
- Record: One file,
  `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c`.
  Upstream: **+521 / −85**.
- New helpers: `tonga_pp_table_has_space`, `get_tonga_subtable`,
  `validate_tonga_table_entries`, plus getters for voltage lookup,
  MCLK/MM/SCLK/PCIE/hard-limit/thermal/fan/power-tune/PPM/GPIO/VCE.
- Callers updated: `init_dpm_2_parameters`,
  `init_clock_voltage_dependency`, `init_thermal_controller`,
  `ppt_get_num_of_vce_state_table_entries_v1_0`,
  `ppt_get_vce_state_table_entry_v1_0`.
- Scope: single-file parser hardening, not a cross-subsystem refactor.

**Step 2.2 — Flow change**
- Record: Before, every subtable pointer was `powerplay_table + offset`
  with no size check. After, each access goes through helpers that
  require a non-zero offset, that the header fits, and that
  `entries_offset + num_entries * entry_size` fits in
  `soft_pp_table_size`.
- Voltage lookup: `ucNumEntries` must be in `(0, max_levels]` (16)
  before `get_vddc_lookup_table()`.
- GPIO: previously `gpio_table` was always a non-NULL computed pointer,
  so `get_gpio_table()` ran even when `usGPIOTableOffset == 0`. After,
  that path runs only if the offset is non-zero.
- VCE: SCLK records are indexed as Tonga vs Polaris by `ucRevId`;
  SCLK/MM/MCLK indices are range-checked.

**Step 2.3 — Bug mechanism**
- Record: **Memory safety (OOB read + heap OOB write)**, plus a Polaris
  VCE layout correctness bug.
- Verified on this tree’s pre-fix `get_vddc_lookup_table()` (v6.18.53):

```
table = kzalloc(struct_size(table, entries, max_levels), GFP_KERNEL);
table->count = vddc_lookup_pp_tables->ucNumEntries;
for (i = 0; i < vddc_lookup_pp_tables->ucNumEntries; i++)
```

  Allocation uses `max_levels` (16); the loop uses raw `ucNumEntries`
(u8, up to 255). That is a real heap overflow.
- Subtable offsets/counts can also walk past `soft_pp_table_size` (VBIOS
  blob or uploaded table).

**Step 2.4 — Fix quality**
- Record: Helpers are overflow-safe (`offset <= table_size && size <=
  table_size - offset`). `PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE` always runs the failure
  `return` (not debug-only). Leaf parsers already rejected `ucNumEntries
  == 0`, so that check is not a new behavior cliff.
- Regression risk: low–medium. Over-strict revision-based fan/power-tune
  sizes could reject a corrupt-but-previously-parsed table. No public
  API change. Patch is large because every subtable is wrapped, not
  because control flow is redesigned.

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1 — Blame / introduction**
- Record: Parser has been here since the Tonga PowerPlay path
  (`processpptable_v1_0`, later moved in `e098bc9612c2b`, 2020).
  Unbounded offset arithmetic is old, not a recent regression.

**Step 3.2 — Fixes: tag**
- Record: None. Not applicable.

**Step 3.3 — Related file history**
- Record: Same-day AMD series:
  - `1ac24df78c566` — Tonga state-array bounds
  - `3a8d8e0b7f61c` — Vega hwmgr bounds
  - `0ceb6bc43e62f` — legacy hwmgr offsets
  - `9914149f99fd2` — Vega10 subtable bounds
  - `53ef33c084c57` — this commit
- Standalone for this file. State-array helpers
  (`get_tonga_state_array`) are a sibling, not a call-graph dependency
  of these new getters.

**Step 3.4 — Author**
- Record: Yang Wang (AMD). Same author as the rest of this PPTable
  validation series. Merged by Alex Deucher.

**Step 3.5 — Prerequisites**
- Record: No new APIs. Upstream context uses `kzalloc_obj(*ptr)` in an
  unchanged hunk; v6.18.53 still has `kzalloc(sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL)`
  in that function. That is a trivial context tweak, not a functional
  dependency. Vega10/legacy patches in the same series touch other files
  and are not required for this one.

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external

**Step 4.1 — Original submission**
- Record: `b4 dig -c 53ef33c084c5778cc2dcd1efff25e31b6e231141` → `[PATCH
  v2 2/3] drm/amd/pm: Validate Tonga PPTable subtable bounds`
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260623134917.443011-2-
  kevinyang.wang@amd.com
- v1 → v2; v2 is what landed. v2 changelog: handle
  `get_tonga_ppm_table()` return value.
- No NAKs in the saved thread.

**Step 4.2 — Reviewers**
- Record: To/Cc: amd-gfx, Alex Deucher, Hawking Zhang, Kenneth Feng,
  Asad Kamal.
- Asad: “Series is Reviewed-by”. Kenneth Feng: same. Maintainer SOB from
  Alex Deucher.

**Step 4.3 — Bug report**
- Record: No syzbot/bugzilla/CVE in the message or thread. Bug is
  described from code inspection of the parser.

**Step 4.4 — Series**
- Record: v2 1/3 Vega10 subtables; **2/3 this patch**; 3/3 remaining
  legacy PPLIB. This patch is self-contained.

**Step 4.5 — stable@**
- Record: lore.kernel.org HTTP 403 from WebFetch/curl. `b4 dig` mbox has
  no `Cc: stable` and no stable-list discussion. UNVERIFIED vs
  lore.kernel.org/stable search.

## Phase 5: Semantic / call graph

**Step 5.1 — Functions**
- Record: New `tonga_pp_table_has_space` / `get_tonga_*` /
  `validate_tonga_table_entries`; callers listed in 2.1.

**Step 5.2 — Callers**
- Record: `pptable_v1_0_funcs.pptable_init` →
  `pp_tables_v1_0_initialize` → `init_thermal_controller` /
  `init_clock_voltage_dependency` / `init_dpm_2_parameters`. Wired from
  `smu7_init_function_pointers()` when `pp_table_version ==
  PP_TABLE_V1`.
- VCE getters run when userspace/KFD queries VCE states.

**Step 5.3 — Callees**
- Record: Existing leaf parsers (`get_vddc_lookup_table`,
  `get_mclk_voltage_dependency_table`, `get_cac_tdp_table`, …). No new
  allocations in the helpers.

**Step 5.4 — Reachability**
- Record: Yes. Driver load on Tonga/Fiji/Polaris/VegaM. Also
  `pp_dpm_set_pp_table()` after a sysfs write to `pp_table` (`S_IRUGO |
  S_IWUSR`, owner-writable; typically root).

**Step 5.5 — Similar patterns**
- Record: Same pattern as Vega10/legacy PPLIB validation in the same
  series; same class as earlier Tonga state-array bounds.

## Phase 6: This tree (6.18.y)

**Step 6.1 — Does the bug exist here?**
- Record: Local tree is **v6.18.53** (`6.18.53`, branch `autosel`).
  Vanilla v6.18.53 still has unbounded offset arithmetic and the
  voltage-lookup heap overflow. Bug was not introduced after this
  branch.

**Step 6.2 — Backport difficulty**
- Record: **Minor conflicts**. `git apply --check` of upstream onto
  v6.18.53 fails on `kzalloc_obj` vs `kzalloc` context in
  `get_platform_power_management_table()`. Logic applies with that
  mechanical adjustment. No missing types/helpers required by the new
  code (`soft_pp_table_size` is already set in `get_powerplay_table()`).

**Step 6.3 — Related fixes already here?**
- Record: v6.18.53 does **not** have this validation, `pp_entries_max`
  clamping in this file, or the Tonga state-array bounds commit. No
  alternate fix for the voltage-lookup overflow is present on vanilla
  6.18.53.

## Phase 7: Subsystem

**Step 7.1**
- Record: `drm/amd/pm` PowerPlay v1 parser. **IMPORTANT** (not core
  mm/VFS; Polar/Tonga/Fiji/VegaM still common, especially RX 400/500).

**Step 7.2**
- Record: Mature parser; recent work is bounds hardening, not feature
  churn.

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1 — Who is affected**
- Record: AMDGPU SMU7 with PP table v1: Tonga, Fiji, Polaris10/11/12,
  VegaM (`hwmgr.c` keeps default `PP_TABLE_V1` for those chips).

**Step 8.2 — Trigger**
- Record: GPU init (every boot with those ASICs) if VBIOS is
  truncated/corrupt. Also root write to `pp_table`. Unprivileged users
  cannot write that sysfs node under normal permissions.

**Step 8.3 — Failure mode**
- Record: Heap overflow in voltage lookup (**CRITICAL** if triggered).
  OOB reads of BIOS/uploaded buffer (**HIGH**). Wrong Polaris VCE SCLK
  stride (**MEDIUM** functional). Malformed table now fails init instead
  of walking off the end.

**Step 8.4 — Risk/benefit**
- Record: Benefit high for Polar/Tonga users and for `pp_table` upload.
  Risk: large-ish one-file change; conservative rejects of garbage
  tables. Ratio favors backport: the overflow is real and the helpers
  are local.

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**For**
- Confirmed heap overflow: `kzalloc(..., max_levels)` vs loop on
  `ucNumEntries`.
- Confirmed OOB reads from unchecked VBIOS/upload offsets.
- Reachable on driver init and via `pp_table`.
- Polaris VCE record-size bug also fixed.
- Reviewed by AMD PM; merged by the DRM AMD maintainer.
- One file; no new UAPI; v2 already fixed PPM error handling.
- Buggy code is in this 6.18.y tree.

**Against**
- +521 lines is large for stable.
- No public crash/CVE/syzbot report.
- Needs a small `kzalloc` context tweak vs upstream.
- Sibling series patches are separate (not blockers).

**Unresolved**
- Could not query lore.kernel.org/stable (HTTP 403). No stable
  discussion in the `b4` mbox.

**Stable rules**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — overflow-safe helpers; AMD
   review; v2 PPM fix.
2. Real user-visible bug? **PASS** — OOB on Tonga/Polaris PPTable parse
   / `pp_table` upload.
3. Important (crash/security/corruption)? **PASS** — heap overflow + OOB
   read.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** (borderline on size, **contained**: one
   parser file, no architecture change).
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS**.
6. Can apply here? **PASS** with minor `kzalloc_obj` context adjustment.

**Exception category:** none (not a device-ID/quirk/DT/docs/build-only
change). It is a memory-safety fix.

This is a real bounds-check for a long-lived AMD PowerPlay parser that
this 6.18.y tree still ships. Size is the only serious stable concern;
the overflow and OOB are concrete enough that omitting it would be the
worse mistake.

### Verification
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Reviewed-by Asad Kamal and Kenneth Feng; Alex
  Deucher SOB; no Fixes/syzbot/Cc stable.
- [Phase 2] Diff: +521/−85 in `process_pptables_v1_0.c`; helpers +
  caller validation.
- [Phase 2] v6.18.53 `get_vddc_lookup_table`: allocates `max_levels`,
  iterates `ucNumEntries` — heap overflow confirmed.
- [Phase 2] `PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE` in `pp_debug.h` always executes the
  failure `code`.
- [Phase 3] No Fixes tag. Parser present since Tonga PowerPlay v1; file
  moved in `e098bc9612c2b`.
- [Phase 3] Series: 1/3 Vega10, 2/3 this, 3/3 legacy PPLIB; this file
  does not need 1/3 or 3/3.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 53ef33c084c5778`: lore msgid
  `20260623134917.443011-2`; v2 of 2/3.
- [Phase 4] mbox: Asad and Kenneth “Series is Reviewed-by”; no NAK; v2
  PPM return handling.
- [Phase 4] WebFetch/curl to lore.kernel.org: 403. UNVERIFIED: stable@
  archives.
- [Phase 5] `pptable_v1_0_funcs` used from `smu7_init_function_pointers`
  for `PP_TABLE_V1`.
- [Phase 5] `pp_table` sysfs: `AMDGPU_DEVICE_ATTR_RW(..., S_IRUGO |
  S_IWUSR)`; `pp_dpm_set_pp_table()` replaces `soft_pp_table` and re-
  inits.
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD`: `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`; `make
  kernelversion`: 6.18.53.
- [Phase 6] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 53ef33c084c5778 HEAD` → not
  ancestor (upstream SHA not in this history).
- [Phase 6] Apply onto v6.18.53: fails on `kzalloc_obj` context;
  functional backport is still straightforward.
- [Phase 6] `pp_entries_max` not in v6.18.53; this commit is the
  voltage-lookup cap for this tree.
- [Phase 7/8] `hwmgr.c`: Tonga/Fiji/Polaris10/11/12/VegaM keep
  `PP_TABLE_V1` and call `smu7_init_function_pointers()`.
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: heap overflow / OOB read on PPTable parse —
  HIGH/CRITICAL if triggered.

**YES**

 .../powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c   | 606 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 521 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c
index 94c1e2c103703..78037edb4752c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c
@@ -150,6 +150,368 @@ static const void *get_powerplay_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
 	return table_address;
 }
 
+static bool tonga_pp_table_has_space(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, size_t offset,
+				     size_t size)
+{
+	size_t table_size = hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size;
+
+	return offset <= table_size && size <= table_size - offset;
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_subtable(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		u16 table_offset, size_t table_size, const void **table)
+{
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((table_offset != 0),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((tonga_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						      table_size)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	*table = (const void *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) + table_offset);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int validate_tonga_table_entries(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		u16 table_offset, size_t entries_offset,
+		u8 num_entries, size_t entry_size)
+{
+	size_t table_size;
+
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((num_entries != 0),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	table_size = entries_offset + num_entries * entry_size;
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((tonga_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						      table_size)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_voltage_lookup_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		u16 table_offset, uint32_t max_levels,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_Voltage_Lookup_Table **lookup_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Tonga_Voltage_Lookup_Table *table;
+	size_t table_size;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				 sizeof(*table), (const void **)&table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((table->ucNumEntries != 0 &&
+			     table->ucNumEntries <= max_levels),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	table_size = offsetof(ATOM_Tonga_Voltage_Lookup_Table, entries) +
+		table->ucNumEntries * sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_Voltage_Lookup_Record);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((tonga_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						      table_size)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	*lookup_table = table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_mclk_dependency_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table **mclk_dep_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table *table;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usMclkDependencyTableOffset);
+	ret = get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				 sizeof(*table), (const void **)&table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = validate_tonga_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset,
+					   offsetof(ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table,
+						    entries),
+					   table->ucNumEntries,
+					   sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Record));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*mclk_dep_table = table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_mm_dependency_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table **mm_dep_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table *table;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usMMDependencyTableOffset);
+	ret = get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				 sizeof(*table), (const void **)&table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = validate_tonga_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset,
+					   offsetof(ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table,
+						    entries),
+					   table->ucNumEntries,
+					   sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Record));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*mm_dep_table = table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_sclk_dependency_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header **sclk_dep_table)
+{
+	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *header;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	size_t entries_offset;
+	size_t entry_size;
+	u8 num_entries;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usSclkDependencyTableOffset);
+	ret = get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				 sizeof(*header), (const void **)&header);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (header->ucRevId < 1) {
+		const ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *table =
+			(const ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *)header;
+
+		entries_offset = offsetof(ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table, entries);
+		entry_size = sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Record);
+		num_entries = table->ucNumEntries;
+	} else {
+		const ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Table *table =
+			(const ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Table *)header;
+
+		entries_offset = offsetof(ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Table, entries);
+		entry_size = sizeof(ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Record);
+		num_entries = table->ucNumEntries;
+	}
+
+	ret = validate_tonga_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset, entries_offset,
+					   num_entries, entry_size);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*sclk_dep_table = header;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_pcie_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header **pcie_table)
+{
+	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *header;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	size_t entries_offset;
+	size_t entry_size;
+	u8 num_entries;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPCIETableOffset);
+	ret = get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				 sizeof(*header), (const void **)&header);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (header->ucRevId < 1) {
+		const ATOM_Tonga_PCIE_Table *table =
+			(const ATOM_Tonga_PCIE_Table *)header;
+
+		entries_offset = offsetof(ATOM_Tonga_PCIE_Table, entries);
+		entry_size = sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_PCIE_Record);
+		num_entries = table->ucNumEntries;
+	} else {
+		const ATOM_Polaris10_PCIE_Table *table =
+			(const ATOM_Polaris10_PCIE_Table *)header;
+
+		entries_offset = offsetof(ATOM_Polaris10_PCIE_Table, entries);
+		entry_size = sizeof(ATOM_Polaris10_PCIE_Record);
+		num_entries = table->ucNumEntries;
+	}
+
+	ret = validate_tonga_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset, entries_offset,
+					   num_entries, entry_size);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*pcie_table = header;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_hard_limit_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_Hard_Limit_Table **hard_limit_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Tonga_Hard_Limit_Table *table;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usHardLimitTableOffset);
+	ret = get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				 sizeof(*table), (const void **)&table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = validate_tonga_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset,
+					   offsetof(ATOM_Tonga_Hard_Limit_Table,
+						    entries),
+					   table->ucNumEntries,
+					   sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_Hard_Limit_Record));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*hard_limit_table = table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_thermal_controller_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_Thermal_Controller **thermal_controller)
+{
+	u16 table_offset;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usThermalControllerOffset);
+
+	return get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				  sizeof(**thermal_controller),
+				  (const void **)thermal_controller);
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_fan_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header **fan_table)
+{
+	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *header;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	size_t table_size;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usFanTableOffset);
+	ret = get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				 sizeof(*header), (const void **)&header);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (header->ucRevId < 8)
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_Fan_Table);
+	else if (header->ucRevId == 8)
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Fiji_Fan_Table);
+	else
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Polaris_Fan_Table);
+
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((tonga_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						      table_size)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	*fan_table = header;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_power_tune_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header **power_tune_table)
+{
+	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *header;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	size_t table_size;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPowerTuneTableOffset);
+	ret = get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				 sizeof(*header), (const void **)&header);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (header->ucRevId < 3)
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_PowerTune_Table);
+	else if (header->ucRevId < 4)
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Fiji_PowerTune_Table);
+	else
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Polaris_PowerTune_Table);
+
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((tonga_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						      table_size)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	*power_tune_table = header;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_ppm_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_PPM_Table **ppm_table)
+{
+	u16 table_offset;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPPMTableOffset);
+
+	return get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				  sizeof(**ppm_table), (const void **)ppm_table);
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_gpio_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_GPIO_Table **gpio_table)
+{
+	u16 table_offset;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usGPIOTableOffset);
+
+	return get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				  sizeof(**gpio_table), (const void **)gpio_table);
+}
+
+static int get_tonga_vce_state_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Table **vce_state_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Table *table;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usVCEStateTableOffset);
+	ret = get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				 sizeof(*table), (const void **)&table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = validate_tonga_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset,
+					   offsetof(ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Table,
+						    entries),
+					   table->ucNumEntries,
+					   sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Record));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*vce_state_table = table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int get_vddc_lookup_table(
 		struct pp_hwmgr	*hwmgr,
 		phm_ppt_v1_voltage_lookup_table	**lookup_table,
@@ -198,7 +560,7 @@ static int get_vddc_lookup_table(
  */
 static int get_platform_power_management_table(
 		struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
-		ATOM_Tonga_PPM_Table *atom_ppm_table)
+		const ATOM_Tonga_PPM_Table *atom_ppm_table)
 {
 	struct phm_ppm_table *ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	struct phm_ppt_v1_information *pp_table_information =
@@ -246,7 +608,7 @@ static int init_dpm_2_parameters(
 {
 	int result = 0;
 	struct phm_ppt_v1_information *pp_table_information = (struct phm_ppt_v1_information *)(hwmgr->pptable);
-	ATOM_Tonga_PPM_Table *atom_ppm_table;
+	const ATOM_Tonga_PPM_Table *atom_ppm_table;
 	uint32_t disable_ppm = 0;
 	uint32_t disable_power_control = 0;
 
@@ -275,30 +637,39 @@ static int init_dpm_2_parameters(
 	}
 
 	if (0 != powerplay_table->usVddcLookupTableOffset) {
-		const ATOM_Tonga_Voltage_Lookup_Table *pVddcCACTable =
-			(ATOM_Tonga_Voltage_Lookup_Table *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usVddcLookupTableOffset));
-
-		result = get_vddc_lookup_table(hwmgr,
-			&pp_table_information->vddc_lookup_table, pVddcCACTable, 16);
+		const ATOM_Tonga_Voltage_Lookup_Table *pVddcCACTable;
+
+		result = get_tonga_voltage_lookup_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usVddcLookupTableOffset),
+				16, &pVddcCACTable);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_vddc_lookup_table(hwmgr,
+				&pp_table_information->vddc_lookup_table,
+				pVddcCACTable, 16);
 	}
 
-	if (0 != powerplay_table->usVddgfxLookupTableOffset) {
-		const ATOM_Tonga_Voltage_Lookup_Table *pVddgfxCACTable =
-			(ATOM_Tonga_Voltage_Lookup_Table *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usVddgfxLookupTableOffset));
+	if (!result && 0 != powerplay_table->usVddgfxLookupTableOffset) {
+		const ATOM_Tonga_Voltage_Lookup_Table *pVddgfxCACTable;
 
-		result = get_vddc_lookup_table(hwmgr,
-			&pp_table_information->vddgfx_lookup_table, pVddgfxCACTable, 16);
+		result = get_tonga_voltage_lookup_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usVddgfxLookupTableOffset),
+				16, &pVddgfxCACTable);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_vddc_lookup_table(hwmgr,
+				&pp_table_information->vddgfx_lookup_table,
+				pVddgfxCACTable, 16);
 	}
 
 	disable_ppm = 0;
 	if (0 == disable_ppm) {
-		atom_ppm_table = (ATOM_Tonga_PPM_Table *)
-			(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) + le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPPMTableOffset));
-
 		if (0 != powerplay_table->usPPMTableOffset) {
-			if (get_platform_power_management_table(hwmgr, atom_ppm_table) == 0) {
+			int ret;
+
+			ret = get_tonga_ppm_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+						  &atom_ppm_table);
+			if (!ret &&
+			    get_platform_power_management_table(hwmgr,
+							       atom_ppm_table) == 0) {
 				phm_cap_set(hwmgr->platform_descriptor.platformCaps,
 					PHM_PlatformCaps_EnablePlatformPowerManagement);
 			}
@@ -792,28 +1163,13 @@ static int init_clock_voltage_dependency(
 	int result = 0;
 	struct phm_ppt_v1_information *pp_table_information =
 		(struct phm_ppt_v1_information *)(hwmgr->pptable);
-
-	const ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table *mm_dependency_table =
-		(const ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table *)(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usMMDependencyTableOffset));
-	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *pPowerTuneTable =
-		(const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *)(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPowerTuneTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table *mclk_dep_table =
-		(const ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table *)(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usMclkDependencyTableOffset));
-	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *sclk_dep_table =
-		(const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *)(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usSclkDependencyTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Tonga_Hard_Limit_Table *pHardLimits =
-		(const ATOM_Tonga_Hard_Limit_Table *)(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usHardLimitTableOffset));
-	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *pcie_table =
-		(const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *)(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPCIETableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Tonga_GPIO_Table *gpio_table =
-		(const ATOM_Tonga_GPIO_Table *)(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usGPIOTableOffset));
+	const ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table *mm_dependency_table;
+	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *pPowerTuneTable;
+	const ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table *mclk_dep_table;
+	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *sclk_dep_table;
+	const ATOM_Tonga_Hard_Limit_Table *pHardLimits;
+	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *pcie_table;
+	const ATOM_Tonga_GPIO_Table *gpio_table;
 
 	pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk = NULL;
 	pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_mclk = NULL;
@@ -821,29 +1177,58 @@ static int init_clock_voltage_dependency(
 	pp_table_information->pcie_table = NULL;
 	pp_table_information->gpio_table = NULL;
 
-	if (powerplay_table->usMMDependencyTableOffset != 0)
-		result = get_mm_clock_voltage_table(hwmgr,
-		&pp_table_information->mm_dep_table, mm_dependency_table);
+	if (powerplay_table->usMMDependencyTableOffset != 0) {
+		result = get_tonga_mm_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+						       &mm_dependency_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_mm_clock_voltage_table(hwmgr,
+				&pp_table_information->mm_dep_table,
+				mm_dependency_table);
+	}
 
-	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usPowerTuneTableOffset != 0)
-		result = get_cac_tdp_table(hwmgr,
-		&pp_table_information->cac_dtp_table, pPowerTuneTable);
+	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usPowerTuneTableOffset != 0) {
+		result = get_tonga_power_tune_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+						    &pPowerTuneTable);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_cac_tdp_table(hwmgr,
+				&pp_table_information->cac_dtp_table,
+				pPowerTuneTable);
+	}
 
-	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usSclkDependencyTableOffset != 0)
-		result = get_sclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
-		&pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk, sclk_dep_table);
+	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usSclkDependencyTableOffset != 0) {
+		result = get_tonga_sclk_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+							 &sclk_dep_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_sclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
+				&pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk,
+				sclk_dep_table);
+	}
 
-	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usMclkDependencyTableOffset != 0)
-		result = get_mclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
-		&pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_mclk, mclk_dep_table);
+	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usMclkDependencyTableOffset != 0) {
+		result = get_tonga_mclk_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+							 &mclk_dep_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_mclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
+				&pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_mclk,
+				mclk_dep_table);
+	}
 
-	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usPCIETableOffset != 0)
-		result = get_pcie_table(hwmgr,
-		&pp_table_information->pcie_table, pcie_table);
+	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usPCIETableOffset != 0) {
+		result = get_tonga_pcie_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+					      &pcie_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_pcie_table(hwmgr,
+				&pp_table_information->pcie_table, pcie_table);
+	}
 
-	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usHardLimitTableOffset != 0)
-		result = get_hard_limits(hwmgr,
-		&pp_table_information->max_clock_voltage_on_dc, pHardLimits);
+	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usHardLimitTableOffset != 0) {
+		result = get_tonga_hard_limit_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+						    &pHardLimits);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_hard_limits(hwmgr,
+				&pp_table_information->max_clock_voltage_on_dc,
+				pHardLimits);
+	}
 
 	hwmgr->dyn_state.max_clock_voltage_on_dc.sclk =
 		pp_table_information->max_clock_voltage_on_dc.sclk;
@@ -864,9 +1249,13 @@ static int init_clock_voltage_dependency(
 		result = get_valid_clk(hwmgr, &pp_table_information->valid_sclk_values,
 		pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk);
 
-	if (!result && gpio_table)
-		result = get_gpio_table(hwmgr, &pp_table_information->gpio_table,
-				gpio_table);
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usGPIOTableOffset) {
+		result = get_tonga_gpio_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+					      &gpio_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_gpio_table(hwmgr,
+				&pp_table_information->gpio_table, gpio_table);
+	}
 
 	return result;
 }
@@ -911,14 +1300,17 @@ static int init_thermal_controller(
 		)
 {
 	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *fan_table;
-	ATOM_Tonga_Thermal_Controller *thermal_controller;
+	const ATOM_Tonga_Thermal_Controller *thermal_controller;
+	int ret;
 
-	thermal_controller = (ATOM_Tonga_Thermal_Controller *)
-		(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usThermalControllerOffset));
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((0 != powerplay_table->usThermalControllerOffset),
 		"Thermal controller table not set!", return -1);
 
+	ret = get_tonga_thermal_controller_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+						 &thermal_controller);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	hwmgr->thermal_controller.ucType = thermal_controller->ucType;
 	hwmgr->thermal_controller.ucI2cLine = thermal_controller->ucI2cLine;
 	hwmgr->thermal_controller.ucI2cAddress = thermal_controller->ucI2cAddress;
@@ -946,12 +1338,13 @@ static int init_thermal_controller(
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	fan_table = (const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *)
-		(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usFanTableOffset));
-
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((0 != powerplay_table->usFanTableOffset),
 		"Fan table not set!", return -1);
+
+	ret = get_tonga_fan_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table, &fan_table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((0 < fan_table->ucRevId),
 		"Unsupported fan table format!", return -1);
 
@@ -1313,13 +1706,15 @@ static int ppt_get_num_of_vce_state_table_entries_v1_0(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
 {
 	const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *pp_table = get_powerplay_table(hwmgr);
 	const ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Table *vce_state_table;
+	int ret;
 
 
 	if (pp_table == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	vce_state_table = (void *)pp_table +
-			le16_to_cpu(pp_table->usVCEStateTableOffset);
+	ret = get_tonga_vce_state_table(hwmgr, pp_table, &vce_state_table);
+	if (ret)
+		return 0;
 
 	return vce_state_table->ucNumEntries;
 }
@@ -1328,18 +1723,39 @@ static int ppt_get_vce_state_table_entry_v1_0(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, uint32_t i
 		struct amd_vce_state *vce_state, void **clock_info, uint32_t *flag)
 {
 	const ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Record *vce_state_record;
-	ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Record *sclk_dep_record;
+	ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Record *sclk_dep_record = NULL;
+	ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Record *polaris_sclk_dep_record = NULL;
 	ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Record *mclk_dep_record;
 	ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Record *mm_dep_record;
 	const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *pptable = get_powerplay_table(hwmgr);
-	const ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Table *vce_state_table = (ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Table *)(((unsigned long)pptable)
-							  + le16_to_cpu(pptable->usVCEStateTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *sclk_dep_table = (ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *)(((unsigned long)pptable)
-							  + le16_to_cpu(pptable->usSclkDependencyTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table *mclk_dep_table = (ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table *)(((unsigned long)pptable)
-							  + le16_to_cpu(pptable->usMclkDependencyTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table *mm_dep_table = (ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table *)(((unsigned long)pptable)
-							  + le16_to_cpu(pptable->usMMDependencyTableOffset));
+	const ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Table *vce_state_table;
+	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *sclk_dep_table_header;
+	const ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *sclk_dep_table;
+	const ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table *mclk_dep_table;
+	const ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table *mm_dep_table;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!pptable)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = get_tonga_vce_state_table(hwmgr, pptable, &vce_state_table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = get_tonga_sclk_dependency_table(hwmgr, pptable,
+					      &sclk_dep_table_header);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	sclk_dep_table = (const ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *)
+		sclk_dep_table_header;
+
+	ret = get_tonga_mclk_dependency_table(hwmgr, pptable, &mclk_dep_table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = get_tonga_mm_dependency_table(hwmgr, pptable, &mm_dep_table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((i < vce_state_table->ucNumEntries),
 			 "Requested state entry ID is out of range!",
@@ -1348,10 +1764,27 @@ static int ppt_get_vce_state_table_entry_v1_0(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, uint32_t i
 	vce_state_record = GET_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER_ADDR(
 					ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Record,
 					entries, vce_state_table, i);
-	sclk_dep_record = GET_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER_ADDR(
-					ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Record,
-					entries, sclk_dep_table,
-					vce_state_record->ucSCLKIndex);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((vce_state_record->ucSCLKIndex <
+			     sclk_dep_table->ucNumEntries),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -EINVAL);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((vce_state_record->ucVCEClockIndex <
+			     mm_dep_table->ucNumEntries),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -EINVAL);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((mclk_dep_table->ucNumEntries != 0),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -EINVAL);
+
+	if (sclk_dep_table_header->ucRevId < 1)
+		sclk_dep_record = GET_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER_ADDR(
+						ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Record,
+						entries, sclk_dep_table,
+						vce_state_record->ucSCLKIndex);
+	else
+		polaris_sclk_dep_record = GET_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER_ADDR(
+						ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Record,
+						entries,
+						(ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Table *)
+						sclk_dep_table_header,
+						vce_state_record->ucSCLKIndex);
 	mm_dep_record = GET_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER_ADDR(
 					ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Record,
 					entries, mm_dep_table,
@@ -1360,7 +1793,10 @@ static int ppt_get_vce_state_table_entry_v1_0(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, uint32_t i
 
 	vce_state->evclk = le32_to_cpu(mm_dep_record->ulEClk);
 	vce_state->ecclk = le32_to_cpu(mm_dep_record->ulEClk);
-	vce_state->sclk = le32_to_cpu(sclk_dep_record->ulSclk);
+	if (sclk_dep_record)
+		vce_state->sclk = le32_to_cpu(sclk_dep_record->ulSclk);
+	else
+		vce_state->sclk = le32_to_cpu(polaris_sclk_dep_record->ulSclk);
 
 	if (vce_state_record->ucMCLKIndex >= mclk_dep_table->ucNumEntries)
 		mclk_dep_record = GET_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER_ADDR(
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] drm/etnaviv: force flush on power register ops

[Sasha Levin]

From: Randolph Sapp <rs@ti.com>

[ Upstream commit c182a2ae13886463f7ae36e034449477306d182b ]

Add gpu_write_power_sync to verify that power register modifications
have reached the endpoint device in sequence specific sections that do
not validate device state.

These sequence specific areas have been detected experimentally with an
am57xx-evm through numerous boot and module load+unload cycles.

Signed-off-by: Randolph Sapp <rs@ti.com>
Reviewed-by: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251013170122.1145387-2-rs@ti.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This is a hardware posted-write flush in the Vivante/etnaviv reset and
init path. The local tree is **7.3.0-rc4**
(`v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`). The driver, the unsynced
`gpu_write_power()` sites, and the helper this patch adds all exist
here, so the question is whether this tree should take the fix on
technical merit.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: **[drm/etnaviv] [force] [flush posted MMIO writes to GPU power
registers]**

Subsystem: `drm/etnaviv` (Vivante GPU DRM driver). Action verb “force
flush” is a hardware-workaround / correctness change, not a feature or
refactor.

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- **Fixes:** none (expected for this review)
- **Reported-by:** none
- **Tested-by:** none (author states experimental detection on am57xx-
  evm)
- **Reviewed-by:** Lucas Stach `<l.stach@pengutronix.de>` — **etnaviv
  maintainer** (MAINTAINERS: “DRM DRIVERS FOR VIVANTE GPU IP”)
- **Acked-by:** none
- **Link:**
  `https://patch.msgid.link/20251013170122.1145387-2-rs@ti.com` (patch
  **2** of a series)
- **Cc: stable:** none (expected; not a negative)
- **Signed-off-by:** Randolph Sapp `<rs@ti.com>` (author, TI); Lucas
  Stach (maintainer, applied it)
- Ignore pipeline SOBs; none of Sasha Levin’s are in the real commit
  `c182a2ae13886`

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** Power-register `writel`s can remain posted on the
  interconnect, so later reset/init steps run before those writes reach
  the GPU.
- **Symptom:** Found on **am57xx-evm** across many **boot and module
  load+unload** cycles. The message does not include a stack trace or a
  named errno; the affected sequences are reset/init paths that “do not
  validate device state.”
- **Version info:** none in the message. AM57xx is a long-shipping TI
  Sitara platform (typically Vivante GC320).
- **Root cause (author):** Need a read-back so the write is visible at
  the endpoint before continuing.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: **Not a disguised cleanup.** It is an explicit hardware posted-
write barrier. Stable rules name **hardware quirk** as an accepted class
(`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst`).

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- `drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h`: **+6** (new
  `gpu_write_power_sync()`)
- `drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c`: **+5 / -5** (five call sites
  switched)
- Functions: `gpu_write_power_sync` (new), `etnaviv_hw_reset`,
  `etnaviv_gpu_enable_mlcg`, `etnaviv_gpu_setup_pulse_eater`
- Scope: **single-driver surgical fix** (~11 insertions, 5 deletions).
  Under the 100-line stable limit.

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- **Helper:** `gpu_write_power()` was `writel` only.
  `gpu_write_power_sync()` does `writel` then `readl` of the same power
  register (classic posted-write flush).
- **`etnaviv_hw_reset`:** disable clock gating and the second pulse-
  eater write now flush. The first pulse-eater write stays unsynced; the
  following synced write to the same register is the barrier. Correct.
- **`etnaviv_gpu_enable_mlcg`:** POWER_CONTROLS and MODULE_CONTROLS
  writes flush before later init.
- **`etnaviv_gpu_setup_pulse_eater`:** final pulse-eater program
  flushes.
- **Unchanged:** perfmon pre/post still use plain `gpu_write_power()`
  (lines 1388, 1409). Intentional: those paths are not the unvalidated
  reset/init sequences.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: **[Hardware workaround / posted MMIO write]**
Power/clock-gating register updates may not have reached the GPU before
isolate/soft-reset (`etnaviv_hw_reset`) or before FE start
(`etnaviv_gpu_hw_init`). That matches the existing comment on
`b0da08559c749` (“MLCG and the pulse eater might interfere with the GPU
reset”). Dummy `readl` after `writel` is the standard PCI/MMIO posting
barrier; `gpu_read()` in the same header already does an extra `readl`
for some FE registers.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: **Obviously correct and minimal.** Extra `readl` only on
init/reset/resume, not on the submit hot path. Same registers are
already read via `gpu_read_power()` in these functions, so a stuck read
is not a new failure mode. No API, locking, or data-structure change.
Regression risk **low**.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- `etnaviv_hw_reset` exists since `a8c21a5451d831` (initial etnaviv,
  2015).
- `gpu_write_power` introduced in `61a6920bb604d` (“fix power register
  offset on GC300”), contained in **v6.2-rc1**.
- Reset-time MLCG/pulse-eater writes added in `b0da08559c749` (“disable
  MLCG and pulse eater on GPU reset”), contained in **v6.9-rc1**.
- Bug is long-lived interconnect posting, not new 7.3 code.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: **No Fixes: tag.** Not applicable. Introducers above are in this
tree (`git merge-base --is-ancestor` of those SHAs vs HEAD is implied by
blame on this checkout).

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record: Immediate neighbors on this file:
- `1006d1f7c03d9` drm/etnaviv: check all modules for idle after reset
- `4720915ab4828` drm/etnaviv: check MMUv2 status after reset
Those are **independent** Lucas Stach reset-validation patches. This
commit only changes write helpers; it does not need those checks.
- msgid `-2` suggests a series; **only this Randolph Sapp etnaviv commit
  is in git**. drm-misc-next pull lists this as his sole etnaviv change.
  Treat as **standalone** (patch 1 is likely a cover letter or was not
  applied).

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Randolph Sapp is a **TI** engineer, not the subsystem
maintainer. Only this etnaviv commit. Weight comes from **Lucas Stach
Reviewed-by + Signed-off-by** (maintainer).

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Depends only on existing `gpu_write_power` / `gpu_read_power`
(since v6.2). **Can apply standalone** on this tree. Confirmed: `git
show c182a2ae13886^:drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c` already has
every converted call site.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c c182a2ae13886` (and `-a`, `-w`): lore search errors; lookup
  of `20251013170122.1145387-2-rs@ti.com` → **404 / “not found”**.
- lore.kernel.org and patch.msgid.link: **403/503**.
- gnuweeb lore: msgid **not in the archive**.
- marc.info: **404**.
- **UNVERIFIED:** original dri-devel/etnaviv thread body, v1 vs v2,
  reviewer comments, Cc: stable in review.
- **Verified:** included in **[PULL] drm-misc-next**
  `20260724082204.GA18774@linux.fritz.box` (Thomas Zimmermann, 24 Jul
  2026) as “etnaviv: force flush on power register ops”; applied 23 Jul
  2026 by Lucas Stach.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: Maintainer **Lucas Stach** Reviewed-by and applied. Recipients
of the original mail **UNVERIFIED** (`b4 dig -w` failed).

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No bugzilla/syzbot link. Evidence is the author’s **am57xx-evm**
load/unload cycling. Severity from the report: **intermittent GPU bring-
up / rebind**, not a sanitizer crash.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: drm-misc-next lists **one** Randolph Sapp etnaviv patch. Reset-
check commits (`1006d1f7`, `4720915`) are a **different** Lucas series
(May 2026). **This patch is self-contained.**

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: `lore-kernel.gnuweeb.org/stable/?q=etnaviv+force+flush` did
**not** hit this commit (noise from unrelated “flush” in stable
reviews). **No stable NAK or prior request found.**

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `gpu_write_power_sync`, `etnaviv_hw_reset`,
`etnaviv_gpu_enable_mlcg`, `etnaviv_gpu_setup_pulse_eater`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record (verified with `rg` on this tree):
- `etnaviv_hw_reset` ← `etnaviv_gpu_init` (probe, ~line 891) and
  `etnaviv_gpu_recover_hang` (~line 1530)
- `etnaviv_gpu_enable_mlcg` / `etnaviv_gpu_setup_pulse_eater` ←
  `etnaviv_gpu_hw_init`
- `etnaviv_gpu_hw_init` ← `etnaviv_gpu_init`,
  `etnaviv_gpu_recover_hang`, **`etnaviv_gpu_hw_resume`** (~line 1753)
- `etnaviv_gpu_recover_hang` ← `etnaviv_sched.c` hangcheck
  (`etnaviv_sched` timeout path)
- `etnaviv_gpu_init` ← `etnaviv_drv.c` bind/load

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `writel`/`readl` via
`gpu_write_power`/`gpu_read_power`/`gpu_fix_power_address`. No
allocations, no locks added.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Reachable from **device probe**, **runtime resume**, **module
unload/reload** (matches the report), and **GPU hang recovery**.
Userspace GPU use can trigger hang recovery. Not a theoretical-only
path.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: `gpu_read()` already discards an extra `readl` for FE DMA
registers (GC7000 consistency). Same class of MMIO quirk, localized to
power registers here.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: **Yes.** This checkout is **7.3.0-rc4**. `git merge-base --is-
ancestor c182a2ae13886 HEAD` succeeds (the fix is already merged here as
mainline). The **parent** still has unsynced `gpu_write_power()` at the
five sites. Helpers `gpu_write_power`/`gpu_read_power` exist. Bug class
(posted power-register writes on reset/init) is present in this
codebase.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: **Clean apply on this tree.** Context in `etnaviv_hw_reset`
matches. No conflicting local edits.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: No earlier equivalent `gpu_write_power_sync`. Reset idle/MMU
checks are separate, not substitutes for the flush.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: **[drm/etnaviv] [IMPORTANT for Vivante GPU users, PERIPHERAL vs
core kernel]**
Not mm/net/vfs. Real embedded/SoC users (i.MX, TI AM57xx, etc.).

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Actively maintained (reset, PPU flop reset, scheduler). This
particular path (`etnaviv_hw_reset` / power regs) is **mature**
(2015/2022/2024), not brand-new 7.3 infrastructure.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: **Driver-specific / platform-specific.** Vivante GPU, observed
on **TI am57xx-evm** (GC320-class). Other SoCs with posted interconnects
to the GPU can hit the same reset/init window.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: Boot, **module load/unload**, runtime resume
(`etnaviv_gpu_hw_resume` → `etnaviv_gpu_hw_init`), GPU hang reset.
Timing-dependent (posted write). Unprivileged GPU clients can cause hang
recovery; probe/reload typically needs module/root. **Intermittent but
real.**

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: Failed `etnaviv_hw_reset` returns **-EBUSY**, probe logs “GPU
reset failed” and **the GPU never comes up**. Hang recovery can leave
the GPU **wedged**. Not a documented oops/KASAN. **Severity: HIGH** for
that hardware (device unusable / hang not recovered), not a core panic.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit:** HIGH for AM57xx and similar — GPU init/reset/resume
  actually complete.
- **Risk:** VERY LOW — 6-line helper, 5 call-site swaps, extra MMIO read
  on cold paths.
- **Ratio:** strongly in favor of taking the fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

**FOR backporting:**
- Stable rules explicitly allow **hardware quirks**.
- Posted-write flush is the standard, obviously correct MMIO barrier.
- Reproduced on shipping TI hardware (boot + load/unload).
- Hits probe, resume, and hang recovery — GPU can fail to start or stay
  hung.
- Small (~11 insertions), driver-private helper, no UAPI.
- Reviewed and applied by the **etnaviv maintainer**.
- Code and call sites exist in **this** 7.3-rc4 tree; no missing
  prerequisites.

**AGAINST:**
- No Fixes/syzbot/stack trace; commit text is light on the exact user-
  visible failure.
- Original lore thread **not retrieved** (msgid absent from lore).
- Affects one DRM driver, not core kernel.
- msgid `-2` without a recovered patch 1 (mitigated: only this patch
  landed).

**UNRESOLVED:** Full mailing-list review text; exact errno/log on
am57xx; whether patch 1 was a cover letter.

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — write+read barrier;
   maintainer review; experimental confirmation on am57xx-evm.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — GPU reset/init/resume
   can run before power-register writes complete.
3. Important issue? **PASS** — hardware quirk; failed reset → GPU
   unusable / hang unrecovered (HIGH, not a core oops).
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — two files, ~16 net lines in one
   driver.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS** — private static inline only.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — files, helpers, and call
   sites are here; parent matches the diff.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: **Hardware quirk/workaround** (posted MMIO flush). That class is
intended for stable.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This tree has the Vivante driver and the unsynced power-register writes.
The patch is a small, maintainer-reviewed posted-write flush that keeps
GPU reset, init, and resume ordered on hardware that actually showed the
problem. That meets the stable rules, including the hardware-quirk
clause. It should be taken.

---

**What the commit solves:** `writel` to Vivante power/clock-gating
registers can sit in the interconnect. Reset and init then proceed too
early, so `etnaviv_hw_reset` can time out (-EBUSY / “GPU reset failed”)
or hang recovery/resume can leave the GPU dead. Dummy `readl` after the
write forces completion. That showed up on am57xx-evm across boot and
module reload.

**Stable rules:** Obviously correct, real hardware bug, small, no new
API, applies here.

**Risk vs benefit:** Extra MMIO reads only on init/reset/resume vs GPU
never coming up. Benefit dominates.

**Concerns:** Lore thread missing; no crash dump in the message. Neither
outweighs the quirk + maintainer review + tiny diff.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: Reviewed-by Lucas Stach (maintainer); Link msgid
  `...1145387-2-rs@ti.com`; no Fixes/syzbot/stable Cc
- [Phase 1] MAINTAINERS: Lucas Stach maintains
  `drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/`
- [Phase 2] Diff: +6 helper, 5 `gpu_write_power` →
  `gpu_write_power_sync`; perfmon writes left unsynced
- [Phase 2] Helper is `gpu_write_power` + `gpu_read_power` (posted-write
  barrier)
- [Phase 3] `git log`/`git blame` on `etnaviv_gpu.c`: reset from
  a8c21a5451d831 (2015); `gpu_write_power` from 61a6920bb604d
  (v6.2-rc1); MLCG-on-reset from b0da08559c749 (v6.9-rc1)
- [Phase 3] `git show c182a2ae13886`: 11 insertions, 5 deletions, two
  files
- [Phase 3] Neighbor reset-check commits 1006d1f7/4720915 are
  independent
- [Phase 3] Only one Randolph Sapp etnaviv commit in this tree
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c/-a/-w c182a2ae13886`: lore errors, msgid not
  found — **UNVERIFIED original thread**
- [Phase 4] drm-misc-next pull 2026-07-24 lists this as the sole
  Randolph Sapp etnaviv change
- [Phase 4] stable lore search: no discussion of this patch
- [Phase 5] Callers: `etnaviv_gpu_init`, `etnaviv_gpu_recover_hang` ←
  sched hangcheck, `etnaviv_gpu_hw_resume`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` → v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37; `make
  kernelversion` → 7.3.0-rc4
- [Phase 6] `git merge-base --is-ancestor c182a2ae13886 HEAD` → yes
- [Phase 6] Parent of c182 still has unsynced `gpu_write_power` at all
  five sites
- [Phase 7] Subsystem drm/etnaviv, driver-specific
- [Phase 8] Failure: reset timeout / GPU not usable / hang recovery
  fail; severity HIGH for that hardware
- [Phase 9] stable-kernel-rules.rst: hardware quirk is an accepted class
- UNVERIFIED: original mailing-list review comments; exact am57xx log
  line; identity of series patch 1

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c | 10 +++++-----
 drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
index daba33052f524..e81383c5bb1b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
@@ -543,13 +543,13 @@ static int etnaviv_hw_reset(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 		u32 pulse_eater = 0x01590880;
 
 		/* disable clock gating */
-		gpu_write_power(gpu, VIVS_PM_POWER_CONTROLS, 0x0);
+		gpu_write_power_sync(gpu, VIVS_PM_POWER_CONTROLS, 0x0);
 
 		/* disable pulse eater */
 		pulse_eater |= BIT(17);
 		gpu_write_power(gpu, VIVS_PM_PULSE_EATER, pulse_eater);
 		pulse_eater |= BIT(0);
-		gpu_write_power(gpu, VIVS_PM_PULSE_EATER, pulse_eater);
+		gpu_write_power_sync(gpu, VIVS_PM_PULSE_EATER, pulse_eater);
 
 		/* enable clock */
 		control = VIVS_HI_CLOCK_CONTROL_FSCALE_VAL(fscale);
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ static void etnaviv_gpu_enable_mlcg(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 	    gpu->identity.revision == 0x4302)
 		ppc |= VIVS_PM_POWER_CONTROLS_DISABLE_STALL_MODULE_CLOCK_GATING;
 
-	gpu_write_power(gpu, VIVS_PM_POWER_CONTROLS, ppc);
+	gpu_write_power_sync(gpu, VIVS_PM_POWER_CONTROLS, ppc);
 
 	pmc = gpu_read_power(gpu, VIVS_PM_MODULE_CONTROLS);
 
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ static void etnaviv_gpu_enable_mlcg(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 	pmc |= VIVS_PM_MODULE_CONTROLS_DISABLE_MODULE_CLOCK_GATING_RA_HZ;
 	pmc |= VIVS_PM_MODULE_CONTROLS_DISABLE_MODULE_CLOCK_GATING_RA_EZ;
 
-	gpu_write_power(gpu, VIVS_PM_MODULE_CONTROLS, pmc);
+	gpu_write_power_sync(gpu, VIVS_PM_MODULE_CONTROLS, pmc);
 }
 
 void etnaviv_gpu_start_fe(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, u32 address, u16 prefetch)
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ static void etnaviv_gpu_setup_pulse_eater(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 		pulse_eater |= BIT(18);
 	}
 
-	gpu_write_power(gpu, VIVS_PM_PULSE_EATER, pulse_eater);
+	gpu_write_power_sync(gpu, VIVS_PM_PULSE_EATER, pulse_eater);
 }
 
 static void etnaviv_gpu_hw_init(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
index 5cb46c84e03ac..e89d591d7404c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.h
@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ static inline u32 gpu_read_power(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, u32 reg)
 	return readl(gpu->mmio + gpu_fix_power_address(gpu, reg));
 }
 
+static inline void gpu_write_power_sync(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, u32 reg, u32 data)
+{
+	gpu_write_power(gpu, reg, data);
+	gpu_read_power(gpu, reg);
+}
+
 int etnaviv_gpu_get_param(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu, u32 param, u64 *value);
 
 int etnaviv_gpu_init(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu);
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amdgpu: Support some Barco AMD based graphics adapters

[Sasha Levin]

From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feralsw.com>

[ Upstream commit 3dc4d68ee26a7ac12069ff0562ad8935106c79b6 ]

These adapters typically are only supported by Barco on the
Windows platform. However, with these changes in the linux
driver, multiple monitor support should work correctly.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feralsw.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1:** Record: `[drm/amdgpu] [Support] [add PCI IDs so Barco AMD
adapters bind to amdgpu]`

**Step 1.2:** Tags in the commit as given:
- `Signed-off-by: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feralsw.com>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Cc: stable`, `Link:`, `Tested-by`, or
  `Reviewed-by` on the committed message (absence of `Fixes`/`Cc:
  stable` is expected for this review)

**Step 1.3:** Record:
- Bug/problem: Barco MXRT cards (AMD GPUs with Barco PCI IDs) are not in
  `pciidlist`, so amdgpu never binds; Windows-only vendor support.
- Symptom: cards do not work as DRM devices; multi-monitor setups fail.
- Version info: none in the message.
- Root cause: missing device IDs, not a logic bug in existing chip code.

**Step 1.4:** Record: Not a hidden crash/UAF fix. It is hardware
enablement via PCI IDs. That is an explicit stable exception, not
disguised cleanup.

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1:** Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c` only
- +4 / -0 (four PCI ID rows)
- Function/object: `pciidlist[]`
- Scope: single-file surgical device-ID addition

**Step 2.2:** Record (each hunk is the same pattern):
- Before: ID missing → PCI core does not match amdgpu
- After: ID present with existing `CHIP_*` flags → probe uses already-
  supported ASIC paths
  - `0x664D` → `CHIP_BONAIRE`
  - `0x693B` → `CHIP_TONGA`
  - `0x67D4` → `CHIP_POLARIS10`
  - `0x698F` → `CHIP_POLARIS12`
- Path: device enumeration / probe, not an error path

**Step 2.3:** Record: `[Hardware workarounds / device ID addition]`
Mechanism: missing IDs so existing Bonaire/Tonga/Polaris code never runs
for those DIDs.

**Step 2.4:** Record: Obviously correct if the IDs belong to those
families. Regression risk is low: only those four DIDs start probing;
neighboring IDs are unchanged. Wrong-family assignment could mis-init a
GPU; public PCI databases and nearby IDs in the same table match the
chosen `CHIP_*` values. Original submission used `//` comments; the
committed form dropped them (kernel style). No API or data-structure
change.

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1:** Record: `pciidlist` has existed for the life of amdgpu.
Nearby IDs (`0x6649`, `0x6939`, `0x67D0`, `0x6987`) are long-standing.
The gap is missing Barco DIDs, not a newly introduced logic bug.
`CHIP_BONAIRE` / `CHIP_TONGA` / `CHIP_POLARIS10` / `CHIP_POLARIS12` are
in `include/drm/amd_asic_type.h` (enum values 5, 11, 15, 17).

**Step 3.2:** No `Fixes:` tag. Buggy “code” is the absence of IDs. Not
applicable as a Fixes follow-up.

**Step 3.3:** Recent related history on this file includes other PCI ID
work (e.g. cyan skillfish IDs already in v6.18). Standalone; not patch
X/Y. A later named-initializer rewrite of the table exists only as a
later candidate on this branch, not in `v6.18.53`.

**Step 3.4:** Author Matthew Jacob (Feral Software) has this one amdgpu
commit here. Alex Deucher, amdgpu maintainer, applied it (`CommitDate:
Wed Jul 1 2026`, SOB).

**Step 3.5:** No functional prerequisites. Applies against the existing
`pciidlist` format in `v6.18.53`. Does not need new CHIP types, new
helpers, or other series patches.

Upstream object `3dc4d68ee26a7ac12069ff0562ad8935106c79b6` is **not** an
ancestor of `v6.18` or `v6.18.53`.

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external research

**Step 4.1:** `b4 dig -c 3dc4d68ee26a7ac12069ff0562ad8935106c79b6`
failed (lore.kernel.org server error). Fallback: freedesktop amd-gfx.
- Submission: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-June/147081.html
- First attempt (attachment, not git-format):
  https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-gfx/2026-June/147075.html
- Alex asked for a proper git patch + SOB:
  https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-gfx/2026-June/147077.html
- Alex applied the git-format patch the same day:
  https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-gfx/2026-June/147083.html
  (“Applied. Thanks!”)
- Archive index also lists later Christian König and Matthew Jacob
  follow-ups; **exact text of those later mails is UNVERIFIED** (message
  numbers not resolved). No NAK found on the applied version.

**Step 4.2:** Recipients: amd-gfx. Maintainer Alex Deucher reviewed and
applied. Not a drive-by unreviewed ID dump.

**Step 4.3:** Real-world reports:
- 2023: Matthias Reichl, Barco MXRT-5600 `1002:664d` on HP Z240; neither
  radeon nor amdgpu bound; adding the ID made it work (Debian, kernel
  6.2-rc3, CIK enabled). Alex noted the DID was missing from AMD’s
  Windows list too. https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2023-January/088522.html
- 2026 cover letter: Kaiser radiology PACS fleets; Barco/Kaiser had no
  objection.
- PCI ID databases: `664D` Bonaire/W5100/MXRT-5600; `693B`
  Tonga/W7100/MXRT-7600; `67D4` Polaris10/WX 7100/MXRT-8700; `698F`
  Polaris12/WX 3100/MXRT 4700.

**Step 4.4:** Standalone 4-line ID add. A later separate patch proposed
`0x67D7` (MXRT-6700); not required for this commit.

**Step 4.5:** lore.kernel.org/stable search returned 403; **UNVERIFIED**
whether stable@ already discussed this ID set. No evidence of a NAK for
stable.

## Phase 5: Code semantic analysis

**Step 5.1:** Record: `pciidlist[]` (static `pci_device_id` table). No
function body edits.

**Step 5.2:** Record: PCI core match → `amdgpu` `.id_table` /
`MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, pciidlist)` around the probe path in
`amdgpu_drv.c`. Trigger is plugging in / booting with that GPU. Not a
syscall hot path.

**Step 5.3:** Record: probe then uses existing ASIC init for
`CHIP_BONAIRE` / `CHIP_TONGA` / `CHIP_POLARIS10` / `CHIP_POLARIS12`.
Those ASICs already have full driver support in this tree.

**Step 5.4:** Record: Userspace-reachable only in the sense of having
the card. Unprivileged users cannot invent a PCI ID. Impact is “card
works vs. no DRM driver”.

**Step 5.5:** Same table already lists sibling IDs in each family.
`amdgpu_unsupported_pciidlist[]` does not contain these four IDs. radeon
`include/drm/drm_pciids.h` still lacks `0x664D` (Bonaire default driver
is radeon unless CIK is switched to amdgpu). That does not block amdgpu
IDs for Tonga/Polaris.

## Phase 6: Local tree (this checkout)

**Step 6.1:** Record:
- `git describe HEAD` → `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`; `Makefile` →
  **6.18.53**
- `v6.18.53:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c` does **not**
  contain `0x664D`, `0x693B`, `0x67D4`, `0x698F`
- Surrounding rows in `v6.18.53` match the candidate hunks (positional
  `{0x1002, 0x...., PCI_ANY_ID, ...}` form)
- `CHIP_*` enums exist in this series
- Bug/gap: missing IDs, present for as long as those families have been
  in amdgpu

**Step 6.2:** Record: **clean apply** onto `v6.18.53`. No format
mismatch. (HEAD currently uses `PCI_DEVICE()` named initializers because
a later candidate rewrote the table; that rewrite is not in `v6.18.53`.)

**Step 6.3:** Record: No alternate fix for these four IDs in
`v6.18..v6.18.53`. Cyan skillfish ID adds are a different family and
already in v6.18.

## Phase 7: Subsystem context

**Step 7.1:** Record: `[drm/amdgpu] [IMPORTANT]` — common GPU driver,
not staging. Device-ID-only, not a new driver.

**Step 7.2:** Record: amdgpu is actively developed; these GCN families
(CIK/VI/Polaris) are mature. Adding IDs to old ASICs is the usual
pattern.

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1:** Record: driver-specific / hardware-specific. Users of
Barco MXRT (medical/pro multi-display) AMD cards. Not universal.

**Step 8.2:** Record: Trigger = boot with that PCI device. Common for
those machines, zero for everyone else. Not a userspace exploit path.

**Step 8.3:** Record: Failure mode today = adapter unbound / no KMS, not
an oops. Severity for affected users: **HIGH** (hardware dead on Linux).
Severity for others: none. Not panic/UAF.

**Step 8.4:** Record:
- Benefit: high for those GPUs (kernel finally binds; Tonga/Polaris work
  with default amdgpu; Bonaire needs existing `DRM_AMDGPU_CIK` /
  `amdgpu.cik_support=1` like other Bonaire parts)
- Risk: very low (4 rows, existing CHIP flags, maintainer-applied)
- Ratio: favorable; this is the documented device-ID exception

Caveats (not blockers):
- Two IDs were labeled “Tentative” in the mail (`0x67D4` MXRT-8750 vs
  databases saying MXRT-8700; `0x698F` MXRT-4700, which does exist).
  Family assignment still matches public PCI IDs.
- Bonaire `0x664D` is not added to radeon; default CIK remains radeon.
  Same as needing CIK-in-amdgpu for other Bonaire cards.

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Evidence FOR:**
- Canonical PCI ID addition to an existing driver
- 4 lines, existing `CHIP_*` only
- Families already in 6.18.y; IDs missing from `v6.18.53`
- Applies cleanly
- Maintainer (Alex Deucher) applied it
- Documented users (Kaiser PACS, 2023 MXRT-5600 report)
- PCI ID databases agree with the chip mapping

**Evidence AGAINST:**
- Not a crash/security/corruption fix
- Two IDs originally marked tentative
- Bonaire ID incomplete vs radeon default
- Exact later König comments UNVERIFIED

**Unresolved:** exact text of later amd-gfx follow-ups; whether stable@
already discussed it (lore 403 / b4 lore error).

**Stable rules checklist:**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — table rows + maintainer
   apply; 2023 user tested `664d`
2. Real bug affecting users? **PASS** — devices never bind
3. Important? **PASS** under the device-ID exception (hardware
   enablement, not a new driver)
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 4 lines, one file
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS** — IDs only; no new ioctls/params
6. Can apply to this tree? **PASS** — `v6.18.53` table format matches

**Exception category:** New PCI IDs on an existing driver.

This should be backported to this 6.18.y tree: the driver and ASIC
support are already here; only the four IDs are missing.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed subject/tags/body: Support + two SOBs; no
  Fixes/Reported-by
- [Phase 2] Diff: +4 PCI IDs in `pciidlist` (`664D` Bonaire, `693B`
  Tonga, `67D4` Polaris10, `698F` Polaris12)
- [Phase 3] `git describe HEAD` / Makefile: 6.18.53; upstream
  `3dc4d68ee26a` not ancestor of v6.18/v6.18.53
- [Phase 3] `git show v6.18.53:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c`:
  those four IDs absent; neighbor rows match the patch
- [Phase 3] `CHIP_BONAIRE` etc. in `include/drm/amd_asic_type.h`
- [Phase 4] b4 dig: lore server error; used lists.freedesktop.org
  instead
- [Phase 4] 147075/147077/147081/147083: resend as git patch, Alex
  applied
- [Phase 4] 2023 664d thread: card worked after adding the ID
- [Phase 5] `MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE` / `.id_table = pciidlist`; IDs not on
  `amdgpu_unsupported_pciidlist`
- [Phase 6] Clean apply to v6.18.53 old-style table; radeon
  `drm_pciids.h` still has `0x6649` but not `0x664D`
- [Phase 7] amdgpu important, families mature
- [Phase 8] Probe-only; risk limited to those DIDs
- UNVERIFIED: full text of later Christian König replies; stable@
  archive (403)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
index 376a7cd2667f6..845ebe041563f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
@@ -1953,6 +1953,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id pciidlist[] = {
 	{0x1002, 0x6646, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_BONAIRE|AMD_IS_MOBILITY},
 	{0x1002, 0x6647, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_BONAIRE|AMD_IS_MOBILITY},
 	{0x1002, 0x6649, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_BONAIRE},
+	{0x1002, 0x664D, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_BONAIRE},
 	{0x1002, 0x6650, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_BONAIRE},
 	{0x1002, 0x6651, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_BONAIRE},
 	{0x1002, 0x6658, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_BONAIRE},
@@ -2022,6 +2023,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id pciidlist[] = {
 	{0x1002, 0x6930, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_TONGA},
 	{0x1002, 0x6938, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_TONGA},
 	{0x1002, 0x6939, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_TONGA},
+	{0x1002, 0x693B, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_TONGA},
 	/* fiji */
 	{0x1002, 0x7300, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_FIJI},
 	{0x1002, 0x730F, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_FIJI},
@@ -2050,6 +2052,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id pciidlist[] = {
 	{0x1002, 0x67C4, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS10},
 	{0x1002, 0x67C7, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS10},
 	{0x1002, 0x67D0, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS10},
+	{0x1002, 0x67D4, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS10},
 	{0x1002, 0x67DF, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS10},
 	{0x1002, 0x67C8, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS10},
 	{0x1002, 0x67C9, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS10},
@@ -2063,6 +2066,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id pciidlist[] = {
 	{0x1002, 0x6985, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS12},
 	{0x1002, 0x6986, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS12},
 	{0x1002, 0x6987, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS12},
+	{0x1002, 0x698F, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS12},
 	{0x1002, 0x6995, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS12},
 	{0x1002, 0x6997, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS12},
 	{0x1002, 0x699F, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CHIP_POLARIS12},
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amd/pm: validate vega10 profile mode inputs

[Sasha Levin]

From: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit bf939f2a1687ef4ab815640096357f8ef5bd5fb6 ]

Check for out of range profile modes and custom params that exceed 8 bits.

Signed-off-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **6.18.53**. Vega10 still accepts out-of-range
`pp_power_profile_mode` sysfs values and silently truncates custom DPM
bytes before they are sent to SMU.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE
Record: [drm/amd/pm] [validate] [reject out-of-range Vega10 power
profile modes and custom params wider than 8 bits]

Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS
Record:
- Signed-off-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com> (author)
- Reviewed-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>
- Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com> (AMDGPU
  maintainer)
- No Fixes:, Reported-by, Tested-by, Link:, or Cc: stable (absence is
  expected)
- Ignore pipeline tags: [Upstream commit
  bf939f2a1687ef4ab815640096357f8ef5bd5fb6], Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT
Record: [Bug: Vega10 profile-mode setter does not reject invalid modes
or custom params that do not fit in 8 bits] [Symptom: invalid SMU
SetWorkloadMask / SetCustomGfxDpmParameters programming; silent uint8_t
truncation] [No version info in the message] [Root cause implied:
missing bounds checks before SMC messages]

Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES
Record: Not disguised. The subject is explicitly “validate”. This is
input validation before firmware commands, not style cleanup.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES
Record: [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_hwmgr.c: +9 / -0]
[vega10_set_power_profile_mode()] [single-file surgical fix]

Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE
Record:
- Hunk 1: After `power_profile_mode = input[size]`, if mode >
  PP_SMC_POWER_PROFILE_CUSTOM (6), log and return -EINVAL. Before: any
  mode fell through to `1 << power_profile_mode` (or `1 << (mode-1)`) as
  PPSMC_MSG_SetWorkloadMask, then stored in `hwmgr->power_profile_mode`.
- Hunk 2: For CUSTOM with size==4, reject any of input[0..3] with bits
  above 7 set. Before: those `long` values were assigned through uint8_t
  (`busy_set_point` etc. and `custom_profile_mode[]` which is
  `uint8_t[4]`), then packed into a 32-bit SMC parameter. Values >255 or
  negative were truncated.

Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM
Record: [Logic / bounds / firmware-input validation]
- Missing range check: userspace sysfs can supply modes 7–9
  (WINDOW3D/CAPPED/UNCAPPED exist in the shared enum but Vega10’s table
  only lists 0–CUSTOM). Those become invalid SMU workload bits.
- Missing 8-bit check: custom DPM fields are 8-bit hardware parameters;
  overflow was silently truncated into the packed SMC word.

Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY
Record: [Obviously correct and minimal. Same `>
PP_SMC_POWER_PROFILE_CUSTOM` guard already exists in
vega20_set_power_profile_mode.] [Regression risk very low: only invalid
writes return -EINVAL; legal modes 0–6 and 8-bit custom params are
unchanged.] No public API or data-structure change.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES
Record: Function introduced in 6390258a2f1390 (“drm/amd/pp: Add custom
power profile mode support on Vega10”, 2018-02-19, contained in
v4.17-rc1). Profile mode taken from `input[size]` in e815a9e62b3225
(Evan Quan, 2019). Unconditional `1 << power_profile_mode` SMU send from
3919a485187a85 / fe122ee5428293 (Kenneth Feng, 2021). The buggy pattern
has been in this family of kernels for years, including 6.18.

Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG
Record: No Fixes: tag. N/A. The missing checks are original to this
setter, not a recent regression.

Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES
Record: Recent vega10_hwmgr.c work is other bounds checks (OD DPM
triples, voltage index). This patch is standalone, not “patch X/Y”. No
prerequisite refactor required for these two ifs.

Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS
Record: Lijo Lazar is a regular AMD PM contributor (161 commits under
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/ in this tree). Applied by Alex Deucher. Related
author work is other PM validation, not a coupled series for this
function.

Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS
Record: None. Uses existing PP_SMC_POWER_PROFILE_CUSTOM, pr_err, and the
existing uint8_t packing. Can apply standalone.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION
Record:
[https://patch.msgid.link/20260618053650.937168-1-lijo.lazar@amd.com]
[v1 only; committed version matches v1] [Asad Kamal: Reviewed-by; no
other technical discussion] [No Cc: stable in review] [No NAKs]

Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH
Record: Recipients: amd-gfx, Hawking Zhang, Alexander Deucher, Asad
Kamal, Candice Li. Reviewer Asad Kamal (AMD). Maintainer Alex Deucher
signed off on merge.

Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT
Record: No Reported-by / Link / syzbot. No separate bugzilla. The
submission itself is the only write-up.

Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES
Record: Standalone one-patch series. Vega20 already had the equivalent
mode check (present after e098bc9612c2b, 2020 layout move). smu7 uses a
switch on known modes so invalid values are not turned into SMU
bitmasks.

Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable returned HTTP 403; UNVERIFIED whether it
was discussed on stable@. No evidence in the amd-gfx thread of a stable
NAK.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF
Record: vega10_set_power_profile_mode()

Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS
Record:
- Registered as hwmgr_func.set_power_profile_mode.
- pp_set_power_profile_mode() → amdgpu_dpm_set_power_profile_mode() →
  amdgpu_set_pp_power_profile_mode() (sysfs `pp_power_profile_mode`,
  S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR). This is the untrusted path: first character parsed
  with kstrtol, so modes 0–9 are reachable; CUSTOM then parses extra
  longs into parameter[].
- pp_dpm_switch_power_profile() already rejects `!(type <
  PP_SMC_POWER_PROFILE_CUSTOM)` before calling.
- pp_psm.c uses internal workload_setting[] values, not raw sysfs.

Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES
Record: smum_send_msg_to_smc_with_parameter() with
PPSMC_MSG_SetCustomGfxDpmParameters and PPSMC_MSG_SetWorkloadMask. Those
talk to Vega10 SMU firmware.

Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN
Record: Userspace write to
`/sys/class/drm/cardX/device/pp_power_profile_mode` (typically root) →
amdgpu_pm.c store → powerplay → vega10_set_power_profile_mode. Reachable
from userspace. Not a syscall for unprivileged users (owner-write
sysfs).

Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS
Record: vega20_hwmgr.c already has `if (power_profile_mode >
PP_SMC_POWER_PROFILE_CUSTOM)`. Newer swsmu paths also bound profile
types. Vega10 was the gap among powerplay Vega setters that shift the
mode into an SMU mask.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?
Record: Yes. Local tree is 6.18.53 (`VERSION=6 PATCHLEVEL=18
SUBLEVEL=53`, `git describe` v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb). v6.18.53’s
vega10_set_power_profile_mode has no range check and no 8-bit check
(function at line 5400). Bug dates to 2018/2019/2021 code, long before
6.18.

Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS
Record: [clean apply with line offset]. Context at v6.18.53 matches the
patch hunks; only the @@ line number differs (5407 vs original 5216). No
conflicting refactor in this file for these lines.

Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE
Record: No equivalent Vega10 profile-mode validation in v6.18.53. Vega20
already has the mode check. No earlier version of this exact fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY
Record: [drm/amd/pm powerplay Vega10] [IMPORTANT: discrete GPU driver,
not core mm/fs, but Vega 56/64 / Frontier / MI25 still in production
use]

Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY
Record: Mature Vega10 powerplay; most recent file changes are bounds-
checking, not feature work. Bug is old, not a last-month introduction.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED
Record: [driver-specific] Vega10 amdgpu + CONFIG powerplay users who
write `pp_power_profile_mode`.

Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Record: Write an out-of-range mode (7/8/9) or CUSTOM params >255 /
negative while DPM is manual. Common for tuning tools (and easy to
mistype). Root-only sysfs store; not unprivileged. Not a race.

Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY
Record: Invalid SMU workload mask / silently truncated custom DPM bytes
→ wrong clocks/heuristics; possible SMU/GPU misbehavior. Not a
demonstrated KASAN crash. [Severity: MEDIUM, HIGH if SMU rejects poorly
and the GPU hangs — hang not confirmed in mailing list]

Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO
Record: [Benefit: medium — stops firmware-facing bad input on a real
sysfs ABI] [Risk: very low — +9 lines, reject-only] [Ratio: favorable]

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE
FOR:
- Real missing validation on a documented userspace sysfs ABI
- Invalid modes become `1 << mode` SMU SetWorkloadMask; Vega10 has no
  switch/default to ignore them (smu7 does; vega20 already range-checks)
- Custom params are 8-bit hardware fields packed into one SMC dword;
  overflow was silent truncation
- Tiny, obviously correct, no new API
- Code and bug exist in this 6.18.53 tree; applies with offset only
- Reviewed and merged by AMD GPU maintainers

AGAINST:
- No crash report, syzbot, or Fixes: tag
- Sysfs is owner-writable (typically root), not an unprivileged UAF
- Commit message does not document a hang/CVE
- From the current first-character sysfs parser, mode cannot exceed 9,
  so the shift is not C UB; the issue is invalid firmware bits, not a
  kernel OOB

UNRESOLVED:
- Whether invalid SetWorkloadMask actually hangs Vega10 SMU (not
  documented on list)
- Whether stable@ discussed this (lore.kernel.org/stable HTTP 403)

Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST
1. Obviously correct and tested? PASS — two straightforward -EINVAL
   guards; Reviewed-by + maintainer SOB
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? PASS — sysfs can program SMU
   with out-of-range profile/custom values
3. Important issue? PASS (MEDIUM, firmware/GPU misprogramming; not a
   confirmed panic, but hardware-command validation on a user ABI)
4. Small and contained? PASS — +9 lines, one function
5. No new features or APIs? PASS
6. Can apply to the local tree? PASS — buggy function present on
   6.18.53; context matches

Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/doc exception. Ordinary driver
bounds-check fix.

Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION
This should be backported to this 6.18.y tree. The bug is present here,
the fix is surgical, valid userspace is unaffected, and leaving it out
keeps a userspace-to-SMU hole that sibling Vega20 code already closed.

What problem this solves for stable users:
On Vega10, writing `pp_power_profile_mode` with a mode above CUSTOM, or
CUSTOM heuristics that do not fit in 8 bits, is accepted and forwarded
to SMU. That can select a nonsense workload bit or pack truncated DPM
parameters. 6.18 still ships that path; the patch only fails those
writes with -EINVAL.

Risk vs benefit:
Benefit is correct firmware programming on a real sysfs control. Risk is
negligible.

Concerns:
None that block backport. Cherry-pick needs only hunk offset (line 5407
vs 5216). No extra commits required.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: author Lijo Lazar, Reviewed-by Asad Kamal, SOB
  Alex Deucher; no Fixes/Reported-by/Link/Cc:stable
- [Phase 2] Diff: +9 lines in vega10_set_power_profile_mode; mode >
  CUSTOM → -EINVAL; custom input[0..3] & ~0xFF → -EINVAL
- [Phase 2] custom_profile_mode is uint8_t[4] in vega10_hwmgr.h:386;
  packing uses uint8_t then <<8/16/24
- [Phase 3] git blame on parent: function 6390258a2f1390 (v4.17); SMU
  shift 3919a485187a85 (2021)
- [Phase 3] No Fixes: tag
- [Phase 3] git log --author="Lijo Lazar" -- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/:
  161 commits
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -c bf939f2a1687:
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260618053650.937168-1-lijo.lazar@amd.com
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -a: v1 only
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -w: amd-gfx + AMD PM maintainers
- [Phase 4] mbox: Asad Kamal Reviewed-by; no NAK; no stable mention
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org/stable: HTTP 403 — UNVERIFIED
- [Phase 5] Callers: sysfs amdgpu_set_pp_power_profile_mode (S_IWUSR);
  pp_dpm_switch_power_profile already bounds type; pp_psm uses internal
  tables
- [Phase 5] amdgpu_pm.c:1384 only special-cases CUSTOM; other modes skip
  extra parsing; tmp[0] is first character so sysfs modes are 0–9
- [Phase 5] vega20 already has the same mode > CUSTOM check at
  vega20_hwmgr.c:4097
- [Phase 6] git describe HEAD: v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb; make
  kernelversion 6.18.53
- [Phase 6] git grep on v6.18.53: no range check in vega10_hwmgr.c
- [Phase 6] Function text on v6.18.53 matches the patch pre-image
  (offset only)
- [Phase 6] git merge-base --is-ancestor bf939f2a1687 HEAD: not an
  ancestor (mainline commit not in 6.18.y history)
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: invalid SMU commands / truncated DPM bytes;
  sysfs root-writable; severity MEDIUM
- UNVERIFIED: actual Vega10 SMU hang on bad SetWorkloadMask; stable@
  discussion (HTTP 403)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_hwmgr.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_hwmgr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_hwmgr.c
index d6aaba0b3613d..84c777fde62f5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_hwmgr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_hwmgr.c
@@ -5406,6 +5406,11 @@ static int vega10_set_power_profile_mode(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, long *input, ui
 	uint8_t min_active_level;
 	uint32_t power_profile_mode = input[size];
 
+	if (power_profile_mode > PP_SMC_POWER_PROFILE_CUSTOM) {
+		pr_err("Invalid power profile mode %u\n", power_profile_mode);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (power_profile_mode == PP_SMC_POWER_PROFILE_CUSTOM) {
 		if (size != 0 && size != 4)
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -5421,6 +5426,10 @@ static int vega10_set_power_profile_mode(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, long *input, ui
 				return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
+		if ((input[0] & ~0xFF) || (input[1] & ~0xFF) ||
+		    (input[2] & ~0xFF) || (input[3] & ~0xFF))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		data->custom_profile_mode[0] = busy_set_point = input[0];
 		data->custom_profile_mode[1] = FPS = input[1];
 		data->custom_profile_mode[2] = use_rlc_busy = input[2];
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amdgpu: add check for xcp id

[Sasha Levin]

From: Gangliang Xie <ganglxie@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit fa1531170d2c96060478d697fe93f1cafc0e7ddd ]

check sel_xcp_id before its use

Signed-off-by: Gangliang Xie <ganglxie@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

Confirmed: `ring->xcp_id` is `u32`, `AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION` is `~0`,
and the same OOB pattern is what the XCP maintainer later called out in
`release_sched`. The 6.18.53 function has no bounds check. Compiling the
full analysis.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**

Record: **[drm/amdgpu]** **[add/check]** Add a bounds check on
`sel_xcp_id` before using it as an index into `adev->xcp_mgr->xcp[]`.

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**

Record:
- **Fixes:** none (expected for this review pipeline)
- **Reported-by:** none
- **Tested-by:** none
- **Reviewed-by:** Lijo Lazar \<lijo.lazar@amd.com\> (AMD
  XCP/partitioning reviewer; also reviewed the helper that introduced
  this function)
- **Acked-by:** none
- **Link:** none in the commit message
- **Cc: stable:** none (expected; not a negative signal)
- **Signed-off-by:** Gangliang Xie \<ganglxie@amd.com\> (author); Alex
  Deucher \<alexander.deucher@amd.com\> (amdgpu maintainer)
- Ignored pipeline tags: `[Upstream commit fa1531170d2c…]`, `Signed-off-
  by: Sasha Levin`

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**

Record:
- **Bug description:** `sel_xcp_id` is used as an array index without
  validation.
- **Symptom/failure mode:** not spelled out in the message (one-line
  body: “check sel_xcp_id before its use”). From the code, the failure
  is an out-of-bounds read/write of `xcp[sel_xcp_id]`.
- **Version information:** none in the message.
- **Root cause:** `amdgpu_xcp_gpu_sched_update()` indexes
  `adev->xcp_mgr->xcp[sel_xcp_id]` even when the ID is
  `AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION` (`~0`) or `>= MAX_XCP`.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**

Record: Yes — this is a memory-safety fix described as “add check”. Same
pattern as the author’s nearby “add buf length check” / “add first
record offset check” patches, and as Lijo Lazar’s explicit “bounds check
xcp_id in release_sched” (“Avoid out-of-bounds xcp[] access, e.g. when
xcp_id is AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION”).

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**

Record:
- **File:** `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c` (+3 / −0)
- **Function:** `amdgpu_xcp_gpu_sched_update()`
- **Scope:** single-file surgical fix (3 lines)

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**

Record: **Before:** the function immediately does
`num_gpu_sched = &adev->xcp_mgr->xcp[sel_xcp_id].gpu_sched[...]` and
writes `&ring->sched` into that slot, incrementing `num_scheds`.
**After:** if `sel_xcp_id >= MAX_XCP` or `sel_xcp_id ==
AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION`, it returns without touching the array. Normal
path unchanged for IDs in `0 .. MAX_XCP-1`.

Callers in `amdgpu_xcp_sched_list_update()`:
1. `amdgpu_xcp_gpu_sched_update(adev, ring, ring->xcp_id)`
2. For shared VCN: `amdgpu_xcp_gpu_sched_update(adev, ring, ring->xcp_id
   + 1)`

`amdgpu_set_xcp_id()` sets `ring->xcp_id = AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION`
first and can leave it there (CPER/early return, unsupported ring type,
or no matching `inst_mask`).

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**

Record: **[Memory safety / out-of-bounds]** `xcp[]` has `MAX_XCP` (8)
entries. `ring->xcp_id` is `u32`; `AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION` is `(~0)` →
`0xffffffff`. Indexing `xcp[0xffffffff]` is a wild OOB read/write (store
a scheduler pointer, increment `num_scheds`). The VCN `xcp_id + 1` path
can also produce `8` when `xcp_id == 7`. The `==
AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION` clause is redundant for unsigned `sel_xcp_id`
(already `>= MAX_XCP`) but harmless.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**

Record: Obviously correct 3-line guard. Skipping a ring with an invalid
XCP id is the right behavior (that ring should not be on a partition
sched list). Regression risk is very low: a previously valid `0..7` id
is unaffected; a previously invalid id was already corrupting memory.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**

Record: The unchecked index was introduced in **`4dbc17b455329`**
(“drm/amdgpu: Convert update_partition_sched_list into a common helper
v3”, Hawking Zhang, 2025-06-16). That commit is an ancestor of
**v6.18.53**. XCP itself dates to **`75d1692393cb7`** (2022-09-16).

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**

Record: No `Fixes:` tag. The buggy helper **is** in this tree (`git
merge-base --is-ancestor 4dbc17b455329 v6.18.53` succeeded).

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**

Record: Related nearby work on the same file: `085ef38814f01` “bounds
check xcp ip block index”; mailing-list sibling “bounds check xcp_id in
release_sched” (Lijo Lazar) which names the same
`AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION` OOB. This patch is standalone; it does not
depend on those siblings. No follow-ups after it on this function.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**

Record: Gangliang Xie is an AMD contributor sending small validation
patches (`add buf length check`, `add first record offset check`, RAS
checksum). Not the subsystem maintainer. Weight comes from **Reviewed-
by: Lijo Lazar** and **Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher**.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**

Record: None. It only uses `MAX_XCP` and `AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION`, both
present in this tree (`amdgpu_xcp.h`). Can apply standalone; the
v6.18.53 function body matches the patch parent exactly.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**

Record:
- `b4 dig -c fa1531170d2c96060478d697fe93f1cafc0e7ddd` →
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260623024809.121196-1-ganglxie@amd.com
- `b4 dig -a`: single **v1**, no later revisions
- Thread: author patch + **Reviewed-by: Lijo Lazar**. No NAK, no stable
  nomination, no crash log in the thread.
- lore.kernel.org HTTP fetch returned 403; discussion recovered via `b4
  dig -m` mbox (2 messages).

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**

Record: `b4 dig -w`: To `amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org`, Cc
`tao.zhou1@amd.com`. Reviewed by Lijo Lazar (XCP reviewer). Merged by
Alex Deucher.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**

Record: No syzbot/bugzilla/CVE. Web search did find the maintainer
stating the **same** `xcp[ring->xcp_id]` pattern is OOB when id is
`AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION` (`bounds check xcp_id in release_sched`). That
is independent confirmation of the bug class, not a user crash report
for this exact function.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**

Record: Standalone v1, not a numbered series. Related OOB guards in the
same file (`release_sched`, ip-block index) are separate and not
required for this hunk to be correct.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**

Record: No stable@ discussion found for this subject. linux-next merge
mail listed this commit among several amdgpu_xcp.c bounds-check fixes
(conflict was in `release_sched`, not this function).

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

semcode MCP is not available; callers/callees traced with grep and file
reads.

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**

Record: `amdgpu_xcp_gpu_sched_update` (modified); callers
`amdgpu_xcp_sched_list_update` →
`amdgpu_xcp_update_partition_sched_list`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**

Record:
- `amdgpu_xcp_init()` (partition setup / mode switch)
- `amdgpu_device.c` after `drm_sched_init` for all rings (`if
  (adev->xcp_mgr) amdgpu_xcp_update_partition_sched_list(adev)`)

Only **aqua_vanjaram** calls `amdgpu_xcp_mgr_init` (MI300-family
Instinct). Consumer GPUs have `xcp_mgr == NULL` and never enter this
path.

`amdgpu_xcp_sched_list_update` skips `!ring`, `!ring->sched.ready`, and
`ring->no_scheduler`. CPER/KIQ/MES/UMSCH set `no_scheduler` and are not
this OOB. Rings that **are** scheduled and still have `xcp_id == ~0`
(unsupported type in `amdgpu_set_xcp_id`’s `default:`, or no `inst_mask`
match) **are** the OOB path. Shared VCN uses `xcp_id + 1`.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**

Record: Array access and `dev_dbg` only. No locks, no allocation.
Failure mode is pure memory corruption.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**

Record: Device init / partition switch on Instinct GPUs with XCP enabled
(`mode != AMDGPU_XCP_MODE_NONE`; `AMDGPU_XCP_MODE_NONE` and
`AMDGPU_UNKNOWN_COMPUTE_PARTITION_MODE` are both `-1`, so the update is
skipped until a real SPX/DPX/TPX/QPX/CPX mode is set). Not a syscall-hot
path; it **is** a driver-init/mode-switch path on production HPC/AI
GPUs. Unprivileged users do not trigger it directly.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**

Record: Same unguarded `xcp[ring->xcp_id]` in
`amdgpu_xcp_release_sched()` in this tree. Maintainer-authored sibling
patch exists upstream. Pattern is systematic.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**

Record: **Yes.** Local tree is **6.18.53** (`git describe HEAD` →
`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`; Makefile `VERSION=6 PATCHLEVEL=18
SUBLEVEL=53`). `v6.18.53:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c` has
`amdgpu_xcp_gpu_sched_update` **without** the `sel_xcp_id` check
(verified via `git show v6.18.53:...`). Bug introduced 2025-06
(`4dbc17b455329`), present since this 6.18 branch.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**

Record: **Clean apply** onto v6.18.53 — parent hunk is identical. No
refactor of this function between 6.18.53 and the patch.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**

Record: No other fix of this specific index in
`amdgpu_xcp_gpu_sched_update` on v6.18.53. The `release_sched` OOB is
still unfixed here; that does not replace this patch.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**

Record: **drm/amdgpu XCP (compute partitioning).** Criticality:
**IMPORTANT** — not core mm/fs, but MI300-class Instinct GPUs in HPC/AI.
Not staging.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**

Record: Actively developed (partition sysfs, unique ids, kobject
cleanup, multiple 2025–2026 XCP commits). The helper this guards has
been in 6.18 for the whole stable cycle.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**

Record: **Driver/config-specific:** `CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU` + aqua_vanjaram
XCP (Instinct MI300 family) with partitioning actually enabled. Not
universal; not consumer Radeon.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**

Record: Partition sched-list rebuild during GPU init or partition-mode
switch, when a ready scheduled ring still has `xcp_id == ~0` or `xcp_id
+ 1 >= 8`. Not an unprivileged syscall. Likelihood: uncommon if every
ring matches a partition, but the sentinel `AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION` is
an intentional valid state in `amdgpu_set_xcp_id`, and the VCN `+ 1`
path is an explicit in-tree caller. Consequences if it hits are severe.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**

Record: **OOB write of a pointer + increment through that pointer.**
Kernel oops / memory corruption. **Severity: HIGH** (crash/corruption;
potentially worse if the write lands on live data).

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**

Record:
- **Benefit:** High for Instinct XCP users — prevents a wild OOB write.
  Zero effect on other hardware (`xcp_mgr` is null).
- **Risk:** Very low (3 lines, early return, no locking/API change).
- **Ratio:** Strongly favors backport.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

**FOR:**
- Real OOB write: `xcp[sel_xcp_id]` with `sel_xcp_id` possibly
  `0xffffffff` or `>= 8`.
- `AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION` is a first-class sentinel in
  `amdgpu_set_xcp_id`, then passed straight into this indexer.
- Same class of bug independently described as OOB by Lijo Lazar for
  `release_sched`.
- Buggy helper present in **this** 6.18.53 tree since `4dbc17b455329`.
- 3-line, obviously correct, reviewed by XCP expert, signed off by
  amdgpu maintainer.
- Applies cleanly; no new API/feature; no prerequisites.

**AGAINST:**
- No user/syzbot report; commit message is one line.
- Affects only partitioned Instinct GPUs, not all amdgpu users.
- On current MI300 mappings, many rings get a valid id or
  `no_scheduler`, so the crash may be uncommon.

**UNRESOLVED:** Exact production frequency of a ready ring left at
`NO_PARTITION` on MI300 was not reproduced on hardware (analysis is from
code). That does not change the OOB if it happens.

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**

1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — trivial bounds check;
   Reviewed-by Lijo Lazar; in mainline via Alex Deucher.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — OOB index on XCP
   sched-list update for Instinct partition setups.
3. Important issue (crash, security, corruption, deadlock)? **PASS** —
   OOB write → crash/corruption, HIGH.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +3 lines, one function.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — v6.18.53 has the unchecked
   function; hunk matches.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**

Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception. It qualifies as a
normal memory-safety bug fix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**

This is a small, correct guard against a real out-of-bounds write in
amdgpu XCP scheduler-list updates. The buggy code is in this 6.18.53
tree, the patch applies cleanly, and the risk of regression is
negligible. It should be backported.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: Reviewed-by Lijo Lazar; SOB Alex Deucher; no
  Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable (expected).
- [Phase 1] Body is one line; bug inferred from code, not a crash log.
- [Phase 2] Diff: +3 lines in `amdgpu_xcp_gpu_sched_update()`; early
  return on `sel_xcp_id >= MAX_XCP || sel_xcp_id ==
  AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION`.
- [Phase 2] `MAX_XCP` is 8; `AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION` is `(~0)`;
  `ring->xcp_id` is `u32` (`amdgpu_ring.h:370`).
- [Phase 3] Blame: unchecked index from `4dbc17b455329` (2025-06-16);
  `git merge-base --is-ancestor 4dbc17b455329 v6.18.53` succeeded.
- [Phase 3] No Fixes tag; no follow-up on this function after the
  candidate.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c fa1531170d2c…`: lore/msgid
  `20260623024809.121196-1-ganglxie@amd.com`; v1 only; Lijo Reviewed-by;
  no NAK.
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org WebFetch: 403; mbox via `b4 dig -m` used
  instead.
- [Phase 4] WebSearch: Lijo Lazar “bounds check xcp_id in release_sched”
  explicitly calls `AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION` an OOB `xcp[]` access.
- [Phase 5] Callers: `amdgpu_xcp_sched_list_update` ←
  `amdgpu_xcp_update_partition_sched_list` ← `amdgpu_xcp_init` and
  `amdgpu_device.c` post-`drm_sched_init`.
- [Phase 5] Only `aqua_vanjaram.c` calls `amdgpu_xcp_mgr_init`.
- [Phase 5] CPER/KIQ/MES/UMSCH use `no_scheduler` (verified); they are
  not this OOB. Default/unmatched rings and VCN `xcp_id+1` are.
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`; `make
  kernelversion` = 6.18.53.
- [Phase 6] `git show v6.18.53:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c`
  shows the function **without** the check.
- [Phase 6] Upstream `fa1531170d2c` is not an ancestor of HEAD (`merge-
  base --is-ancestor` exit 1); the 6.18.53 file contents still match the
  pre-fix hunk.
- [Phase 7] drm/amdgpu XCP; IMPORTANT for Instinct partition users.
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: OOB write → oops/corruption; severity HIGH;
  backport risk very low.
- UNVERIFIED: Hardware reproduction on MI300 of a ready ring left at
  `NO_PARTITION`; not used as the sole basis for the decision (the OOB
  is visible in code and the same pattern is acknowledged by the XCP
  reviewer).

The patch is a 3-line, obviously correct bounds check for a real out-of-
bounds write in amdgpu XCP scheduler-list updates. The unchecked
function exists in this 6.18.53 tree, the fix applies cleanly, and the
regression risk is negligible.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c
index 6059227c53150..88de3ecc7f230 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_xcp.c
@@ -572,6 +572,9 @@ static void amdgpu_xcp_gpu_sched_update(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 {
 	unsigned int *num_gpu_sched;
 
+	if (sel_xcp_id >= MAX_XCP || sel_xcp_id == AMDGPU_XCP_NO_PARTITION)
+		return;
+
 	num_gpu_sched = &adev->xcp_mgr->xcp[sel_xcp_id]
 			.gpu_sched[ring->funcs->type][ring->hw_prio].num_scheds;
 	adev->xcp_mgr->xcp[sel_xcp_id].gpu_sched[ring->funcs->type][ring->hw_prio]
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] drm/amdgpu: add bounds check to prevent array overflow

[Sasha Levin]

From: YiPeng Chai <YiPeng.Chai@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit db15c49a17b8fab9ada38f3a548e5353d7d6b1a8 ]

Add bounds check to prevent array overflow.

v2:
  Add warning messages.

Signed-off-by: YiPeng Chai <YiPeng.Chai@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Tao Zhou <tao.zhou1@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **6.18.53**. The unbounded write into
`mce_adev_list.devs[]` is present in that base; this is a 7-line
overflow guard for that array.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE
Record: **[drm/amdgpu] [add] bounds check to prevent array overflow**

Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS
Record:
- Signed-off-by: YiPeng Chai (author)
- Reviewed-by: Tao Zhou
- Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher (amdgpu maintainer)
- No Fixes:, Reported-by, Tested-by, Link:, or Cc: stable (absence is
  expected)
- Pipeline-only tags ignored: `[Upstream commit db15c49a17b8…]`, Signed-
  off-by: Sasha Levin

Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT
Record:
- Bug: write into `mce_adev_list.devs[]` with no cap vs
  `MAX_GPU_INSTANCE` (64)
- Symptom: kernel array overflow / adjacent BSS corruption
- Version info: none in the message
- Root cause: registration does `devs[num_gpu++] = adev` with no
  capacity check (the sibling `amdgpu_register_gpu_instance()` has had
  that check since 2018)

Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES
Record: Not disguised. It is an explicit overflow fix. v2 only adds a
ratelimited warning.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS
===============================================================

Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ras.c` (+7 / −0)
- Function: `amdgpu_register_bad_pages_mca_notifier()`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE
Record:
- Before: always `mce_adev_list.devs[mce_adev_list.num_gpu++] = adev`,
  then register the MCE decode chain once
- After: if `num_gpu >= MAX_GPU_INSTANCE`, warn and return; otherwise
  same as before
- Path: device init / RAS recovery init, not the MCE hot path

Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM
Record:
- Category: **buffer overflow / out-of-bounds write**
- Mechanism: `devs` is `struct amdgpu_device *devs[MAX_GPU_INSTANCE]`
  (64). Index 64 is past the array and lands on `num_gpu` and the
  following BSS. A pointer-sized store there corrupts static driver
  state.
- Fix: same capacity check already used for `mgpu_info` in
  `amdgpu_kms.c`

Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY
Record:
- Obviously correct; no API/lock/data-structure change
- Early return only skips adding a 65th device; the decode chain is
  already registered by GPU 0
- Regression risk: **very low** (warn + return). Skipping page-
  retirement for a 65th Aldebaran is safer than overflowing

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES
Record:
- Unbounded store introduced in `91a1a52d03aa0f` (Mukul Joshi,
  2021-09-20): “Fix RAS page retirement with mode2 reset on Aldebaran”
- Present in this 6.18.53 tree (`git merge-base --is-ancestor
  91a1a52d03aa0f v6.18.53` succeeded)

Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG
Record: No Fixes: tag. Introducer is `91a1a52d03aa0f`, in this tree.

Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES
Record:
- This tree has **no** `amdgpu_unregister_bad_pages_mca_notifier` (that
  landed later, ~Nov 2025 on amd-gfx)
- `amdgpu_ras_recovery_fini()` / `amdgpu_driver_unload_kms()` never
  shrink `mce_adev_list`
- GPU reset unregisters `mgpu_info` and re-adds it; it does **not** re-
  run `amdgpu_ras_recovery_init()`, so reset does not grow this list
- Series mate patch 2/2 (`drm/amd/ras: use IS_ERR() to check thread
  creation result`) touches `rascore/ras_process.c` and is independent

Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS
Record: YiPeng Chai is a regular amdgpu RAS contributor. Tao Zhou
reviewed; Alex Deucher applied. Not a drive-by change.

Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS
Record: None. The register function in v6.18.53 matches the parent hunk.
Applies standalone.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION
Record:
- `b4 dig -c db15c49a17b8…` →
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260616093753.4142104-1-YiPeng.Chai@amd.com
- v1 (2026-06-16): check only, silent return
- v2 (same day): added `dev_warn_ratelimited`
- Tao Zhou (v1): “do we need to add warning message for it?” — that is
  the only review request
- No NAKs, no stable discussion, no user crash report

Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH
Record (`b4 dig -w`): amd-gfx, Hawking Zhang, Tao Zhou, Candice Li. Tao
Zhou: Reviewed-by on v2. Alex Deucher signed off.

Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT
Record: No syzbot, bugzilla, or user report found. Looks like an
internal correctness/static-analysis fix, not a field crash.

Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES
Record:
- 2-patch series; 2/2 is an unrelated `kthread_run` IS_ERR check
- Related later work: “Unregister mce notifier” (Nov 2025) — **not in
  this 6.18.53 tree**, so the list never shrinks here. That makes
  overflow easier to hit than on later mainline

Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY
Record: No lore.kernel.org/stable hit for this subject. lore.kernel.org
fetches returned 403; mail-archive + b4 were used instead.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS
Record: `amdgpu_register_bad_pages_mca_notifier()` (modified). Related:
`find_adev()`, `amdgpu_bad_page_notifier()`,
`amdgpu_ras_recovery_init()`. semcode MCP not available; used grep/read.

Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS
Record:
- Only caller: `amdgpu_ras_recovery_init()` when `CONFIG_X86_MCE_AMD`,
  `asic_type == CHIP_ALDEBARAN`, and `adev->gmc.xgmi.connected_to_cpu`
- That is called only from `amdgpu_device_init()` (not from reset
  reinit)
- `amdgpu_device_init()` ← `amdgpu_driver_load_kms()` ← PCI probe
- `amdgpu_pci_remove()` → `amdgpu_driver_unload_kms()` does **not** drop
  the MCE list entry

Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES
Record: `dev_warn_ratelimited()`, `mce_register_decode_chain()`
(unchanged, still once)

Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN
Record:
- Reachable on MI200/MI250 (Aldebaran) CPU-attached XGMI systems (HPC),
  with RAS enabled
- Not a syscall; probe/unbind-bind
- Unbind/bind without `rmmod` leaves module statics: each successful RAS
  init increments `num_gpu`. After 64 such inits, the next write is OOB

Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS
Record: `amdgpu_register_gpu_instance()` already guards
`mgpu_info.num_gpu >= MAX_GPU_INSTANCE` (blame: `62d73fbcfb3671`, 2018).
This list was a copy without that guard.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?
Record: Yes. v6.18.53 has:
`mce_adev_list.devs[mce_adev_list.num_gpu++] = adev;`
with no check. `MAX_GPU_INSTANCE` is 64 in `amdgpu.h`. Introduced 2021,
long before 6.18.

Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS
Record: **Clean apply**. v6.18.53 function body matches the parent hunk
(no unregister helper in this tree; not required).

Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE
Record: No other overflow guard or unregister for `mce_adev_list` in
v6.18.53.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY
Record: drm/amdgpu RAS / x86 MCE decode. **IMPORTANT** for
Aldebaran+XGMI-to-CPU, not core kernel. Still kernel-memory corruption
if it fires.

Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY
Record: amdgpu RAS is actively maintained; this particular list has been
unchanged since 2021 except later unregister (not in 6.18).

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED
Record: Driver- and config-specific: `CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU` +
`CONFIG_X86_MCE_AMD` + Aldebaran (PCI 1002:7408/740C/740F/7410) with
host-GPU XGMI. Real HPC/Instinct users exist; not all amdgpu laptops.

Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Record:
- 65+ registrations into a 64-slot array
- A node with 65 Aldebaran GPUs is not realistic
- **In this tree**, no unregister: PCI unbind/bind (or probe after a
  failed teardown that still completed RAS init) grows the list. 64
  cycles is uncommon but a real admin/debug path
- Unprivileged users cannot typically drive 64 GPU rebinds

Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY
Record: OOB write of an `amdgpu_device *` past `devs[]` into `num_gpu`
and following BSS → memory corruption, then likely oops on later
MCE/list walk. Severity **HIGH** when hit; likelihood **LOW**.

Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO
Record:
- Benefit: prevents a real overflow on a path this tree never cleans up;
  matches an existing sibling check
- Risk: 7 lines, warn+return, no locking/API change — **very low**
- Ratio: favorable for stable

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE

FOR:
- Real unbounded store into a 64-entry static array (memory safety)
- Buggy code is in 6.18.53 and dates to 2021
- This tree never unregisters, so the counter can climb across
  unbind/bind
- 7-line, obviously correct, same pattern as
  `amdgpu_register_gpu_instance()`
- Reviewed by Tao Zhou; applied by Alex Deucher
- Applies cleanly; no prerequisites

AGAINST:
- Thin commit message; no crash report / syzbot / CVE
- Needs Aldebaran + XGMI-to-CPU + 65 registrations — rare in production
- Series 1/2, but 2/2 is unrelated

UNRESOLVED:
- Could not fetch lore.kernel.org (403); used b4 + mail-archive
- No public statement of how the overflow was found (Coverity vs
  internal test)

Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — trivial bounds check; v2
   reviewed
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — OOB write; reachable
   if the list is never drained
3. Important issue? **PASS** — kernel memory corruption (HIGH, uncommon
   trigger)
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +7 lines, one function
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — clean against v6.18.53

Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception. It is a normal
memory-safety fix.

Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION
This is a small, obviously correct overflow guard for code that exists
in this 6.18.53 tree. Because 6.18 never removes entries from
`mce_adev_list`, the overflow is more reachable here than on later
kernels that gained unregister. Benefit outweighs risk.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: author YiPeng Chai, Reviewed-by Tao Zhou, SOB Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/Reported-by
- [Phase 2] Diff: +7 lines in
  `amdgpu_register_bad_pages_mca_notifier()`; `if (num_gpu >=
  MAX_GPU_INSTANCE) warn; return;`
- [Phase 3] `git blame` v6.18.53: unbounded store from `91a1a52d03aa0f`
  (2021); ancestor of v6.18.53
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 4f933b6727c05 v6.18.53` failed
  — fix is not in 6.18.53
- [Phase 3] No unregister in this tree (`git grep unregister_bad_pages`
  empty; `git log --grep="Unregister mce notifier"` empty)
- [Phase 3] Only recovery_init caller of register; reset path does not
  re-call it
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c db15c49a17b8`: v1 + v2; Tao asked for a warning;
  v2 Reviewed-by
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: two revisions, applied is v2
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: amd-gfx + Hawking Zhang, Tao Zhou, Candice Li
- [Phase 4] Patch 2/2 is IS_ERR on rascore kthread — independent
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org WebFetch 403 — UNVERIFIED via lore HTML;
  mail-archive used instead
- [Phase 5] Callers: only Aldebaran + `connected_to_cpu` in
  `amdgpu_ras_recovery_init` ← `amdgpu_device_init` ← PCI probe
- [Phase 5] Remove path: `amdgpu_pci_remove` →
  `amdgpu_driver_unload_kms` does not touch `mce_adev_list`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD`: v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb; `make
  kernelversion`: 6.18.53
- [Phase 6] v6.18.53 function matches parent; MAX_GPU_INSTANCE=64
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: OOB write into BSS → corruption/oops; severity
  HIGH, trigger uncommon
- UNVERIFIED: exact discovery method (no public reproducer)

The patch is a 7-line bounds check that stops a real out-of-bounds write
in RAS MCE GPU tracking. The buggy store is in this 6.18.53 tree, the
tree never shrinks the list on teardown, and the change is obviously
correct with negligible regression risk.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ras.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ras.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ras.c
index 16ae44e131ad4..b03d422572589 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ras.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ras.c
@@ -4814,6 +4814,13 @@ static void amdgpu_register_bad_pages_mca_notifier(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	 * Use this list instead of mgpu_info to find the amdgpu
 	 * device on which the UMC error was reported.
 	 */
+	if (mce_adev_list.num_gpu >= MAX_GPU_INSTANCE) {
+		dev_warn_ratelimited(adev->dev,
+			"mce_adev_list full, skip notifier registration (max=%d)\n",
+			MAX_GPU_INSTANCE);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	mce_adev_list.devs[mce_adev_list.num_gpu++] = adev;
 
 	/*
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/msm: detach the ARM DMA mapping before attaching our own domain

[Sasha Levin]

From: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>

[ Upstream commit 140b13475302601368c0cf4e193e66126a49feb3 ]

On ARM32 with CONFIG_ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU, arch_setup_dma_ops() creates a
dma_iommu_mapping for every IOMMU-backed device and attaches its domain
to the device's IOMMU group. That domain is neither the group's default
nor its blocking domain, so when msm_iommu_new() later attaches the
domain the driver manages itself, __iommu_attach_group() refuses it:

	if (group->domain && group->domain != group->default_domain &&
	    group->domain != group->blocking_domain)
		return -EBUSY;

Both the GPU and the display controller are hit by this on apq8064
(IFC6410), leaving the board with no GPU and no display:

  adreno 4300000.gpu: failed to load adreno gpu
  adreno 4300000.gpu: probe with driver adreno failed with error -16
  mdp4 5100000.display-controller: [drm:msm_drm_kms_init] *ERROR* failed to load kms
  mdp4 5100000.display-controller: adev bind failed: -16

Other ARM32 DRM drivers that manage their own domains (tegra, rockchip,
exynos) drop the arch mapping first. Do the same in msm_iommu_new(),
which both the display and the GPU paths go through.

With this the GPU and the KMS device both initialise:

  [drm] Initialized msm 1.13.0 for 4300000.gpu on minor 0
  [drm] Initialized msm-kms 1.13.0 for 5100000.display-controller on minor 1

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/743333/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260730-fix-qcom-smmu-v2-3-18e0daf2d836@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have the 6.1.188 picture: the -EBUSY attach path is present,
`qcom_defconfig` hits it, and the companion series crashes are not
reachable here. Writing up the full analysis.

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1:** Record: `[drm/msm] [detach] Drop the ARM32 DMA IOMMU
mapping so msm can attach its own domain`

**Step 1.2:** Record: Tags present:
- `Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5`
- `Reviewed-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@oss.qualcomm.com>`
- `Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>`
  (author; ignore pipeline SOBs)
- `Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/743333/`
- `Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260730-fix-qcom-
  smmu-v2-3-18e0daf2d836@oss.qualcomm.com`
- No `Fixes:`, no `Cc: stable` (expected for this review)
- No `Reported-by` / `Tested-by` / syzbot

**Step 1.3:** Record: On ARM32 with `CONFIG_ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU`,
`arch_setup_dma_ops()` attaches a `dma_iommu_mapping` domain that is
neither the group default nor blocking domain. `msm_iommu_new()` then
`iommu_attach_device()`s the driver-owned domain and
`__iommu_attach_group()` returns `-EBUSY`. Symptom on apq8064/IFC6410:
GPU probe fails with `-16`, MDP4 KMS fails with `-16`, no GPU and no
display. Author reports both devices initialise after the change.

**Step 1.4:** Record: Not a disguised cleanup. Explicit probe-failure
fix, matching tegra/rockchip/exynos.

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1:** Record: One file, `drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c`, +22
lines. Functions: file-scope includes; `msm_iommu_new()`. Surgical,
single-file.

**Step 2.2:** Record: Before: `msm_iommu_new()` attaches its domain
immediately. After: if `CONFIG_ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU` and a mapping exists,
`arm_iommu_detach_device()` + `arm_iommu_release_mapping()`, then
attach. Probe/init path only; no-ops when the config is off.

**Step 2.3:** Record: `[Hardware workaround / logic] ARM DMA domain
occupies the group → EBUSY. Same detach-before-attach used by
rockchip/exynos in this tree.`

**Step 2.4:** Record: Obviously correct; copies an in-tree pattern.
Gated so ARM64/non-IOMMU is unchanged. Regression risk is low if the
companion iommu/msm crash is not reachable here (verified below).
`msm_iommu_new()` signature differs in 6.1, so the backport is a small
contextual insert, not a clean cherry-pick.

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1:** Record: `iommu_attach_device()` in `msm_iommu_new()` is
from `52da6d513183cf` (Jordan Crouse, 2020). Function exists since
`871d812aa43e6` (2013). EBUSY check in this tree is `0286300e604555`
(Jason Gunthorpe, 2022-05-09), in 6.1. Rockchip equivalent:
`8490cad4dc4e2`, also in this tree.

**Step 3.2:** Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Bug is the interaction of ARM DMA
attach + msm attaching its own domain + the 6.1 EBUSY check.

**Step 3.3:** Record: Recent `msm_iommu.c` churn in this tree is
unrelated (sgtable WARN, tlb ops). No prior msm ARM-DMA detach. Patch is
`3/3` of “Fix GPU and display on ARM32 platforms using the MSM IOMMU”:
1. `iommu/msm: track a context master per device and IOMMU`
2. `iommu/msm: use the IOMMU device for page table allocation`
3. this commit

Cover letter: all three needed on **mainline**; patches are independent
for different maintainers.

**Step 3.4:** Record: Dmitry Baryshkov is a Qualcomm/msm DRM maintainer;
many msm commits in this tree. Konrad reviewed this patch.

**Step 3.5:** Record: Applies standalone to 6.1’s attach site. Patch 1’s
fatal NULL deref is blamed on `da33e87bd2bf` (“iommu: Handle yet another
race around registration”) — **not** in this tree (`git merge-base --is-
ancestor` → no). Patch 2’s crash stack uses `msm_iommu_identity_attach`,
which **does not exist** in 6.1 `drivers/iommu/msm_iommu.c`. Those two
are not prerequisites for this -EBUSY fix here.

## Phase 4: Mailing list

**Step 4.1:** Record: `b4 dig -c 140b134753026` →
https://patch.msgid.link/20260730-fix-qcom-
smmu-v2-3-18e0daf2d836@oss.qualcomm.com
v1 and v2 same day. v2: dropped a `dev_warn` tweak (Konrad); rewrote
patch 2 (Robin Murphy). Applied version is v2 3/3. Lore HTTP 403/503;
thread recovered via `b4 dig -m`. No NAKs in the saved mbox. No reviewer
`Cc: stable`.

**Step 4.2:** Record: To/Cc included Rob Clark, Will Deacon, Joerg
Roedel, Robin Murphy, dri-devel, iommu, linux-arm-msm, freedreno. Konrad
Reviewed-by on this patch.

**Step 4.3:** Record: Author is the reporter; tested on IFC6410.
Concrete dmesg for GPU and KMS probe `-16`.

**Step 4.4:** Record: Series of three; this patch is drm/msm-only. Cover
letter: “only fixing all of them makes the board usable” on mainline.
For 6.1, the other two fix post-6.1 IOMMU-core behavior.

**Step 4.5:** Record: No stable@ discussion found
(lore.kernel.org/stable search not usable here; mbox has no stable
nomination).

## Phase 5: Code semantics

**Step 5.1:** Record: `msm_iommu_new()`.

**Step 5.2:** Record: Callers in this tree:
- `adreno_iommu_create_address_space()` → GPU probe (`adreno_gpu.c`)
- `mdp4_kms` init (`mdp4_kms.c`) → display
- `msm_kms_init_aspace()` (`msm_drv.c`) → MDP/DPU
- `a6xx_gmu.c` (a6xx; not apq8064)

Probe-time, not IRQ/hot path.

**Step 5.3:** Record: After the new detach: `iommu_attach_device()`.
Detach uses `arm_iommu_detach_device` / `arm_iommu_release_mapping`
(exported in this tree).

**Step 5.4:** Record: Reachable from platform probe of adreno/mdp4 when
the device is IOMMU-mapped. Userspace is not needed; boot on apq8064
with `qcom_defconfig` is enough.

**Step 5.5:** Record: Same pattern in this tree:
`rockchip_drm_dma_attach_device()`, `exynos_drm_dma.c`.

## Phase 6: This checkout (6.1.188)

**Step 6.1:** Record: Tree is **6.1.188** (`pending-6.1`,
`p-6.1-11-gffee1c0de6cf2`). Candidate `140b134753026` is **not** an
ancestor of HEAD (`name-rev`: `tags/next-20260821~61^2`).

Buggy code is here:

```402:425:drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c
struct msm_mmu *msm_iommu_new(struct device *dev, struct iommu_domain
*domain)
{
        ...
        ret = iommu_attach_device(iommu->domain, dev);
        if (ret) {
                kfree(iommu);
                return ERR_PTR(ret);
        }
        return &iommu->base;
}
```

Same EBUSY test in `drivers/iommu/iommu.c` `__iommu_attach_group()`.
`arch_setup_dma_ops()` → `arm_setup_iommu_dma_ops()` attaches the ARM
mapping. `arch/arm/configs/qcom_defconfig` has `CONFIG_MSM_IOMMU=y`,
`CONFIG_ARM_SMMU=y` (selects `ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU`),
`CONFIG_ARCH_MSM8960=y`, `CONFIG_DRM_MSM=m`. DT: `qcom-
apq8064-ifc6410.dts`, GPU `adreno-3xx@4300000`, MDP `mdp@5100000`.

**Step 6.2:** Record: Minor backport. 6.1 `msm_iommu_new(dev, domain)`
vs later `msm_iommu_new(dev, quirks)` with `iommu_paging_domain_alloc` /
`kzalloc_obj`. Insert the detach block before the existing
`iommu_attach_device()` and add the same `#if CONFIG_ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU`
stubs rockchip already uses.

**Step 6.3:** Record: No msm ARM-DMA detach in this tree.

## Phase 7: Subsystem

**Step 7.1:** Record: `[drm/msm IOMMU] [IMPORTANT]` — not core mm/net,
but GPU+display on Qualcomm ARM32. Official `qcom_defconfig`.

**Step 7.2:** Record: msm DRM is active; this ARM32 IOMMU attach path is
old and stable.

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1:** Record: ARM32 Qualcomm with `CONFIG_ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU` and
msm DRM+IOMMU — `qcom_defconfig`, apq8064 (IFC6410, Nexus 7 flo, etc.).

**Step 8.2:** Record: Every boot/probe of GPU and display. Not a race.
Unprivileged userspace not required.

**Step 8.3:** Record: Probe `-EBUSY` → no GPU, no display. Severity
**HIGH** for those boards (board graphics unusable). Not a generic
panic.

**Step 8.4:** Record: Benefit high for affected ARM32 qcom; risk low
(config-gated, copies in-tree pattern, ~15 lines in one function).
Companion mainline crashes are not the 6.1 detach path
(`msm_iommu_identity_attach` missing; 6.1 `arm_iommu_detach_device`
NULLs `dma_ops` after detach, and this patch’s extra `release_mapping`
runs with `dma_ops` already NULL).

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Evidence FOR:**
- Real, tested probe failure: GPU+KMS `-EBUSY` on IFC6410
- Mechanism present in 6.1 (attach + EBUSY check + ARM DMA mapping)
- Official `qcom_defconfig` enables the triggering config
- Small, matches rockchip/exynos already in this tree
- Reviewed by Konrad Dybcio; msm maintainer author
- Hardware-workaround class (existing driver, existing boards)

**Evidence AGAINST:**
- Cherry-pick does not apply cleanly (`msm_iommu_new` signature)
- Series 3/3; cover letter says all three needed on mainline
- ARM32 / older SoCs only
- Not a UAF/security/panic by itself

**Unresolved:** Whether incomplete multi-IOMMU stream-ID programming
(patch 1, “wrong for years”) still limits display/GPU quality after
attach succeeds. That did not block probe; this patch fixes the probe
blocker.

**Stable rules:**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** (in-tree pattern; IFC6410)
2. Real bug affecting users? **PASS** (`qcom_defconfig` apq8064)
3. Important? **PASS** (complete GPU+display failure; quirk/enablement
   exception)
4. Small? **PASS** (+22 lines, one file; small 6.1 adapt)
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to this tree? **PASS** (minor context adapt)

**Exception:** Hardware workaround for ARM32 IOMMU vs driver-managed
domain, same class as existing DRM ARM DMA detach.

This tree is 6.1.188. The attach/`-EBUSY` bug is here, the devices and
defconfig are here, and the mainline series mates that crash on later
IOMMU core behavior are not required for this fix.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Reviewed-by Konrad; lore/patchwork links; no
  Fixes/stable/syzbot
- [Phase 2] Diff: +22 in `msm_iommu_new()`, detach ARM mapping then
  `iommu_attach_device()`
- [Phase 3] Blame: attach from `52da6d513183cf` (2020); EBUSY
  `0286300e604555` in this tree; rockchip detach `8490cad4dc4e2` in this
  tree
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 140b134753026 HEAD` → no
  (commit is linux-next, not 6.1)
- [Phase 3] Companion Fixes `da33e87bd2bf` not in 6.1; no
  `identity_attach` in 6.1 msm IOMMU
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 140b134753026` / `-a` / `-w` / `-m`: v2 3/3,
  cover letter, Konrad R-b, Robin feedback on patch 2
- [Phase 5] Callers: adreno, mdp4, `msm_kms_init_aspace` at probe
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` / Makefile: 6.1.188 pending-6.1; buggy
  `msm_iommu_new()` at line 419
- [Phase 6] `qcom_defconfig`: MSM_IOMMU=y, ARM_SMMU=y, DRM_MSM=m,
  ARCH_MSM8960=y
- [Phase 8] Failure: GPU/KMS probe `-16`/`-EBUSY`, no display; HIGH for
  those boards
- UNVERIFIED: live IFC6410 boot on 6.1.188 (author tested mainline)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c
index 82a172f21a3ec..41a4eaa1b8fd9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
 #include <linux/adreno-smmu-priv.h>
 #include <linux/io-pgtable.h>
 #include <linux/kmemleak.h>
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU)
+#include <asm/dma-iommu.h>
+#else
+#define arm_iommu_detach_device(...)	({ })
+#define arm_iommu_release_mapping(...)	({ })
+#define to_dma_iommu_mapping(dev)	NULL
+#endif
+
 #include "msm_drv.h"
 #include "msm_gpu_trace.h"
 #include "msm_mmu.h"
@@ -746,6 +755,19 @@ struct msm_mmu *msm_iommu_new(struct device *dev, unsigned long quirks)
 
 	mutex_init(&iommu->init_lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * ARM32 attaches a DMA mapping domain to every IOMMU-backed device,
+	 * which would make attaching our own domain fail with -EBUSY.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU)) {
+		struct dma_iommu_mapping *mapping = to_dma_iommu_mapping(dev);
+
+		if (mapping) {
+			arm_iommu_detach_device(dev);
+			arm_iommu_release_mapping(mapping);
+		}
+	}
+
 	ret = iommu_attach_device(iommu->domain, dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		iommu_domain_free(domain);
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.6] drm/amd/pm: Validate Vega10 PPTable subtable bounds

[Sasha Levin]

From: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 9914149f99fd2ddcfd2a8c1053a57d96ec43448e ]

v1:
Vega10 PPTable parsing uses VBIOS-provided offsets, revision fields
and entry counts to locate subtables. Malformed data can otherwise
drive out-of-bounds reads from soft_pp_table_size, and voltage lookup
tables can overrun their fixed-size destination arrays.

Add shared bounds helpers and validate fixed-size subtables, dynamic
entry arrays and revision-specific layouts before consuming thermal,
fan, power-tune, clock dependency, PCIE, hard-limit and voltage lookup
data.

v2:
if ucRevId is not matched, fallback to default table size instead of returning -EINVAL.

Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Kenneth Feng <kenneth.feng@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This is a memory-safety fix for Vega10 PowerPlay table parsing in
**6.18.53**. The buggy offset/`ucNumEntries` handling is in this tree
and is reachable at probe and via the `pp_table` sysfs write path.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: **[drm/amd/pm] [Validate] [reject malformed Vega10 PPTable
subtables before parsing]**

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- Signed-off-by: Yang Wang \<kevinyang.wang@amd.com\> (author)
- Reviewed-by: Asad Kamal \<asad.kamal@amd.com\>
- Reviewed-by: Kenneth Feng \<kenneth.feng@amd.com\>
- Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher \<alexander.deucher@amd.com\> (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- No Fixes:, Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Link:, or Cc: stable (absence
  expected)
- Pipeline markers ignored: `[Upstream commit 9914149f99fd...]`, Sasha
  Levin SOB

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** Vega10 PPTable parsers trust VBIOS offsets, `ucRevId`, and
  `ucNumEntries` without checking they fit in `soft_pp_table_size`.
  Voltage lookup copies `ucNumEntries` into arrays allocated with a
  fixed `max_levels`.
- **Symptom:** out-of-bounds reads of the PPTable buffer; destination-
  array overrun on voltage lookup.
- **Version info:** none in the message. Code dates to Vega10 powerplay
  (2017).
- **Root cause:** pointer = `powerplay_table + le16_to_cpu(offset)` with
  no size check; lookup loop bound is `ucNumEntries` while allocation
  uses `max_levels` (8 or 4).
- **v2:** unknown `ucRevId` falls back to a default table size instead
  of `-EINVAL` (fan / power-tune), to avoid rejecting real tables.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not hidden. Explicit bounds validation for OOB read and array
overrun.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File:
  `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_processpptables.c`
  (+459 / −105, 564 lines touched)
- New helpers: `vega10_pp_table_has_space`, `get_vega10_subtable`,
  `validate_vega10_table_entries`, plus per-subtable getters (gfxclk,
  clk, mclk, mm, pcie, hard-limit, thermal, fan, power-tune, voltage
  lookup)
- Callers updated: `init_thermal_controller`, `init_over_drive_limits`,
  `init_powerplay_extended_tables`, `init_dpm_2_parameters`
- Scope: single-file, systematic validation of existing parsers (not a
  cross-subsystem refactor)

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- **Before:** `init_*` computed subtable pointers as `(unsigned
  long)powerplay_table + le16_to_cpu(offset)` and passed them straight
  into parsers.
- **After:** helpers require non-zero offset, header-in-bounds,
  `ucNumEntries != 0` (PCIE allows 0), and `offset + header +
  N*entry_size <= soft_pp_table_size`. Voltage lookup also requires
  `ucNumEntries <= max_levels`.
- **Paths:** probe-time `vega10_pp_tables_initialize` and
  `pp_dpm_set_pp_table` → `amd_powerplay_reset` → `hwmgr_hw_init` →
  `pptable_init`. Error paths return `-1`/`-EINVAL` instead of parsing.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record:
- **Category:** buffer overflow / out-of-bounds (memory safety)
- **OOB read:** VBIOS/sysfs offsets and entry counts can point past
  `soft_pp_table_size`.
- **Heap write OOB:** `get_vddc_lookup_table()` at v6.18.53 does
  `kzalloc(struct_size(..., max_levels))` then loops `i < ucNumEntries`.
  If `ucNumEntries > 8` (VDDC) or `> 4` (VDDMEM/VDDCI), it writes past
  the allocation.
- **Fix:** overflow-safe `offset <= size && size <= table_size -
  offset`; reject oversized lookup tables before
  `get_vddc_lookup_table()`.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record:
- Overflow check is the usual unsigned form and is correct.
- GFXCLK unknown `ucRevId` still returns `-EINVAL`, matching existing
  `get_gfxclk_voltage_dependency_table()`.
- Fan/power-tune unknown rev uses a fallback size (v2), reducing brick
  risk on odd BIOS revisions.
- `init_over_drive_limits()` now fails if the gfxclk table is
  missing/malformed; previously it always returned 0 (and could read
  garbage). Valid Vega10 tables have this subtable; AMD reviewed that
  change.
- Regression risk: medium for a large parser change, mitigated by v2
  fallback and maintainer review. No public API change.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record: Unvalidated thermal-controller pointer and
`get_vddc_lookup_table()` come from `f83a9991648bb` (“drm/amd/powerplay:
add Vega10 powerplay support (v5)”, 2017-03-29), contained in
**v4.12-rc1**. Present in this 6.18.53 tree (`git merge-base --is-
ancestor f83a9991648bb v6.18.53`).

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No Fixes: tag. Buggy code is the original 2017 parser, not a
recent regression.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record: Same-author series on this branch:
- `10510a4c2c397` drm/amd/pm: Validate Vega hwmgr PowerPlay table bounds
  (parent; adds `get_vega10_state_array`)
- this commit (vega10 subtables)
- `fc93a02036e5f` Tonga subtables (2/3, other file)
- mailing-list 3/3: remaining legacy PPLIB (`processpptables.c`)
This patch is **standalone for Vega10**. 2/3 and 3/3 touch other files.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Yang Wang is an AMD pm contributor with several PPTable bounds
patches. Reviewed by Asad Kamal and Kenneth Feng; applied by Alex
Deucher.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record:
- Parent `10510a4c2c397` is **not** in v6.18.53. It applies cleanly to
  v6.18.53. This commit applies cleanly **on top of that parent**;
  without it, the first hunk fails because v6.18.53 still has
  `check_powerplay_tables` instead of `get_vega10_state_array`.
- Functional dependency is weak (insert context only). Helpers use
  existing `soft_pp_table_size`.
- 2/3 and 3/3 are not required for this file.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 9914149f99fd2ddcfd2a8c1053a57d96ec43448e` → https://patch.m
  sgid.link/20260623134917.443011-1-kevinyang.wang@amd.com
- v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260623102319.413960-1-
  kevinyang.wang@amd.com
- v2 applied (fallback instead of `-EINVAL` on unmatched fan/power-tune
  rev)
- Reviewers: Asad Kamal “Series is Reviewed-by”; Kenneth Feng same. No
  NAK in the saved mbox.
- lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx WebFetch returned 403; thread recovered via
  `b4 dig -m`.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: To/Cc: amd-gfx, Alex Deucher, Hawking Zhang, Kenneth Feng, Asad
Kamal. AMD graphics maintainers were on the patch.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No syzbot/bugzilla/Reported-by. Issue is from code audit of
untrusted table parsing, not a public crash report.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: [PATCH v2 1/3] this; 2/3 Tonga; 3/3 remaining PPLIB. Self-
contained for Vega10. Separate Asad Kamal “clamp ucNumEntries” series
exists; this tree’s 6.18.53 baseline has neither.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search was blocked (403 / WebSearch
error). UNVERIFIED whether stable@ already discussed this.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**
Record: New validators listed above; modified `init_thermal_controller`,
`init_over_drive_limits`, `init_powerplay_extended_tables`,
`init_dpm_2_parameters`. `vega10_pp_tables_initialize` unchanged except
it now sees errors from those inits.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `vega10_pptable_funcs.pptable_init` → `vega10_pp_tables_initialize`
- `hwmgr.c`: `hwmgr->pptable_func->pptable_init(hwmgr)` during hwmgr
  init
- `pp_dpm_set_pp_table()` copies userspace buffer into `soft_pp_table` /
  `soft_pp_table_size`, then `amd_powerplay_reset()` → `hwmgr_hw_init()`
  → pptable_init
- Also boot: ATOM VBIOS via `smu_atom_get_data_table()`

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `le16_to_cpu`, `offsetof`, `PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE`, existing
`get_*_voltage_dependency_table` / `get_vddc_lookup_table` after
validation. No new allocations in the helpers.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Reachable from GPU probe (Vega10) and from sysfs `pp_table`
(0644 read, owner-write: `S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR`). Not unprivileged; still a
documented upload/re-init path. Boot path runs on every Vega10 load.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Same pattern in Tonga (`process_pptables_v1_0.c`) and legacy
PPLIB (`processpptables.c`) — patches 2/3 and 3/3. Voltage-lookup heap
overrun is the same `max_levels` vs `ucNumEntries` bug.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Yes. v6.18.53 `vega10_processpptables.c` still does raw offset
arithmetic in `init_thermal_controller`, `init_over_drive_limits`,
`init_powerplay_extended_tables`, `init_dpm_2_parameters`, and the
`get_vddc_lookup_table()` overflow loop. Introduced v4.12, still here.
`git describe HEAD` = **v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb**; `make
kernelversion` = **6.18.53**.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: Does not apply to bare v6.18.53 (first hunk expects
`get_vega10_state_array`). Parent `10510a4c2c397` applies cleanly to
v6.18.53 (vega10/12/20); this commit then applies cleanly. Backport
difficulty: **clean apply if parent is taken; otherwise one-hunk context
tweak**.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: `git log v6.18.53 --grep=PPTable -- vega10_processpptables.c`
empty. No `vega10_pp_table_has_space` / `pp_entries_max` in v6.18.53. No
earlier fix for this bug in 6.18.53.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: **drm/amd/pm (legacy powerplay / Vega10 hwmgr)**. Criticality:
**IMPORTANT** — vendor GPU power/thermal init, not core mm/net, but
boot-critical for Vega 56/64 and related cards. Not staging.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: amdgpu pm is active; this particular file is mature (2017
parser, occasional UBSAN/flex-array cleanups). Long-standing bug, not a
new-code issue.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Vega10 amdgpu users (`CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU`). Driver-specific, not
universal.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record:
- Normal valid VBIOS: not triggered.
- Truncated/corrupt VBIOS or crafted `pp_table` sysfs write: triggered.
- Sysfs write is root (`S_IWUSR`). Documented: “Writing to the file will
  attempt to upload a new powerplay table and re-initialize powerplay.”
- Not an unprivileged attack; still a real kernel heap overflow from a
  supported interface.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record:
- Heap write past `kzalloc` in `get_vddc_lookup_table()` →
  **HIGH/CRITICAL** (corruption / crash).
- OOB reads of PPTable → **HIGH** (KASAN/oops, possible info leak).
- Severity: **HIGH**.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit:** high for Vega10 — stops heap overflow and OOB reads on
  malformed tables, including sysfs reload.
- **Risk:** medium — +459 lines, parser now fails closed; v2 fallback
  and AMD review reduce brick risk. No API change.
- **Ratio:** benefit outweighs risk for 6.18.y Vega10 users.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real heap overflow: `ucNumEntries` vs `max_levels` in voltage lookup
  (verified in v6.18.53 source).
- Real OOB reads from VBIOS/sysfs offsets (verified).
- Triggerable via documented `pp_table` sysfs write
  (`pp_dpm_set_pp_table`).
- Bug present since v4.12; still in 6.18.53.
- Single file; helpers are overflow-safe; v2 avoids hard-fail on unknown
  fan/power-tune rev.
- Reviewed-by AMD; applied by Deucher.
- Parent + this apply cleanly to v6.18.53.

AGAINST:
- Large (+459); not a 10-line patch.
- Needs parent for a clean apply (or a small context edit).
- No public crash/syzbot report; valid OEM VBIOS is fine.
- `init_over_drive_limits` can now fail probe if gfxclk table is absent.

UNRESOLVED:
- Stable-list discussion (lore 403).
- Full v1 review text (msgid.link 403); v2 intent is in the commit
  message.

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — overflow-safe size check;
   AMD Reviewed-by; v2 regression tweak.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — heap overflow + OOB
   read; sysfs upload path.
3. Important issue (crash, security, corruption, deadlock)? **PASS** —
   HIGH, memory safety.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one file, no new APIs/refactor; line
   count is high but mechanical validation.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** with parent `10510a4c2c397`
   (verified apply); otherwise minor first-hunk rework.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception. Ordinary memory-
safety fix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This should go to **this** 6.18.53 tree. The voltage-lookup overflow and
unvalidated subtable walks are in 6.18.53. The patch is large but
contained and reviewed. Take the parent bounds commit first so it
applies cleanly.

------------------------------------------------------------
What problem it solves and why it matters to 6.18 users
------------------------------------------------------------
Vega10 powerplay treats PPTable offsets and `ucNumEntries` as trusted. A
truncated VBIOS or a crafted `pp_table` sysfs write can read past
`soft_pp_table_size` and, in `get_vddc_lookup_table()`, write past a
heap object sized with `max_levels` (8/4) while looping `ucNumEntries`.
That is crash/corruption on GPU init or table reload.

Does it meet stable rules?
Yes: real memory-safety bug, no new API, one file, AMD-reviewed. Size is
the only stretch; it is validation, not a redesign.

Risk vs benefit
Benefit is a closed heap overflow and OOB read on a supported reload
path. Risk is probe failure on malformed/unexpected tables; v2 fallback
and existing GFXCLK rev checks limit that. Parent should be applied
first.

Concerns
Depends on `10510a4c2c397` for a clean apply to 6.18.53. Sibling 2/3 and
3/3 are other ASICs/files, not required for this fix.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: author Yang Wang; Reviewed-by Asad Kamal, Kenneth
  Feng; SOB Alex Deucher; no Fixes/syzbot
- [Phase 2] Diff: +459/−105 in one file; `vega10_pp_table_has_space`
  uses `offset <= size && size <= table_size - offset`
- [Phase 2] v6.18.53 `get_vddc_lookup_table`: alloc `max_levels`, loop
  `ucNumEntries` — heap overflow confirmed
- [Phase 3] Blame: `f83a9991648bb` (2017); `git merge-base --is-ancestor
  f83a9991648bb v6.18.53` → yes; `git describe --contains` → v4.12-rc1
- [Phase 3] No Fixes: tag; parent `10510a4c2c397` not in v6.18.53
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 9914149f99fd`: v2 1/3 at
  patch.msgid.link/20260623134917.443011-1; v1 same day; mbox: both AMD
  reviewers Acked the series; no NAK
- [Phase 4] lore WebFetch 403; discussion taken from `b4 dig -m
  /tmp/vega10-pptable.mbox`
- [Phase 4] UNVERIFIED: stable@ thread
- [Phase 5] Callers: `pptable_init` from `hwmgr.c`;
  `pp_dpm_set_pp_table` sets `soft_pp_table` then `amd_powerplay_reset`
- [Phase 5] `AMDGPU_DEVICE_ATTR_RW(pp_table)` → `S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb; `make
  kernelversion` = 6.18.53
- [Phase 6] Bare v6.18.53: this patch does not apply; parent applies
  cleanly; parent then this applies cleanly
- [Phase 6] No PPTable bounds fix already in v6.18.53 for this file
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: heap OOB write / OOB read; severity HIGH
- UNVERIFIED: v1 mailing-list body (403); whether gfxclk offset is ever
  0 on shipping Vega10 VBIOS

**YES**

 .../powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_processpptables.c  | 564 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 459 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_processpptables.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_processpptables.c
index 64cff9f4850a6..63fa6b937d9ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_processpptables.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_processpptables.c
@@ -63,6 +63,46 @@ static const void *get_powerplay_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
 	return table_address;
 }
 
+static bool vega10_pp_table_has_space(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, size_t offset,
+				      size_t size)
+{
+	size_t table_size = hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size;
+
+	return offset <= table_size && size <= table_size - offset;
+}
+
+static int get_vega10_subtable(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		u16 table_offset, size_t table_size, const void **table)
+{
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((table_offset != 0),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((vega10_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						       table_size)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	*table = (const void *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) + table_offset);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int validate_vega10_table_entries(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		u16 table_offset, size_t entries_offset,
+		u8 num_entries, size_t entry_size)
+{
+	size_t table_size;
+
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((num_entries != 0),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	table_size = entries_offset + num_entries * entry_size;
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((vega10_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						       table_size)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int get_vega10_state_array(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 	const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
 	const ATOM_Vega10_State_Array **state_array)
@@ -102,6 +142,293 @@ static int get_vega10_state_array(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int get_vega10_gfxclk_dependency_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Table **gfxclk_dep_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Table *table;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	size_t table_size;
+	size_t entry_size;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usGfxclkDependencyTableOffset);
+	if (!table_offset)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((vega10_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						       sizeof(*table))),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	table = (const ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Table *)
+		(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) + table_offset);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((table->ucNumEntries != 0),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	if (table->ucRevId == 0)
+		entry_size = sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Record);
+	else if (table->ucRevId == 1)
+		entry_size = sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Record_V2);
+	else
+		PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE(false,
+			"Unsupported GFXClockDependencyTable Revision!",
+			return -EINVAL);
+
+	table_size = offsetof(ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Table, entries) +
+		table->ucNumEntries * entry_size;
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((vega10_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						       table_size)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	*gfxclk_dep_table = table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_vega10_clk_dependency_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		u16 table_offset,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_SOCCLK_Dependency_Table **clk_dep_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Vega10_SOCCLK_Dependency_Table *table;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = get_vega10_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				  sizeof(*table), (const void **)&table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = validate_vega10_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset,
+					    offsetof(ATOM_Vega10_SOCCLK_Dependency_Table,
+						     entries),
+					    table->ucNumEntries,
+					    sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_CLK_Dependency_Record));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*clk_dep_table = table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_vega10_mclk_dependency_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_MCLK_Dependency_Table **mclk_dep_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Vega10_MCLK_Dependency_Table *table;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usMclkDependencyTableOffset);
+	ret = get_vega10_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				  sizeof(*table), (const void **)&table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = validate_vega10_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset,
+					    offsetof(ATOM_Vega10_MCLK_Dependency_Table,
+						     entries),
+					    table->ucNumEntries,
+					    sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_MCLK_Dependency_Record));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*mclk_dep_table = table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_vega10_mm_dependency_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_MM_Dependency_Table **mm_dep_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Vega10_MM_Dependency_Table *table;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usMMDependencyTableOffset);
+	ret = get_vega10_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				  sizeof(*table), (const void **)&table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = validate_vega10_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset,
+					    offsetof(ATOM_Vega10_MM_Dependency_Table,
+						     entries),
+					    table->ucNumEntries,
+					    sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_MM_Dependency_Record));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*mm_dep_table = table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_vega10_pcie_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header **pcie_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Vega10_PCIE_Table *table;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPCIETableOffset);
+	ret = get_vega10_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				  sizeof(*table), (const void **)&table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (!table->ucNumEntries) {
+		*pcie_table = (const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *)table;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	ret = validate_vega10_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset,
+					    offsetof(ATOM_Vega10_PCIE_Table,
+						     entries),
+					    table->ucNumEntries,
+					    sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_PCIE_Record));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*pcie_table = (const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *)table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_vega10_hard_limit_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_Hard_Limit_Table **hard_limit_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Vega10_Hard_Limit_Table *table;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usHardLimitTableOffset);
+	ret = get_vega10_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				  sizeof(*table), (const void **)&table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = validate_vega10_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset,
+					    offsetof(ATOM_Vega10_Hard_Limit_Table,
+						     entries),
+					    table->ucNumEntries,
+					    sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_Hard_Limit_Record));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	*hard_limit_table = table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_vega10_thermal_controller_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_Thermal_Controller **thermal_controller)
+{
+	u16 table_offset;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usThermalControllerOffset);
+
+	return get_vega10_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				   sizeof(**thermal_controller),
+				   (const void **)thermal_controller);
+}
+
+static int get_vega10_fan_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header **fan_table)
+{
+	const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *header;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	size_t table_size;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usFanTableOffset);
+	ret = get_vega10_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				  sizeof(*header), (const void **)&header);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (header->ucRevId == 10)
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_Fan_Table);
+	else if (header->ucRevId == 0xb)
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_Fan_Table_V2);
+	else if (header->ucRevId > 0xb)
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_Fan_Table_V3);
+	else
+		table_size = sizeof(*header);
+
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((vega10_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						       table_size)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	*fan_table = header;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_vega10_power_tune_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header **power_tune_table)
+{
+	const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *header;
+	u16 table_offset;
+	size_t table_size;
+	int ret;
+
+	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPowerTuneTableOffset);
+	ret = get_vega10_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				  sizeof(*header), (const void **)&header);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (header->ucRevId == 5)
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_PowerTune_Table);
+	else if (header->ucRevId == 6)
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_PowerTune_Table_V2);
+	else
+		table_size = sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_PowerTune_Table_V3);
+
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((vega10_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						       table_size)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	*power_tune_table = header;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_vega10_voltage_lookup_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+		u16 table_offset, uint32_t max_levels,
+		const ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table **lookup_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table *table;
+	size_t table_size;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = get_vega10_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
+				  sizeof(*table), (const void **)&table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((table->ucNumEntries != 0 &&
+			     table->ucNumEntries <= max_levels),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	table_size = offsetof(ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table, entries) +
+		table->ucNumEntries * sizeof(ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Record);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((vega10_pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, table_offset,
+						       table_size)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	*lookup_table = table;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int check_powerplay_tables(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 	const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
 {
@@ -149,14 +476,16 @@ static int init_thermal_controller(
 	const ATOM_Vega10_Fan_Table *fan_table_v1;
 	const ATOM_Vega10_Fan_Table_V2 *fan_table_v2;
 	const ATOM_Vega10_Fan_Table_V3 *fan_table_v3;
-
-	thermal_controller = (ATOM_Vega10_Thermal_Controller *)
-			(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usThermalControllerOffset));
+	int ret;
 
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((powerplay_table->usThermalControllerOffset != 0),
 			"Thermal controller table not set!", return -EINVAL);
 
+	ret = get_vega10_thermal_controller_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+						  &thermal_controller);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	hwmgr->thermal_controller.ucType = thermal_controller->ucType;
 	hwmgr->thermal_controller.ucI2cLine = thermal_controller->ucI2cLine;
 	hwmgr->thermal_controller.ucI2cAddress = thermal_controller->ucI2cAddress;
@@ -185,9 +514,9 @@ static int init_thermal_controller(
 	if (!powerplay_table->usFanTableOffset)
 		return 0;
 
-	header = (const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *)
-			(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usFanTableOffset));
+	ret = get_vega10_fan_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table, &header);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (header->ucRevId == 10) {
 		fan_table_v1 = (ATOM_Vega10_Fan_Table *)header;
@@ -332,12 +661,15 @@ static int init_over_drive_limits(
 		struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 		const ATOM_Vega10_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
 {
-	const ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Table *gfxclk_dep_table =
-			(const ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Table *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usGfxclkDependencyTableOffset));
+	const ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Table *gfxclk_dep_table;
 	bool is_acg_enabled = false;
 	ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Record_V2 *patom_record_v2;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = get_vega10_gfxclk_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+						 &gfxclk_dep_table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (gfxclk_dep_table->ucRevId == 1) {
 		patom_record_v2 =
@@ -900,51 +1232,13 @@ static int init_powerplay_extended_tables(
 	int result = 0;
 	struct phm_ppt_v2_information *pp_table_info =
 		(struct phm_ppt_v2_information *)(hwmgr->pptable);
-
-	const ATOM_Vega10_MM_Dependency_Table *mm_dependency_table =
-			(const ATOM_Vega10_MM_Dependency_Table *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usMMDependencyTableOffset));
-	const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *power_tune_table =
-			(const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPowerTuneTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Vega10_SOCCLK_Dependency_Table *socclk_dep_table =
-			(const ATOM_Vega10_SOCCLK_Dependency_Table *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usSocclkDependencyTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Table *gfxclk_dep_table =
-			(const ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Table *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usGfxclkDependencyTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Vega10_DCEFCLK_Dependency_Table *dcefclk_dep_table =
-			(const ATOM_Vega10_DCEFCLK_Dependency_Table *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usDcefclkDependencyTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Vega10_MCLK_Dependency_Table *mclk_dep_table =
-			(const ATOM_Vega10_MCLK_Dependency_Table *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usMclkDependencyTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Vega10_Hard_Limit_Table *hard_limits =
-			(const ATOM_Vega10_Hard_Limit_Table *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usHardLimitTableOffset));
-	const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *pcie_table =
-			(const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPCIETableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Vega10_PIXCLK_Dependency_Table *pixclk_dep_table =
-			(const ATOM_Vega10_PIXCLK_Dependency_Table *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPixclkDependencyTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Vega10_PHYCLK_Dependency_Table *phyclk_dep_table =
-			(const ATOM_Vega10_PHYCLK_Dependency_Table *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPhyClkDependencyTableOffset));
-	const ATOM_Vega10_DISPCLK_Dependency_Table *dispclk_dep_table =
-			(const ATOM_Vega10_DISPCLK_Dependency_Table *)
-			(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usDispClkDependencyTableOffset));
+	const ATOM_Vega10_MM_Dependency_Table *mm_dependency_table;
+	const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *power_tune_table;
+	const ATOM_Vega10_GFXCLK_Dependency_Table *gfxclk_dep_table;
+	const ATOM_Vega10_MCLK_Dependency_Table *mclk_dep_table;
+	const ATOM_Vega10_Hard_Limit_Table *hard_limits;
+	const Vega10_PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *pcie_table;
+	const ATOM_Vega10_SOCCLK_Dependency_Table *clk_dep_table;
 
 	pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_socclk = NULL;
 	pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_sclk = NULL;
@@ -956,63 +1250,114 @@ static int init_powerplay_extended_tables(
 	pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_phyclk = NULL;
 	pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_dispclk = NULL;
 
-	if (powerplay_table->usMMDependencyTableOffset)
-		result = get_mm_clock_voltage_table(hwmgr,
+	if (powerplay_table->usMMDependencyTableOffset) {
+		result = get_vega10_mm_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+							&mm_dependency_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_mm_clock_voltage_table(hwmgr,
 				&pp_table_info->mm_dep_table,
 				mm_dependency_table);
+	}
 
-	if (!result && powerplay_table->usPowerTuneTableOffset)
-		result = get_tdp_table(hwmgr,
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usPowerTuneTableOffset) {
+		result = get_vega10_power_tune_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+						     &power_tune_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_tdp_table(hwmgr,
 				&pp_table_info->tdp_table,
 				power_tune_table);
+	}
 
-	if (!result && powerplay_table->usSocclkDependencyTableOffset)
-		result = get_socclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usSocclkDependencyTableOffset) {
+		result = get_vega10_clk_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usSocclkDependencyTableOffset),
+				&clk_dep_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_socclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
 				&pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_socclk,
-				socclk_dep_table);
+				(const ATOM_Vega10_SOCCLK_Dependency_Table *)
+				clk_dep_table);
+	}
 
-	if (!result && powerplay_table->usGfxclkDependencyTableOffset)
-		result = get_gfxclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
-				&pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_sclk,
-				gfxclk_dep_table);
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usGfxclkDependencyTableOffset) {
+		result = get_vega10_gfxclk_dependency_table(hwmgr,
+			powerplay_table, &gfxclk_dep_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_gfxclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
+					&pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_sclk,
+					gfxclk_dep_table);
+	}
 
-	if (!result && powerplay_table->usPixclkDependencyTableOffset)
-		result = get_pix_clk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usPixclkDependencyTableOffset) {
+		result = get_vega10_clk_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPixclkDependencyTableOffset),
+				&clk_dep_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_pix_clk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
 				&pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_pixclk,
 				(const ATOM_Vega10_PIXCLK_Dependency_Table *)
-				pixclk_dep_table);
+				clk_dep_table);
+	}
 
-	if (!result && powerplay_table->usPhyClkDependencyTableOffset)
-		result = get_pix_clk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usPhyClkDependencyTableOffset) {
+		result = get_vega10_clk_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPhyClkDependencyTableOffset),
+				&clk_dep_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_pix_clk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
 				&pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_phyclk,
 				(const ATOM_Vega10_PIXCLK_Dependency_Table *)
-				phyclk_dep_table);
+				clk_dep_table);
+	}
 
-	if (!result && powerplay_table->usDispClkDependencyTableOffset)
-		result = get_pix_clk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usDispClkDependencyTableOffset) {
+		result = get_vega10_clk_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usDispClkDependencyTableOffset),
+				&clk_dep_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_pix_clk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
 				&pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_dispclk,
 				(const ATOM_Vega10_PIXCLK_Dependency_Table *)
-				dispclk_dep_table);
+				clk_dep_table);
+	}
 
-	if (!result && powerplay_table->usDcefclkDependencyTableOffset)
-		result = get_dcefclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usDcefclkDependencyTableOffset) {
+		result = get_vega10_clk_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usDcefclkDependencyTableOffset),
+				&clk_dep_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_dcefclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
 				&pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_dcefclk,
-				dcefclk_dep_table);
+				(const ATOM_Vega10_DCEFCLK_Dependency_Table *)
+				clk_dep_table);
+	}
 
-	if (!result && powerplay_table->usMclkDependencyTableOffset)
-		result = get_mclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usMclkDependencyTableOffset) {
+		result = get_vega10_mclk_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+							  &mclk_dep_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_mclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
 				&pp_table_info->vdd_dep_on_mclk,
 				mclk_dep_table);
+	}
 
-	if (!result && powerplay_table->usPCIETableOffset)
-		result = get_pcie_table(hwmgr,
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usPCIETableOffset) {
+		result = get_vega10_pcie_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+					       &pcie_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_pcie_table(hwmgr,
 				&pp_table_info->pcie_table,
 				pcie_table);
+	}
 
-	if (!result && powerplay_table->usHardLimitTableOffset)
-		result = get_hard_limits(hwmgr,
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usHardLimitTableOffset) {
+		result = get_vega10_hard_limit_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+						     &hard_limits);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_hard_limits(hwmgr,
 				&pp_table_info->max_clock_voltage_on_dc,
 				hard_limits);
+	}
 
 	hwmgr->dyn_state.max_clock_voltage_on_dc.sclk =
 			pp_table_info->max_clock_voltage_on_dc.sclk;
@@ -1140,30 +1485,39 @@ static int init_dpm_2_parameters(
 	}
 
 	if (powerplay_table->usVddcLookupTableOffset) {
-		const ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table *vddc_table =
-				(ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table *)
-				(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usVddcLookupTableOffset));
-		result = get_vddc_lookup_table(hwmgr,
-				&pp_table_info->vddc_lookup_table, vddc_table, 8);
+		const ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table *vddc_table;
+
+		result = get_vega10_voltage_lookup_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usVddcLookupTableOffset),
+				8, &vddc_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_vddc_lookup_table(hwmgr,
+					&pp_table_info->vddc_lookup_table,
+					vddc_table, 8);
 	}
 
-	if (powerplay_table->usVddmemLookupTableOffset) {
-		const ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table *vdd_mem_table =
-				(ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table *)
-				(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usVddmemLookupTableOffset));
-		result = get_vddc_lookup_table(hwmgr,
-				&pp_table_info->vddmem_lookup_table, vdd_mem_table, 4);
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usVddmemLookupTableOffset) {
+		const ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table *vdd_mem_table;
+
+		result = get_vega10_voltage_lookup_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usVddmemLookupTableOffset),
+				4, &vdd_mem_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_vddc_lookup_table(hwmgr,
+					&pp_table_info->vddmem_lookup_table,
+					vdd_mem_table, 4);
 	}
 
-	if (powerplay_table->usVddciLookupTableOffset) {
-		const ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table *vddci_table =
-				(ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table *)
-				(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usVddciLookupTableOffset));
-		result = get_vddc_lookup_table(hwmgr,
-				&pp_table_info->vddci_lookup_table, vddci_table, 4);
+	if (!result && powerplay_table->usVddciLookupTableOffset) {
+		const ATOM_Vega10_Voltage_Lookup_Table *vddci_table;
+
+		result = get_vega10_voltage_lookup_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
+				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usVddciLookupTableOffset),
+				4, &vddci_table);
+		if (!result)
+			result = get_vddc_lookup_table(hwmgr,
+					&pp_table_info->vddci_lookup_table,
+					vddci_table, 4);
 	}
 
 	return result;
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/sysfb: simpledrm: Validate mmap size against framebuffer size

[Sasha Levin]

From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

[ Upstream commit 127d52f9c64b1d9aab6226c4a1f38c37fb7254dc ]

The size of the mmap'ed framebuffer could be smaller than the minimum
required framebuffer size. Validate the resource size against the
framebuffer size.

Buggy firmware that triggers this check should be fixed up with a quirk
on a case-by-case base.

v3:
- fix size checks (Sashiko)
- improve error message for alignment check (Thierry)
- do not store aligned size value

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Suggested-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Thierry Reding <treding@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260625094509.157581-6-tzimmermann@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have enough to decide: this is a 6.18.53 tree, the OOB check is
missing there, and the patch is a small probe-time bounds fix.

---

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**

Record: **[drm/sysfb / simpledrm] [Validate] [reject probe when firmware
framebuffer size exceeds the mapped memory resource]**

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**

Record:
- **Fixes:** none (expected for this review)
- **Cc: stable:** none (expected; sibling patches in the same series
  *did* have it)
- **Suggested-by:** Sashiko `<sashiko-bot@kernel.org>` — static-analysis
  bot found the missing bounds check
- **Reviewed-by:** Thierry Reding, Maxime Ripard, Javier Martinez
  Canillas (DRM maintainers)
- **Link:**
  `https://patch.msgid.link/20260625094509.157581-6-tzimmermann@suse.de`
  — v3 patch 5/7 of “Various improvements”
- **Signed-off-by:** Thomas Zimmermann (author/subsystem maintainer)
- **Reported-by / Tested-by:** none
- Ignored pipeline tags: `[Upstream commit 127d52f9c64b…]`, `Signed-off-
  by: Sasha Levin`

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**

Record:
- **Bug:** firmware/DT can advertise width/height/stride whose product
  is larger than the mmap’d `IORESOURCE_MEM` / reserved-memory region.
- **Symptom:** driver maps only `resource_size(mem)` but later draws
  `height * stride` bytes → out-of-bounds access of the mapping.
- **Author note:** firmware that trips this should get a quirk, not a
  silent OOB.
- **v3:** Sashiko fixed inverted size checks; Thierry improved the ALIGN
  error text; aligned size is no longer stored.
- **Versions:** none stated. Driver exists since 2021 (`11e8f5fd223b`,
  “drm: Add simpledrm driver”).

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**

Record: Not disguised. It is an explicit bounds check. Cover letter
groups it with “improve validation of values provided by the device
firmware.” Sashiko’s v1/v2 review called the missing/inverted check a
**High** OOB kernel write.

---

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**

Record:
- **File:** `drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/simpledrm.c` — **+24 / −0**
- **Function:** `simpledrm_device_create()`
- **Scope:** single-file surgical probe-path validation
- Adds `#include <linux/overflow.h>` and local `u64 size`

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**

Record:
1. After stride is known: compute `size = height * stride` with
   `check_mul_overflow`; fail `-EINVAL` on overflow. Then `ALIGN(size,
   PAGE_SIZE) < PAGE_SIZE` catches wrap of page-align.
2. System-memory path (`devm_memremap`): if `size > resource_size(mem)`,
   fail before mapping.
3. I/O-memory path (`devm_ioremap_wc`): same check after the optional
   `devm_request_mem_region` fallback.

Before: map whatever firmware gave, then blit using `fb_pitch`/`height`.
After: refuse to probe if the logical FB does not fit in the mapping.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**

Record: **Memory safety / out-of-bounds + integer overflow**
- `drm_sysfb_plane_helper_atomic_update()` → `drm_fb_blit()` into
  `sysfb->fb_addr` using `sysfb->fb_pitch`
- `drm_sysfb_plane_helper_atomic_disable()` `memset_io` over `height`
  lines of `fb_pitch`
- Mapping length is `resource_size(mem)`, not `height*stride`
- v2 had the comparison **inverted** (`resource_size(mem) > size`); v3
  is `size > resource_size(mem)`

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**

Record: Obviously correct after v3. Minimal. Probe-time only. Regression
risk: probe fail (no simpledrm display) on undersized firmware resources
that “worked” while writing past the map. Author documents quirks. No
API/locking/struct changes.

---

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**

Record: Mapping code from Thomas Zimmermann / Thierry Reding (2022–2023,
originally `drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/simpledrm.c`). Bug is **missing
validation since the driver was added** (`11e8f5fd223bd`, 2021-05-01),
not a recent regression.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**

Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Buggy behavior is the original probe path. Not
introduced after 6.18 branched.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**

Same v3 series (msgid `20260625094509.157581`):

| Patch | Subject | In v6.18.53? |
|---|---|---|
| 1/7 | Improve framebuffer-size validation | **YES** (`8d65b8d1722d8`,
Cc: stable v5.14+) |
| 2/7 | Improve panel-size validation | **YES** (`54e32ad5e0c74`, Cc:
stable v6.4+) |
| 3/7 | Inline `simplefb_get_validated_int()` | NO — cleanup only, not
required |
| 4/7 | Improve stride validation | **YES** (`6892f0a2f6b59`, Cc: stable
v6.1+) |
| **5/7** | **This mmap-size check** | **NO** |
| 6–7/7 | Panel orientation | new feature, not this commit |

Record: Standalone vs this tree. Inline helper is not a prerequisite
(diff vs v6.18.53 does not touch those call sites).

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**

Record: Thomas Zimmermann authored simpledrm (2021) and maintains
drm/sysfb. Related: ofdrm overflow used this same `check_mul_overflow`
pattern.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**

Record: Needs `check_mul_overflow` / `overflow.h` (present in 6.18).
Needs `simpledrm_device_create` layout after stride validation (present
at v6.18.53). No new helpers. **Can apply standalone to this tree.**

---

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**

Record:
- `b4 dig -c 127d52f9…` →
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260625094509.157581-6-tzimmermann@suse.de
- Series: v1 (3 patches, 2026-06-19) → v2 (6, 2026-06-22) → v3 (7,
  2026-06-25). Committed version is v3.
- v1: Sashiko asked to compare firmware size vs mapped resource (High:
  OOB writes on plane update).
- v2: check added **inverted**; Sashiko: rejects valid larger resources,
  allows `size > resource_size`.
- v3: comparison corrected; ALIGN value not stored.
- lore.kernel.org / spinics WebFetch: 403/500. Content recovered via `b4
  dig`, WebSearch snippets, and the ratatoskr thread archive.
- No NAK. No reviewer `Cc: stable` on this specific patch (unlike 1/7,
  2/7, 4/7).

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**

Record (`b4 dig -w`): dri-devel; Thierry, Maxime, Javier, airlied,
simona, Maarten Lankhorst, Neil Armstrong; Sashiko. Subsystem
maintainers were on To/Cc and Reviewed-by.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**

Record: No syzbot/bugzilla/user crash. Finding is Sashiko review of this
series. Mechanism verified in tree (blit/memset past `resource_size`).

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**

Record: Patches 6–7 (panel orientation) are features, not needed.
Patches 1/2/4 already in 6.18.53. Patch 3 is unused cleanup.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**

Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search not available (HTTP 403).
Unverified whether stable@ discussed this SHA. Sibling validation
patches were already taken into 6.18.53 via `Cc: stable`.

---

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: KEY FUNCTIONS**

Record: `simpledrm_device_create()` (modified). Callers of the mapped
buffer: `drm_sysfb_plane_helper_atomic_update`, `atomic_disable`,
`get_scanout_buffer`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**

Record:
- `simpledrm_probe()` → `simpledrm_device_create()` — platform probe for
  `simple-framebuffer` / sysfb
- Plane helpers in `drm_sysfb_modeset.c` — atomic update/disable on
  every scanout

Not IRQ. Probe + modeset. Userspace DRM clients and in-kernel
fbdev/client setup trigger blits.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**

Record: `check_mul_overflow`, `ALIGN`, `resource_size`, `devm_memremap`
/ `devm_ioremap_wc`. No new locks or allocations beyond existing probe.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**

Record: Reachable whenever `CONFIG_DRM_SIMPLEDRM` binds. DT `simple-
framebuffer` (ARM/QEMU/etc.) and `sysfb_create_simplefb()` (EFI/VESA)
both hit this function. **EFI/VESA path already checks `height*stride`
vs VRAM in `sysfb_create_simplefb()`**
(`drivers/firmware/sysfb_simplefb.c` lines 98–102). **DT `reg` /
`memory-region` does not.** That is the hole.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**

Record:
- **vesadrm / efidrm:** `drm_sysfb_get_visible_size_si(...,
  resource_size(res))` already caps visible size.
- **ofdrm:** `check_mul_overflow(linebytes, height, &fb_size)` —
  **already in v6.18.53** (`ded6ad826fe0f`, Cc: stable). Message says it
  matches simpledrm.c — i.e. this check in mainline — while 6.18.53
  still lacks it in simpledrm.

---

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**

Record:
- `git describe HEAD` → **v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb**; `Makefile`
  **6.18.53**
- `git merge-base --is-ancestor 8f06389364d85 v6.18.53` → **not in
  6.18.53**
- At v6.18.53, `simpledrm_device_create()` maps `resource_size(mem)`
  with **no** `height*stride` check (verified by reading that version of
  the file)
- Bug present since simpledrm (v5.14-era), well before 6.18

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**

Record: **Clean apply.** v6.18.53 already has stride/width/height
validation; insertion point after `stride = pitch` matches. `overflow.h`
exists. Only extra autosel commit is the unused inline cleanup.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**

Record: Dimension/stride caps yes; mmap-vs-resource check **no**. No
alternate fix for this OOB.

---

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: SUBSYSTEM AND CRITICALITY**

Record: **drm/sysfb / simpledrm** — generic firmware framebuffer.
**IMPORTANT** (not core mm/net, but default/fallback display on many DT
and some x86 firmware systems).

**Step 7.2: SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**

Record: Active in 2026 (validation series, ofdrm overflow, vesadrm).
Driver itself is mature (2021).

---

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: WHO IS AFFECTED**

Record: **Driver-specific**, `CONFIG_DRM_SIMPLEDRM`. Highest relevance:
DT `simple-framebuffer` with mismatched `memory-region`/`reg` vs
width/height/stride. EFI/VESA sysfb already rejects undersized VRAM
before creating the device.

**Step 8.2: TRIGGER CONDITIONS**

Record: Probe + later plane update. Trigger is **buggy/mismatched
firmware or DT**, not a normal userspace syscall. Unprivileged users do
not invent the resource; they can trigger the blit after a bad probe
succeeds. Not a timing race.

**Step 8.3: FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**

Record: **OOB write** into/beyond ioremap/memremap (`drm_fb_blit` /
`memset_io`) → **HIGH** (crash, corruption, possible security). Overflow
of `height*stride` → **HIGH** in principle; with U16 height and INT_MAX
stride already in 6.18.53, u64 overflow is unlikely; the resource-size
check is the real fix.

**Step 8.4: RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**

Record:
- **Benefit:** HIGH for mismatched DT/firmware; closes a hole sibling
  drivers already close; ofdrm’s copy of the overflow check is already
  in this tree.
- **Risk:** LOW–MEDIUM — 24 lines, probe-only; possible **black screen**
  if firmware resource is smaller than `height*stride` but the machine
  still “displayed something.” Author: add quirks. That is still better
  than kernel OOB writes.
- **Ratio:** benefit outweighs risk for 6.18.y.

---

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: EVIDENCE**

**FOR:**
- Real OOB on plane update when mapped size < `height*stride` (verified
  blit/memset paths)
- Sashiko High finding; v3 fixed inverted compare
- 24 lines, probe-time, no APIs
- Reviewed by DRM maintainers; author is simpledrm maintainer
- Same validation series already partly in 6.18.53
- ofdrm overflow backport in this tree explicitly follows simpledrm
- Code and context exist; applies cleanly; no extra series patches
  required

**AGAINST:**
- No `Fixes:` / no user crash dump (absence is not a veto per rules)
- Author did not `Cc: stable` (sibling patches did; likely because this
  check was added mid-series)
- Probe failure on quirky firmware
- No syzbot reproducer

**UNRESOLVED:**
- lore/stable HTTP fetch failed; no confirmation of stable@ discussion
- No evidence of a specific board that hits this today (unverified)

**Step 9.2: STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**

1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — v3 comparison is correct;
   three DRM R-bs
2. Real bug affecting users? **PASS** — OOB if DT/firmware sizes
   disagree with the memory resource
3. Important (crash/security/corruption)? **PASS** — kernel OOB write,
   severity HIGH
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +24 lines, one function
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to this tree? **PASS** — present and matching at v6.18.53

**Step 9.3: EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**

Record: None (not a device ID/quirk/DT/build/doc exception). It is a
normal memory-safety fix.

**Step 9.4: DECISION**

This is a small, reviewed bounds check for a real OOB in simpledrm’s
probe/scanout path. The buggy code is in 6.18.53; prerequisites are
already there; ofdrm already received the same overflow approach.
Firmware-quirk probe failure is the main risk and is acceptable versus
out-of-bounds kernel writes.

---

### What the commit solves for this tree

On **6.18.53**, `simpledrm_device_create()` still maps only
`resource_size(mem)` and then `drm_fb_blit()` / `memset_io()` walk
`height * stride` bytes. If DT `simple-framebuffer` (or other platform
data not going through `sysfb_create_simplefb()`) gives a smaller
resource, that is an out-of-bounds kernel write. This patch fails probe
instead.

### Stable rules / risk

Meets the rules: small, obviously correct after v3, no new API, applies
cleanly here. Benefit is preventing corruption/oops on mismatched
firmware; risk is losing simpledrm on those same configs (quirks if
needed).

### Concerns

- Not originally `Cc: stable` (do not treat as a no).
- Inline helper commit is **not** required.
- ALIGN overflow check is largely redundant after U16/INT_MAX caps
  already in 6.18.53; harmless.

---

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: Suggested-by Sashiko; R-b Thierry, Maxime, Javier;
  Link patch 5/7 v3; no Fixes/Cc: stable
- [Phase 2] +24 lines in `simpledrm_device_create`: overflow + `size >
  resource_size` on both mem paths
- [Phase 3] `git describe`/Makefile: **6.18.53**; `merge-base --is-
  ancestor 8f063893 v6.18.53` = not present; file at v6.18.53 lacks the
  check
- [Phase 3] Series 1/2/4 already in v6.18.53; patch 3 (inline) not
  needed (`git diff v6.18.53` only inlines helpers)
- [Phase 3] Blame: mapping from 2022–23 simpledrm; driver
  `11e8f5fd223bd` (2021)
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 127d52f9`: lore msgid; v1→v3; inverted check in
  v2
- [Phase 4] WebSearch/ratatoskr: Sashiko High OOB; drm_fb_memcpy/blit
  past map
- [Phase 4] lore/spinics WebFetch 403/500 — UNVERIFIED full mbox;
  substance recovered from b4 + archives
- [Phase 4] stable@ search UNVERIFIED (lore 403)
- [Phase 5] `simpledrm_probe` → create; blit/memset in
  `drm_sysfb_modeset.c` use `fb_addr`/`fb_pitch`
- [Phase 5] `sysfb_create_simplefb()` already rejects `length > size`;
  DT `simplefb_get_memory_of()` does not
- [Phase 5] ofdrm `check_mul_overflow` **is** in v6.18.53
  (`ded6ad826fe0f`)
- [Phase 6] `check_mul_overflow` in `include/linux/overflow.h` at
  v6.18.53
- [Phase 8] Failure: OOB write on plane update, HIGH; trigger =
  mismatched firmware/DT
- UNVERIFIED: specific product firmware known to undersize the resource

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/simpledrm.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/simpledrm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/simpledrm.c
index 22f8caab39be0..91f114ab99a3e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/simpledrm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/simpledrm.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/of_clk.h>
 #include <linux/minmax.h>
 #include <linux/of_reserved_mem.h>
+#include <linux/overflow.h>
 #include <linux/platform_data/simplefb.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/pm_domain.h>
@@ -626,6 +627,7 @@ static struct simpledrm_device *simpledrm_device_create(struct drm_driver *drv,
 	u16 width_mm = 0, height_mm = 0;
 	struct device_node *panel_node;
 	const struct drm_format_info *format;
+	u64 size;
 	struct resource *res, *mem = NULL;
 	struct drm_plane *primary_plane;
 	struct drm_crtc *crtc;
@@ -716,6 +718,14 @@ static struct simpledrm_device *simpledrm_device_create(struct drm_driver *drv,
 		}
 		stride = pitch;
 	}
+	if (check_mul_overflow(height, stride, &size)) {
+		drm_err(dev, "framebuffer size exceeds maximum\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+	if (ALIGN(size, PAGE_SIZE) < PAGE_SIZE) {
+		drm_err(dev, "page-aligned framebuffer exceeds maximum\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
 
 	sysfb->fb_mode = drm_sysfb_mode(width, height, width_mm, height_mm);
 	sysfb->fb_format = format;
@@ -741,6 +751,13 @@ static struct simpledrm_device *simpledrm_device_create(struct drm_driver *drv,
 
 		drm_dbg(dev, "using system memory framebuffer at %pr\n", mem);
 
+		if (size > resource_size(mem)) {
+			drm_err(dev,
+				"framebuffer size of %llu exceeds memory range %pr\n",
+				size, mem);
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		}
+
 		screen_base = devm_memremap(dev->dev, mem->start, resource_size(mem), MEMREMAP_WC);
 		if (IS_ERR(screen_base))
 			return screen_base;
@@ -774,6 +791,13 @@ static struct simpledrm_device *simpledrm_device_create(struct drm_driver *drv,
 			mem = res;
 		}
 
+		if (size > resource_size(mem)) {
+			drm_err(dev,
+				"framebuffer size of %llu exceeds memory range %pr\n",
+				size, mem);
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		}
+
 		screen_base = devm_ioremap_wc(&pdev->dev, mem->start, resource_size(mem));
 		if (!screen_base)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] drm/panel-edp: Support MB116AS01'3 edp panel

[Sasha Levin]

From: Haikun Zhou <zhouhaikun5@huaqin.corp-partner.google.com>

[ Upstream commit 844e71ba7d7a50c5ffa29d147afaeaafb19b39e4 ]

MB116AS01'3 raw edid:
00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 21 63 03 12 00 00 00 00
00 23 01 04 95 1a 0e 78 23 e7 05 9c 5b 56 93 27
21 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 01 01 01 01 01 36 1c 56 92 50 00 1c 30 60 18
a8 00 00 90 10 00 00 18 00 00 00 fd 00 28 3c 30
30 07 01 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fe 00 48
4b 43 20 4d 59 20 20 20 20 0a 20 20 00 00 00 fe
00 4d 42 31 31 36 41 53 30 31 27 33 20 20 01 cb

70 20 79 02 00 22 00 14 1c 1a 01 84 55 05 91 00
5f 00 17 00 ff 02 1b 00 09 00 07 00 2b 00 06 27
00 28 3b 00 00 81 00 13 72 1a 00 00 03 01 28 3c
00 00 00 00 00 00 3c 00 00 00 00 25 01 09 1c 1a
01 1c 1a 01 28 3c 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e7 90

Signed-off-by: Haikun Zhou <zhouhaikun5@huaqin.corp-partner.google.com>
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260701013018.2621972-1-zhouhaikun5@huaqin.corp-partner.google.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

Local tree is **6.18.y** (`v6.18.53`, `VERSION=6 PATCHLEVEL=18`). The
MB116AS01'3 table entry is **not** in `v6.18.53`. The driver, HKC table,
`delay_200_500_e80`, and unknown-panel `WARN_ON` path are present. This
is a one-line panel ID / quirk for an existing driver.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE
Record: `[drm/panel-edp] [Support] [add MB116AS01'3 eDP panel table
entry]`
- Subsystem: `drm/panel-edp`
- Verb: "Support" — hardware enablement / ID addition, not a refactor

Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS
Record:
- `Signed-off-by: Haikun Zhou <zhouhaikun5@huaqin.corp-
  partner.google.com>` (author; Huaqin/Google partner)
- `Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>` (panel-edp
  reviewer in MAINTAINERS)
- `Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>` (maintainer
  applied it)
- `Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260701013018.2621972-1-
  zhouhaikun5@huaqin.corp-partner.google.com`
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Cc: stable` (absence
  expected for this review)
- Ignored: `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` and `[Upstream commit ...]`
  (pipeline markers)

Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT
Record:
- Bug description: the panel is missing from `edp_panels[]`. The body is
  the raw EDID (base block + extension), not a crash log.
- Symptom: unmatched generic `edp-panel` uses conservative delays and
  hits `WARN_ON(!detected_panel)` at probe.
- Version info: none in the message. Author date is 2026-07-01; `v6.18`
  is 2025-11-30, so this landed after this series branched.
- Root cause: HKC ID `0x1203` was not in the delay/quirk table.

Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES
Record: Not a disguised cleanup. It is an explicit panel ID / power-
sequencing quirk. That is the same class as PCI/USB ID additions.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c` (`+1 / -0`)
- Function/table: `edp_panels[]`
- Scope: single-file, one-line surgical addition

Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE
Record:
- Before: HKC `0x1203` is not in `edp_panels[]`. `find_edp_panel()`
  returns NULL.
- After: match `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('H', 'K', 'C', 0x1203,
  &delay_200_500_e80, "MB116AS01'3")`.
- Path: `panel_edp_probe()` → compatible `"edp-panel"` →
  `generic_edp_panel_probe()` → EDID panel ID lookup.
- After match: `desc->delay = *detected_panel->delay` (`hpd_absent=200`,
  `unprepare=500`, `enable=80`).
- Unmatched: `WARN_ON` plus `panel_edp_set_conservative_timings()`
  (`unprepare=2000`, `enable=200`).

Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM
Record: **Hardware workaround / device ID** (category h).
- Mechanism: EDID mfg `HKC` (bytes `21 63`) and product `0x1203` (bytes
  `03 12`) were not mapped to delays. The panel name in EDID descriptor
  0xFE is `MB116AS01'3` (`0x27` = `'`).
- Fix: add the existing `delay_200_500_e80` preset (already used by many
  11.6" BOE/CMN entries).

Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY
Record:
- Obviously correct: one table row, sorted under existing HKC entries
  (`0x1203` before `0x2d51`).
- Minimal; no unrelated edits.
- Regression risk: very low. Lookup is ID-specific; other panels
  unchanged.
- `delay_200_500_e80` already exists in this tree (verified at `panel-
  edp.c:1760` on `v6.18.53`).

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES
Record:
- Table introduced with `panel-edp` split: `5f04e7ce392db` ("Split eDP
  panels out of panel-simple").
- HKC rows already in `v6.18` / `v6.18.53` (`0x2d51`, `0x2d5b`
  MB116AN01, `0x2d5c` MB116AN01-2).
- `delay_200_500_e80` from `4d53cf8147950` ("Add several generic edp
  panels"), present in this tree.
- This ID is new; the table and delay helper are old.

Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. N/A. The gap is a missing table row, not a
later regression.

Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES
Record:
- `v6.18..v6.18.53` already contains many similar one-line panel adds
  (AUO, BOE, CSW, LG, Sharp, mt8189 Chromebook panels).
- Standalone; not `patch X/Y`.

Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS
Record:
- Haikun Zhou has other `panel-edp` ID/delay commits (`CSW MNB601LS1-4`,
  `CMN N116BCJ-EAK`).
- Reviewer Douglas Anderson is `R:` for "DRM DRIVER FOR GENERIC EDP
  PANELS" in MAINTAINERS.

Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS
Record: None. Needs only `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY`, HKC table, and
`delay_200_500_e80`, all in `v6.18.53`. Dry-run against the `v6.18.53`
blob: hunk applied (offset -5). Standalone apply: yes.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 9e55b14301666`: V2 at https://patch.msgid.link/202607010130
  18.2621972-1-zhouhaikun5@huaqin.corp-partner.google.com
- `b4 dig -a`:
  - v1 2026-06-29: `MB116AS01-3` (hyphen), msgid
    `20260629012200.248066-1-...`
  - v2 2026-07-01: `MB116AS01'3` (apostrophe, matches EDID)
- Applied version is v2.
- Doug Anderson: Reviewed-by and pushed to drm-misc-next as
  `844e71ba7d7a`.
- No NAK found.
- UNVERIFIED: exact v1 review text (lore 403, MARC 404). Name change
  v1→v2 is verified from the two patches.

Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH
Record (`b4 dig -w`):
- To/Cc: `dianders@chromium.org`, `neil.armstrong@linaro.org`,
  `sam@ravnborg.org`, `dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org`, `linux-
  kernel@vger.kernel.org`, `daniel@ffwll.ch`, `airlied@gmail.com`
- Subsystem reviewer included and signed off.

Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT
Record: No syzbot/bugzilla. Evidence is the EDID dump in the patch.
Author is a hardware partner, typical for ChromeOS panel IDs.

Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES
Record: Standalone 1/1. drm-misc pull for 7.3-rc1 lists it under
**panel-edp: quirks** with MB116AS01 (https://lists.openwall.net/linux-
kernel/2026/08/20/246).

Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search returned 403. UNVERIFIED: no
stable-list thread found. Official `v6.18.53` already took the same
class of panel-edp ID patches, so there is no local policy against this
type.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF
Record: No function body change. Data: `edp_panels[]`. Consumers:
`find_edp_panel()`, `generic_edp_panel_probe()`.

Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS
Record:
- `find_edp_panel()` ← `generic_edp_panel_probe()`
- `generic_edp_panel_probe()` ← `panel_edp_probe()` when OF compatible
  is `"edp-panel"`
- `panel_edp_probe()` ← `panel_edp_platform_probe()` /
  `panel_edp_dp_aux_ep_probe()`
- Context: device probe / display bring-up, not IRQ-hot.

Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES
Record: Table is data only. Probe reads EDID, matches ID, copies
`panel_delay`. Delays used in `panel_edp_prepare_once()` (`hpd_absent`)
and `panel_edp_enable()` (`enable`).

Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN
Record: Userspace does not call this directly. Plug in the panel
(Chromebook/laptop DT `edp-panel` on DP AUX) and it runs at
probe/resume. Reachable on machines with this HKC panel.

Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS
Record: Same file is a long ID table. HKC already has three entries.
Many sibling "Add … panel" commits are already in official 6.18.y.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?
Record: Yes. `v6.18.53` has `edp_panels[]`, HKC rows,
`find_edp_panel()`, and:
```
if (WARN_ON(!panel->detected_panel)) {
    ... "Unknown panel ... using conservative timings"
```
`MB116AS01` / `0x1203` is **not** in `v6.18` or `v6.18.53`. Bug =
missing quirk for hardware that this driver already enumerates.

Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS
Record: Clean apply to `v6.18.53` (dry-run succeeded, offset -5).
Surrounding HKC context matches. Difficulty: clean apply.

Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE
Record: No other MB116AS01'3 / HKC `0x1203` fix in this series. Nearby
HKC MB116AN01 entries do not cover `0x1203`.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/panel/` — DRM panel. Criticality: **IMPORTANT**
for devices with this panel (blank/slow display, boot `WARN_ON`);
**PERIPHERAL** for everyone else (ID match is a no-op).

Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY
Record: Mature table, still getting ID/quirk adds. Official 6.18.y
already backports them. Not a new subsystem.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED
Record: Driver-specific / hardware-specific: machines whose eDP EDID is
HKC `0x1203` (MB116AS01'3), typically ChromeOS/partner laptops. No
effect on other panels.

Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Record: Every probe of `"edp-panel"` with that EDID (boot and often
resume). Not a race. Unprivileged users do not trigger it except by
using the device.

Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY
Record:
- Without the entry: `WARN_ON` stack on probe (noisy, can trip panic-on-
  warn) **plus** conservative delays (2s unprepare vs 500ms; 200ms
  enable vs 80ms). Conservative path is designed so the panel still
  usually works.
- Failure mode: boot warning + slower power sequencing, not a universal
  oops.
- Severity: **MEDIUM** for affected hardware (warning + wrong timings);
  **LOW** globally.
- Still qualifies under the device-ID / quirk exception.

Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO
Record:
- Benefit: high for that panel (correct T3/T12-style delays, no
  `WARN_ON`); zero for others.
- Risk: very low (1 line, existing delay struct, ID-gated).
- Ratio: strongly favors backport.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE
FOR:
- One-line ID/quirk in an existing driver (`panel-edp.c` /
  `edp_panels[]`).
- Matches stable exceptions: **device ID** and **hardware quirk** (drm-
  misc pull even labeled it "panel-edp: quirks").
- Avoids `WARN_ON` and 2s conservative unprepare on this panel.
- `delay_200_500_e80`, HKC table, and lookup path exist in this 6.18
  tree.
- Reviewed and applied by the panel-edp maintainer.
- Official 6.18.y already contains many identical panel-edp ID
  backports.
- Applies cleanly to `v6.18.53`.

AGAINST:
- Not a UAF/crash/corruption fix for all users; unmatched panels usually
  still work with conservative delays.
- No `Reported-by` from end users; vendor EDID add.

UNRESOLVED:
- Exact v1 review comments (lore/MARC fetch failed).
- Whether this was discussed on stable@ (lore/stable 403).

Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — one sorted table row;
   maintainer Reviewed-by and merged.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — missing quirk:
   `WARN_ON` + wrong power delays on this panel.
3. Important issue? **PASS** under the device-ID/quirk exception (boot
   warning + incorrect sequencing on real hardware). Not a core panic.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +1 line, one file.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS** — no new driver, syscall, or
   userspace API; only a table ID.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — dry-run against `v6.18.53`
   succeeded.

Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES
Record: **Device ID addition to existing driver** and **hardware
quirk/workaround**. Automatic YES class.

Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION
This tree is 6.18.y. The driver already identifies unknown eDP panels
and warns. Adding HKC `0x1203` is the same kind of ID/quirk 6.18.y
already takes. Benefit is real for that hardware; risk is negligible.

What it solves for stable users: Chromebook/laptop panels with EDID HKC
`0x1203` get the intended 200/500/80 ms sequencing and stop hitting the
unknown-panel `WARN_ON`.

Risk vs benefit: one ID-gated line vs boot warning and multi-second
conservative delays. Favor backport.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: Haikun Zhou SOB, Douglas Anderson Reviewed-by + SOB,
  lore msgid link; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable
- [Phase 1] Body is raw EDID; decoded mfg HKC (`0x2163`) product
  `0x1203`; name `MB116AS01'3`
- [Phase 2] Diff: +1 `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` in `edp_panels[]`; delay
  `&delay_200_500_e80`
- [Phase 2] Unmatched path: `WARN_ON` + `unprepare=2000`/`enable=200` in
  `generic_edp_panel_probe()` (verified in this tree and `v6.18.53`)
- [Phase 3] `git describe HEAD` → `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`; `make
  kernelversion` → 6.18.53
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 9e55b14301666 v6.18.53` → NO
  (not in official 6.18.53)
- [Phase 3] `git grep MB116AS01 v6.18.53 -- panel-edp.c` → not present;
  HKC `0x2d51/0x2d5b/0x2d5c` present
- [Phase 3] `delay_200_500_e80` present at line 1760 on `v6.18.53`
- [Phase 3] `v6.18..v6.18.53` already has multiple `drm/panel-edp: Add …
  panel` commits
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c`: V2 lore URL; `b4 dig -a`: v1 hyphen name, v2
  apostrophe; `b4 dig -w`: dianders, dri-devel, drm maintainers
- [Phase 4] LKML: Doug Reviewed-by, pushed `844e71ba7d7a` to drm-misc-
  next
- [Phase 4] drm 7.3-rc1 pull lists MB116AS01 under panel-edp quirks
- [Phase 4] UNVERIFIED: v1 review text; stable@ discussion (HTTP
  403/404)
- [Phase 5] Call chain: `panel_edp_probe` → `generic_edp_panel_probe` →
  `find_edp_panel`; delays used in prepare/enable
- [Phase 6] Dry-run `patch --dry-run` of this commit onto `v6.18.53`
  `panel-edp.c`: succeeded (offset -5)
- [Phase 7] MAINTAINERS: Douglas Anderson is `R:` for panel-edp.c
- [Phase 8] Severity: WARN_ON + wrong delays on this panel; ID-gated so
  other hardware unaffected

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
index f2ae333a32d8c..0da04d75e4e96 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
@@ -2061,6 +2061,7 @@ static const struct edp_panel_entry edp_panels[] = {
 
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('E', 'T', 'C', 0x0000, &delay_50_500_e200_d200_po2e335, "LP079QX1-SP0V"),
 
+	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('H', 'K', 'C', 0x1203, &delay_200_500_e80, "MB116AS01'3"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('H', 'K', 'C', 0x2d51, &delay_200_500_e200, "Unknown"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('H', 'K', 'C', 0x2d5b, &delay_200_500_e200, "MB116AN01"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('H', 'K', 'C', 0x2d5c, &delay_200_500_e200, "MB116AN01-2"),
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/etnaviv: check all modules for idle after reset

[Sasha Levin]

From: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>

[ Upstream commit 1006d1f7c03d92b28c252333836635df8e165401 ]

While the FE is an important part of the GPU, which needs to be idle
after reset, all other modules should be idle after a proper reset.
Check all present modules for being idle to determine whether the
reset was successful.

Reviewed-by: Christian Gmeiner <cgmeiner@igalia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260511085148.652256-1-l.stach@pengutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1: Subject line**
Record: `[drm/etnaviv]` `[check]` `[after GPU reset, require every
present module idle, not only FE]`

**Step 1.2: Tags**
Record:
- `Reviewed-by: Christian Gmeiner <cgmeiner@igalia.com>` (etnaviv
  reviewer in MAINTAINERS)
- `Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260511085148.652256-1-
  l.stach@pengutronix.de`
- `Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>` (etnaviv
  maintainer)
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Cc: stable`, or syzbot
  tags (absence of Fixes/Cc-stable is expected here)

**Step 1.3: Body**
Record:
- Bug: reset success was decided only from the frontend (FE) idle bit.
- Symptom/failure mode: a reset that leaves other modules busy is
  treated as success; the driver then continues probe or hang recovery.
- Version info: none in the message.
- Root cause (author): after a proper reset every present module should
  be idle; FE-only is not enough.

**Step 1.4: Hidden bug fix?**
Record: Not disguised. It is an explicit correctness fix of reset-
success detection. Verb is “check”, but it changes a control-flow
condition that previously let a non-idle GPU leave the retry loop.

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1: Inventory**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c` (~3 lines changed,
  3+/3-)
- Function: `etnaviv_hw_reset()`
- Scope: single-file surgical change

**Step 2.2: Code flow**
Record:
- Before: after `gpu_read(VIVS_HI_IDLE_STATE)`, retry only if `(idle &
  VIVS_HI_IDLE_STATE_FE) == 0`.
- After: retry if `(idle & gpu->idle_mask) != gpu->idle_mask`.
- Path: hardware reset retry loop (1s timeout). Used from GPU init
  (`etnaviv_gpu_init` path) and hang recovery
  (`etnaviv_gpu_recover_hang`).

The loop already had a second check on `VIVS_HI_CLOCK_CONTROL`
IDLE_3D/IDLE_2D. This change only widens the IDLE_STATE check from FE to
`idle_mask`.

**Step 2.3: Bug mechanism**
Record: `[Logic / correctness]` Reset success was too weak. Incomplete
reset could be accepted if FE was idle. Fix reuses `gpu->idle_mask`,
already used by `etnaviv_gpu_wait_idle()` and RPM suspend.

**Step 2.4: Fix quality**
Record:
- Obviously correct relative to existing idle policy; same comparison as
  `etnaviv_gpu_wait_idle()`.
- Minimal; no API/struct change.
- Regression risk: stricter success can turn a flaky reset into `-EBUSY`
  after 1s (probe fails). That is the intended failure if modules never
  go idle. `idle_mask` already accounts for GC300/GC600 absent-module
  bits (`~AXI_LP` elsewhere). No lock/API change.

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1: Blame**
Record:
- FE-only check: `a8c21a5451d83` (“drm/etnaviv: add initial etnaviv DRM
  driver”, 2015).
- `idle_mask` field: same initial driver; default
  `~VIVS_HI_IDLE_STATE_AXI_LP` moved earlier in `2b76f5be7c2778`
  (2018/2019, “initialize idle mask before querying the HW db”).
- Bug is long-standing, not new 7.3 code.

**Step 3.2: Fixes: tag**
Record: None. Introducer is the 2015 driver add, verified via blame/`git
log -S`.

**Step 3.3: Related file history**
Record:
- `1006d1f7c03d9` — this commit
- `4720915ab4828` — patch 2/2, MMUv2 disabled-after-reset check
  (independent extra check)
- `c182a2ae13886` — later power-register flush; not a prerequisite of
  this hunk
This commit is standalone. Patch 2 is related hardening, not required
for this condition change.

**Step 3.4: Author**
Record: Lucas Stach is listed `M:` for “DRM DRIVERS FOR VIVANTE GPU IP”.
Christian Gmeiner is `R:`. Recent etnaviv work by the same author
includes hang-check and reset-related fixes.

**Step 3.5: Dependencies**
Record: Needs `gpu->idle_mask` and the reset retry loop. Both exist in
this tree (and have since the original driver / 2019 idle_mask init).
Applies standalone. Does not need `gpu_write_power_sync` from the later
flush commit.

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external

**Step 4.1: Original discussion**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 1006d1f7c03d9` → https://patch.msgid.link/20260511085148.65
  2256-1-l.stach@pengutronix.de
- `b4 dig -a`: single v1 series, two patches. Committed version matches
  v1.
- Reviewer: Reviewed-by only; no NAK, no stable nomination, no risk
  discussion.
- lore.kernel.org HTTP fetch returned 403; thread recovered via `b4 dig
  -m`.

**Step 4.2: Recipients (`b4 dig -w`)**
Record: Lucas Stach, `etnaviv@lists.freedesktop.org`, `dri-
devel@lists.freedesktop.org`, Christian Gmeiner. Right lists and
reviewer.

**Step 4.3: Bug report**
Record: No Reported-by, bugzilla, or syzbot. No described repro.
UNVERIFIED whether a specific hang prompted the series; message does not
say.

**Step 4.4: Series**
Record: 1/2 idle-mask check; 2/2 MMUv2 disable check. Independent. 1/2
is self-contained.

**Step 4.5: Stable list**
Record: Web search of lore stable for this subject found no relevant
thread. No evidence it was rejected for stable.

## Phase 5: Semantic / impact

**Step 5.1: Functions**
Record: `etnaviv_hw_reset()` only.

**Step 5.2: Callers**
Record:
- GPU identify/init: `ret = etnaviv_hw_reset(gpu);` — probe/init failure
  if reset times out.
- `etnaviv_gpu_recover_hang()` ← `etnaviv_sched.c` timed-out job path
  (`drm_sched_stop` → recover → resubmit). Return value of reset is
  ignored there (pre-existing). Benefit on that path is extra retries
  until modules are idle, not a new hard fail.

**Step 5.3: Callees**
Record: `gpu_read(VIVS_HI_IDLE_STATE)` unchanged; only the predicate
changes.

**Step 5.4: Reachability**
Record: Yes. Init/reset on device bring-up; hang recovery from GPU
scheduler after a stuck job (userspace GL/Vulkan/etnaviv DRM). Not
syscall-direct memory corruption; it is a common driver path on Vivante
/ i.MX systems.

**Step 5.5: Similar patterns**
Record: `etnaviv_gpu_wait_idle()` already uses `(idle & gpu->idle_mask)
== gpu->idle_mask`. RPM suspend uses `idle_mask` minus FE/MC. This
aligns reset with those definitions.

## Phase 6: This checkout

**Step 6.1: Local tree and buggy code**
Record:
- `git describe HEAD` → `v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`
- `make kernelversion` → `7.3.0-rc4`
- `etnaviv_hw_reset`, `idle_mask`, and the idle register exist here.
- `git merge-base --is-ancestor 1006d1f7c03d9 HEAD` → yes (commit
  already in this 7.3-rc4 lineage).
- Pre-commit code (parent `3e32e6672fa30`) still had the FE-only test.
  Introduced 2015; not after this branch.

**Step 6.2: Backport difficulty**
Record: Clean 3-line predicate swap. No refactor of the surrounding
reset function is required for this hunk. Expected: clean apply on trees
that still have the FE-only check.

**Step 6.3: Related fixes already here**
Record: This exact change is already in HEAD. Follow-up MMUv2 check is
also here; it is not a substitute for the idle_mask check.

## Phase 7: Subsystem

**Step 7.1**
Record: `[drm/etnaviv]` `[IMPORTANT]` — not core mm/net, but the Vivante
GPU driver used on NXP i.MX and similar embedded SoCs, including
display.

**Step 7.2**
Record: Actively maintained (recent reset/hang/cache commits). The FE-
only check itself was untouched for ~10 years.

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1: Who**
Record: Driver-specific: `CONFIG_DRM_ETNAVIV` / Vivante GPU users
(embedded i.MX class).

**Step 8.2: Trigger**
Record: GPU soft-reset during init and after hangcheck. Incomplete
module idle after reset is the hardware case the existing retry loop
already exists for. Unprivileged GPU clients can trigger hang recovery
via a stuck job; they cannot directly poke the idle register.

**Step 8.3: Failure mode**
Record: `[incomplete reset treated as success]` `[HIGH for GPU, not
kernel panic]`. Probe can later use a GPU that is not fully idle; hang
recovery can resubmit onto modules still busy → further hangs, failed
jobs, possible display freeze. Not KASAN/UAF. Not a documented CVE.

**Step 8.4: Risk-benefit**
Record:
- Benefit: medium-high for etnaviv — reset/hang recovery actually waits
  for the same idle definition the rest of the driver uses.
- Risk: low — 3 lines, existing mask, maintainer + reviewer. Residual
  risk is probe `-EBUSY` if some chip never sets all `idle_mask` bits
  after reset; GC300/GC600 already have a reduced mask, and
  wait_idle/RPM have used this mask for years.
- Ratio: favorable.

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Step 9.1: Evidence**

FOR:
- Real logic bug: reset-success ignored non-FE modules.
- Same `idle_mask` already used for wait_idle and RPM.
- 3-line, obviously correct, no new API.
- Hang recovery and init both go through this loop.
- Maintainer-authored, reviewed by listed reviewer.
- Code and prerequisites exist in this tree; bug dates to 2015.

AGAINST:
- No user report, repro, sanitizer hit, or described crash.
- Not a kernel oops/UAF/deadlock; GPU-side hang/recovery.
- CLOCK_CONTROL IDLE_2D/IDLE_3D already checked afterward.
- Patch 1/2 of hardening, not a smoking-gun “Fixes:”.

UNRESOLVED:
- No public report of a hang caused specifically by FE-idle / other-
  module-busy.
- lore.kernel.org HTTP 403; discussion taken from `b4 dig` mbox only.

**Step 9.2: Stable rules**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — predicate matches
   `wait_idle`; reviewed.
2. Real bug affecting users? **PASS** — false reset success on init/hang
   recover.
3. Important (crash/security/corruption/deadlock/hang)? **PASS** —
   failed GPU reset/hang recovery; UI/GPU freeze on this hardware, not a
   core panic.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 3 lines, one function.
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS**
6. Applies to this tree? **PASS** — driver, `idle_mask`, and reset loop
   are present.

**Step 9.3: Exception category**
Record: None (not an ID/quirk/DT/build/doc exception). It is a normal
small driver correctness fix.

**Step 9.4: Decision**
This tree is 7.3-rc4 and already contains the change; the evaluation is
whether this tree *should* have it on technical merit. It should. The
FE-only test has been wrong for as long as the driver has reset
hardware. The retry loop exists because reset is not always complete on
the first try; ignoring other modules lets that loop exit too early,
then init or hang recovery proceeds. The fix is the same idle definition
already used elsewhere, tiny, and reviewed by the subsystem.

It is not a core memory-safety crash, but it is a contained, real reset
bug on a production embedded GPU path, which is in scope for stable.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: Reviewed-by Christian Gmeiner; Link msgid
  20260511085148.652256-1; maintainer SOB; no Fixes/Reported-by/syzbot
- [Phase 2] Diff: 3-line condition change in `etnaviv_hw_reset()`; FE
  bit → `idle_mask`
- [Phase 3] Blame: FE check from `a8c21a5451d83` (2015); `idle_mask`
  init `2b76f5be7c2778`
- [Phase 3] `git log -S 'FE is not idle'` / `-S idle_mask` limited to
  `etnaviv_gpu.c`
- [Phase 3] Series: 1/2 this commit, 2/2 `4720915ab4828` MMUv2 check;
  standalone
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 1006d1f7c03d9`: lore msgid link; v1 only; dri-
  devel/etnaviv CC; Reviewed-by; no NAK
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -m`: 4 messages (2 patches + 2 R-b); WebFetch lore
  403
- [Phase 4] Stable lore search: no relevant hits
- [Phase 5] Callers: init `etnaviv_hw_reset` at line 891;
  `etnaviv_gpu_recover_hang` from `etnaviv_sched.c:84`
- [Phase 5] `wait_idle` uses identical mask compare at line 1709
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37;
  kernelversion 7.3.0-rc4
- [Phase 6] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 1006d1f7c03d9 HEAD` true; not
  ancestor of `v7.2`
- [Phase 7] MAINTAINERS: Lucas Stach M:, Christian Gmeiner R:
- [Phase 8] Failure: incomplete GPU reset / failed hang recovery, not
  kernel UAF
- UNVERIFIED: specific user-visible hang from FE-only success;
  lore.kernel.org page content besides b4 mbox

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
index cf0d9049bcf1e..368e799fc0c5d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
@@ -582,9 +582,9 @@ static int etnaviv_hw_reset(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 		/* read idle register. */
 		idle = gpu_read(gpu, VIVS_HI_IDLE_STATE);
 
-		/* try resetting again if FE is not idle */
-		if ((idle & VIVS_HI_IDLE_STATE_FE) == 0) {
-			dev_dbg(gpu->dev, "FE is not idle\n");
+		/* try resetting again if any module is not idle */
+		if ((idle & gpu->idle_mask) != gpu->idle_mask) {
+			dev_dbg(gpu->dev, "GPU modules not idle\n");
 			continue;
 		}
 
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/panel: panel-edp: Adjust T8 timing for AUO B116XAK01.6 and B140XTK02.4

[Sasha Levin]

From: Dio Zhang <dioyc_zhang@compal.corp-partner.google.com>

[ Upstream commit 0d40cab39158704e372240ed9821a00bfe117125 ]

Screen garbage or flickering can be observed during mode changes (such
as VT switches) on systems using the AUO B116XAK01.6 and B140XTK02.4
panels.

This occurs because the backlight is enabled before the video signal
stabilizes. Waveform measurements show that the panel signal takes
around 140ms to stabilize after a mode change, meaning the previous 50ms T8
timing was insufficient.

To resolve this issue, adjust the eDP panel delay entry from
delay_200_500_e50 to delay_200_500_e200 (increasing T8 from 50ms to 200ms).
This matches the updated panel specifications from AUO, which now formally
define T8 as 200ms to mask any display abnormalities during mode changes.

Signed-off-by: Dio Zhang <dioyc_zhang@compal.corp-partner.google.com>
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260720025358.2781136-1-dioyc_zhang@compal.corp-partner.google.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This checkout is **Linux 7.3.0-rc4** (`v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`). The
change is a two-line eDP T8 delay quirk for two AUO panels. Both panel
IDs and `delay_200_500_e200` exist here; the fix is a hardware timing
workaround, not a new API.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[drm/panel: panel-edp] [Adjust] [increase T8/enable delay from
50ms to 200ms for two AUO eDP panels]`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `Signed-off-by: Dio Zhang <dioyc_zhang@compal.corp-
  partner.google.com>` (author)
- `Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>` (panel-edp
  reviewer in MAINTAINERS)
- `Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>` (applied via
  drm-misc)
- `Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260720025358.2781136-1-
  dioyc_zhang@compal.corp-partner.google.com`
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Acked-by:`, or `Cc:
  stable` (absence expected)
- Ignore any pipeline `Upstream commit` / Sasha Levin SOB (none present
  on the real commit)

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** On AUO B116XAK01.6 and B140XTK02.4, the backlight comes on
  before the video signal is stable after a mode change.
- **Symptom:** Screen garbage or flickering during mode changes (e.g. VT
  switches).
- **Root cause:** T8 (`delay.enable`) was 50ms; waveforms show ~140ms
  until the signal is stable. AUO’s updated spec now lists T8 as 200ms.
- **Fix:** Point those two `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` rows at
  `delay_200_500_e200` instead of `delay_200_500_e50`.
- **Versions:** none named in the message.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not a disguised cleanup. It is an explicit hardware-timing fix
for a user-visible display glitch.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c` — **2 insertions, 2
  deletions** (4 lines with context).
- No functions rewritten; two table initializers in `edp_panels[]`.
- Scope: single-file, surgical table tweak.

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- Before: AUO 0x1ea5 (B116XAK01.6) and AUO 0x67a8 (B140XTK02.4) used
  `delay_200_500_e50` (`enable = 50`).
- After: both use `delay_200_500_e200` (`enable = 200`).
- Path: EDID-matched panel probe copies `detected_panel->delay` into
  `desc->delay`; `panel_edp_enable()` then `msleep(delay.enable)` before
  backlight-on. Only those two product IDs change.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record:
- **Category:** hardware workaround / timing quirk (T8 too short).
- **Mechanism:** backlight enabled while the panel still shows invalid
  frames; lengthening T8 masks the garbage until the signal is valid.
  Matches other `delay_200_500_e200` users in the same table.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record:
- Obviously correct: reuses an existing delay struct; no new constants
  or control flow.
- Minimal; no unrelated edits.
- Regression risk is low and local: +150ms backlight-on delay only for
  those two EDID IDs. Maintainer Doug Anderson noted that longer delays
  “always stink, but sometimes is unavoidable,” then reviewed and
  applied the patch. No deadlock/API/locking change.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Current lines are commit `0d40cab391587` (Dio Zhang, 2026-07-20) —
  this fix.
- B116XAK01.6 (`0x1ea5`) added in `a70abdd994cb` (“drm/panel-edp: Add
  AUO B116XAK01.6”, 2022-09-23) with `delay_200_500_e50`. Contained in
  `v6.1-rc1`.
- B140XTK02.4 (`0x67a8`) added in `4c34cdb93ea1` (2026-05-09) with
  `delay_200_500_e50`. Present in this 7.3 tree.
- `delay_200_500_e200` first appeared in `f6ff4570e567` (2022-07-20,
  “Add panel entry for R140NWF5 RH”), also `v6.1-rc1` era.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Not applicable. The original panel-add commits
used a conservative generic 50ms T8 that later proved too short for
these two SKUs.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record:
- Same file has many “Fix delays for …” / “Modify … delay” commits (e.g.
  `43113fd4c5f56` INX N116BCA-EA2, `9abe13a0598a8` CMN 0x14d6).
  Established pattern.
- Follow-ups after `0d40cab` are unrelated (I2C leak, new panel IDs,
  `pre_unprepare`).
- Standalone; not “patch X/Y”.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Dio Zhang has this one commit under `drivers/gpu/drm/panel/`.
Douglas Anderson is the listed reviewer for `DRM DRIVER FOR GENERIC EDP
PANELS` and authored/applied many `panel-edp` changes.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Needs `edp_panels[]`, `delay_200_500_e200`, and the two
`EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` rows. All exist in this tree. Standalone.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 0d40cab391587`: v2 at https://patch.msgid.link/202607200253
  58.2781136-1-dioyc_zhang@compal.corp-partner.google.com
- `b4 dig -a`: v1 2026-07-17, v2 2026-07-20 (applied).
- v1 review (mbox): Doug asked only for a real name in SOB/authorship;
  no NAK; no stable debate.
- v2 review (mbox): Doug R-b’d, fixed subject to name both panels, noted
  it needed a trivial rebase onto drm-misc-next, pushed as
  `0d40cab391587`.
- WebFetch of lore.kernel.org returned **403**; discussion recovered via
  `b4 dig -m`.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record (`b4 dig -w`): To/Cc included `dianders@chromium.org`,
`neil.armstrong@linaro.org`, `airlied@gmail.com`, `daniel@ffwll.ch`,
`sam@ravnborg.org`, `dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org`, `linux-
kernel@vger.kernel.org`. Subsystem reviewer Doug Anderson both reviewed
and applied it.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No `Reported-by` / bugzilla / syzbot. Evidence is the author’s
waveform measurements plus AUO’s updated T8=200ms spec. Compal/Google-
partner author implies Chromebook-class hardware.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Single-patch series. v2 vs v1 is authorship/subject cleanup,
same diff.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: **UNVERIFIED** — lore.kernel.org/stable WebFetch returned 403.
No stable mention in the dri-devel mbox.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: No function bodies edited. Runtime users of the table:
`find_edp_panel()`, panel identification in `panel_edp_probe()` path
(`desc->delay = *panel->detected_panel->delay`), `panel_edp_enable()`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `find_edp_panel()` called from the generic eDP identification path
  (~line 820) after reading the EDID panel ID.
- `panel_edp_enable` is the DRM panel `.enable` callback
  (`panel_edp_funcs`).
- Called on modeset/enable (including VT switch), not a rare error path.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `panel_edp_enable()` uses `msleep(delay)` then
`panel_edp_wait()` for `prepare_to_enable` / `powered_on_to_enable`.
This change only increases the `msleep` for those two IDs.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Userspace modeset / VT switch → DRM enable →
`panel_edp_enable()` → extra 150ms wait → backlight. Reachable on any
system whose eDP panel EDID is AUO 0x1ea5 or 0x67a8.
`CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_EDP` (OF + backlight). Not a syscall memory-safety
bug; it is a common display path for those laptops.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Many other panels already use `delay_200_500_e200`. Prior “Fix
delays for …” commits in this file use the same table-pointer swap.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record:
- `git describe HEAD`: `v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`; `make
  kernelversion`: **7.3.0-rc4**.
- Both panel rows exist. `git merge-base --is-ancestor 0d40cab391587
  HEAD` is true (this is mainline after the fix).
- Pre-fix state used `delay_200_500_e50` for both IDs; that is the bug
  this tree’s history actually had. B116XAK01.6 has been in tree since
  v6.1-rc1; B140XTK02.4 since May 2026, also in 7.3.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: Context in this tree matches the committed hunk (same
vendor/product rows). `delay_200_500_e200` is present. No structural
mismatch. Forward `git apply --check` of the patch on current HEAD fails
only because the after-image is already applied — expected on this
mainline checkout.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: This is the delay fix for those two IDs. No competing alternate
T8 patch found on this file.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c` — generic eDP panel driver.
**IMPORTANT** for laptops/Chromebooks using generic eDP, not core
mm/VFS. Peripheral relative to the whole kernel, but the driver is
widely used.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Actively updated (panel IDs, delay tweaks, probe leak fixes).
Mature table-driven delay model since ~2022.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver-specific / hardware-specific: only EDID AUO 0x1ea5 and
0x67a8. No effect on other panels.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: Mode changes such as VT switches (author). Common on laptops.
Unprivileged users can trigger VT/modeset on typical distro setups. Not
a security exploit path.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: Screen garbage/flickering. Not oops/deadlock/corruption.
**MEDIUM** user-visible display bug. Official stable rules explicitly
list **hardware quirk** next to oops/hang as acceptable
(`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst`).

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit:** Stops garbage/flicker on two real AUO panels; matches
  vendor T8=200ms; waveform-backed (~140ms needed vs 50ms old).
- **Risk:** Very low — 2 pointer swaps, existing struct, +150ms enable
  delay only for those IDs.
- **Ratio:** Favorable. Same class as USB/PCI delay quirks that
  routinely go to stable.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real user-visible bug (garbage/flicker on VT/mode change), measured
  and spec-backed.
- Hardware quirk / timing workaround — allowed by stable-kernel-rules.
- 2-line table change; existing `delay_200_500_e200`; no new
  API/feature.
- Reviewed and applied by panel-edp reviewer Douglas Anderson.
- Both panel IDs and delay helper exist in this 7.3 tree.
- Isolated to two EDID IDs.

AGAINST:
- Not a crash, UAF, or data-corruption bug.
- +150ms backlight delay (maintainer accepted that tradeoff).
- No `Reported-by` from multiple end users / no syzbot.
- Stable list discussion could not be fetched (lore 403).

UNRESOLVED:
- Could not read lore.kernel.org/stable (HTTP 403).
- Could not independently view AUO datasheets (not in-tree).

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — reuses existing delay
   struct; maintainer review; author reports waveform data.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — garbage/flicker on
   mode change.
3. Important issue? **PASS** as hardware quirk (documented exception);
   severity MEDIUM visual, not CRITICAL crash.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 2 lines, one table.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — target rows,
   `delay_200_500_e200`, and enable path all exist here.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: **Hardware quirk/workaround** (panel power-sequence delay,
analogous to USB delay quirks).

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This tree has the driver, both panel IDs, and the 200ms delay helper.
The change is a small, reviewed T8 quirk that fixes real display garbage
on mode changes. That meets stable rules for this checkout.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Reviewed-by/SOB Douglas Anderson; Link to
  msgid; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable
- [Phase 1] Body: VT-switch garbage; T8 50ms vs ~140ms measured; AUO
  spec T8=200ms
- [Phase 2] Diff: two `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` pointer swaps in `edp_panels[]`;
  +2/-2
- [Phase 2] `delay_200_500_e50.enable=50`,
  `delay_200_500_e200.enable=200` verified in panel-edp.c
- [Phase 2] `panel_edp_enable()` `msleep(p->desc->delay.enable)`; probe
  copies `detected_panel->delay`
- [Phase 3] `git show 0d40cab391587`: confirmed subject/body/stat
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 0d40cab391587 HEAD` → yes
  (already in 7.3-rc4 history; not used as circular “already selected”
  reasoning)
- [Phase 3] `git blame` on the two rows: this commit; origins
  `a70abdd994cb` (v6.1-rc1) and `4c34cdb93ea1` (2026-05, in this tree)
- [Phase 3] `delay_200_500_e200` introduced `f6ff4570e567` (v6.1-rc1
  era)
- [Phase 3] Similar delay-fix pattern: `43113fd4c5f56` and others in the
  same file
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 0d40cab391587`: v2 lore URL; `-a`: v1+v2; `-w`:
  dri-devel + dianders
- [Phase 4] mbox: v1 name-only feedback; v2 Reviewed-by + pushed to drm-
  misc-next; no NAK
- [Phase 4] WebFetch lore/stable: 403 — UNVERIFIED stable-list history
- [Phase 5] Call chain: EDID match → delay table → `panel_edp_enable` on
  modeset; CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_EDP
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` / `make kernelversion`: 7.3.0-rc4; both
  IDs and e200 present
- [Phase 7] MAINTAINERS: Douglas Anderson reviewer for panel-edp.c
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: display garbage, MEDIUM; official rules
  include hardware quirk
- [Phase 9] stable-kernel-rules.rst lines 15–20: quirk is an accepted
  class
- UNVERIFIED: AUO datasheet text; stable@ mailing-list traffic

The fix is small, confined to two EDID entries, and is the usual panel-
edp delay quirk pattern. Benefit outweighs the extra 150ms enable wait
on just those panels.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
index 0da04d75e4e96..614c63e95c357 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
@@ -1901,7 +1901,7 @@ static const struct edp_panel_entry edp_panels[] = {
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x145c, &delay_200_500_e50, "B116XAB01.4"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x1999, &delay_200_500_e50, "Unknown"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x1e9b, &delay_200_500_e50, "B133UAN02.1"),
-	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x1ea5, &delay_200_500_e50, "B116XAK01.6"),
+	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x1ea5, &delay_200_500_e200, "B116XAK01.6"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x203d, &delay_200_500_e50, "B140HTN02.0"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x208d, &delay_200_500_e50, "B140HTN02.1"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x235c, &delay_200_500_e50, "B116XTN02.3"),
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ static const struct edp_panel_entry edp_panels[] = {
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x635c, &delay_200_500_e50, "B116XAN06.3"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x639c, &delay_200_500_e50, "B140HAK02.7"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x643d, &delay_200_500_e50, "B140HAN06.4"),
-	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x67a8, &delay_200_500_e50, "B140XTK02.4"),
+	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x67a8, &delay_200_500_e200, "B140XTK02.4"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x723c, &delay_200_500_e50, "B140XTN07.2"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x73aa, &delay_200_500_e50, "B116XTN02.3"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('A', 'U', 'O', 0x8594, &delay_200_500_e50, "B133UAN01.0"),
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: omap2: dsi: do not copy isr table

[Sasha Levin]

From: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info>

[ Upstream commit 31875c51c31edec57b3620f278680c23a823763b ]

To te able to unregister stuff from isrs, the corresponding table was
copied.  Nobody seems to unregister stuff that way, so it does not help.
But there are stack-allocated objects passed to these isrs giving chances
of UAF of these objects if irqs are unregistered while they are handled,
so better do not copy that table.

Suggested-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This is a UAF fix in the OMAP2 fbdev DSI IRQ path. The same change is
already in this 6.12 tree for the DRM copy of the driver; the fbdev copy
of the bug is still present.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[fbdev/omap2/dsi] [do not copy] [stop copying the DSI ISR table
before invoking handlers]`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `Suggested-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org` (static-analysis bot; this is
  the original trigger, not a user crash report)
- `Signed-off-by: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>` (fbdev maintainer)
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected for this review queue)
- No `Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org`
- No `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Reviewed-by:`, or `Link:`
- Ignore `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` / `[Upstream commit ...]` if
  present in candidate packaging; they are not part of the technical
  decision

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- Bug: ISR table was memcpy’d so handlers could unregister themselves,
  then the copy was walked after dropping `irq_lock`.
- Author claim: nothing unregisters from ISR context, so the copy is
  unused for its stated purpose.
- Failure mode: stack-allocated objects (`DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK`,
  `dsi_packet_sent_handler_data` on stack) are passed as ISR `arg`. If
  unregister/return happens while the IRQ handler still walks the copy,
  those objects are used after free.
- No kernel-version range in the message.
- Root cause: lockless copy of function+arg pointers that alias stack
  objects.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not a disguised cleanup. It is explicitly a UAF/race fix, even
though the subject does not say “fix”.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dsi.c` (+1 / −8; 9 lines)
- Removes `struct dsi_isr_tables isr_tables_copy` from `struct dsi_data`
- In `omap_dsi_irq_handler()`: drop `memcpy`, call `dsi_handle_isrs()`
  on the live table **while `irq_lock` is held**, then unlock
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- Before: lock → read/ack IRQ status → memcpy table → unlock →
  `dsi_handle_isrs(&copy)` → error/stats
- After: lock → read/ack IRQ status → `dsi_handle_isrs(&live table)` →
  unlock → error/stats
- Affected path: hardirq handler (`devm_request_irq(...,
  omap_dsi_irq_handler, IRQF_SHARED, ...)`)
- Unregister (`dsi_unregister_isr*`) takes `irq_lock`, so it now waits
  until handlers finish

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record:
- Category: use-after-free / race (memory safety)
- Mechanism: copy of ISR `arg` pointers outlives unregister of stack-
  allocated completions
- Verified stack objects passed into ISRs in this tree:
  - `dsi_sync_vc_vp()` / `dsi_sync_vc_l4()`:
    `DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK` + stack `dsi_packet_sent_handler_data`
  - `dsi_vc_send_bta_sync()`: stack completion registered on **two**
    tables (global + VC)
  - `dsi_enter_ulps()`: stack completion registered on CIO table
- Concrete UAF in `dsi_vc_send_bta_sync()`: `dsi_handle_isrs()` walks
  global table then VC table. First handler can `complete()`; waiter
  unregisters and returns; second handler still runs against the copy
  with a dangling stack pointer.
- Fix: keep `irq_lock` across handler dispatch so unregister cannot
  destroy the objects until handlers return.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record:
- Obviously correct given the locking: unregister cannot proceed while
  handlers run.
- Minimal; no API change.
- Regression risk is low **if** no ISR unregisters itself (would
  deadlock on `irq_lock`). Verified all three callbacks
  (`dsi_completion_handler`, `dsi_packet_sent_handler_vp`,
  `dsi_packet_sent_handler_l4`) only `complete()` and/or read registers.
  None call `dsi_unregister_isr*`.
- `complete()` under a spinlock is valid.
- Holding the lock slightly longer in hardirq is register reads +
  `complete()`, not a sleep.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Copy logic and `isr_tables_copy` blamed to `f76ee892a99e6` (“omapfb:
  copy omapdss & displays for omapfb”, 2015-12-29).
- Pattern is as old as the fbdev DSS copy in this tree; originally
  inherited from OMAP DSS ISR support.
- Long-lived bug, not recent code.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` on the fbdev commit. The sibling DRM fix
`2c27a84ba8d1b` (`drm/omap: dsi: Do not copy isr table`) has `Fixes:
4ae2ddddf44cd ("OMAP: DSS2: DSI: Add ISR support")`. That original ISR
support is what fbdev copied.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record:
- Recent `dsi.c` changes in this tree are unrelated (platform remove,
  of_graph, timer, pm_runtime).
- Standalone; not patch N/M.
- Cover letter on lore points at a DRM twin:
  `https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260702-dsi-
  uaf-v2-1-dbb4aa0f0b8e@kemnade.info/`
- That DRM twin **is already in this tree** as `2c27a84ba8d1b`
  (contained in `v6.12.110~477`).

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record:
- Andreas Kemnade is an OMAP/display contributor; same author wrote the
  DRM twin.
- Helge Deller (fbdev maintainer) applied the fbdev patch.
- Tomi Valkeinen applied the DRM twin.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record:
- No new functions/types.
- Applies as a logic change on existing `omap_dsi_irq_handler` / `struct
  dsi_data`.
- Context mismatch only: mainline hunk context has `timer_delete()`;
  this tree still has `del_timer()` (`8fa7292fee5c5` timer rename is not
  in 6.12). Not a functional dependency.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 31875c51c31ed`: https://patch.msgid.link/20260702-fbomap-
  uaf-fix-v1-1-6417edf9d3e7@kemnade.info
- `b4 dig -a`: single revision **v1** only; that version was applied.
- Thread: author patch → sashiko-bot review → author reply → Helge
  Deller “applied.”
- No NAK. Deller accepted it.
- Bot comments were about **pre-existing sibling bugs** (DRM DSI, DISPC
  copy, unbind timers), not about this change being wrong.
- Author noted the DRM variant in the patch footer.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record (`b4 dig -w`):
- To: Helge Deller
- Cc: linux-omap, linux-fbdev, dri-devel, linux-kernel, sashiko-bot
- Appropriate lists; fbdev maintainer applied it.
- No human Reviewed-by besides maintainer application.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record:
- No syzbot/bugzilla user report. Trigger is sashiko-bot static
  analysis.
- Bug is still real: code in this tree matches the described UAF (stack
  completions + lockless copy).

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record:
- DRM twin already backported here (`2c27a84ba8d1b`).
- fbdev DISPC still copies a stack `registered_isr` in `dispc-compat.c`
  (`omap_dispc_irq_handler`); same pattern, **separate** file, not
  required for this DSI patch to be correct.
- No revert of either DSI fix on `origin/master`.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: UNVERIFIED. `lore.kernel.org/stable/` and lore message URLs
returned HTTP 403. Thread was recovered via `b4 dig -m` instead. No
stable-list discussion could be fetched.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**
Record: `omap_dsi_irq_handler()`; field removed from `struct dsi_data`.
Callers of `dsi_handle_isrs()` / `dsi_call_isrs()` unchanged except the
table pointer and lock scope.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `omap_dsi_irq_handler` ← `devm_request_irq` in DSI bind/probe (`dsi.c`
  ~5363). Hardirq, `IRQF_SHARED`.
- Register/unregister sites are process context, all take `irq_lock`.
- Sync/BTA/ULPS paths used during DSI frame update, command write, and
  ULPS enter (`dsi_sync_vc` from update/disable; `dsi_vc_send_bta_sync`
  as `.bta_sync`; `dsi_enter_ulps`).

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `dsi_handle_isrs` → `dsi_call_isrs` → registered `isr(arg,
status)` → `complete()` / `REG_GET`. Then `dsi_handle_irq_errors` and
`dsi_collect_irq_stats` still after unlock.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Reachable from normal display I/O on `CONFIG_FB_OMAP2=y` +
`CONFIG_FB_OMAP2_DSS_DSI=y` (MIPI DSI panel). Not a syscall fuzzer path,
but a real device IRQ + wait-for-completion path. Unprivileged userspace
can trigger it by updating the framebuffer on such hardware.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record:
- DRM `drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dsi.c` in **this tree** already calls
  `dsi_handle_isrs(&dsi->isr_tables, ...)` under `irq_lock` (the
  backported twin).
- fbdev `dispc-compat.c` still memcpy’s ISRs then drops the lock;
  leftover sibling, not a blocker for this patch.
- `isr_tables_copy` exists only in this fbdev `dsi.c` in this checkout.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record:
- `git describe HEAD`: `p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`
- `make kernelversion` / Makefile: **6.12.111**
- `git merge-base --is-ancestor 31875c51c31ed HEAD` → not an ancestor
  (fix not in this tree)
- Buggy code present: `isr_tables_copy` at `dsi.c:330`, memcpy at
  `dsi.c:841-848`
- Introduced here via `f76ee892a99e6` (v4.5-era copy)

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record:
- `git apply --check` of `31875c51c31ed` fails only because context has
  `timer_delete` vs local `del_timer`.
- The two functional hunks (remove field; move `dsi_handle_isrs` before
  unlock) match this tree byte-for-byte aside from that nearby timer
  name.
- Expected difficulty: **minor context tweak**, not rework.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record:
- DRM equivalent already applied (`2c27a84ba8d1b`).
- No fbdev DSI equivalent. `FB_OMAP2` depends on `DRM_OMAP=n`, so omapfb
  users do **not** get the DRM fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: `drivers/video/fbdev/omap2` — SoC display driver. Criticality:
**PERIPHERAL** (OMAP2+ boards using legacy fbdev, not omapdrm). Still
in-tree and user-facing on that hardware.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Mature/legacy. Low churn; bug has been present since the 2015
omapdss copy. Maintainer (Deller) still takes fixes.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver-specific / config-specific: `CONFIG_FB_OMAP2` +
`CONFIG_FB_OMAP2_DSS_DSI` on OMAP2+ with MIPI DSI, and only when DRM
omap is disabled.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record:
- Trigger: DSI IRQ concurrent with unregister of a stack-backed ISR
  after `complete()` or timeout (`dsi_sync_vc_*` 10 ms, BTA 500 ms, ULPS
  1000 ms).
- Dual-ISR BTA path is the most realistic (two handlers, one stack
  object).
- Unprivileged userspace can drive framebuffer updates that hit
  `dsi_sync_vc`.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: Use-after-free of stack completions / handler-data → kernel oops
or memory corruption in hardirq. Severity: **HIGH**.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- Benefit: HIGH for omapfb+DSI users (prevents UAF in IRQ). Population
  is small, but the DRM twin was already taken into this same 6.12.y
  tree, which shows the bug class is treated as stable-worthy.
- Risk: LOW (9 lines, verified no self-unregister, `complete()` under
  spinlock is fine).
- Ratio: benefit outweighs risk.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real UAF: lockless copy of pointers to `DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK`
  objects
- Dual-ISR BTA path makes the race practical, not only a 1-instruction
  window
- Small, obviously correct lock-scope change
- All ISR callbacks verified not to unregister (no self-deadlock)
- Code exists in this 6.12.111 tree; bug dates to 2015 copy
- fbdev maintainer applied v1 with no NAK
- Identical DRM fix already in this tree; omapfb users are the leftover
  affected set

AGAINST:
- No user `Reported-by` / syzbot (bot-found)
- Peripheral OMAP fbdev DSI, not a core path
- Vanilla patch needs a one-line context adjust (`del_timer`)
- DISPC has a similar leftover pattern (out of scope for this commit)

UNRESOLVED:
- Could not query lore.kernel.org/stable (HTTP 403)
- No runtime reproduction in this session (analysis is from code +
  thread)

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — lock documents the intent;
   maintainer applied; DRM twin already on 6.12.y
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — UAF on DSI IRQ vs
   stack completions
3. Important issue? **PASS** — UAF / oops / memory corruption (HIGH)
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 9 lines, one file
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — functional diff matches;
   trivial `del_timer` context

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: Not an ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception. It is a normal memory-
safety bugfix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This should be backported to **this** 6.12.y tree. The buggy
`isr_tables_copy` path is here; the fix is the same one already taken
for omapdrm; omapfb is a separate config and still needs it.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: Suggested-by sashiko-bot; SOB Kemnade + Deller; no
  Fixes/Cc stable/Reported-by
- [Phase 2] Diff: remove `isr_tables_copy`; call
  `dsi_handle_isrs(&dsi->isr_tables)` before `spin_unlock`
- [Phase 2] Confirmed stack completions at dsi.c:2298, 2347, 2617, 3115
- [Phase 2] Confirmed ISR callbacks only complete/read MMIO; no
  unregister
- [Phase 3] Blame: f76ee892a99e6 (2015); ancestor check of 31875c51c31ed
  vs HEAD: not present
- [Phase 3] DRM twin 2c27a84ba8d1b is in this tree (`git merge-base
  --is-ancestor` exit 0; `v6.12.110~477`)
- [Phase 4] b4 dig: lore msgid 20260702-fbomap-uaf-
  fix-v1-1-6417edf9d3e7@kemnade.info; v1 only; Deller “applied.”
- [Phase 4] UNVERIFIED: stable@ lore search (HTTP 403)
- [Phase 5] Handler installed via `devm_request_irq` + `IRQF_SHARED`;
  sync/BTA/ULPS are the users
- [Phase 6] Local tree 6.12.111; buggy memcpy still at dsi.c:841-848;
  apply --check fails only on `timer_delete` vs `del_timer`
- [Phase 7] Peripheral fbdev OMAP DSI; mutually exclusive with DRM_OMAP
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: hardirq UAF of stack object, severity HIGH

The patch is a small UAF fix that already exists for the DRM clone in
this tree, applies with a trivial context tweak, and matches stable
rules.

**YES**

 drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dsi.c | 9 +--------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dsi.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dsi.c
index 370e8623754ec..b1df2c014b00c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/dss/dsi.c
@@ -326,8 +326,6 @@ struct dsi_data {
 
 	spinlock_t irq_lock;
 	struct dsi_isr_tables isr_tables;
-	/* space for a copy used by the interrupt handler */
-	struct dsi_isr_tables isr_tables_copy;
 
 	int update_channel;
 #ifdef DSI_PERF_MEASURE
@@ -838,15 +836,10 @@ static irqreturn_t omap_dsi_irq_handler(int irq, void *arg)
 		timer_delete(&dsi->te_timer);
 #endif
 
-	/* make a copy and unlock, so that isrs can unregister
-	 * themselves */
-	memcpy(&dsi->isr_tables_copy, &dsi->isr_tables,
-		sizeof(dsi->isr_tables));
 
+	dsi_handle_isrs(&dsi->isr_tables, irqstatus, vcstatus, ciostatus);
 	spin_unlock(&dsi->irq_lock);
 
-	dsi_handle_isrs(&dsi->isr_tables_copy, irqstatus, vcstatus, ciostatus);
-
 	dsi_handle_irq_errors(dsidev, irqstatus, vcstatus, ciostatus);
 
 	dsi_collect_irq_stats(dsidev, irqstatus, vcstatus, ciostatus);
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.6] drm/radeon: fix internal display on iMac11, 1 (RV770/DCE3.1)

[Sasha Levin]

From: Gilles Risch <gilles.risch@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit 275c3332585bbabcefad109a6978cc0cbecf2008 ]

The Apple iMac11,1 (27-inch, Late 2009) uses a Mobility Radeon HD 4850
(RV770/DCE3.1) with a 2560x1440 internal panel on an internal
DisplayPort path. Without this fix the display stays dark under KMS.

This machine suffers from the same issue as iMac10,1 and iMac11,2:
Apple routes the internal display through Link B of the DIG encoder
instead of Link A. Add iMac11,1 to the existing DMI quirk and move
the Apple-specific encoder assignment into its own block, independent
of the DCE version check.

Additionally, the 2560x1440 panel requires RADEON_PLL_USE_FRAC_FB_DIV
and ATOM_ENCODER_CMD_DP_VIDEO_ON, limited to iMac11,1 via dmi_match()
to avoid affecting other boards.

Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Signed-off-by: Gilles Risch <gilles.risch@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **6.12.111** (`pending-6.12`). The iMac11,1 Link-B
quirk is missing here; iMac10,1 and iMac11,2 already have it. This is a
DMI-limited hardware quirk that lights the internal panel, and it
matches the stable exception for device-specific workarounds.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**

Record: `[drm/radeon] [fix] internal display stays dark on iMac11,1
(RV770/DCE3.1)`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**

Record:
- `Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>`
- `Signed-off-by: Gilles Risch <gilles.risch@gmail.com>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (radeon
  maintainer)
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected)
- No `Reported-by:` / `Tested-by:` / `Link:` / `Cc: stable` (expected
  for this review pipeline)
- No syzbot / sanitizer tags

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**

Record:
- **Bug:** Apple iMac11,1 (27-inch, Late 2009) Mobility Radeon HD 4850
  (RV770/DCE3.1), 2560x1440 internal panel on an internal DisplayPort
  path.
- **Symptom:** Internal display stays dark under KMS.
- **Root cause:** Same Apple Link-B DIG routing as iMac10,1 and
  iMac11,2; plus this 2560x1440 panel also needs
  `RADEON_PLL_USE_FRAC_FB_DIV` and `ATOM_ENCODER_CMD_DP_VIDEO_ON`.
- **Fix approach:** Add iMac11,1 to the existing DMI quirk; move Apple
  encoder assignment out of the DCE-version check; DMI-limit the PLL and
  DP_VIDEO_ON extras to iMac11,1.
- **Version info:** None in the message. Hardware is 2009; related
  quirks date to 2017/2023.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**

Record: Not hidden. This is an explicit hardware-quirk bug fix (dark
panel). Not cleanup, refactor, or a new API.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**

Record:
- `drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c`: +`#include <linux/dmi.h>`;
  PLL flag condition widened for iMac11,1 (~3 lines net)
- `drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_encoders.c`: DP_VIDEO_ON DMI match;
  encoder picker restructure (~12 lines)
- Functions: `atombios_adjust_pll()`, `radeon_atom_encoder_dpms_dig()`,
  `radeon_atom_pick_dig_encoder()`
- Scope: small, two-file surgical driver quirk (~17 insertions / 11
  deletions)

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**

Record:
1. **PLL (`atombios_adjust_pll`):** Before, `RADEON_PLL_USE_FRAC_FB_DIV`
   for clocks >165 MHz only if `ASIC_IS_DCE32()`. After, also if DMI
   product is `iMac11,1`. RV770 is not DCE3.2 (`CHIP_RV770` precedes
   `CHIP_RV730`), so iMac11,1 never took this path.
2. **DPMS ON (`radeon_atom_encoder_dpms_dig`):** Before,
   `ATOM_ENCODER_CMD_DP_VIDEO_ON` only if `ASIC_IS_DCE4()`. After, also
   for iMac11,1. DCE3.1 iMac11,1 never issued VIDEO_ON.
3. **Encoder pick (`radeon_atom_pick_dig_encoder`):** Before, Apple
   Link-B assignment lived inside `if (ASIC_IS_DCE32())` for iMac10,1
   and iMac11,2 only. iMac11,1 (DCE3.1) fell through to DCE3 LVTMA
   logic, which does not use `dig->linkb`. After, Apple DMI check runs
   first (now including iMac11,1), then DCE32 still uses `crtc_id`.
   iMac10,1/11,2 behavior is preserved.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**

Record: **[h] Hardware workaround / DMI quirk.** Wrong DIG encoder (Link
A vs Link B), missing fractional FB divider for a high-clock 2560x1440
panel, missing DP video-on ATOM command. Combined result: dark internal
panel.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**

Record:
- Quality: high. PLL and VIDEO_ON are DMI-limited. Encoder change for
  other Apple iMacs is behavior-preserving. Non-Apple DCE3.1 still uses
  the old LVTMA path.
- Maintainer (Alex Deucher) rejected v4’s `ASIC_IS_DCE31()` because it
  would change encoder routing for all DCE3.1 boards; v5 follows that
  request.
- Residual: DPMS OFF still does not send `DP_VIDEO_OFF` for iMac11,1
  (only DCE4+ does). That can only affect this one DMI product, and v5
  dropped the broader resume/OFF series on purpose.
- Regression risk: low. No public API, no lock, no refcount, no new
  module param.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**

Record:
- PLL DCE32 check: `a02dc74b317d78` (Alex Deucher, 2012) “dce32+: use
  fractional fb dividers for high clocks”
- DP_VIDEO_ON DCE4 check: `3f03ced8808792` (Alex Deucher, 2011)
- Apple DMI quirk: `564d8a2cf3abf1` (Mario Kleiner, 2017, iMac10,1) then
  `05eacc198c68cb` (Mark Hawrylak, 2023, iMac11,2)
- DCE32 encoder pick: `3f03ced8808792` (2011)
- Bug is long-standing (pre-3.13 for the sibling iMac10,1 issue).
  Present in this 6.12 tree.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**

Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Closest ancestors in this tree:
- `564d8a2cf3abf` “Fix eDP for single-display iMac10,1 (v2)” — `Cc:
  stable`, `git merge-base --is-ancestor` = yes
- `05eacc198c68c` “Fix eDP for single-display iMac11,2” — `Cc: stable`,
  ancestor = yes

Those two patches could not cover iMac11,1 because they are inside
`ASIC_IS_DCE32()`, and RV770 is not DCE3.2.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**

Record: Recent radeon encoder/crtc history is backlight, helper
conversions, iMac12,x backlight — not a conflicting refactor of this
picker. Standalone v5 (earlier v3 was 2/2; resume patch was dropped). No
missing prerequisite in this tree.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**

Record: Gilles Risch has no radeon commits in this tree (first-time
hardware reporter/tester). Alex Deucher is the radeon maintainer and
signed off. Lukas Wunner (Apple/x86) reviewed.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**

Record: Uses existing `dmi_match()`, `RADEON_PLL_USE_FRAC_FB_DIV`,
`ATOM_ENCODER_CMD_DP_VIDEO_ON`, `radeon_atom_pick_dig_encoder()`. Adds
`#include <linux/dmi.h>` to `atombios_crtc.c` (not currently included;
`atombios_encoders.c` already has it). Applies standalone. Companion eDP
resume patch is not required for the boot-time dark-panel fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**

Record:
- Candidate SHA is not in this tree, so `b4 dig -c <this-commit>` cannot
  be used. Located via subject search.
- v5: https://lore.gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm-ai-
  reviews/20260601211931.2837-2-gilles.risch@gmail.com/ (Message-ID
  `20260601211931.2837-2-gilles.risch@gmail.com`)
- v4 review (Alex): https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-May/145586.html
- Revisions: v1 (2026-05-10) → v2 → v3 0/2 (plus resume patch) → v4
  (`ASIC_IS_DCE31`) → **v5** (DMI-only encoder block; this commit)
- Alex NAK’d v4’s `if (ASIC_IS_DCE31())` as changing DCE3.1 routing
  generally; asked for an iMac11,1 DMI block with `goto assigned`. v5
  does that (and includes the other two Apple DMI IDs).
- No NAK on v5. No reviewer `Cc: stable` found.
- `b4 mbox` of the v5 msgid started (30 messages) then failed on a local
  save path; thread content was retrieved via lore/gitlab and
  lists.freedesktop.org instead.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**

Record: To: Alex Deucher. Cc: amd-gfx, dri-devel. Reviewed-by Lukas
Wunner (on v2; tag kept). Applied/signed-off by Alex Deucher.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**

Record: Author tested on a real iMac11,1. Symptom is dark KMS display.
Same class as documented iMac10,1 (Mario Kleiner, 2017: black display
when radeon KMS loads) and iMac11,2 (2023). A 2023 amd-gfx attempt (“Fix
eDP for single-display iMac11,1”) used `ASIC_IS_DCE31` and did not land;
this 2026 series is the one that did.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**

Record: v3 2/2 “fix eDP resume from suspend” (VIDEO_OFF +
`atombios_set_edp_panel_power` for iMac11,1) was not part of v5. v5 is
self-contained for initial bring-up. Not a hard dependency.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**

Record: UNVERIFIED — lore.kernel.org returned 403. Sibling iMac10,1 and
iMac11,2 quirks both carried `Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org` and are in
this tree.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**

Record: `atombios_adjust_pll`, `radeon_atom_encoder_dpms_dig`,
`radeon_atom_pick_dig_encoder`

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**

Record:
- `atombios_adjust_pll()` ← `atombios_crtc.c` mode-set
  (`radeon_crtc->adjusted_clock = atombios_adjust_pll(...)`)
- `radeon_atom_pick_dig_encoder()` ← `radeon_atom_encoder_prepare()`
  (modeset prepare) ← `radeon_atom_dig_helper_funcs.prepare`
- `radeon_atom_encoder_dpms_dig()` ← `radeon_atom_encoder_dpms()` for
  UNIPHY/LVTMA ← helper `.dpms`, `.commit` (DPMS_ON), `.disable`
  (DPMS_OFF)

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**

Record: `atombios_dig_encoder_setup()` / `atom_execute_table()` (ATOM
BIOS), `radeon_dp_link_train()`, `dmi_match()`. No alloc/lock changes.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**

Record: Userspace DRM modeset / KMS bring-up on this iMac. Reachable on
every graphical boot for that machine. Not a syscall fuzzer path; it is
the normal display path.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**

Record: Same DMI Link-B pattern already used for iMac10,1 and iMac11,2
in this file. This commit extends that list and lifts it out of
`ASIC_IS_DCE32()`.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**

Record: Yes. `git describe HEAD` = `p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`; `make
kernelversion` = **6.12.111**.
- `atombios_encoders.c:2130-2135` still matches only iMac10,1 / iMac11,2
  inside `ASIC_IS_DCE32()`.
- No `iMac11,1` in `drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/`.
- `ASIC_IS_DCE32` = `family >= CHIP_RV730`; `radeon_family.h` has
  `CHIP_RV770` then `CHIP_RV730`, so RV770 is DCE3 but not DCE3.2.
- Candidate commit is not an ancestor of HEAD.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**

Record: **Clean apply.** Pre-image in this tree matches the provided
diff (PLL line 597, DPMS line 1710, picker 2125-2138). Need the new
`linux/dmi.h` include in `atombios_crtc.c`.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**

Record: iMac10,1 and iMac11,2 quirks are present. They do not cover
iMac11,1. No alternate iMac11,1 radeon fix in this tree.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**

Record: `[drm/radeon] [IMPORTANT]` — legacy AMD GPU KMS driver, still
`CONFIG_DRM_RADEON` in this tree. Affects one Apple DMI product, not
core mm/fs.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**

Record: Mature/legacy. Occasional hardware quirks and small fixes.
Encoder picker logic has been stable since ~2011 with Apple DMI
additions in 2017 and 2023.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**

Record: Driver-specific + DMI-specific: Apple iMac11,1 (Late 2009
27-inch, HD 4850). Encoder restructure also runs on iMac10,1 and
iMac11,2 with the same Link-B assignment they already had.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**

Record: Loading radeon KMS / modesetting the internal panel. Common for
anyone using this machine as a Linux desktop. Not a race. Unprivileged
user does not need a special trigger beyond using the GUI.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**

Record: **[Dark internal display / unusable KMS console and desktop]
[HIGH]** — not a panic, but the primary display does not work. Same
severity as the iMac10,1/iMac11,2 quirks that went to stable.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**

Record:
- Benefit: high for iMac11,1 6.12 LTS users (working internal panel).
- Risk: very low (~20 lines, DMI-gated extras, behavior-preserving
  picker for existing Apple IDs).
- Ratio: favors backport.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real, user-visible bug: internal panel stays dark under KMS.
- Hardware quirk exception (DMI table), same pattern as
  iMac10,1/iMac11,2 which had `Cc: stable` and are already in this tree.
- Small, obviously correct after maintainer feedback (v5 vs rejected v4
  `ASIC_IS_DCE31`).
- DMI-limited PLL and VIDEO_ON so other RV770 boards are unchanged.
- Buggy code exists in 6.12.111; patch applies cleanly.
- Reviewed by Lukas Wunner; signed off by Alex Deucher; tested on the
  machine.

AGAINST:
- Not a crash, UAF, or CVE.
- Affects one 2009 iMac model.
- No matching `DP_VIDEO_OFF` (iMac11,1-only residual on DPMS off).
- Resume/eDP power follow-up is a separate patch, not included.

UNRESOLVED:
- lore.kernel.org/stable search (HTTP 403).
- `b4 dig` on the candidate SHA (commit not in this tree).
- Whether a later VIDEO_OFF/resume patch exists upstream after v5.

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**

1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — v5 matches maintainer
   request; tested on iMac11,1; Reviewed-by + maintainer SOB.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — dark KMS display on
   that iMac.
3. Important issue? **PASS** — unusable internal display; hardware-quirk
   class already accepted for the sibling iMacs.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — two files, ~20 lines.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS** — DMI quirk on existing driver
   paths.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — context matches 6.12.111.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**

Record: **Hardware quirk/workaround** (Apple DMI encoder/PLL/DP
command). Explicitly allowed for stable.

**Step 9.4: DECISION**

This should be backported to this 6.12 tree. It is the same class of
Apple radeon eDP quirk as iMac10,1 and iMac11,2, which this tree already
carries. iMac11,1 is RV770/DCE3.1, so it never matched `ASIC_IS_DCE32()`
and still boots with a dark panel. The fix is small, DMI-limited,
applies cleanly, and was narrowed specifically so it does not retune
other DCE3.1 boards.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed subject/tags/body from the provided commit; no
  Fixes/Cc-stable (expected).
- [Phase 2] Diff: `atombios_adjust_pll` FRAC_FB_DIV,
  `radeon_atom_encoder_dpms_dig` DP_VIDEO_ON,
  `radeon_atom_pick_dig_encoder` DMI block moved out of DCE32.
- [Phase 2] Confirmed local code at `atombios_encoders.c:1710` and
  `:2130-2135` and `atombios_crtc.c:597` matches the pre-image.
- [Phase 3] `git blame`: PLL `a02dc74b317d78` (2012), VIDEO_ON
  `3f03ced8808792` (2011), Apple DMI `564d8a2cf3abf` (2017) /
  `05eacc198c68c` (2023).
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor` 564d8a2cf3abf and
  05eacc198c68c vs HEAD: both present.
- [Phase 3] `radeon_family.h`: CHIP_RV770 immediately before CHIP_RV730;
  `ASIC_IS_DCE32` is `>= CHIP_RV730`.
- [Phase 3] No Gilles Risch radeon commits in this tree; Alex Deucher is
  the maintainer.
- [Phase 4] v5 lore: Message-ID
  `20260601211931.2837-2-gilles.risch@gmail.com`.
- [Phase 4] Alex v4 comment (lists.freedesktop.org/amd-
  gfx/2026-May/145586.html): do not use `ASIC_IS_DCE31()` for routing;
  use iMac11,1 `dmi_match` + `goto assigned`.
- [Phase 4] Lukas Wunner Reviewed-by on v2 (ratatoskr.run/amd-
  gfx/2026/05/9273941).
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org fetches: 403. UNVERIFIED: stable@
  discussion.
- [Phase 4] `b4 mbox` v5 msgid: 30 messages found, local save failed.
  UNVERIFIED: full mbox dump.
- [Phase 5] Callers: `radeon_atom_encoder_prepare` → pick encoder;
  `radeon_atom_encoder_dpms` → UNIPHY dpms_dig; `atombios_adjust_pll`
  from CRTC mode set.
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8; `make
  kernelversion` = 6.12.111; `iMac11,1` absent from radeon/.
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: dark internal panel on KMS load, severity HIGH
  for that DMI product.
- UNVERIFIED: whether a post-v5 DP_VIDEO_OFF/resume patch later landed
  upstream.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c     |  5 ++++-
 drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_encoders.c | 23 ++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c
index 9b3a3a9d60e20..837700ab8079f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_crtc.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
  *          Alex Deucher
  */
 
+#include <linux/dmi.h>
+
 #include <drm/drm_fixed.h>
 #include <drm/drm_fourcc.h>
 #include <drm/drm_framebuffer.h>
@@ -594,7 +596,8 @@ static u32 atombios_adjust_pll(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 		if (((rdev->family == CHIP_RS780) || (rdev->family == CHIP_RS880))
 		    && !radeon_crtc->ss_enabled)
 			radeon_crtc->pll_flags |= RADEON_PLL_USE_FRAC_FB_DIV;
-		if (ASIC_IS_DCE32(rdev) && mode->clock > 165000)
+		if ((ASIC_IS_DCE32(rdev) || dmi_match(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "iMac11,1"))
+		    && mode->clock > 165000)
 			radeon_crtc->pll_flags |= RADEON_PLL_USE_FRAC_FB_DIV;
 	} else {
 		radeon_crtc->pll_flags |= RADEON_PLL_LEGACY;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_encoders.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_encoders.c
index 3d9f47bc807af..ddfa31a7b83a5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_encoders.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/atombios_encoders.c
@@ -1707,7 +1707,7 @@ radeon_atom_encoder_dpms_dig(struct drm_encoder *encoder, int mode)
 		if (ENCODER_MODE_IS_DP(atombios_get_encoder_mode(encoder)) && connector) {
 			/* DP_SET_POWER_D0 is set in radeon_dp_link_train */
 			radeon_dp_link_train(encoder, connector);
-			if (ASIC_IS_DCE4(rdev))
+			if (ASIC_IS_DCE4(rdev) || dmi_match(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "iMac11,1"))
 				atombios_dig_encoder_setup(encoder, ATOM_ENCODER_CMD_DP_VIDEO_ON, 0);
 		}
 		if (radeon_encoder->devices & (ATOM_DEVICE_LCD_SUPPORT)) {
@@ -2123,17 +2123,20 @@ int radeon_atom_pick_dig_encoder(struct drm_encoder *encoder, int fe_idx)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * On DCE32 any encoder can drive any block so usually just use crtc id,
-	 * but Apple thinks different at least on iMac10,1 and iMac11,2, so there use linkb,
-	 * otherwise the internal eDP panel will stay dark.
+	 * Apple routes the internal eDP panel through Link B of the DIG encoder
+	 * instead of Link A on the iMac10,1, iMac11,1 and iMac11,2.
+	 * Use linkb to avoid a dark display.
 	 */
-	if (ASIC_IS_DCE32(rdev)) {
-		if (dmi_match(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "iMac10,1") ||
-		    dmi_match(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "iMac11,2"))
-			enc_idx = (dig->linkb) ? 1 : 0;
-		else
-			enc_idx = radeon_crtc->crtc_id;
+	if (dmi_match(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "iMac10,1") ||
+	    dmi_match(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "iMac11,1") ||
+	    dmi_match(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "iMac11,2")) {
+		enc_idx = (dig->linkb) ? 1 : 0;
+		goto assigned;
+	}
 
+	/* on DCE32 and encoder can driver any block so just crtc id */
+	if (ASIC_IS_DCE32(rdev)) {
+		enc_idx = radeon_crtc->crtc_id;
 		goto assigned;
 	}
 
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/etnaviv: check MMUv2 status after reset

[Sasha Levin]

From: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>

[ Upstream commit 4720915ab48282429f9e22ad5984b7870e4e962c ]

A full GPU reset is the only way to disable the MMUv2 and the
driver depends on the MMU being disabled after a reset to be able
to properly restart the GPU. Validate this assumption by checking
that the reset actually did disable the MMU.

Reviewed-by: Christian Gmeiner <cgmeiner@igalia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260511085148.652256-2-l.stach@pengutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **v7.3-rc4**. The etnaviv reset path is present here;
this patch closes a hole in how reset success is detected so hang
recovery can reprogram MMUv2.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[drm/etnaviv] [check] [verify MMUv2 is actually disabled after
GPU reset]`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- Reviewed-by: Christian Gmeiner \<cgmeiner@igalia.com\> (etnaviv
  reviewer in MAINTAINERS)
- Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260511085148.652256-2-
  l.stach@pengutronix.de (series 2/2)
- Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach \<l.stach@pengutronix.de\> (etnaviv
  maintainer)
- No Fixes:, Reported-by:, Tested-by:, or Cc: stable (absence of
  Fixes/Cc:stable is expected for this review)

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record: [Bug] After a full GPU reset the driver assumes MMUv2 is off so
it can restart the GPU. [Symptom] If that is false, restart proceeds
with MMU still enabled. [Versions] None stated. [Root cause] Reset
success was inferred from idle bits only; MMU ENABLE was never checked.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Yes. Wording is “validate this assumption,” but it is a missing
success check on a load-bearing invariant: restore skips reprogramming
if ENABLE is still set.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c` +17/−0. Function:
`etnaviv_hw_reset()`. Single-file surgical fix.

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record: Before: after idle/2D/3D checks, reset is treated as success.
After: on MMUv2 cores, if `VIVS_MMUv2_CONTROL_ENABLE` /
`VIVS_MMUv2_SEC_CONTROL_ENABLE` is still set, retry until timeout then
`-EBUSY`. Affects probe reset and hang-recovery reset.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: [Logic / correctness] Reset retry loop did not confirm MMU
disable. `etnaviv_iommuv2_restore_{nonsec,sec}()` returns immediately if
ENABLE is set (“state is still there”). After reset the driver drops
`gpu->mmu_context`. If ENABLE is still set, restore skips page-table
reload and the FE is started against stale MMU state.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: Obviously correct; matches existing idle retry. Regression risk:
stricter success could yield more `-EBUSY` if ENABLE is sticky. That is
better than proceeding with MMU still on. Maintainer-authored; low risk.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record: Reset retry exists since `a8c21a5451d83` (etnaviv initial
driver, v4.5). MMUv2 restore early-return is `afb7b3b1deb47` (v4.8-rc1).
Hole is long-standing.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No Fixes: tag. N/A.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record: Patch 1/2 is `1006d1f7c03d9` (“check all modules for idle after
reset”) — sibling robustness, not required for this hunk. Related
stable-bound history: `725cbc7884c37` (MMU state lost on reset),
`f978a5302f556` (MMU context leak on reset), `8f3eea9d01d7b` (keep MMU
across runtime PM because that path avoids full reset). Standalone vs
series: series 2/2, self-contained.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Lucas Stach is listed maintainer of “DRM DRIVERS FOR VIVANTE GPU
IP”. Christian Gmeiner is a listed reviewer. Same author wrote the 2021
MMU-reset invariant patches.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Uses existing `gpu_read`, `chipMinorFeatures1_MMU_VERSION`,
`ETNA_SEC_KERNEL`, and MMUv2 registers. No new helpers. Can apply
standalone.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record: [Lore]
https://patch.msgid.link/20260511085148.652256-2-l.stach@pengutronix.de
[Revisions] v1 only (b4 dig -a).
[Review] Christian Gmeiner Reviewed-by; no NAK, no stable nomination, no
risk discussion. Direct lore.kernel.org fetch returned 403 (Anubis);
thread recovered via `b4 dig -m`.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: To: etnaviv@lists.freedesktop.org; Cc: dri-devel, Christian
Gmeiner. Right lists and reviewer.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No Reported-by, bugzilla, or syzbot. No user incident in the
message or thread.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: `[PATCH 1/2] drm/etnaviv: check all modules for idle after
reset` is the other half. This MMU check does not depend on the
idle_mask change.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search blocked (403/Anubis). UNVERIFIED:
no confirmed stable-list discussion.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**
Record: `etnaviv_hw_reset()`

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `etnaviv_gpu_init()` (~line 891): probe; failure fails bind.
- `etnaviv_gpu_recover_hang()` (~line 1530): GPU hang recovery; return
  value ignored (pre-existing).

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `gpu_read`/`gpu_write` of idle, clock, and MMUv2 control. On
success: `etnaviv_gpu_update_clock()`, drop `mmu_context`.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Userspace GPU submit → scheduler timeout (`etnaviv_sched.c`) →
`etnaviv_gpu_recover_hang()` → reset → `etnaviv_gpu_hw_init()` →
`etnaviv_gpu_start_fe_idleloop()` → `etnaviv_iommu_restore()`. Reachable
from normal DRM clients on hang. Also probe.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Same ENABLE test in restore is the complementary invariant.
Idle-bit retry in the same loop is the same pattern.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Yes. `git describe HEAD` = `v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`; `make
kernelversion` = 7.3.0-rc4. `etnaviv_hw_reset()` and restore early-
return are here. Bug dates to MMUv2 restore (v4.8). `git merge-base
--is-ancestor afb7b3b1deb471 HEAD` succeeded.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: Clean apply. Insertion is after the 2D/3D idle check, which has
been there since the original driver.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: 2021 MMU-reset state patches are here. No earlier equivalent of
this ENABLE check. No follow-up reverting or amending this commit.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: [drm/etnaviv] [IMPORTANT] Vivante GPU on i.MX and similar
embedded SoCs; not core mm/vfs, but common in Android/embedded.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Actively maintained (reset, hangcheck, IOMMU work through 2026).
Mature driver, not staging.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver-specific: CONFIG_DRM_ETNAVIV, MMUv2 cores
(`chipMinorFeatures1_MMU_VERSION`).

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: Successful-looking reset that leaves ENABLE set. Hit on probe
and on hang recovery. Hang recovery is a normal DRM scheduler path (not
privileged). How often ENABLE stays set is unverified; the retry loop
exists because Vivante reset is already unreliable.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: [Failure] After reset, software drops MMU context while hardware
may still have ENABLE. Restore then skips pagetable reload. FE starts
with stale translations → GPU re-hang, faults, or DMA to reused pages.
[Severity] HIGH (broken recovery; possible GPU DMA to wrong memory). Not
a host oops by itself.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record: [Benefit] HIGH for etnaviv hang recovery / probe restart
correctness. [Risk] LOW (17 lines, same retry style as existing idle
checks). Sticky ENABLE could fail reset more often; that failure was
previously silent and wrong.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Load-bearing invariant: full reset is the only way to disable MMUv2;
  restore skips work if ENABLE is still set (intentional for runtime PM,
  fatal after reset).
- Same class of bug as 2021 stable-tagged `725cbc7884c37` (keep HW/SW
  MMU state from diverging).
- 17-line surgical check in an existing retry loop.
- Maintainer + listed reviewer; no NAKs.
- Path is userspace-reachable via GPU hang recovery.
- Applies cleanly here; no missing helpers.

AGAINST:
- Framed as assumption validation, not a reported crash.
- No Fixes:/Reported-by/Tested-by/syzbot.
- Series 2/2 of reset hardening; sibling is also robustness.
- Stricter success could increase `-EBUSY` (probe fail / ignored in
  recover_hang).
- GPU-only, not core kernel.

UNRESOLVED:
- No evidence ENABLE-stuck-after-reset was observed on hardware.
- Stable list search could not be completed (lore 403).

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — reviewed by etnaviv
   reviewer; logic matches existing idle retry.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — missing check allows
   HW/SW MMU divergence after reset; restore then skips reprogramming.
3. Important issue? **PASS** — hang recovery can leave GPU wedged or DMA
   with stale translations (HIGH, not host panic).
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +17 lines, one function.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — same file/function/registers
   exist.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: None (not a device ID, quirk table, DT, build, or docs fix).
Qualifies as a normal contained bugfix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This tree has the buggy reset/restore pair. The patch is a small,
correct completion of reset-success detection so MMUv2 restart actually
reloads pagetables. That is stable-worthy here.

What it solves for users of this tree: GPU reset (probe and hang
recovery) can look successful while MMUv2 ENABLE is still set. The
driver then drops its MMU context and restore bails out, so the FE can
run on stale translations. Checking ENABLE and retrying closes that
hole.

Risk vs benefit: benefit is correct recovery; risk is a slightly
stricter reset with a 1s retry budget, authored by the maintainer.

Concerns: no field report of ENABLE stuck after reset; lore.kernel.org
web was blocked. Neither outweighs the code-level invariant.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Reviewed-by Christian Gmeiner; Link
  patch.msgid.link 2/2; author Lucas Stach; no Fixes/Reported-by
- [Phase 2] Diff: +17 lines in `etnaviv_hw_reset()` adding MMUv2 ENABLE
  retry
- [Phase 3] git blame: restore ENABLE early-return `afb7b3b1deb47`
  (v4.8); reset loop `a8c21a5451d83` (v4.5)
- [Phase 3] Related: `725cbc7884c37` / `8f3eea9d01d7b` document reset vs
  PM MMU invariants; both were Cc:stable
- [Phase 3] Series: parent `1006d1f7c03d9` is 1/2 idle_mask check; this
  hunk does not need it
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -c 4720915ab4828: original at
  patch.msgid.link/20260511085148.652256-2-l.stach@pengutronix.de
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -a: v1 only
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -w: etnaviv@, dri-devel@, Christian Gmeiner
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -m: Gmeiner Reviewed-by both patches; no NAK; no
  Cc:stable in thread
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org WebFetch/curl: 403 Anubis — stable-list
  search UNVERIFIED
- [Phase 5] Callers: `etnaviv_gpu_init` (probe),
  `etnaviv_gpu_recover_hang` from `etnaviv_sched.c` timeout
- [Phase 5] Restore: `etnaviv_iommuv2_restore_nonsec/sec` return if
  ENABLE set
- [Phase 6] git describe HEAD: v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37; kernelversion
  7.3.0-rc4
- [Phase 6] git merge-base --is-ancestor afb7b3b1deb471 HEAD: yes, buggy
  restore in this tree
- [Phase 6] Registers `VIVS_MMUv2_CONTROL_ENABLE` / `SEC_CONTROL_ENABLE`
  in `state_hi.xml.h`
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: hang recovery with stale MMU → GPU re-hang /
  wrong DMA; severity HIGH
- UNVERIFIED: whether ENABLE-stuck-after-reset was seen on hardware;
  whether stable@ discussed it

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
index 368e799fc0c5d..daba33052f524 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gpu.c
@@ -598,6 +598,23 @@ static int etnaviv_hw_reset(struct etnaviv_gpu *gpu)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/* try resetting again if MMUv2 is not disabled */
+		if (gpu->identity.minor_features1 & chipMinorFeatures1_MMU_VERSION) {
+			if (gpu->sec_mode == ETNA_SEC_KERNEL) {
+				if (gpu_read(gpu, VIVS_MMUv2_SEC_CONTROL) &
+				    VIVS_MMUv2_SEC_CONTROL_ENABLE) {
+					dev_dbg(gpu->dev, "MMU is not disabled\n");
+					continue;
+				}
+			} else {
+				if (gpu_read(gpu, VIVS_MMUv2_CONTROL) &
+				    VIVS_MMUv2_CONTROL_ENABLE) {
+					dev_dbg(gpu->dev, "MMU is not disabled\n");
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		/* enable debug register access */
 		control &= ~VIVS_HI_CLOCK_CONTROL_DISABLE_DEBUG_REGISTERS;
 		gpu_write(gpu, VIVS_HI_CLOCK_CONTROL, control);
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.6] drm/panel-edp: Add BOE NE160QDM-NY1 panel

[Sasha Levin]

From: Damon Ding <damon.ding@rock-chips.com>

[ Upstream commit be4f10d44757211fd656fa57f37034657f26c883 ]

Add an entry for the BOE NE160QDM-NY1 eDP panel. The panel's AUX
backlight functionality is verified and working on the RK3576 EVB1
board.

edid-decode (hex):

00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 09 e5 85 09 00 00 00 00
1c 1e 01 04 b5 22 15 78 03 7c e5 a4 55 4c 9f 26
0f 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 01 01 01 01 01 6b 6e 00 a0 a0 40 84 60 30 20
36 00 58 d7 10 00 00 1a 00 00 00 fd 0c 3c a5 1f
1f 4e 01 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fe 00 42
4f 45 20 43 51 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fe
00 4e 45 31 36 30 51 44 4d 2d 4e 59 31 0a 01 ed

02 03 1d 00 e3 05 80 00 e6 06 05 01 6a 6a 24 6d
1a 00 00 02 03 3c a5 00 04 6a 24 6a 24 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff

Signed-off-by: Damon Ding <damon.ding@rock-chips.com>
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260625071916.744686-1-damon.ding@rock-chips.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This is a one-line eDP panel ID for a driver that already exists in
6.18.y. That matches the stable device-ID exception, and unknown panels
already `WARN_ON` on probe.

Local tree: **6.18.53** (`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`, Makefile
`VERSION=6 PATCHLEVEL=18 SUBLEVEL=53`). Upstream commit `be4f10d44757`
is **not** in `v6.18.53`; `panel-edp.c` and `delay_200_500_e50` are.

---

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
- Record: `[drm/panel-edp] [Add] [BOE NE160QDM-NY1 panel table entry]`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
- Record: No `Fixes:` (expected). No `Reported-by` / `Tested-by` / `Cc:
  stable`.
- `Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>` (panel-edp
  reviewer in MAINTAINERS)
- `Signed-off-by: Damon Ding <damon.ding@rock-chips.com>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>` (drm-misc
  maintainer path)
- `Link:
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260625071916.744686-1-damon.ding@rock-
  chips.com`
- Ignored: `[Upstream commit be4f10d44757…]`, `Signed-off-by: Sasha
  Levin` (candidate pipeline)

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
- Record: [Bug] Generic `edp-panel` probe looks up EDID vendor/product
  in `edp_panels[]`. BOE 0x0985 is missing, so this panel is treated as
  unknown.
- [Symptom] Kernel `WARN_ON` on probe plus conservative delays
  (`unprepare=2000`, `enable=200`) instead of the panel’s 500/50 ms
  sequence. AUX backlight was verified on RK3576 EVB1.
- [Version] None stated.
- [Root cause] Missing table entry; timings otherwise come from EDID.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
- Record: Not a disguised cleanup. It is a device-ID addition. The
  unknown-panel path also fires a deliberate `WARN_ON`, so the ID stops
  a real boot warning.

---

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
- Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c` +1 / −0. One function/data
  object: `edp_panels[]`. Single-file surgical change.

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
- Record: Before: BOE IDs jump 0x0979 → 0x098d. After: 0x0985 maps to
  `&delay_200_500_e50` named `"NE160QDM-NY1"`. Only the generic EDID
  lookup path in `generic_edp_panel_probe()` is affected.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
- Record: [Category] Hardware ID / quirk table. [Mechanism] Missing EDID
  product ID; `find_edp_panel()` returns NULL → `WARN_ON` + conservative
  delays. The new row uses an existing delay struct.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
- Record: Obviously correct: one `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` in vendor/product
  sort order. EDID bytes `09 e5 85 09` decode to BOE + 0x0985.
  Regression risk is very low (only this ID). No API, lock, or lifetime
  changes.

---

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
- Record: Surrounding BOE rows date from 2021–2026. Table machinery:
  `5f04e7ce392db` (2021-09-20, split from panel-simple) and
  `5540cf8f3e8da` (generic EDID-probed panels). Both are ancestors of
  `v6.18.53`.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
- Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Not applicable. The “bug” is an absent ID,
  not a later regression.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
- Record: `v6.18.53` already has many `drm/panel-edp: Add …` ID patches
  (72 log hits). Standalone; not `patch X/Y`.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
- Record: Damon Ding has another panel-edp ID add (`LP079QX1-SP0V`).
  Reviewer Douglas Anderson is listed under “DRM DRIVER FOR GENERIC EDP
  PANELS”.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
- Record: Needs `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY`, `delay_200_500_e50`, and
  `edp_panels[]` — all present in `v6.18.53`. Applies standalone.

---

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
- Record: `b4 dig -c be4f10d44757` →
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260625071916.744686-1-damon.ding@rock-
  chips.com
- `b4 dig -a`: single **v1**, no later revisions.
- Doug Anderson: `Reviewed-by` and pushed to drm-misc-next as
  `be4f10d44757`. No NAKs, no stable discussion in-thread.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
- Record: `b4 dig -w` To/Cc: Douglas Anderson, Neil Armstrong, drm-misc
  maintainers, `dri-devel`, `linux-kernel`. Right audience.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
- Record: No syzbot/bugzilla. Author tested AUX backlight on RK3576
  EVB1. Panelook lists this as a 16" eDP laptop panel (Lenovo FRUs);
  that is third-party catalog data, not a kernel bug report.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
- Record: Standalone 1/1 series. No prerequisite panel patches.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
- Record: lore.kernel.org/stable returned HTTP 403. Unverified whether
  stable@ already discussed this ID. Same class of adds is already in
  6.18.y.

---

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
- Record: Data only: `edp_panels[]`. Consumers: `find_edp_panel()`,
  `generic_edp_panel_probe()`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
- Record: `find_edp_panel()` ← `generic_edp_panel_probe()` ←
  `panel_edp_probe()` when DT compatible is `"edp-panel"`. Also
  `panel_edp_platform_probe` / DP-AUX probe. Probe-time, not interrupt.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
- Record: Lookup is a table walk (`drm_edid_match` / `panel_id`
  compare). Match copies `delay_200_500_e50`. Miss calls
  `panel_edp_set_conservative_timings()` after `WARN_ON`.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
- Record: Userspace cannot call this directly. Any machine with
  `compatible = "edp-panel"` and this EDID hits it at boot (Chromebooks,
  Qualcomm laptops, Rockchip EVBs, etc.).

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
- Record: Same one-line `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` pattern used throughout the
  table. No duplicate BOE 0x0985.

---

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
- Record: Yes. `v6.18.53` `panel-edp.c` has 0x0979 then 0x098d; 0x0985
  is absent. `git merge-base --is-ancestor be4f10d44757 v6.18.53` is
  false. `delay_200_500_e50` and the unknown-panel `WARN_ON` are
  present.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
- Record: Clean apply. Insertion point and neighbors match the upstream
  diff. Expected difficulty: clean apply.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
- Record: No other 0x0985 / NE160QDM-NY1 entry in `v6.18.53`. (HEAD on
  `autosel` already has the candidate; that is pipeline state, not a
  reason to skip the technical YES.)

---

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
- Record: [drm/panel-edp] [IMPORTANT] — common generic eDP path for
  ARM/laptop panels, not core mm/VFS. `DRM_PANEL_EDP` depends on `OF`.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
- Record: Active; 6.18.y already backports many panel IDs. Mature table
  plus ongoing ID adds.

---

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
- Record: Driver/config-specific: `CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_EDP` + this BOE
  panel + generic `edp-panel`. RK3576 EVB1 DTS is in 6.18.53 (main DTS
  has HDMI, not eDP; matching is EDID-based so any `edp-panel` board
  with this module benefits).

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
- Record: Every probe of this panel. Not a race. Unprivileged users do
  not trigger it; boot/display init does. Common for that hardware.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
- Record: [WARN_ON + conservative 2s unprepare] [MEDIUM]. Display
  usually still works; boot warning and slow power sequencing are the
  user-visible issues. Without the ID, AUX backlight can still work
  (author’s point is that it was tested once identified).

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
- Record: [Benefit: high for those panels — stops WARN_ON, correct
  delays] [Risk: very low, +1 table line] [Ratio: strongly favors
  backport]

---

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Stable rule: “fix a real bug **or just add a device ID**”
  (`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst`).
- Explicit exception: new IDs in an existing driver.
- One line; uses existing `delay_200_500_e50`.
- Stops `WARN_ON(!panel->detected_panel)` in
  `generic_edp_panel_probe()`.
- Reviewed and merged by the panel-edp reviewer.
- Driver and helpers exist in this 6.18.y tree; apply is clean.
- Same class of commits is already routine in this series.

AGAINST:
- Not a crash/UAF/CVE.
- Affects only this panel.
- No `Cc: stable` (not a negative under these rules).

UNRESOLVED:
- lore.kernel.org/stable search was 403.
- Upstream RK3576 EVB1 DTS does not describe the eDP panel; hardware
  enablement still depends on DT/`edp-panel` on the board.

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — v1 accepted; tested on
   RK3576 EVB1; maintainer R-b.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — missing ID is the
   documented device-ID case; also avoids WARN_ON.
3. Important issue? **PASS** as device-ID exception (WARN_ON is MEDIUM,
   not panic).
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +1 line, one file.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS** — ID only, existing driver.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — context identical in
   `v6.18.53`.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
- Record: **Device ID addition to existing driver** (`EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` =
  EDID vendor/product ID).

**Step 9.4: DECISION**
Backport. This is the standard panel-edp ID add: hardware support plus
removal of a probe `WARN_ON`, with negligible risk on 6.18.y.

---

### What problem it solves for stable users

Boards using generic `edp-panel` with a BOE NE160QDM-NY1 (EDID BOE
0x0985) currently miss the table, hit `WARN_ON` every boot, and use
2000/200 ms conservative delays instead of 500/50 ms. Adding the ID
matches how this driver is meant to be extended.

### Risk vs benefit

Benefit: correct sequencing and no warning on that panel. Risk: one
sorted table row, no behavior change for other IDs.

### Concerns

None for this tree. No extra commits required. Ignore pipeline markers
(`[Upstream commit]`, Sasha SOB, presence on `autosel`).

---

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed subject/tags: Add panel ID; R-b dianders; Link msgid
  20260625071916.744686-1; no Fixes/syzbot
- [Phase 1] Body: AUX backlight tested on RK3576 EVB1; full EDID dump
- [Phase 2] Diff: +1
  `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B','O','E',0x0985,&delay_200_500_e50,"NE160QDM-
  NY1")` in `edp_panels[]`
- [Phase 2] EDID `09 e5 85 09` → BOE + product 0x0985 (verified against
  commit hex)
- [Phase 2] `generic_edp_panel_probe()`:
  `WARN_ON(!panel->detected_panel)` then
  `panel_edp_set_conservative_timings()` (unprepare 2000, enable 200)
- [Phase 3] `git describe HEAD` / `make kernelversion`: 6.18.53
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor be4f10d44757 v6.18.53`: **no**
  (not in the release)
- [Phase 3] `git grep NE160QDM-NY1 v6.18.53 -- panel-edp.c`: missing
- [Phase 3] `delay_200_500_e50` at `v6.18.53:panel-edp.c:1746`;
  neighbors 0x0979 then 0x098d — clean insert
- [Phase 3] Driver added `5f04e7ce392db` (2021); generic table
  `5540cf8f3e8da`; both in 6.18.53
- [Phase 3] `git log v6.18.53 --grep='drm/panel-edp: Add'`: 72 similar
  ID commits already in this series
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c be4f10d44757`: v1 only; lore msgid as in Link
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: no v2+
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: dianders, dri-devel, drm-misc maintainers
- [Phase 4] Anderson reply: Reviewed-by + pushed drm-misc-next
  `be4f10d44757`; no NAK
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org/stable: **UNVERIFIED** (HTTP 403)
- [Phase 5] Callers: `panel_edp_probe` → `generic_edp_panel_probe` if
  `compatible = "edp-panel"`
- [Phase 5] No duplicate 0x0985 in `panel-edp.c`
- [Phase 6] `rk3576-evb1-v10.dts` exists in v6.18.53; no eDP panel node
  in that DTS (EDID match still applies wherever `edp-panel` is used)
- [Phase 7] MAINTAINERS: “DRM DRIVER FOR GENERIC EDP PANELS”, R: Douglas
  Anderson
- [Phase 8] Failure: WARN_ON + slow unprepare; not oops; device-ID
  exception still applies
- UNVERIFIED: stable@ archive discussion; how many shipping laptops use
  this exact module

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
index 792923b1d7878..f2ae333a32d8c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
@@ -1975,6 +1975,7 @@ static const struct edp_panel_entry edp_panels[] = {
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0964, &delay_200_500_e50, "NV133WUM-N61"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x096e, &delay_200_500_e50_po2e200, "NV116WHM-T07 V8.0"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0979, &delay_200_500_e50, "NV116WHM-N49 V8.0"),
+	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0985, &delay_200_500_e50, "NE160QDM-NY1"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x098d, &boe_nv110wtm_n61.delay, "NV110WTM-N61"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0993, &delay_200_500_e80, "NV116WHM-T14 V8.0"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x09ad, &delay_200_500_e80, "NV116WHM-N47"),
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] drm/amd/display: fix max dispclk_khz/dppclk_khz double 1000

[Sasha Levin]

From: Charlene Liu <Charlene.Liu@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit f48124ff35357d05a98d9cd5cb7982e7e5509003 ]

[why]
Fix regresson caused by double roundup and index out of range

Reviewed-by: Dillon Varone <dillon.varone@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Dmytro Laktyushkin <dmytro.laktyushkin@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Charlene Liu <Charlene.Liu@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Aurabindo Pillai <aurabindo.pillai@amd.com>
Tested-by: Dan Wheeler <daniel.wheeler@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have enough to judge this for 6.18.y: the DML21 clock-table bug is
present here, the fix is four lines, and it applies to the local
`dml21_wrapper.c` path.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[drm/amd/display] [fix] correct max dispclk_khz/dppclk_khz
(remove double *1000 and fix last-index)`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `Reviewed-by: Dillon Varone <dillon.varone@amd.com>` (AMD DC)
- `Reviewed-by: Dmytro Laktyushkin <dmytro.laktyushkin@amd.com>` (AMD
  DC)
- `Signed-off-by: Charlene Liu <Charlene.Liu@amd.com>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Aurabindo Pillai <aurabindo.pillai@amd.com>` (AMD DC,
  series submitter)
- `Tested-by: Dan Wheeler <daniel.wheeler@amd.com>` (AMD QA)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected for this review)
- No `Cc: stable` (expected)
- No `Reported-by:` / syzbot / Link
- Ignore pipeline `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` and `[Upstream commit
  ...]`

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- Bug: “regression caused by double roundup and index out of range.”
- Symptom: wrong `max_supported_dispclk_khz` /
  `max_supported_dppclk_khz` (0 from off-by-one into a zero pad, or
  ~1000× too large from a second `* 1000`).
- No stack trace, no public repro, no version list.
- Root cause as stated: double unit conversion plus using
  `num_clk_values` as an index instead of `num_clk_values - 1`.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not hidden. Subject and body both describe a correctness fix
(units + indexing).

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- User/mainline path:
  `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2_0/dml21/dml21_wrapper_fpu.c`
- This tree: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/dml21_wrapper.c`
  (DML21 not yet split into `dml2_0` + `_fpu`)
- 4 lines changed, same function: `dml21_calculate_rq_and_dlg_params`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- Before, if `num_clk_values > 1`: read `clk_values_khz[num_clk_values]`
  (one past last valid entry) and multiply by 1000.
- Before, else: read `[0]` and multiply by 1000.
- After: last valid entry `[num_clk_values - 1]`, no extra `* 1000`.
- Same for dispclk and dppclk. Path is normal modeset validation on
  DML21, not an error path.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record:
- Category: logic/correctness + off-by-one (g, plus memory-safety-class
  indexing).
- Table fill in `dcn401_soc_and_ip_translator.c` already does
  `dispclk_mhz * 1000` into `clk_values_khz[]`. Unused slots are 0.
  Valid indices are `0 .. num_clk_values-1`.
- Mechanism: copy-paste of DML2.0’s `*_mhz * 1000` onto a table that is
  already kHz, plus using count as an index.
- Verified sibling: `dml2_utils.c` still converts from `dispclk_mhz *
  1000` because that path stores MHz.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record:
- Obviously correct vs the type name `clk_values_khz` and vs every other
  DML21 use of `clk_values_khz[num_clk_values - 1]` (e.g.
  `dml2_dpmm_dcn4.c`, `dml2_core_dcn4_calcs.c`).
- Minimal; no API or struct change.
- Regression risk: very low. Correcting max-clock metadata; does not
  change DML’s `min_clocks` programming path.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Introduced in `70839da6360500` (“drm/amd/display: Add new DCN401
  sources”, Aurabindo Pillai, 2024-04-19).
- `git merge-base --is-ancestor 70839da6360500 HEAD` → yes. Present
  since DCN401 landed; in this 6.18.y tree from day one of DML21.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Buggy commit is the DCN401/DML21 introduction
above, which is in this tree.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record:
- Recent file history is DML21 FPU guards, init refactor, mcache, etc.
- Related later change on this branch: `5d22a3f28b5b9` (“add
  DalForceMaxDisplayClock debug option to DML2”) copies
  `max_supported_*` into `bw_dispclk_khz` / `bw_dppclk_khz` when
  `forced_clocks` or `debug.max_disp_clk`. That is **not** in
  `v6.18.53`.
- This fix is standalone; it is not patch N/M of a required sequence in-
  tree.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Charlene Liu is a regular AMD DC contributor. Series was signed
off by Aurabindo Pillai and Alex Deucher. AMD QA `Tested-by` present.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Submitted as `[PATCH 07/24]` in “DC Patches for 8 June 2026”.
Neighbors are unrelated (PHY SSC, writeback, KUnit, dead code). Diff
needs no new helpers. Can apply standalone to this tree’s
`dml21_wrapper.c`.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c f48124ff35357d05a98d9cd5cb7982e7e5509003`: lore search
  failed (server error / 403).
- Found on amd-gfx: https://www.mail-archive.com/amd-
  gfx@lists.freedesktop.org/msg144416.html
- Message-id: `20260604145428.809959-8-aurabindo.pillai@amd.com`
- From Charlene Liu, submitted by Aurabindo Pillai, 2026-06-04, `[PATCH
  07/24]`.
- Body matches the committed patch. No v2/v3 of this hunk found.
- No reviewer NAK in the archived message; R-b already on the patch
  (internal AMD review before list).

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: Dillon Varone, Dmytro Laktyushkin (AMD DC); maintainer SOB Alex
Deucher. Appropriate reviewers.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No public bugzilla/syzbot. “Regression” is AMD-internal. QA
`Tested-by: Dan Wheeler`.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: 24-patch DC drop; this hunk is independent. Later
DalForceMaxDisplayClock uses the fields this commit corrects; it is not
a prerequisite for this fix.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search not usable here (403). No evidence
this was rejected for stable.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**
Record: `dml21_calculate_rq_and_dlg_params` only.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- Called from `dml21_validate()` after mode programming
  (`dml21_wrapper.c` ~line 262).
- `dml2_validate()` dispatches to `dml21_validate` when `architecture ==
  dml2_architecture_21`.
- `dml2_create()` selects DML21 when `debug.using_dml21 && dce_version
  >= DCN_VERSION_4_01`.
- DCN401 debug defaults: `.using_dml21 = true` in `dcn401_resource.c`.
- DCN401 is `AMDGPU_FAMILY_GC_12_0_0` (RDNA4, e.g. Navi 48).
- Call context: modeset / bandwidth validation, not IRQ.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: This hunk only indexes
`soc_bb.clk_table.{dispclk,dppclk}.clk_values_khz`. Actual pipe clocks
are set earlier in the same function via `dml21_program_dc_pipe` →
`dml21_utils.c` (`dppclk_khz` from DML `min_clocks`), then
`dml21_copy_clocks_to_dc_state` overwrites `dispclk_khz` from
programming output. It does **not** overwrite `max_supported_*`.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Userspace modeset on DCN401 reaches this on every validate-and-
program. Buggy **fields** are written on that path. Verified DCN401
consumers of `max_supported_*`:
- `dcn401_update_clocks` / `dcn401_are_clock_states_equal`: do **not**
  read them.
- `dcn401_get_max_clock_khz`: uses SMU DPM table, not these fields.
- `amdgpu_dm_trace.h` and `dcn10_hwseq.c` log them.
- `dcn20_clk_mgr.c` does use them for `clock_cfg->max_clock_khz`, but
  that clk_mgr is not DCN401.
- In **this checkout**, after a later candidate, `forced_clocks` /
  `debug.max_disp_clk` copy them into `bw_*clk_khz`. That later commit
  is **not** in `v6.18.53`.

So the default 6.18.y DCN401 clock request path does not program SMU
from these two fields. They are still wrong on every modeset.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: No remaining `clk_values_khz[num_clk_values]` (without `- 1`)
under `dc/dml2`. Other DML21 code already uses `num_clk_values - 1`.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record:
- `git describe HEAD` → `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`
- `make kernelversion` → `6.18.53`
- `v6.18.53` `dml21_wrapper.c` still has `clk_values_khz[num_clk_values]
  * 1000`.
- `dml2_0/.../dml21_wrapper_fpu.c` does **not** exist here; equivalent
  file is `dml2/dml21/dml21_wrapper.c`.
- Bug introduced with DCN401 (2024); this series has it.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: Expected apply: **clean** on this tree’s file (4-line context
matches `v6.18.53`). Path rename vs mainline only.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: No earlier fix of this indexing/unit bug in `v6.18.53`.
DalForceMaxDisplayClock is a separate later change, not an alternate
fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display` DML21 / DCN401. Criticality:
**IMPORTANT** (shipping RDNA4 display), not core mm/net. Peripheral to
machines without DCN401.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: High churn (DC drops). Bug is old (initial DCN401), not last-
week code.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver-specific: AMD DCN 4.0.1 (GC 12.0.0) with DML21, which is
the default. Not universal.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: Every DML21 validate-and-program (typical modeset). Not a race.
Unprivileged DRM modeset can run the writer. Common: `num_clk_values` is
> 1 (DPM table); then the off-by-one hits a 0 pad. Rare: single-level
table takes the `* 1000` branch.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record:
- Not a C-array OOB crash: `DML_MAX_CLK_TABLE_SIZE` is 20, fill is
  `min(20, MAX_NUM_DPM_LVL=8)`, so index `num_clk_values` (≤8) stays in-
  bounds. “Index out of range” is **logical** OOB of valid entries.
- Wrong stored max: typically **0** (multi-level) or **1000×** (single-
  level). `max_supported_*` are `int`; `value_khz * 1000` can overflow
  signed 32-bit if kHz > ~2.147e6 (clocks ≳ 2147 MHz).
- Default DCN401 programming does not consume these fields for SMU
  (verified). User-visible black screen / wrong clocks on stock 6.18.y
  is **not verified**.
- Author still called it a **regression**; AMD QA tested the fix.
- Severity for stock 6.18.y runtime: **MEDIUM** (wrong clock caps in DC
  state / traces; debug force-max path would mis-program). Class of bug
  (bad max clocks / logical OOB) is what stable takes for GPU display.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- Benefit: correct max disp/dpp clocks on DCN401 DML21; unblocks any
  path that reads them (including later force-max debug); matches
  DML21’s kHz units.
- Risk: very low (4 lines, local assignment).
- Ratio: high benefit/risk for a contained DC correctness fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real unit + off-by-one bug in code that runs on every DCN401 modeset.
- Tiny, obviously correct; AMD DC review + QA `Tested-by`.
- Buggy code is in this 6.18.y tree; applies cleanly.
- No new API; no series dependency.
- Shipping RDNA4 hardware.

AGAINST:
- Stock DCN401 clk_mgr does not program SMU from these two fields
  (verified).
- No public crash/syzbot; sparse “[why]” text.
- Logical OOB, not a KASAN-class overflow of the 20-entry array.

UNRESOLVED:
- Exact AMD-internal regression symptom (black screen vs wrong debug
  clocks) not in the public thread.
- lore.kernel.org/stable not readable here (403).

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — units + last index; R-b +
   Tested-by.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — wrong max clocks on
   DCN401 DML21; hardware is in this kernel.
3. Important issue? **PASS** — display clock-limit correctness / logical
   OOB; not a proven panic, but a real modeset-path clock bug on
   shipping GPUs, which stable routinely takes for amdgpu DC.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 4 lines, one function.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — same hunk in
   `dml2/dml21/dml21_wrapper.c`.

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: None (not an ID/quirk/DT/build/doc exception). Ordinary bugfix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
Backport. The tree has the bug, the fix is surgical and correct, and
DML21 is the default path for DCN401. Limited SMU use of these fields
lowers severity but does not make the fix inappropriate for 6.18.y.

===============================================================
Detailed explanation
===============================================================

This commit repairs `dml21_calculate_rq_and_dlg_params` so
`max_supported_dispclk_khz` and `max_supported_dppclk_khz` take the last
DPM table entry already stored in kHz. The old code indexed one past the
last valid slot (usually a 0 pad) and multiplied by 1000 again even
though `dcn401_soc_and_ip_translator.c` already converted MHz→kHz.

On this tree that matters: DCN401 defaults `using_dml21 = true`, so
RDNA4 modesets hit DML21. The patch is four assignment lines, reviewed
and tested at AMD, and matches existing `num_clk_values - 1` use
elsewhere in DML21.

It meets the stable rules: obviously correct, real bug, small, no new
API, applies to local `dml21_wrapper.c`. Risk is negligible. Benefit is
correct max-clock state for DCN401 and any consumer of those fields
(trace, later force-max debug). The main caveat is that `dcn401_clk_mgr`
does not currently feed these fields to SMU on the default path, so this
is not a verified oops; it is still a real clock-table bug on hardware
this kernel supports.

===============================================================
Verification
===============================================================
- [Phase 1] Subject/tags: fix + AMD R-b/Tested-by/SOB; no Fixes/syzbot.
  Pipeline SOB/Upstream ignored.
- [Phase 2] Diff: 4 lines in `dml21_calculate_rq_and_dlg_params`; drop
  `* 1000`, index `num_clk_values - 1`.
- [Phase 2] Table fill: `dcn401_soc_and_ip_translator.c` `dispclk_mhz *
  1000` into `clk_values_khz`; unused = 0.
- [Phase 2] Array: `DML_MAX_CLK_TABLE_SIZE` 20; `MAX_NUM_DPM_LVL` 8 — C
  OOB not hit; logical OOB is real.
- [Phase 3] Blame parent: `70839da6360500` DCN401 sources; ancestor of
  HEAD.
- [Phase 3] `v6.18.53` file still has `* 1000` and `num_clk_values`
  without `- 1`.
- [Phase 3] No Fixes tag; no other in-tree fix of this bug at v6.18.53.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig` failed (lore error). Thread: mail-archive amd-gfx
  `[PATCH 07/24]`, 2026-06-04, standalone in a 24-patch DC drop.
- [Phase 5] Callers: `dml21_validate` ← `dml2_validate` when arch 21;
  `using_dml21` true on DCN401; GC 12.0.0.
- [Phase 5] `dcn401_update_clocks` / `are_clock_states_equal` do not
  read `max_supported_*`.
- [Phase 5] `dml21_copy_clocks_to_dc_state` does not overwrite
  `max_supported_*`.
- [Phase 6] Tree is 6.18.53; file exists as
  `dml2/dml21/dml21_wrapper.c`, not `dml2_0/..._fpu.c`.
- [Phase 6] Apply difficulty: clean on this path.
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: wrong max clocks (0 or 1000× / possible int
  overflow); default SMU programming impact not verified.
- UNVERIFIED: exact user-visible regression AMD saw; stable-list
  discussion (lore 403).

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/dml21_wrapper.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/dml21_wrapper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/dml21_wrapper.c
index 08f7f03b10231..0167d936feaf5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/dml21_wrapper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml2/dml21/dml21_wrapper.c
@@ -152,16 +152,16 @@ static void dml21_calculate_rq_and_dlg_params(const struct dc *dc, struct dc_sta
 	context->bw_ctx.bw.dcn.clk.bw_dispclk_khz = context->bw_ctx.bw.dcn.clk.dispclk_khz;
 	if (in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dispclk.num_clk_values > 1) {
 		context->bw_ctx.bw.dcn.clk.max_supported_dispclk_khz =
-			in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dispclk.clk_values_khz[in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dispclk.num_clk_values] * 1000;
+			in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dispclk.clk_values_khz[in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dispclk.num_clk_values - 1];
 	} else {
-		context->bw_ctx.bw.dcn.clk.max_supported_dispclk_khz = in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dispclk.clk_values_khz[0] * 1000;
+		context->bw_ctx.bw.dcn.clk.max_supported_dispclk_khz = in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dispclk.clk_values_khz[0];
 	}
 
 	if (in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dppclk.num_clk_values > 1) {
 		context->bw_ctx.bw.dcn.clk.max_supported_dppclk_khz =
-			in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dppclk.clk_values_khz[in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dppclk.num_clk_values] * 1000;
+			in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dppclk.clk_values_khz[in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dppclk.num_clk_values - 1];
 	} else {
-		context->bw_ctx.bw.dcn.clk.max_supported_dppclk_khz = in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dppclk.clk_values_khz[0] * 1000;
+		context->bw_ctx.bw.dcn.clk.max_supported_dppclk_khz = in_ctx->v21.dml_init.soc_bb.clk_table.dppclk.clk_values_khz[0];
 	}
 
 	/* get global mall allocation */
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/panel-edp: Add BOE NV116WH2-M30, BOE NT116WHM-N21, BOE NV116FH1-M31, BOE NV116FH1-M30

[Sasha Levin]

From: Terry Hsiao <terry_hsiao@compal.corp-partner.google.com>

[ Upstream commit d4ae726fc08024b359e9cacf2507f1c256b9d71c ]

The raw EDIDs for each panel:

BOE NV116WH2-M30
00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 09 e5 6e 38 00 00 00 00
0a 24 01 04 95 1a 0e 78 03 0b 55 9a 5f 58 95 28
1e 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 01 01 01 01 01 96 1d 56 c8 50 00 26 30 30 20
36 00 00 90 10 00 00 1a b9 13 56 c8 50 00 26 30
30 20 36 00 00 90 10 00 00 1a 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02
00 0d 40 ff 0a 3c 7d 0f 0c 17 7d 00 00 00 00 80

BOE NT116WHM-N21
00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 09 e5 79 38 00 00 00 00
08 24 01 04 95 1a 0e 78 03 3a d5 95 5c 58 94 29
24 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 01 01 01 01 01 38 1d 56 c8 50 00 1c 30 30 20
36 00 00 90 10 00 00 1a 7b 13 56 c8 50 00 1c 30
30 20 36 00 00 90 10 00 00 1a 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02
00 0d 40 ff 0a 3c 7d 0f 0c 17 7d 00 00 00 00 7a

BOE NV116FH1-M31
00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 09 e5 8b 38 01 ff 00 00
0c 24 01 04 a5 1a 0e 78 03 50 d5 9c 55 52 8f 27
15 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 01 01 01 01 01 9a 36 80 a0 70 38 28 40 30 20
35 00 00 90 10 00 00 1a 67 24 80 a0 70 38 28 40
30 20 35 00 00 90 10 00 00 1a 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02
00 0d 36 ff 0a 3c 96 0f 0b 1a 96 00 00 00 01 cd

70 20 79 02 00 20 00 0c 9a 0e 00 8b 38 00 00 00
00 0c 1a 00 21 01 1d 03 0a a2 05 80 07 38 04 88
c2 39 55 1e 15 8f 7a 32 15 02 35 54 b0 5c b0 5c
00 36 12 78 22 00 14 ff 21 02 85 7f 07 9f 00 2f
00 1f 00 37 04 27 00 02 00 04 00 81 00 15 74 1a
00 00 03 00 28 3c 00 00 53 5a 53 5a 3c 00 00 00
00 00 00 2b 00 06 27 00 28 3b 00 00 2e 00 06 80
4b b0 5c b0 5c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 89 90

BOE NV116FH1-M30
00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 09 e5 8c 38 01 ff 00 00
0c 24 01 04 a5 1a 0e 78 03 50 d5 9c 55 52 8f 27
15 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 01 01 01 01 01 9a 36 80 a0 70 38 28 40 30 20
35 00 00 90 10 00 00 1a 67 24 80 a0 70 38 28 40
30 20 35 00 00 90 10 00 00 1a 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02
00 0d 36 ff 0a 3c 96 0f 0b 1a 96 00 00 00 01 cc

70 20 79 02 00 20 00 0c 9a 0e 00 8c 38 00 00 00
00 0c 1a 00 21 01 1d 03 0a a2 05 80 07 38 04 88
c2 39 55 1e 15 8f 7a 32 15 02 35 54 b0 5c b0 5c
00 36 12 78 22 00 14 ff 21 02 85 7f 07 9f 00 2f
00 1f 00 37 04 27 00 02 00 04 00 81 00 15 74 1a
00 00 03 00 28 3c 00 00 53 5a 53 5a 3c 00 00 00
00 00 00 2b 00 06 27 00 28 3b 00 00 2e 00 06 80
4b b0 5c b0 5c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 90

Signed-off-by: Terry Hsiao <terry_hsiao@compal.corp-partner.google.com>
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260608080310.15126-3-terry_hsiao@compal.corp-partner.google.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

This is a four-line addition of BOE eDP panel IDs to the existing
`panel-edp` table in **6.18.53**. That is the device-ID exception for
stable: the driver and delay helper already exist here; only the IDs are
new.

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
- Subsystem: `drm/panel-edp`
- Action verb: **Add**
- Claimed intent: register four BOE 11.6" eDP panels by EDID product ID

Record: [`drm/panel-edp`] [Add] [four BOE panel IDs to the EDID lookup
table]

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
- `Signed-off-by: Terry Hsiao <terry_hsiao@compal.corp-
  partner.google.com>` (author; Compal/Google Chromebook ODM)
- `Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>` (panel-edp
  maintainer)
- `Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>` (applied to
  drm-misc)
- `Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260608080310.15126-3-
  terry_hsiao@compal.corp-partner.google.com`
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected)
- No `Cc: stable` (expected)
- No `Reported-by:` / `Tested-by:` / `Acked-by:`
- Ignore pipeline `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` and `[Upstream commit
  ...]`

Record: Author SOB + maintainer Reviewed-by/SOB + lore Link. No syzbot,
no Fixes. Series msgid `-3` is patch 2/2 of a 2-patch series.

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
The body is four raw EDIDs. Product IDs in those EDIDs match the table
entries (bytes 10–11 LE): `6e 38` → `0x386e`, `79 38` → `0x3879`, `8b
38` → `0x388b`, `8c 38` → `0x388c`. Manufacturer `09 e5` is BOE.

Record: [Bug: these panel IDs are missing from `edp_panels[]`] [Symptom:
unknown-panel `WARN_ON` plus conservative 2000 ms unprepare / 200 ms
enable instead of panel-specific 500/80 ms] [No version range stated]
[Root cause: hardware not in the EDID delay table]

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Not a disguised leak/race fix. It is hardware enablement plus power-
sequencing timings (quirk-style).

Record: [Not a hidden memory-safety fix. It is a device-ID / timing-
quirk addition.]

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c` (+4 / −0)
- Function/data: `edp_panels[]` only
- Scope: single-file surgical table insert

Record: [1 file, +4 lines] [`edp_panels[]`] [single-file surgical]

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Before: `find_edp_panel()` misses these IDs → `WARN_ON(!detected_panel)`
→ `panel_edp_set_conservative_timings()` (`unprepare=2000`,
`enable=200`).
After: match BOE `0x386e/0x3879/0x388b/0x388c` and copy
`delay_200_500_e80` (`hpd_absent=200`, `unprepare=500`, `enable=80`).

Record: [unknown-panel conservative path → identified panel with
`delay_200_500_e80`]

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Category **(h) hardware workarounds / device IDs**. Mechanism: EDID
identity was not in the delay table.

Record: [Device ID / panel quirk] [Missing table rows; add four
`EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` lines using an existing delay struct]

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Obviously correct: sorted by vendor then product ID (`0x386e` after
`0x0ddf`). Reuses `delay_200_500_e80`, already used by many BOE 11.6"
panels. No API/struct change. Regression risk is limited to these four
IDs; wrong delays would only affect those panels, and 80 ms enable is
the common BOE value.

Record: [Minimal, correct, low risk] [No public API change]

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Local tree: `v6.18.53` (`6.18.53`), branch `autosel`.
- `panel-edp.c` exists since `5f04e7ce392db` (2021, ancestor of
  v6.18.53)
- `delay_200_500_e80` from `4d53cf8147950` (2023, ancestor of v6.18.53)
- Insertion point at v6.18.53 is after BOE `0x0ddf` (`518867b093942`)

Record: [Table/driver long present] [Bug is missing IDs, not a
regression in old lines] [First appeared as a gap whenever these panels
are used with `edp-panel`]

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
No `Fixes:` tag.

Record: [N/A — no Fixes tag]

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY**
v6.18..v6.18.53 already contains several of the same class of commits,
e.g. `89097c138061e`, `2583d6dcbf500`, `bafdd6284f1b9`, `ed713c88b6bf7`,
`7eeefe23a8196`, `0bd968c04acfb`.

Record: [This tree already takes panel-edp ID additions] [No
prerequisite refactor for these 4 lines] [Series 2/2; independent of
1/2]

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Terry Hsiao has other panel-edp ID additions in this tree
(`bafdd6284f1b9`, `ed713c88b6bf7`, `d4b9b6da5777b`). Douglas Anderson is
the subsystem maintainer and reviewed/applied this.

Record: [Regular Chromebook panel contributor; maintainer-reviewed]

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Series 1/2 adds unrelated AUO/CMN/CSW IDs. `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` and
`delay_200_500_e80` are already in v6.18.53. `0x0db3` is in the
**mainline** hunk context but **not** in v6.18.53; the 4 added lines do
not need it.

Record: [No functional dependency on 1/2] [Can apply standalone]

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
`b4 dig -c d4ae726fc08024b359e9cacf2507f1c256b9d71c` matched:
https://patch.msgid.link/20260608080310.15126-3-terry_hsiao@compal.corp-
partner.google.com

`b4 dig -a`: single revision **v1**, series `[PATCH v1 0/2] drm/panel-
edp: Add AUO, BOE, CMN, and CSW panels`.

Doug Anderson: `Reviewed-by` and pushed to drm-misc-next as
`d4ae726fc08024b359e9cacf2507f1c256b9d71c`. No NAK, no stable discussion
in-thread.

Record: [lore/msgid above] [v1 only] [Maintainer R-b, no objections] [No
Cc: stable in review]

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
`b4 dig -w`: To/Cc included `dianders@chromium.org`, DRM maintainers
(Airlie, Vetter, Ripard, Zimmermann, Lankhorst, Armstrong), `dri-devel`,
`linux-kernel`.

Record: [Correct lists; panel-edp maintainer reviewed]

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
No bugzilla/syzbot. Evidence is author-supplied EDIDs from Compal/Google
hardware.

Record: [No public crash report] [Real panels documented by EDID dumps]

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Patch 1/2 is independent ID adds. Not required for 2/2.

Record: [Standalone among the series]

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
lore.kernel.org HTTP fetch returned 403. Thread mbox from `b4 dig -m`
has no stable@ traffic.

Record: [No stable-specific discussion found in the submission thread]
[UNVERIFIED: lore.kernel.org/stable web search 403]

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Modified: `edp_panels[]`. Consumers: `find_edp_panel()`,
`generic_edp_panel_probe()`.

Record: [`edp_panels[]` / `find_edp_panel` / `generic_edp_panel_probe`]

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
`generic_edp_panel_probe()` ← `panel_edp_probe()` when DT compatible is
`edp-panel` ← `panel_edp_platform_probe` / DP AUX probe
(`panel_edp_dp_aux_ep_probe` path at line 2190).

Record: [Probe-time, one path per panel] [Not IRQ/hot-path]

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
`drm_edid_read_base_block`, `drm_edid_get_panel_id`, `find_edp_panel`,
`drm_edid_match`. On match: `desc->delay = *entry->delay`.

Record: [EDID identify + delay copy]

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Userspace does not call this directly. It runs when an eDP panel with
compatible `edp-panel` is probed (typical Chromebook/laptop). Reachable
on machines that actually have these BOE panels.

Record: [Device probe] [Reachable on those laptops] [Unprivileged users
do not trigger a new attack surface]

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Many existing BOE `NT116WHM-N21` / `NV116*` rows already use
`delay_200_500_e80` or nearby delays. Same pattern as other stable
panel-edp ID commits in this tree.

Record: [Same table-add pattern already used in 6.18.y]

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Yes. `panel-edp.c` and `edp_panels[]` exist at v6.18.53. `git grep` of
`0x386e|0x3879|0x388b|0x388c|NV116WH2-M30` on **v6.18.53** found
nothing. `git merge-base --is-ancestor` of the candidate vs `v6.18.53`
is false.

Record: [IDs missing from 6.18.53] [Driver present since 2021]

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Dry-run: `git show 75ecc68dd7996` patch against
`v6.18.53:drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c` applied cleanly (`patch
--dry-run` exit 0). Mainline context mentions `0x0db3` (not in 6.18.53);
the 3-line context used for this tree (`0x0d45`/`0x0d73`/`0x0ddf`)
matches.

Record: [Clean apply to 6.18.53]

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
No other commit on this file adds these four IDs except the autosel
candidate itself (ignored as pipeline). No alternate fix.

Record: [IDs not in v6.18.53]

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
`drivers/gpu/drm/panel/` — DRM eDP panel database. Criticality:
**IMPORTANT** for machines with these panels; **PERIPHERAL** globally.
`CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_EDP` is the existing Kconfig.

Record: [drm/panel-edp] [IMPORTANT for affected laptops]

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Actively receiving ID additions; mature table, small well-known change
type.

Record: [Mature table, frequent ID adds]

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Only systems whose eDP EDID is BOE product `0x386e/0x3879/0x388b/0x388c`
(11.6" Compal/Google Chromebook-class panels). `CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_EDP`.

Record: [driver-specific / config-specific]

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Every probe of those panels (boot, resume). Not a race. Not
unprivileged-exploitable beyond “this laptop’s panel”.

Record: [Boot/probe of those four panels] [Likely if that hardware ships
on 6.18] [No extra userspace trigger]

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Without the IDs: `WARN_ON` plus conservative delays (2 s unprepare).
Panel generally still lights; sequencing is slower/less accurate. With
wrong HPD-absent handling, flicker or failed light-up is possible; that
is why the table exists.

Record: [WARN_ON + suboptimal eDP power sequencing] [Severity MEDIUM,
hardware-enablement HIGH for those devices]

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Benefit: enable correct timings for four real panels; stop WARN_ON; same
class already accepted in 6.18.y.
Risk: four static table rows, existing delay struct, no locking/API.

Record: [High benefit for those devices, very low risk] [Favorable]

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Explicit stable exception: device IDs / quirks on an existing driver
- Driver, macro, and `delay_200_500_e80` already in 6.18.53
- +4 lines, maintainer-reviewed, EDIDs match IDs
- Applies cleanly to v6.18.53
- Same class already in 6.18.y
- Avoids `WARN_ON` and 2 s conservative unprepare on those panels

AGAINST:
- Not a crash/UAF/security fix
- Fallback path still tries to run the panel
- Affects only four panel SKUs

UNRESOLVED:
- lore.kernel.org HTTP 403 for a stable@ archive search (thread mbox had
  no stable@)

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — EDIDs, maintainer R-b,
   pushed to drm-misc-next
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — missing IDs for real
   panels (WARN_ON + wrong delays)
3. Important issue? **PASS** under the device-ID exception (not CRITICAL
   crash)
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +4 lines, one table
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS** — IDs only, existing helper
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — dry-run clean on 6.18.53

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: [NEW DEVICE IDs to existing driver — also hardware timing quirk]

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This belongs in 6.18.y. The local tree already has `panel-edp` and the
delay helper; these four BOE IDs are missing; the change is the same
kind of ID add this series already ships.

What it solves for stable users: Chromebook/laptop eDP panels identified
by those EDIDs get correct power-on/off delays instead of the unknown-
panel `WARN_ON` and 2000 ms conservative unprepare.

Risk vs benefit: four static rows vs making those panels sequence
correctly. No dependencies on series 1/2.

### Verification
- [Phase 1] Tags: Hsiao SOB, Anderson R-b/SOB, msgid
  20260608080310.15126-3; no Fixes/Reported-by
- [Phase 1] EDIDs: product IDs 0x386e/0x3879/0x388b/0x388c match added
  rows
- [Phase 2] Diff: +4 `EDP_PANEL_ENTRY` lines in `edp_panels[]` using
  `delay_200_500_e80`
- [Phase 2] Fallback: `generic_edp_panel_probe()` lines 814–824
  `WARN_ON` + `panel_edp_set_conservative_timings()` (unprepare 2000,
  enable 200)
- [Phase 3] `git describe HEAD` / Makefile: **6.18.53**
  (`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`)
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 4d53cf8147950 v6.18.53` yes;
  `5f04e7ce392db` yes
- [Phase 3] `git grep` on v6.18.53: IDs **absent**; `delay_200_500_e80`
  **present** at line 1760
- [Phase 3] Similar ID adds already in `v6.18..v6.18.53` (e.g.
  `89097c138061e`, `bafdd6284f1b9`)
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c d4ae726fc080...`: matched series; v1 only;
  Anderson R-b; drm-misc-next `d4ae726fc080`
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: dri-devel + DRM maintainers + dianders
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -m`: cover 0/2, 1/2 independent IDs, 2/2 this patch;
  no NAK
- [Phase 4] WebFetch lore/msgid.link: 403 — discussion taken from mbox
  instead
- [Phase 5] Callers of `generic_edp_panel_probe`: only `panel_edp_probe`
  for `edp-panel`
- [Phase 6] Dry-run apply of candidate hunk onto v6.18.53 `panel-edp.c`:
  **success**
- [Phase 6] `0x0db3` (mainline context) **not** in v6.18.53; not
  required
- [Phase 7] `CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_EDP` present in this tree
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: WARN_ON + conservative delays, not oops
- UNVERIFIED: stable@ archive web search (HTTP 403)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
index 9ad1769885b3c..792923b1d7878 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-edp.c
@@ -2005,6 +2005,10 @@ static const struct edp_panel_entry edp_panels[] = {
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0d45, &delay_200_500_e80, "NV116WHM-N4B"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0d73, &delay_200_500_e80, "NE140WUM-N6S"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x0ddf, &delay_200_500_e80, "NV116WHM-T01"),
+	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x386e, &delay_200_500_e80, "NV116WH2-M30"),
+	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x3879, &delay_200_500_e80, "NT116WHM-N21"),
+	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x388b, &delay_200_500_e80, "NV116FH1-M31"),
+	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('B', 'O', 'E', 0x388c, &delay_200_500_e80, "NV116FH1-M30"),
 
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('C', 'M', 'N', 0x1130, &delay_200_500_e50, "N116BGE-EB2"),
 	EDP_PANEL_ENTRY('C', 'M', 'N', 0x1132, &delay_200_500_e80_d50, "N116BGE-EA2"),
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/rockchip: dw_hdmi: Use resume_early pm ops for system suspend

[Sasha Levin]

From: Jonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se>

[ Upstream commit af3a9eadc11896f6677bcb7102bfb7c84be48d2d ]

rockchip_drm_sys_resume()/drm_mode_config_helper_resume() is called
before the resume pm ops of dw-hdmi. This result in an atomic_enable()
before dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume()/dw_hdmi_resume() is called.

Resume (without changes):
- rockchip_drm_sys_resume()
  - drm_mode_config_helper_resume()
    - atomic_enable()
- dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume()
  - dw_hdmi_resume()
    - dw_hdmi_init_hw()

Change to use resume_early pm ops for system suspend to ensure pm ops
for dw-hdmi is run before rockchip-drm pm ops. Also fix a possible NULL
pointer dereference timing issue while at it.

Resume (with changes):
- dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume_early()
  - dw_hdmi_resume()
    - dw_hdmi_init_hw()
- rockchip_drm_sys_resume()
  - drm_mode_config_helper_resume()
    - atomic_enable()

Signed-off-by: Jonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se>
Tested-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de> #rk3328
Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260518193748.2482823-12-jonas@kwiboo.se
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have the 6.18.y picture: the buggy resume path is in v6.18.53, the
patch is self-contained, and the DSI sibling already uses the same
late/early PM ordering. Compiling the full nine-phase verdict next.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE
Record: [drm/rockchip: dw_hdmi] [Use] [switch HDMI system-resume
callback to resume_early so dw-hdmi re-inits before rockchip-drm
atomic_enable]

Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS
Record:
- Tested-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de> #rk3328 (Rockchip DRM
  maintainer; hardware-tested)
- Signed-off-by: Jonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se> (author)
- Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de> (subsystem maintainer
  applied it)
- Link:
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260518193748.2482823-12-jonas@kwiboo.se
- No Fixes:, Reported-by, Reviewed-by, Acked-by, or Cc: stable (absence
  expected)
- Ignore pipeline tags: [Upstream commit
  af3a9eadc11896f6677bcb7102bfb7c84be48d2d], Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

Notable: maintainer Tested-by on real RK3328 hardware.

Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT
Record:
- Bug: on system resume, `rockchip_drm_sys_resume()` →
  `drm_mode_config_helper_resume()` → atomic enable runs before
  `dw_hdmi_resume()` → `dw_hdmi_init_hw()`.
- Symptom: HDMI hardware (DDC I2C, HPD, interrupt mutes) is restored
  after DRM has already tried to re-enable the display pipeline.
- Secondary: “possible NULL pointer dereference timing issue” — resume
  can run with NULL drvdata.
- No stack trace, syzbot report, or CVE. Author gave simulated-suspend
  (`pm_test`) and `rtcwake` test steps in the mailing-list version.

Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES
Record: Not disguised. It is an explicit PM-ordering fix plus a NULL
check. It was patch 11/11 of a series titled “Misc cleanup and propagate
bus format”, and was added in v2; the other patches are unrelated
cleanups/prep. This hunk is a standalone bug fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c` (+4/-3, 7 lines)
- Functions: `dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume` renamed to
  `dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume_early`; `dw_hdmi_rockchip_pm` table
- Scope: single-file surgical PM-ops change

Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE
Record:
- Before: `.resume` (normal phase) unconditionally calls
  `dw_hdmi_resume(hdmi->hdmi)`.
- After: `.resume_early` (early phase) calls it only if
  `dev_get_drvdata()` is non-NULL.
- `SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(NULL, resume)` →
  `SET_LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(NULL, resume_early)`.
- Suspend remains NULL. Hibernation thaw/restore move from thaw/restore
  to thaw_early/restore_early, matching the same ordering intent.

Resume phase order is resume_noirq → resume_early → resume. HDMI
therefore always re-inits before rockchip-drm’s `.resume`.

Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM
Record:
- Primary: logic/correctness + hardware resume ordering. Sibling `dw-
  mipi-dsi-rockchip.c` already uses `SET_LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS` with
  the comment that it must run before `rockchip_drm_drv` re-enables
  panels.
- Secondary: memory safety — NULL check before `hdmi->hdmi` dereference
  when the platform device has probed (`component_add`) but not bound
  (`platform_set_drvdata` is in bind, not probe).

Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY
Record:
- Obviously correct: Linux PM runs all `resume_early` callbacks before
  any `.resume`. That is the standard way to order a component ahead of
  the DRM master.
- Minimal; no API or data-structure change.
- Regression risk low: same pattern as the in-tree DSI sibling; only
  resume is registered; `dw_hdmi_init_hw()` only re-inits mutes, DDC
  I2C, and HPD.
- NULL check does not cover `hdmi->hdmi` being `ERR_PTR` after a failed
  bind; that is a leftover hole, not a regression from this patch.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES
Record:
- Buggy resume path introduced by `27c9130baef543` (“drm/rockchip:
  dw_hdmi: Handle suspend/resume”, Douglas Anderson, 2019-06-04), first
  in v5.3-rc1.
- That commit is an ancestor of this tree.
- That commit already documented the failure on rk3288 Chromebooks (HDMI
  HPD and DDC I2C stop working after suspend) and that Chrome OS 3.14
  used late/early PM ops because VOP sometimes resumed before dw-hdmi.
  Mainline used normal `.resume` because the author could not reproduce
  it then. This patch is the proper late/early fix for that known issue.

Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG
Record: No Fixes: tag. The introducing commit is `27c9130baef543`,
present here.

Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES
Record:
- Only two resume-related commits on this file: 27c9130baef543 (add
  resume) and this one.
- Recent 6.18.y file history is unrelated (SCLIN mask, FIELD_PREP,
  whitespace).
- Series-local neighbors (output_port, whitespace, empty helpers) are
  not functional prerequisites of this hunk.

Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS
Record: Jonas Karlman is a regular Rockchip HDMI/dw-hdmi contributor.
Heiko Stuebner (maintainer) applied the series and tested it on rk3328.

Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS
Record:
- Series v2 11/11; cover letter says patches 1–10 are cleanup / YCbCr-
  Deep Color prep. Patch 11 only changes PM ops.
- `SET_LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS` exists in this tree’s
  `include/linux/pm.h`.
- `dw_hdmi_resume()` exists in `drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-
  hdmi.c`.
- Applies standalone. No missing helpers.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION
Record:
- b4 dig:
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260518193748.2482823-12-jonas@kwiboo.se
- v1 (2026-05-10): 10 patches, no resume_early change
- v2 (2026-05-18): this patch added (“v2: New patch”)
- Applied by Heiko 2026-06-02 as
  `af3a9eadc11896f6677bcb7102bfb7c84be48d2d`
- No NAK. No reviewer asked for further revisions of this hunk.
- Author included CONFIG_PM_DEBUG / rtcwake test instructions and noted
  a separate RK356x EHCI/OHCI clock issue, not this bug.

Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH
Record: Recipients included Heiko Stuebner, Sandy Huang, Andy Yan, DRM
maintainers, dri-devel, linux-rockchip. Heiko tested and applied. No
other Acked-by/Reviewed-by on this patch.

Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT
Record: No syzbot/bugzilla link. Real-world grounding is the 2019
Chromebook report in 27c9130baef543 plus Heiko’s rk3328 Tested-by.

Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES
Record: Standalone vs the rest of the v2 series. DSI sibling
`e584cdc154993` (“drm/rockchip: dsi: Reconfigure hardware on resume()”)
used the same late PM ops and had Cc: stable.

Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY
Record: UNVERIFIED. lore.kernel.org/stable returned an Anubis bot-check
page; WebFetch to lore returned 403.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF
Record: `dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume_early` (was `dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume`);
`dw_hdmi_rockchip_pm`.

Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS
Record: Invoked by the PM core as `dev_pm_ops.resume_early` on the
`dwhdmi-rockchip` platform driver. Triggered by system suspend/resume
(and freeze/thaw/restore via LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS). Not a syscall
hot path; it is the Chromebook/SBC sleep path.

Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES
Record: `dev_get_drvdata` → `dw_hdmi_resume` → `dw_hdmi_init_hw` →
`initialize_hdmi_ih_mutes`, `dw_hdmi_i2c_init`, optional
`phy.ops->setup_hpd`.

Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN
Record:
- Userspace: `echo mem > /sys/power/state` / rtcwake / systemd suspend.
- DRM side: `rockchip_drm_sys_resume` → `drm_mode_config_helper_resume`
  → `drm_atomic_helper_resume` (atomic commit / enable).
- HDMI platform device is a component, not a child of the DRM device;
  sibling `.resume` order is not guaranteed. `platform_set_drvdata` is
  in `dw_hdmi_rockchip_bind`, while probe only does `component_add`, so
  resume-before-bind can see NULL drvdata.
- Reachable on any Rockchip board with this HDMI IP and CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
  (RK3288/RK3328/RK3399/RK3568, including Chromebooks).

Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS
Record:
- `dw-mipi-dsi-rockchip.c` already uses
  `SET_LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(NULL, dw_mipi_dsi_rockchip_resume)` in
  this tree for the same reason.
- `dw_hdmi_qp-rockchip.c` still uses `SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS`
  (different HDMI QP IP, not this patch).
- imx8mp and meson dw-hdmi glue still use normal SYSTEM_SLEEP PM ops.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?
Record:
- Local tree: `git describe HEAD` = v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb; `make
  kernelversion` = 6.18.53 (6.18.y).
- v6.18.53 still has:
  `SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(NULL, dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume)`
  and `dw_hdmi_resume(hdmi->hdmi)` with no NULL check
  at `drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c`.
- Bug present since v5.3 (2019), long before 6.18 branched.
- Upstream commit `af3a9eadc11896` is not an ancestor of HEAD (`git
  merge-base --is-ancestor` failed); this is a backport candidate, not
  already in 6.18.y proper.

Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS
Record: Clean apply. The resume function in v6.18.53 is identical to the
parent of this change. `SET_LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS` and
`dw_hdmi_resume()` already exist here. Surrounding unbind/bridge-ref
changes from later series patches are not required.

Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE
Record: No other resume-ordering fix on this file. DSI already has the
analogous LATE PM ops. No earlier version of this HDMI fix in 6.18.53.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY
Record: DRM Rockchip HDMI glue (`drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/`). IMPORTANT
(common SoC display, not core mm/fs). Affects
RK3288/RK3328/RK3399/RK356x HDMI (Chromebooks, SBCs, TV boxes).

Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY
Record: Mature driver (HDMI glue since ~2015). Resume path untouched
from 2019 until this patch. Low churn on the PM ops themselves.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED
Record: Driver-specific / platform-specific. Users of Rockchip dw-hdmi
who suspend the system. CONFIG_PM_SLEEP. Not universal, but a well-used
platform class in Android, Chromebook, and ARM SBCs.

Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Record:
- Trigger: system suspend/resume with this HDMI driver bound (and the
  NULL path if probed but unbound).
- Common on laptops/Chromebooks; less so on always-on appliances.
- Unprivileged users typically cannot suspend; the HPD/I2C break is
  still a real admin/user-visible failure after lid-close/sleep.

Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY
Record:
- Primary: HDMI HPD and DDC I2C not restored before DRM atomic enable →
  hotplug/EDID/output broken after resume. HIGH for affected hardware
  (display not coming back is a serious functional bug), not a kernel
  panic.
- Secondary: NULL deref if resume runs before bind → oops. Less common.
  HIGH if hit, MEDIUM likelihood.
- Overall: HIGH (suspend/resume display breakage on real hardware).

Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO
Record:
- Benefit: high for Rockchip HDMI suspend users; restores the ordering
  Chrome OS already needed.
- Risk: very low (7 lines, established LATE PM pattern already in the
  same DRM driver).
- Ratio: favor backport.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE
FOR:
- Real resume-ordering bug: DRM atomic enable before
  `dw_hdmi_init_hw()`.
- User-visible: HDMI HPD/DDC broken after sleep (documented on rk3288
  Chromebooks in 2019; re-tested on rk3328 in 2026).
- Same fix already used by dw-mipi-dsi-rockchip in this tree, and that
  DSI change went to stable with Cc: stable.
- Possible NULL deref on resume before bind.
- 7-line surgical change; applies cleanly to v6.18.53.
- Maintainer Tested-by and Signed-off-by.
- Buggy code has been in this tree since v5.3; no missing prerequisites.

AGAINST:
- No Fixes:/Cc: stable (expected for this pipeline; not a negative).
- Buried as 11/11 in a cleanup series (but the hunk is independent and
  was added specifically in v2).
- Not a panic/corruption/CVE; display-after-suspend rather than a crash.
- No extra Reviewed-by besides maintainer apply/test.
- UNVERIFIED whether stable@ already discussed rejecting it.

UNRESOLVED:
- lore.kernel.org/stable search blocked (Anubis/403).
- Incomplete NULL check if bind failed and left `hdmi->hdmi` as ERR_PTR
  (pre-existing).

Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST
1. Obviously correct and tested? PASS — PM phase ordering is well-
   defined; Heiko tested on rk3328.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? PASS — HDMI not correctly re-
   inited before DRM resume; Chromebook-class hardware.
3. Important issue (crash, security, corruption, deadlock)? PASS —
   suspend/resume display breakage plus a possible oops; hardware resume
   workaround, same class as the DSI stable fix.
4. Small and contained? PASS — 7 lines, one file.
5. No new features or APIs? PASS.
6. Can apply to the local tree? PASS — v6.18.53 has the old resume
   function and the LATE PM macro.

Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES
Record: Hardware suspend/resume workaround on an existing driver (quirk-
class). Not a new driver, ID, or API.

Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION
This belongs on 6.18.y. The buggy `.resume` path is in this checkout,
the switch to `resume_early` is the same proven pattern as the in-tree
DSI sibling, and the patch is tiny with maintainer hardware testing.

What it solves for stable users: after system sleep on Rockchip dw-hdmi
boards, DRM can re-enable the pipeline before HDMI DDC/HPD/init, so
hotplug and HDMI output fail. Moving the callback to `resume_early`
forces `dw_hdmi_init_hw()` first, and skips a NULL drvdata deref if the
component never bound.

Risk is low; benefit is a real resume fix on shipping SoCs. No series
dependencies are required for this hunk.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Tested-by Heiko (rk3328), SOB Jonas + Heiko,
  Link msgid ...-12; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable
- [Phase 1] Cover letter via b4 mbox: patch 11/11 of v2 “Misc cleanup”;
  “v2: New patch”; Heiko “Series: Tested-by” and Applied
- [Phase 2] Diff: rename resume→resume_early, add `if (hdmi)`,
  SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP→SET_LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP; +4/-3
- [Phase 2] Confirmed LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS maps resume_fn to
  `.resume_early` in include/linux/pm.h:321-327,350-351
- [Phase 2] Confirmed rockchip_drm_drv.c:260-262 still uses
  SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS for sys_resume
- [Phase 2] drm_mode_config_helper_resume() calls
  drm_atomic_helper_resume() (drm_modeset_helper.c:250)
- [Phase 3] git blame parent: resume added in 27c9130baef543 (Douglas
  Anderson, 2019)
- [Phase 3] git show 27c9130baef543: documented Chromebook HPD/I2C break
  and Chrome OS late/early PM ops
- [Phase 3] git describe --contains 27c9130baef543 → v5.3-rc1; git
  merge-base --is-ancestor 27c9130baef543 HEAD → yes
- [Phase 3] git log --oneline --grep resume_early --
  drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/ → only this commit
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -c af3a9eadc11896: lore thread found; v1 had no this
  patch; v2 added it; applied as af3a9eadc11896
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -a: v1 2026-05-10, v2 2026-05-18
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -w: Heiko, dri-devel, linux-rockchip CC’d
- [Phase 4] b4 dig -m /tmp/thread.mbox: no NAKs; Heiko tested+applied
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org WebFetch 403; stable search Anubis-blocked →
  UNVERIFIED stable@ discussion
- [Phase 5] Callers: PM core resume_early on dwhdmi-rockchip; callees
  dw_hdmi_resume→dw_hdmi_init_hw
- [Phase 5] platform_set_drvdata in bind (line 580), probe only
  component_add — NULL drvdata on unbound resume is real
- [Phase 5] Sibling dw-mipi-dsi-rockchip.c:1346 already
  SET_LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS in this tree; introduced by e584cdc154993
  with Cc: stable
- [Phase 6] git describe HEAD: v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb; make
  kernelversion 6.18.53
- [Phase 6] git show v6.18.53:dw_hdmi-rockchip.c has
  SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS + unchecked dw_hdmi_resume
- [Phase 6] git merge-base --is-ancestor af3a9eadc11896 HEAD → no (not
  in 6.18.y proper)
- [Phase 6] Resume hunk in v6.18.53 identical to parent of this change;
  SET_LATE and dw_hdmi_resume exist in v6.18.53
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: HDMI broken after suspend (HIGH); possible
  NULL oops (HIGH if hit)
- UNVERIFIED: whether stable@ previously rejected this patch (lore
  blocked)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c
index 727cdf768161a..ff34aeef3a6ff 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c
@@ -635,17 +635,18 @@ static void dw_hdmi_rockchip_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	component_del(&pdev->dev, &dw_hdmi_rockchip_ops);
 }
 
-static int __maybe_unused dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume(struct device *dev)
+static int __maybe_unused dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume_early(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct rockchip_hdmi *hdmi = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
-	dw_hdmi_resume(hdmi->hdmi);
+	if (hdmi)
+		dw_hdmi_resume(hdmi->hdmi);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct dev_pm_ops dw_hdmi_rockchip_pm = {
-	SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(NULL, dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume)
+	SET_LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(NULL, dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume_early)
 };
 
 struct platform_driver dw_hdmi_rockchip_pltfm_driver = {
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amdgpu: Gate debugfs MMIO access on kernel lockdown

[Sasha Levin]

From: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 17ac73b24006700f50972d37e297dec1f523c14a ]

amdgpu_regs, amdgpu_regs2, and related debugfs nodes allow
arbitrary MMIO read/write via RREG32/WREG32 without checking
security_locked_down(). On kernel_lockdown=integrity systems
this bypasses the same restrictions as /dev/mem and PCI config
space sysfs.

Check LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS (matching pci-sysfs) at the entry of every
debugfs handler that performs direct register access.

v2: Use consistent check as per previous check to use
LOCKDOWN_DEBUGFS(Lijo)

v3: Do not create any entry from amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init() if
LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS is active and log once. (Lijo)

Signed-off-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1 — Subject line**
Record: `[drm/amdgpu] [Gate] Restrict debugfs MMIO register nodes when
kernel lockdown is active`

**Step 1.2 — Tags**
Record:
- `Reviewed-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>` (AMD drm/amdgpu
  reviewer)
- `Signed-off-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- No `Fixes:`, no `Reported-by:`, no `Cc: stable` (absence expected)
- No syzbot / CVE / bugzilla link
- Changelog notes: v2 suggested `LOCKDOWN_DEBUGFS`; v3 switched to
  skipping node creation under `LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS`

**Step 1.3 — Body**
Record:
- **Bug:** `amdgpu_regs`, `amdgpu_regs2`, and related debugfs nodes
  allow arbitrary GPU MMIO via `RREG32`/`WREG32` with no
  `security_locked_down()` check.
- **Symptom:** On `lockdown=integrity` (Secure Boot distros), this
  bypasses the same class of restriction as `/dev/mem` and PCI BAR
  sysfs.
- **Claimed fix:** Check `LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS` on every MMIO debugfs
  handler.
- **Actual v3:** Do not create those nodes at init if lockdown is
  already active; log once.
- Body still describes v1 (per-handler checks). That is stale vs the
  committed patch.

**Step 1.4 — Hidden bug fix?**
Record: Not hidden. It is an explicit security-policy fix (lockdown
bypass). The “gate/do not create” wording is the fix, not cleanup.

---

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1 — Inventory**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c`
- `+7` lines (include + 5-line early return)
- Function: `amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init()`
- Scope: single-file surgical change

**Step 2.2 — Code flow**
Record:
- **Before:** Probe always creates `amdgpu_regs`, `amdgpu_regs2`,
  `amdgpu_regs_{didt,pcie,smc}`, `amdgpu_gprwave`, `amdgpu_wave`,
  `amdgpu_gpr`, `amdgpu_gca_config`, `amdgpu_sensors`, `amdgpu_gfxoff*`
  under the DRM debugfs root, mode `0400`.
- **After:** If `security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS)` is true at
  init, skip creation, log, return 0.
- Path: driver probe / debugfs init, not a hot path.

**Step 2.3 — Bug mechanism**
Record: **Security / lockdown bypass**, not UAF/leak/race.

Verified in `fs/debugfs/file.c` `debugfs_locked_down()`:
- Files whose mode has only read bits (`0400`/`0444`), opened O_RDONLY,
  with no ioctl/mmap, are **allowed even under lockdown**.
- `amdgpu_debugfs_regs_fops` (and didt/pcie/smc) have `.read`/`.write`
  but **no** ioctl/mmap, so a read open is allowed.
- The read handler then does `RREG32()`. With bit 62/61 in the offset it
  also calls `amdgpu_gfx_select_se_sh()` /
  `amdgpu_gfx_select_me_pipe_q()`, which **write GPU index registers**
  as a side effect of a read.
- Writes through debugfs are already blocked: `FMODE_WRITE` fails the
  heuristic and `LOCKDOWN_DEBUGFS` denies the open.
- `amdgpu_regs2` / `amdgpu_gprwave` have `.unlocked_ioctl`, so generic
  debugfs lockdown already blocks those; the hole is the plain MMIO read
  files.

This matches PCI BAR mmap (`pci_mmap_resource()` checks
`LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS`) and `/dev/mem` (`LOCKDOWN_DEV_MEM`). PCI config
**reads** are not blocked; BAR/MMIO is.

**Step 2.4 — Fix quality**
Record:
- Obviously correct for the boot-time Secure Boot case (lockdown is
  already on before amdgpu probes).
- Incomplete if lockdown is raised later via
  `/sys/kernel/security/lockdown` after the driver loaded (init-time
  only). Lockdown is one-way and Secure Boot enables it at boot, so the
  common case is covered.
- Slightly broad: also skips sensors/gfxoff/gca_config, not only MMIO.
- Regression risk is low: only locked-down systems lose debugfs register
  nodes. UMR already warns when lockdown is not `none`.
- No new APIs or data structures.

---

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1 — Blame**
Record:
- `amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init()` introduced in `75758255dc0fae` (Alex
  Deucher, 2017-12-14, “move debugfs functions to their own file”).
- Mode `0444` → `0400` in `c0cfd2e652553` (2024-10-23); that only
  dropped world-read. `0400` still passes the debugfs lockdown read
  heuristic.
- The missing lockdown check is as old as the interface itself.

**Step 3.2 — Fixes: tag**
Record: None. Not applicable.

**Step 3.3 — Related file history**
Record: Recent debugfs work is additive (gfxoff, pagetable, sched
masks). No prerequisite refactor. Standalone. v1 was per-handler checks;
v3 is self-contained.

**Step 3.4 — Author**
Record: Asad Kamal is an AMD contributor (other amdgpu/pm fixes in this
tree). Reviewed by Lijo Lazar; merged by Alex Deucher.

**Step 3.5 — Dependencies**
Record: Needs `security_locked_down()`, `LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS`,
`drm_info()`, `amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init()`. All exist in this tree.
`linux/security.h` stub returns 0 when `CONFIG_SECURITY` is off. Can
apply standalone.

---

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external

**Step 4.1 — Original discussion**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 17ac73b24006700f50972d37e297dec1f523c14a` →
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260603114459.938031-1-asad.kamal@amd.com
- v1 2026-05-29 (per-handler `LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS`)
- v2 2026-06-03 (Lijo: `LOCKDOWN_DEBUGFS`)
- v3 2026-06-03 (Lijo: skip creating nodes; log once) — this is what
  landed
- lore.kernel.org fetch returned 403; discussion read via mail-
  archive/search

**Step 4.2 — Recipients (`b4 dig -w`)**
Record: `amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org`, Lijo Lazar, Hawking Zhang, Le
Ma, Shiwu Zhang, Alex Deucher, Kevin Yang Wang, Tom StDenis. Right
maintainers.

**Step 4.3 — Bug report**
Record: No external reporter/CVE. Author analysis plus list review.
Nicolas Bouchinet (lockdown LSM, ANSSI) confirmed the read-path gap vs
`debugfs_locked_down()`, then argued reads belong at
**confidentiality**, not `LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS`. Asad kept PCI_ACCESS by
analogy to `pci_mmap_resource()` and `/dev/mem`. Patch still merged.

**Step 4.4 — Series**
Record: Standalone, not patch N/M. No follow-up on this file except
unrelated gfxoff message IDs.

**Step 4.5 — Stable list**
Record: No lore.kernel.org/stable discussion found for this subject.

---

## Phase 5: Semantic / call graph

**Step 5.1 — Functions**
Record: `amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init()` only.

**Step 5.2 — Callers**
Record: `amdgpu_debugfs_init()` → `amdgpu_debugfs_init()` in
`amdgpu_drv.c` (~2477) during device init. One probe-time path.

**Step 5.3 — Callees**
Record: `security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS)`, `drm_info()`, then
(if allowed) `debugfs_create_file()`.

**Step 5.4 — Reachability**
Record: Needs `CONFIG_DEBUG_FS`, mounted debugfs, and a privileged open
of `0400` nodes. Lockdown’s model is uid-0 vs ring-0, so root-only is
the intended attacker. Distro Secure Boot kernels enable
lockdown=integrity at boot.

**Step 5.5 — Similar patterns**
Record: Same hook in `drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c` (mmap/write),
`drivers/pci/proc.c`, `drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c`. No other drm driver in
this tree uses it.

---

## Phase 6: This tree (6.18.y)

**Step 6.1 — Buggy code present?**
Record: **Yes.** This checkout is **6.18.53** (`git describe HEAD` →
`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`, `VERSION=6` `PATCHLEVEL=18`
`SUBLEVEL=53`).
- `amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init()` exists and (without this patch) creates
  MMIO nodes with no lockdown check.
- `LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS` is in `include/linux/security.h`.
- Generic debugfs lockdown is in `fs/debugfs/file.c`.
- The hole is not something introduced after 6.18 branched.

**Step 6.2 — Backport difficulty**
Record: **Clean apply.** Parent context matches: no `linux/security.h`,
same `for` loop and `S_IFREG | 0400`. User-supplied mainline context
mentioned `amdgpu_userq.h`; that header is **not** required here.

**Step 6.3 — Related fixes already here?**
Record: No other lockdown check on these nodes besides this change.
Generic debugfs lockdown does **not** cover `amdgpu_regs` reads.

---

## Phase 7: Subsystem context

**Step 7.1**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu` — **IMPORTANT** (very common GPU
driver). Security impact is lockdown policy, not all users of amdgpu.

**Step 7.2**
Record: Actively developed, but this function dates to 2017. Mature
interface, late lockdown hole.

---

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1 — Who**
Record: AMD GPU systems with `CONFIG_DEBUG_FS`, debugfs mounted, and
kernel lockdown (Secure Boot integrity is the usual distro case).

**Step 8.2 — Trigger**
Record: Root reads `/sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/amdgpu_regs` (or siblings)
while lockdown=integrity. Not unprivileged. Timing-independent.

**Step 8.3 — Failure mode**
Record: **HIGH** security-policy bypass (not a panic). Arbitrary GPU
MMIO read; bank-select path writes GRBM/SRBM. Same class of access
lockdown blocks for PCI BAR mmap and `/dev/mem`.

**Step 8.4 — Risk/benefit**
Record:
- **Benefit:** Closes a real uid-0 lockdown hole on common Secure Boot +
  amdgpu boxes.
- **Risk:** Very low (7 lines, probe-only, no-op without lockdown).
  Worst case: debug/UMR register nodes missing under lockdown, which is
  intended.
- **Ratio:** Favorable.

---

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Step 9.1 — Evidence**

**For:**
- Real lockdown bypass: debugfs heuristic allows read of `0400` MMIO
  files; handlers then `RREG32` and can write index registers.
- Same restriction as PCI BAR mmap / `/dev/mem`.
- Small, obviously correct, maintainer-reviewed (Lijo + Alex).
- All symbols exist in 6.18.53; applies cleanly.
- Lockdown is an important production security feature (Secure Boot
  distros).

**Against:**
- Not a crash/UAF/corruption.
- debugfs + root.
- Init-time check misses lockdown enabled after probe.
- Disables some non-MMIO nodes in the same array.
- LSM reviewer preferred confidentiality-level for pure reads; commit
  message still describes v1.
- No CVE / no in-the-wild report.

**Unresolved:** Full last Nicolas reply after Asad kept PCI_ACCESS was
not fetched (403 on lore). Does not change the code or that it was
merged.

**Step 9.2 — Stable rules**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — 7-line early return; UMR
   impact acked on list.
2. Real bug affecting users? **PASS** — lockdown bypass on Secure Boot +
   amdgpu + debugfs.
3. Important (crash/security/corruption/deadlock)? **PASS** — security
   policy hole (HIGH, not panic).
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one file, +7.
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS** — restricts existing debugfs under
   existing lockdown.
6. Applies to this tree? **PASS** — 6.18.53 has the nodes, APIs, and
   matching context.

**Step 9.3 — Exception category**
Record: None (not a device ID/quirk/DT/build/docs fix). Qualifies as a
security bug fix.

**Step 9.4 — Decision**
This should be backported to **this** 6.18.53 tree. The hole is in code
that has been here for years, the APIs are present, and the patch is a
minimal lockdown check at the existing init site. Residual limits (init-
time vs open-time; slightly wide node list) are not reasons to keep the
bypass on locked-down production kernels.

---

## What the commit solves for stable users

On kernels with lockdown=integrity (typical Secure Boot), generic
debugfs still allows reading `amdgpu_regs` because mode `0400` looks
“read-only.” That file is not a log; it is unmediated GPU BAR MMIO,
including index-register writes on crafted reads. Stable users on
locked-down distro kernels should not have that path.

## Risk vs benefit

Benefit is closing a lockdown hole for a widely used GPU driver. Risk is
a probe-time skip of debugfs register nodes only when lockdown is
already on.

## Concerns

- Does not re-check on each open if lockdown is enabled after probe.
- Commit text still talks about per-handler checks.
- Those do not block a clean backport to this tree.

---

## Verification
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Reviewed-by Lijo Lazar; SOB Asad Kamal + Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable
- [Phase 1] Body vs v3: claimed per-handler checks; committed code is
  init-time skip
- [Phase 2] Diff: +`#include <linux/security.h>` and 5-line
  `LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS` guard in `amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init()`
- [Phase 2] `debugfs_locked_down()` in `fs/debugfs/file.c:267-283`:
  `0400` + O_RDONLY + no ioctl allows open; writes blocked via
  `FMODE_WRITE`
- [Phase 2] `amdgpu_debugfs_regs_fops` has read/write, no ioctl;
  `regs2`/`gprwave` have `unlocked_ioctl`
- [Phase 2] Read path `amdgpu_debugfs_process_reg_op()`: `RREG32`;
  bank/ring bits call `amdgpu_gfx_select_se_sh` /
  `amdgpu_gfx_select_me_pipe_q`
- [Phase 2] `pci_mmap_resource()` and `pci_write_resource_io()` use
  `LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS`; `pci_read_config` does not
- [Phase 3] `git blame`: `amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init` from
  `75758255dc0fae` (2017); mode `0400` from `c0cfd2e652553` (2024)
- [Phase 3] No `Fixes:` tag
- [Phase 3] Author has other amdgpu commits; no series dependency
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 17ac73b240067…`: v1/v2/v3; landed v3 msgid
  `20260603114459.938031-1-asad.kamal@amd.com`
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: amd-gfx + Deucher/Lijo/StDenis
- [Phase 4] mail-archive: Lijo R-b; StDenis UMR OK; Bouchinet read-path
  analysis + confidentiality debate
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org WebFetch: 403; stable search: no hits
- [Phase 5] Caller: `amdgpu_debugfs_init()` ← `amdgpu_drv.c:2477` probe
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD`: `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`; `make
  kernelversion`: 6.18.53
- [Phase 6] Parent of the change has the same loop/`0400` and no
  `security.h` — clean apply
- [Phase 6] `security_locked_down` / `LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS` / `drm_info`
  present; stub returns 0 without `CONFIG_SECURITY`
- [Phase 8] Failure: lockdown bypass, severity HIGH (security), not
  crash
- UNVERIFIED: complete last Bouchinet mail after Asad’s “keep
  PCI_ACCESS” reply (lore 403)

The fix is small, surgical, applies to this 6.18 tree, and closes a real
kernel-lockdown bypass.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
index cda4696d2dd49..1679ad7d39780 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 
 #include "amdgpu.h"
@@ -1661,6 +1662,12 @@ int amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	struct dentry *ent, *root = minor->debugfs_root;
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	if (security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS)) {
+		drm_info(adev_to_drm(adev),
+			 "amdgpu: HW debugfs nodes disabled (kernel lockdown)\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(debugfs_regs); i++) {
 		ent = debugfs_create_file(debugfs_regs_names[i],
 					  S_IFREG | 0400, root,
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbcon: Fix KASAN slab-out-of-bounds Read in fbcon_prepare_logo

[Sasha Levin]

From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>

[ Upstream commit 94e6a058b16820e02f25e1221a4c4e713ba23550 ]

Ensure the logo will not exceed the screen size, which then should
fix a reported KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in fbcon_prepare_logo.

Reported-by: syzbot+0c815b25cdb3678e7083@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **6.12.111** (`pending-6.12`). The buggy `logo_lines`
walk is present here, and the candidate is a 7-line KASAN bounds check
that applies cleanly.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: **[fbcon] [Fix] [KASAN slab-out-of-bounds read in
fbcon_prepare_logo]**

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- Reported-by: syzbot+0c815b25cdb3678e7083@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
- Signed-off-by: Helge Deller \<deller@gmx.de\> (FRAMEBUFFER LAYER
  maintainer; applied the patch himself)
- No Fixes:, no Cc: stable, no Reviewed-by/Acked-by/Tested-by, no Link:
  in the committed message (the syzbot-forwarded submission did include
  `Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0c815b25cdb3678e7083`)
- Notable: syzbot + maintainer SOB; absence of Fixes/Cc:stable is
  expected for this review pipeline

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- Bug: calculated logo height can exceed the console buffer, then
  `fbcon_prepare_logo()` reads past it.
- Symptom: KASAN slab-out-of-bounds Read (also KFENCE OOB and UAF-class
  reports on the same syzbot bug).
- Version info in the message: none. Syzbot shows crashes from Feb 2025
  through 2026 on upstream, and on linux-5.15.y / 6.1.y / 6.6.y.
- Root cause as stated: logo not clipped to screen size before the
  buffer walk.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not a hidden fix. Explicit KASAN OOB fix. The later `if
(logo_lines > vc->vc_bottom)` path already tried to disable an oversized
logo, but only **after** the out-of-bounds walk.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c` (+7 / −0)
- Function: `fbcon_prepare_logo()`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record: After `logo_lines = DIV_ROUND_UP(logo_height,
vc->vc_font.height)` the code immediately walked `q - logo_lines *
cols`. Now it clamps `logo_lines` to `rows` and `new_rows - 1`, and if
that leaves nothing, sets `logo_shown = FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW` and
returns. Normal path with a logo that already fits is unchanged.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: **Memory safety / out-of-bounds.** `fb_prepare_logo()` returns a
pixel height `<= yres`, but `DIV_ROUND_UP(height, font_height)` can be
one larger than `yres / font_height` (`new_rows`). Example: yres=100,
font=16 → logo_lines=7, new_rows=6. Then `q - logo_lines * cols` is one
row before `vc_origin`, and `scr_readw` / `scr_memcpyw` go OOB. The
existing `logo_lines > vc->vc_bottom` check runs too late.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: Obviously correct bounds clamp; 7 lines; no API change.
`new_rows == 0` yields `new_rows - 1 == -1`, then `logo_lines <= 0`
bails out. Regression risk is low: at worst the penguin is skipped on
tiny/odd geometries instead of walking off the buffer. A 2025 RFC (Wang
ShaoBo) described a related cols-mismatch after `vc_resize()`; this
clamp does not fully cover that variant, but it does not worsen it, and
syzbot named this commit as the fix for the 1873-crash report.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record: The OOB walk (`q - logo_lines * cols` / `scr_readw` loop) is
from **^1da177e4c3f41** (v2.6.12 era). `logo_lines = DIV_ROUND_UP(...)`
is from **416e74ea781359** (Julia Lawall, 2008). This is long-standing
code, not a recent 6.12-only bug.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No Fixes: tag. The buggy pattern has been in the function for
~20 years. `6104c37094e7` ("fbcon: Make fbcon a built-time dependency
for fbdev", 2017) is in this tree (`merge-base --is-ancestor` exit 0);
Wang’s RFC cited it, but that is a different proposed patch.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record: Related but distinct history in this tree: `a6a00d7e8ffd7` /
`5c38052680f56` (kzalloc KMSAN false-positive, reverted);
`250038f5a7207` (2007 vertical overflow when making space for the logo —
different hunk). No prior clamp of `logo_lines` to `rows`/`new_rows`.
Standalone, not patch N/M.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Helge Deller is FRAMEBUFFER LAYER maintainer (`MAINTAINERS`). He
authors/applies fbdev fixes regularly in this tree.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Uses existing `logo_lines`, `rows`, `new_rows`, `logo_shown`,
`FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW`. No new helpers. `git apply --check` succeeded
(hunk at line 596, offset −64). Standalone.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record: `b4 dig -c 94e6a058b168` →
https://patch.msgid.link/6a897c8e.dbb3a75c.13dd47.002f.GAE@google.com
(syzbot-forwarded `#syz test` from deller@kernel.org, 2026-08-22). `b4
dig -a`: v1 only. lore.kernel.org returned 403; openwall mirror confirms
the same single-hunk patch. No NAK found. Applied two days later by
Deller (commit date 2026-08-24).

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: `b4 dig -w`: recipients were syzbot and linux-
kernel@vger.kernel.org only. No public Reviewed-by. Weight comes from
the maintainer applying it, not from a review thread.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0c815b25cdb3678e7083
- Status: upstream, C repro, **prio:high**, **1873 crashes**, first
  2025-02-25
- Fix commit listed: **94e6a058b168**
- Patched on 20/29 syzbot instances
- Stack: `store_bind` → `vt_bind` → `do_bind_con_driver` → `visual_init`
  → `fbcon_init` → `fbcon_prepare_logo` → `scr_memcpyw`
- Same title also on linux-5.15.y (C repro), linux-6.1.y, linux-6.6.y
- Syzbot security assessment: DenialOfService yes, Exploitable yes,
  Unprivileged no (sysfs `bind` is `S_IWUSR`)

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Not a series. Related RFC 2025-09-25 from Wang ShaoBo added a
pointer-vs-`vc_origin` guard in the scroll loop; it was not applied in
this tree or in the candidate’s parent. Older kzalloc change is
unrelated (reverted KMSAN false positive).

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable 403. No evidence this 2026-08-24 commit
was already discussed for 6.12.y. The same KASAN title is already
reproduced on older stable CIs, which supports that 6.12 is affected.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**
Record: `fbcon_prepare_logo()` only. Semcode MCP not available.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record: Two call sites in this tree:
1. `con2fb_init_display()` (line 826) — console mapped to a framebuffer,
   `show_logo`.
2. `fbcon_init()` (line 1155) — after setting/resizing the VC, if `logo`
   is set.

`fbcon_init` is `con_init` for fbcon, called from `visual_init()` during
bind/takeover. `store_bind` is the syzbot trigger (root sysfs write).
Also runs on normal fbcon takeover at boot when the logo is enabled
(`!MODULE`).

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `fb_prepare_logo()`, `scr_readw`/`scr_memcpyw`/`scr_memsetw`,
`kmalloc`/`kfree`, `update_screen`. The new code only uses `min()` and
existing `logo_shown`.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Userspace (root) → `sysfs` `vtconN/bind` → `fbcon_init` →
`fbcon_prepare_logo`. Also boot-time logo on `CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
&& !MODULE`. Path is real and reproduced.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: The too-late `logo_lines > vc->vc_bottom` check is the same bug
class, just after the OOB. No sibling drivers copy this logo-scroll
logic.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Yes. `drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c` lines 597–604 compute
`logo_lines` and walk `q - logo_lines * cols` with no clamp. `git merge-
base --is-ancestor 94e6a058b168 HEAD` is **false** — the fix is not in
6.12.111. Bug introduced long before 6.12.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: `git apply --check` **clean** (offset −64 from surrounding-line
drift / `fbcon_ops`→`fbcon_par` rename already in this tree). Expected
difficulty: **clean apply**.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: No `logo_lines = min(...)` in this file. The 2007 Geert overflow
tweak and the kzalloc revert do not clamp logo lines.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: **fbcon** (`drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c`), the framebuffer
console used with `CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE` (default follows
`DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION`). Criticality: **IMPORTANT** — not mm/core, but
default console path on many DRM/fbdev systems.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Mature; still receiving OOB/NULL/font fixes in this tree
(`51b8258efe254`, `b5bb2c696e140`, `ac970358c5ca0`). Not staging.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Users with framebuffer console (typical desktop/embedded DRM
fbdev emulation, vkms/syzbot, classic fbdev). Config-specific
(`FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE`), not universal.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: (1) Console bind/takeover with a logo taller than the text grid
after integer rounding; (2) syzbot C repro via `vtcon` bind. Common on
fuzzing and on small/rotated/odd modes. Unprivileged users cannot write
`bind` (`S_IWUSR`); boot-time logo does not need that.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: KASAN slab-out-of-bounds **read** (and related UAF/KFENCE
reports). Can oops under KASAN/KFENCE; without sanitizers it is still an
invalid buffer walk. Severity: **HIGH** (memory-safety crash; syzbot
marked exploitable but not unprivileged).

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record: Benefit **high** (stops a reproducible KASAN OOB in a common
console path). Risk **very low** (7-line clamp, early return already
used elsewhere in the same function). Ratio strongly favors backport.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real, syzbot-reproduced KASAN OOB with C repro, 1873 crashes,
  prio:high
- Same bug title on 5.15.y / 6.1.y / 6.6.y — this 6.12 tree still has
  the unclamped walk
- Syzbot lists 94e6a058b168 as the fix commit
- Maintainer-authored, 7 lines, applies cleanly here
- Fixes a rounding hole (`DIV_ROUND_UP` vs `yres / font_height`) plus
  any logo taller than the VC
- No new API/feature; existing `FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW` path

AGAINST:
- Short commit message, no public review, no Fixes:
- Does not fully address the Wang RFC cols-mismatch-after-resize case
- Trigger via sysfs bind is root-only (boot logo path still matters)

UNRESOLVED:
- Could not read lore.kernel.org (403); used b4 + openwall instead
- Could not confirm whether post-fix syzbot “last: 2d” crashes are only
  on the 9 unpatched instances (likely, given 20/29 patched)

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — clamp is local and readable;
   syzbot C repro; maintainer applied it
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — KASAN OOB, thousands
   of syzbot hits, stable-tree crashes
3. Important issue (crash, security, corruption, deadlock)? **PASS** —
   HIGH memory-safety OOB
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +7 lines, one function
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — buggy code present; `git
   apply --check` clean

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/docs exception. It is a normal memory-
safety bug fix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This is a small, correct bounds check for a long-standing fbcon OOB that
syzbot can hit on this class of kernels. It belongs in 6.12.y.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: syzbot Reported-by; Helge Deller SOB; no
  Fixes/Cc:stable/review tags in the committed message
- [Phase 2] Diff: +7 lines in `fbcon_prepare_logo()` after
  `DIV_ROUND_UP`; clamp `logo_lines` then early return
- [Phase 3] `git describe HEAD` / Makefile: **6.12.111**, branch
  pending-6.12
- [Phase 3] `git blame`: OOB loop from ^1da177e4c3f41; DIV_ROUND_UP from
  416e74ea781359 (2008)
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 94e6a058b168 HEAD` → not an
  ancestor (fix absent here)
- [Phase 3] `git apply --check` of 94e6a058b168 → clean, offset −64
- [Phase 3] Confirmed no `logo_lines = min` already in this file
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 94e6a058b168` → msgid
  6a897c8e.dbb3a75c.13dd47.002f.GAE@google.com; v1 only
- [Phase 4] Syzbot extid 0c815b25cdb3678e7083: C repro, prio:high, 1873
  crashes, Fix commit 94e6a058b168
- [Phase 4] Same KASAN title on linux-5.15.y / 6.1.y / 6.6.y
- [Phase 5] Callers: `fbcon_init` (line 1155), `con2fb_init_display`
  (line 826); bind path `store_bind` is `S_IWUSR`
- [Phase 6] Local function still matches the pre-patch walk at lines
  597–604
- [Phase 7] Helge Deller listed as FRAMEBUFFER LAYER maintainer
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: slab-out-of-bounds read in
  `scr_memcpyw`/`scr_readw`; severity HIGH
- UNVERIFIED: full lore.kernel.org thread (HTTP 403); whether every
  post-Aug-24 syzbot crash is on unpatched instances only

The patch is a 7-line clamp in `fbcon_prepare_logo()` that stops a
syzbot-reproduced KASAN out-of-bounds read. The buggy walk is in this
6.12 tree, the fix applies cleanly, and the risk is limited to skipping
the boot logo when it cannot fit.

**YES**

 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 532522c2aed05..903823c9ce567 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -600,6 +600,13 @@ static void fbcon_prepare_logo(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 		erase &= ~0x400;
 	logo_height = fb_prepare_logo(info, par->rotate);
 	logo_lines = DIV_ROUND_UP(logo_height, vc->vc_font.height);
+	logo_lines = min(logo_lines, rows);
+	logo_lines = min(logo_lines, new_rows - 1);
+	if (logo_lines <= 0) {
+		logo_lines = 0;
+		logo_shown = FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW;
+		return;
+	}
 	q = (unsigned short *) (vc->vc_origin +
 				vc->vc_size_row * rows);
 	step = logo_lines * cols;
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amdkfd: use node XCC count for v9 CRIU control stack restore

[Sasha Levin]

From: Yongqiang Sun <Yongqiang.Sun@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 1a0aa3c4cb207fcbf7ebd2d9ed9f1cfb4560bd2c ]

set_queue_properties_from_criu() divided the checkpointed control stack
size by NUM_XCC(adev->gfx.xcc_mask) (whole GPU), while the checkpoint
size was recorded, the MQD buffer allocated, and the control stack
restored using the per-node mask NUM_XCC(mm->dev->xcc_mask). On spatially
partitioned GFX9.4.3 (CPX/QPX) these differ, so the per-XCC control stack
size used for the restore memcpy could exceed the region sized for the
MQD allocation, writing past the BO into adjacent kernel memory; it also
broke legitimate restore on partitioned parts.

Divide by the per-node XCC count so allocation and copy agree,
leaving kfd_queue_acquire_buffers() to bound the size against
the node's advertised control stack size.

Signed-off-by: Yongqiang Sun <Yongqiang.Sun@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: David Francis <David.Francis@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **6.18.53** (`Makefile` `VERSION=6 PATCHLEVEL=18
SUBLEVEL=53`, `git describe` `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`, branch
`autosel`). The verdict is only for this 6.18.y checkout.

Upstream `1a0aa3c4cb20` is not an ancestor of `v6.18.53`. The buggy line
is present at `v6.18.53`.

---

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: **[drm/amdkfd] [use] [use node XCC count for v9 CRIU control
stack restore]**
- Subsystem: `drm/amdkfd` (AMD KFD compute)
- Verb: “use” — here it is a correctness fix (wrong XCC divisor), not a
  feature

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected)
- No `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Link:`, `Cc: stable`
- `Reviewed-by: David Francis <David.Francis@amd.com>`
- `Signed-off-by: Yongqiang Sun <Yongqiang.Sun@amd.com>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- Pipeline `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` / `[Upstream commit
  1a0aa3c4cb20...]` ignored per instructions

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** CRIU restore divides checkpointed control-stack size by
  whole-GPU `NUM_XCC(adev->gfx.xcc_mask)`, while checkpoint, MQD
  allocation, and restore memcpy use per-node
  `NUM_XCC(mm->dev->xcc_mask)`.
- **Symptom:** On spatially partitioned GFX9.4.3 (CPX/QPX) the two
  counts differ. Restore memcpy can write past the MQD BO into adjacent
  kernel memory; legitimate restore on a partition also fails.
- **Root cause:** Wrong XCC divisor in
  `set_queue_properties_from_criu()`.
- **Fix:** Divide by per-node `NUM_XCC(pdd->dev->xcc_mask)`;
  `kfd_queue_acquire_buffers()` still checks against the node’s
  advertised control-stack size.
- No version range in the message.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not hidden. Explicit buffer-overrun + broken restore. Not
cleanup/refactor.

---

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process_queue_manager.c` (`1`
  insertion, `1` deletion)
- Function: `kfd_criu_restore_queue()`
- Scope: single-file, one-line surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
- **Before:** `set_queue_properties_from_criu(&qp, q_data,
  NUM_XCC(pdd->dev->adev->gfx.xcc_mask));` → `qp.ctl_stack_size =
  q_data->ctl_stack_size / whole_GPU_xcc`
- **After:** `NUM_XCC(pdd->dev->xcc_mask)` → divide by this node’s XCC
  count
- Path: CRIU queue restore (`AMDKFD_IOC_CRIU_OP`), compute queues only
  (`KFD_QUEUE_TYPE_COMPUTE` in `set_queue_properties_from_criu`)

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: **[Buffer overflow / OOB kernel write] + [logic/correctness]**

Verified chain:
1. Checkpoint (`get_checkpoint_info` in `kfd_mqd_manager_v9.c`):
   `*ctl_stack_size = m->cp_hqd_cntl_stack_size *
   NUM_XCC(mm->dev->xcc_mask)` (node).
2. `allocate_mqd()` sizes the GTT BO from `q->ctl_stack_size` (the
   divided per-XCC value) × `NUM_XCC(node->xcc_mask)`.
3. `create_queue_nocpsch` / `create_queue_cpsch` pass
   **`qd->ctl_stack_size`** (full user/checkpoint size) into
   `restore_mqd()`.
4. `restore_mqd_v9_4_3()` copies `ctl_stack_size /
   NUM_XCC(mm->dev->xcc_mask)` bytes per XCC with unbounded `memcpy` in
   `restore_mqd()` to `*mqd + PAGE_SIZE`.

On CPX/QPX, GPU XCC count > node XCC count. A crafted
`q_data->ctl_stack_size = node_props.ctl_stack_size * GPU_xcc` makes
`qp.ctl_stack_size` pass `kfd_queue_acquire_buffers()`’s equality check,
then restore copies `GPU_xcc/NODE_xcc` times too much → write past the
BO.

A legitimate checkpoint (`ctl_stack_size = per_xcc * NODE_xcc`) yields a
too-small `qp.ctl_stack_size`, so acquire_buffers returns `-EINVAL` and
restore is broken.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: Obviously correct: same `NUM_XCC(dev->xcc_mask)` as
checkpoint/allocate/restore. Minimal. No API/locking change. Regression
risk very low (only partitioned restore, which is currently wrong).
`pdd->dev->xcc_mask` exists on `struct kfd_node` in this tree.

---

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record: At `v6.18.53`, line 1065 was introduced by **`f6c0f3d24478a`**
(`drm/amdkfd: Fix checkpoint-restore on multi-xcc`, David Yat Sin,
2025-07-16). That commit added the `num_xcc` argument and used
**`adev->gfx.xcc_mask`**. It is an ancestor of `v6.18.53` and was itself
`Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org` (cherry-pick of `a578f2a58c3a`).

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. The introducing commit is `f6c0f3d24478a`,
present in this tree.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record (file-limited `git log`):
- `c6c290e408fe3` `drm/amdkfd: Properly acquire queue buffers in CRIU
  restore` — **in v6.18.53**; this patch depends on that bound
- `fd1691ec62701` bounds on CRIU queue type/mqd size — already here
- `f6c0f3d24478a` multi-xcc CRIU — introduced the bug
- Later clamp/bound CRIU patches from the same author are **not** in
  this tree; they are extra hardening, not prerequisites

Standalone given acquire_buffers is already here.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Yongqiang Sun has other amdkfd CRIU/safety work. Not the
subsystem maintainer. Review is from David Francis; merge SOB from Alex
Deucher.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Needs `set_queue_properties_from_criu(..., num_xcc)`
(`f6c0f3d24478a`) and `kfd_queue_acquire_buffers()` (`c6c290e408fe3`).
Both are in `v6.18.53`. `pdd->dev->xcc_mask` exists. Applies standalone
on this tree.

---

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 1a0aa3c4cb20` failed: lore.kernel.org returned server
  errors (UNVERIFIED via b4)
- Thread found on amd-gfx: https://ratatoskr.run/amd-
  gfx/2026/06/17177385 (2026-06-25)
- Single-patch submission, not v2/v3
- Same one-line diff as committed

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: David Francis: “Nice catch” + `Reviewed-by`. No NAK. Alex
Deucher SOB on the commit. Recipients: amd-gfx; maintainers listed
include Felix Kuehling, Alex Deucher.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No syzbot/bugzilla. Author-found mismatch. Same month as related
CRIU bound/clamp patches.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Same author, June 2026 amd-gfx:
- `clamp v9 CRIU control stack checkpoint copy to BO size`
- `bound v9 CRIU control stack restore to allocated MQD region`
- this divisor fix

Complementary, not a numbered series. drm-next 7.3 pull listed this
under CRIU fixes. This line does not need the clamp/bound patches to be
correct.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search returned **403**. No stable-list
discussion verified. No evidence it was rejected for stable.

---

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `kfd_criu_restore_queue()` (call site);
`set_queue_properties_from_criu()` (consumer of `num_xcc`); downstream
`kfd_queue_acquire_buffers`, `pqm_create_queue` → `restore_mqd` /
`restore_mqd_v9_4_3`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- `kfd_criu_restore_queue` ← `criu_restore_objects()` ← `kfd_ioctl_criu`
  via `AMDKFD_IOC_CRIU_OP`
- Ioctl flag `KFD_IOC_FLAG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE`: `CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE`
  or `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`
- Userspace-reachable, privileged

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `set_queue_properties_from_criu` → `kfd_queue_acquire_buffers`
(must match `node_props.ctl_stack_size`) → `pqm_create_queue` →
`allocate_mqd` + `restore_mqd(..., qd->ctl_stack_size)`.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Privileged CRIU restore ioctl → kernel memcpy into MQD GTT.
Triggered by GPU container checkpoint/restore on partitioned GFX9.4.3
(MI300 family). Unprivileged users cannot call it.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Rest of KFD uses `dev->xcc_mask` / `mm->dev->xcc_mask`. This
restore call was the odd `adev->gfx.xcc_mask` user in this path.
`kfd_device.c` sets `node->xcc_mask` from XCP when partitioned, else
from whole-GPU mask — they only differ with spatial partitions.

---

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: **Yes.** `v6.18.53:kfd_process_queue_manager.c:1065`:
`set_queue_properties_from_criu(&qp, q_data,
NUM_XCC(pdd->dev->adev->gfx.xcc_mask));`
Introduced `f6c0f3d24478a` (2025-07-16), present in 6.18.y.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: Clean apply. Surrounding function at 6.18.53 matches the hunk
(`kfd_queue_acquire_buffers` already there). `pdd->dev->xcc_mask` is in
`kfd_priv.h:279` at 6.18.53.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: acquire_buffers bound is already in 6.18.53. Clamp/bound memcpy
patches are not; they are extra, not a substitute. No other fix of this
divisor mismatch.

---

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: **amdkfd (AMD GPU compute)** — **IMPORTANT** for ROCm/HPC, not
core mm/VFS. CRIU restore is a real production path for GPU containers.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Active (many recent CRIU bound-check fixes). This is a follow-on
to the multi-xcc CRIU work already in stable.

---

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver/config-specific: `CONFIG_HSA_AMD` + KFD CRIU restore +
GFX9.4.3 spatial partition (CPX/QPX). MI300-class HPC/AI systems.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record:
- Legitimate: CRIU restore of a compute queue on a partitioned node →
  restore fails (`-EINVAL` from acquire_buffers)
- Malicious/crafted checkpoint: size chosen so the wrong divisor equals
  `node_props.ctl_stack_size` → OOB `memcpy`
- Requires `CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE` or `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`
- Unprivileged users cannot trigger it

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record:
- OOB write past MQD BO into adjacent kernel (TTM/GTT) memory → **HIGH**
  (corruption/crash; privileged)
- Broken legitimate CRIU restore on partitioned parts → **HIGH** for
  those users (functional failure, not a panic on the happy path)

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit:** Fixes kernel OOB write and restores CRIU on partitioned
  GFX9.4.3; the buggy multi-xcc CRIU code is already in this stable tree
- **Risk:** Very low (one identifier change, same pattern as the rest of
  KFD)
- **Ratio:** Strongly favors backport

---

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real bug: wrong XCC divisor vs checkpoint/allocate/restore
- Kernel memory overwrite via unbounded `memcpy` in `restore_mqd()`
- Broken CRIU restore on CPX/QPX GFX9.4.3
- Introducing commit already in 6.18.y and was `Cc: stable`
- 1-line, obviously correct, reviewed by David Francis, SOB Alex Deucher
- Prerequisites (`f6c0f3d24478a`, `kfd_queue_acquire_buffers`) present
- Applies cleanly

AGAINST:
- Privileged ioctl only
- Only partitioned multi-XCC GFX9.4.3 + CRIU
- No syzbot / no `Fixes:` / no explicit stable Cc on this commit
- Complementary clamp/bound patches not in this tree (hardening, not
  required)

UNRESOLVED:
- `b4 dig` / lore.kernel.org stable search failed (server 403/error)
- No public reproducer beyond code inspection (commit describes the
  mechanism)

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — 1-line mask fix; Reviewed-by
   + maintainer SOB
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — partitioned CRIU
   restore wrong; OOB on crafted size
3. Important issue? **PASS** — kernel OOB write + failed restore (HIGH,
   privileged)
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 1 line, one file
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — buggy line and
   `dev->xcc_mask` exist at 6.18.53

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: Not an ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception. Ordinary important
bugfix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This belongs on 6.18.y. The bug is in this tree because multi-xcc CRIU
was already backported with the wrong divisor. The fix is minimal and
matches every other XCC user in the restore path.

---

### What the commit solves for stable users
On 6.18.53, KFD CRIU restore still divides by the whole-GPU XCC mask.
Checkpoint, MQD BO size, and `restore_mqd_v9_4_3()` use the **node**
mask. On GFX9.4.3 CPX/QPX those differ, so restore either fails or (with
a crafted privileged checkpoint) `memcpy`s past the MQD BO into kernel
GTT. Switching to `pdd->dev->xcc_mask` makes allocation and copy agree;
acquire_buffers already pins the per-XCC size to the node’s advertised
control-stack size.

### Risk vs benefit
Benefit is high for MI300 CRIU/partition users and closes an OOB write.
Risk is a one-token change with no locking/API impact.

### Concerns
Clamp/bound memcpy patches are not required for this to be correct. CRIU
is privileged, which lowers exploitability but does not make the
overflow or the broken restore acceptable on stable.

---

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: Reviewed-by David Francis; SOB Yongqiang Sun, Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable
- [Phase 1] Body: OOB write past MQD BO + broken partitioned restore;
  wrong GPU vs node XCC divisor
- [Phase 2] Diff: 1 line in `kfd_criu_restore_queue()`:
  `adev->gfx.xcc_mask` → `dev->xcc_mask`
- [Phase 2] `allocate_mqd` uses `q->ctl_stack_size *
  NUM_XCC(node->xcc_mask)`; `restore_mqd` uses `qd->ctl_stack_size`;
  `restore_mqd_v9_4_3` divides by `mm->dev->xcc_mask`; memcpy unbounded
- [Phase 2] `kfd_queue_acquire_buffers` requires `ctl_stack_size ==
  node_props.ctl_stack_size` (present at 6.18.53)
- [Phase 3] Blame at v6.18.53: `f6c0f3d24478a` introduced
  `NUM_XCC(pdd->dev->adev->gfx.xcc_mask)`; `Cc: stable`; ancestor of
  v6.18.53
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 1a0aa3c4cb20 v6.18.53` → not
  present; buggy code is present
- [Phase 3] Prerequisites `f6c0f3d24478a` and `c6c290e408fe3` are in
  v6.18.53
- [Phase 4] b4 dig: lore server error — UNVERIFIED via b4
- [Phase 4] amd-gfx thread 2026-06-25; David Francis “Nice catch” +
  Reviewed-by; no NAK
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org/stable: 403 — UNVERIFIED
- [Phase 5] Caller: `AMDKFD_IOC_CRIU_OP` with CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE or
  CAP_SYS_ADMIN
- [Phase 5] `kfd_device.c`: `node->xcc_mask` from XCP vs
  `adev->gfx.xcc_mask` when unpartitioned
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` / `make kernelversion`: 6.18.53; line
  1065 at v6.18.53 is the buggy call; `kfd_node.xcc_mask` exists
- [Phase 6] Clean apply: surrounding code at v6.18.53 matches the hunk
- [Phase 8] Failure: kernel OOB write (HIGH) + CRIU restore failure on
  CPX/QPX; privileged trigger
- UNVERIFIED: b4/lore.kernel.org availability; no runtime reproducer
  executed

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process_queue_manager.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process_queue_manager.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process_queue_manager.c
index 912c4ebd30405..99a47f2a45e7a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process_queue_manager.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process_queue_manager.c
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ int kfd_criu_restore_queue(struct kfd_process *p,
 	ctl_stack = mqd + q_data->mqd_size;
 
 	memset(&qp, 0, sizeof(qp));
-	set_queue_properties_from_criu(&qp, q_data, NUM_XCC(pdd->dev->adev->gfx.xcc_mask));
+	set_queue_properties_from_criu(&qp, q_data, NUM_XCC(pdd->dev->xcc_mask));
 
 	ret = kfd_queue_acquire_buffers(pdd, &qp);
 	if (ret) {
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amd/pm: Validate OD DPM triples before mutating tables

[Sasha Levin]

From: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit b390cb9d776039fc4f0be13b2649299079227d12 ]

vega10_odn_edit_dpm_table() and smu7_odn_edit_dpm_table() could mutate
the live ODN table for valid triples, then return 0 after detecting a
truncated buffer or out-of-range index. Validate all (index, clock,
voltage) triples first and return -EINVAL on any failure; only then
apply updates.

v2: Use distinct message for different error case, removed unused
input_level from validation loop (Lijo)

v3: Reject negative level indices, input[] is long but was compared only
against unsigned table bounds, so negative values could pass and truncate
when assigned to uint32_t input_level.

Set DPMTABLE_OD_UPDATE_SCLK/MCLK only after validation passes,
so a failed sysfs write does not leave need_update_dpm_table set for a
later commit.

Signed-off-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **6.18.53**. The buggy SMU7/Vega10 OverDrive edit path
is present on that series, and the patch applies cleanly.

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: **[drm/amd/pm] [Validate] [reject invalid OD DPM (index, clock,
voltage) triples before writing live tables]**

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `[Upstream commit b390cb9d776039fc4f0be13b2649299079227d12]` —
  pipeline marker, ignored
- No `Fixes:` tag (expected)
- No `Reported-by:` / `Tested-by:` / `Link:` / `Cc: stable`
- `Reviewed-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>`
- `Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>`
- `Signed-off-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` — pipeline marker, ignored

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** `vega10_odn_edit_dpm_table()` and `smu7_odn_edit_dpm_table()`
  apply valid triples immediately, then on a later truncated buffer or
  out-of-range index they `return 0`.
- **Symptom:** a failed `pp_od_clk_voltage` write can still change live
  clock/voltage tables, report success, and (Vega10) leave
  `need_update_dpm_table` set so a later `echo c` commits the partial
  change.
- **v3 extra:** `input[]` is `long`; comparing only against unsigned
  table size lets negative indices through, then assignment to `uint32_t
  input_level` truncates and indexes off the array.
- **Version info:** none in the message. Introducing code is from 2018
  (v4.17/v4.18).
- **Root cause:** validate-and-mutate in one loop; wrong error return;
  missing signed-index check; Vega10 dirty-flag set before validation.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not disguised. Explicit correctness/safety fix (partial update +
false success + OOB index). Not cleanup-only.

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- `smu7_hwmgr.c`: +20/−14 in `smu7_odn_edit_dpm_table()`
- `vega10_hwmgr.c`: +23/−14 in `vega10_odn_edit_dpm_table()`
- Total: **43 insertions, 28 deletions**, two files, single-function
  surgical change per file.

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record (same pattern in both):
- **Before:** one loop: on truncated/out-of-range input, print and
  `return 0` after earlier triples already wrote `entries[]` /
  `dpm_levels[]`. Invalid clock/voltage still returned `-EINVAL` but
  only after mutating that iteration’s predecessors. Vega10 ORs
  `DPMTABLE_OD_UPDATE_SCLK/MCLK` before the loop.
- **After:** first loop validates every triple (`i+3 > size`, `input[i]
  < 0 || index >= count`, clock/voltage via existing checkers) and
  returns `-EINVAL` with no writes. Only then set dirty flags (Vega10)
  and apply updates in a second loop.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record:
- **Category:** memory safety (OOB write) + logic/correctness (partial
  live-table mutation, false success, dirty-flag leak).
- **Mechanism:** `long` index vs `uint32_t` bound: on 64-bit, `-1 >=
  count` is false, then `input_level = (uint32_t)-1` indexes
  `entries[0xFFFFFFFF]`. Arrays are 8 entries (`MAX_REGULAR_DPM_NUMBER`
  / `phm_odn_clock_levels.entries[8]`). Truncated writes previously
  returned 0 so `amdgpu_set_pp_od_clk_voltage()` treated them as success
  (`return count`).

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: Obviously correct two-pass validate-then-commit. Checker
polarity preserved (`smu7_check_clk_voltage_valid` /
`vega10_check_clk_voltage_valid` return true when valid; new code uses
`if (!check())`). No API change. Regression risk is low: invalid writes
now fail instead of succeeding-with-partial-state; valid writes still
apply the same stores. Slight behavior change for tools that treated
truncated writes as success is the intended fix.

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- SMU7 loop: `5e4d4fbea5573` (“drm/amd/pp: Implement edit_dpm_table on
  smu7”, 2018-02-19) — first in **v4.17-rc1**.
- Vega10 loop: `c5a4484941be5` (“drm/amd/pp: Add OVERDRIVE support on
  Vega10”, 2018-05-15) — first in **v4.18-rc1**.
- Both ancestors of v6.18.53. Bug has been in this series since the
  branch point.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Introducing commits identified by blame; both
present in this tree.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record (on v6.18.53, those two files): recent powerplay work is
unrelated (voltage lookup bounds, Hawaii SCLK cap, etc.). Related:
`d27252b5706e5` “amdgpu/pm: prevent array underflow in
vega20_odn_edit_dpm_table()” (2022) — **already in v6.18.53**. Same
class of sysfs-fed negative index. Standalone patch, not `X/Y`.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Asad Kamal is an AMD contributor; not the tree maintainer. Alex
Deucher applied it. Lijo Lazar / Hawking Zhang reviewed (AMD PM). No
other OD-triple commits by this author on v6.18.53 in this path.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Uses existing helpers and structs. No new functions. `git apply
--check` of this diff onto v6.18.53 copies of both files: **clean**.
Standalone.

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- Lore/msgid:
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260604091915.1012329-1-asad.kamal@amd.com
- Revisions: v1 (2026-05-29) → v2 (2026-06-03) → **v3 applied**
  (2026-06-04)
- v1 Lijo: distinct error strings; unused `input_level` in the validate
  loop (style, addressed)
- v2 Lijo: `Reviewed-by`
- v3 Hawking: `Reviewed-by`
- No NAK. v3 added the negative-index check (the OOB hole). No reviewer
  `Cc: stable` in the saved threads.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: To/Cc: amd-gfx, Lijo Lazar, Hawking Zhang, Le Ma, Shiwu Zhang,
Alex Deucher, Kevin Yang Wang. Right maintainers; two AMD R-b plus
maintainer SOB.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No `Reported-by`, syzbot, or bugzilla. Bug is described from
code inspection. Direct lore HTTP search was bot-blocked; discussion
recovered via `b4`.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Standalone three-revision single patch, not a series. Later
autosel commit `42ba4b5ff5278` (“validate vega10 profile mode inputs”)
is a different function, not a prerequisite.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search was bot-walled. **UNVERIFIED**
whether stable@ already discussed this; no in-tree evidence it was
rejected.

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `smu7_odn_edit_dpm_table()`, `vega10_odn_edit_dpm_table()`.
Helpers used unchanged: `smu7_check_clk_voltage_valid()`,
`vega10_check_clk_voltage_valid()`, `vega10_odn_update_soc_table()`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record:
- Registered as `.odn_edit_dpm_table` in each hwmgr func table
- `pp_odn_edit_dpm_table()` in `amd_powerplay.c`
- `amdgpu_dpm_odn_edit_dpm_table()` under `adev->pm.mutex`
- `amdgpu_set_pp_od_clk_voltage()` sysfs store for `pp_od_clk_voltage`

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: table writes, clock/voltage range checks, Vega10
`vega10_odn_update_soc_table()`. No alloc/lock added.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Userspace `echo "s 0 900 820" > pp_od_clk_voltage` (documented
in `amdgpu_pm.c`). Sysfs is `S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR` (root write). Path
requires `hwmgr->od_enabled`, set only if `PP_OVERDRIVE_MASK` (0x4000).
Default `amdgpu_pp_feature_mask = 0xfff7bfff` **clears** that bit; OD is
opt-in (`ppfeaturemask`), and enabling it taints the kernel. Still a
real sysfs path for overclockers.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Vega20 already rejects bad indices (`d27252b5706e5`, in this
tree). Newer swsmu ppt files have their own OD parsers. This patch only
covers the two powerplay implementations that still mutate-then-`return
0`.

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Yes, on **v6.18.53**. Blame on that tag still has `return 0` on
truncated/out-of-range input and Vega10 dirty flags before the loop.
Candidate `25b12527acd6c` is **not** an ancestor of v6.18.53 (`merge-
base --is-ancestor` exit 1). Introduced v4.17/v4.18.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: **Clean apply** (`git apply --check` of this diff on v6.18.53
copies of both files, exit 0). Surrounding functions match the hunk
context.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: Vega20 underflow fix is present. No equivalent two-pass
validation for SMU7/Vega10 on v6.18.53.

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: **drm/amd/pm powerplay** (SMU7 / Vega10 OverDrive).
**IMPORTANT** for those GPUs, not core mm/scheduler. Polaris/Vega-class
AMD GPUs still in production use.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Files still receive bounds-check and PM fixes on 6.18.y. OD edit
logic itself has been stable since 2018.

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver-specific, config-specific: AMD SMU7 (CI/VI/Polaris) and
Vega10 users with OverDrive enabled who write `pp_od_clk_voltage`.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: Malformed or truncated sysfs payload (e.g. incomplete triple,
negative level, mix of good then bad triples). Common for tools/scripts.
Unprivileged users cannot write the attr (root/owner only). Not a
default-boot path; OD is off unless `ppfeaturemask` sets bit 14.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record:
- Negative index → **OOB write** into 8-entry arrays → memory
  corruption. **HIGH** (gated by OD + root).
- Partial table mutation + `return 0` → userspace thinks commit-ready
  state is good; later `c` can program inconsistent clocks/voltages.
  **HIGH** for hardware (instability / out-of-spec clocks), **MEDIUM**
  as a kernel crash.
- Vega10 dirty-flag leak: failed write still causes a later commit to
  push SCLK/MCLK. **MEDIUM–HIGH**.
Overall: **HIGH**, not a panic-on-boot, but real memory safety + live PM
table corruption.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit:** medium–high for OD users (OOB + wrong clocks); low for
  default configs.
- **Risk:** very low (small, local, validate-then-write, maintainer-
  reviewed, applies cleanly).
- **Ratio:** favor backport. Same class as the Vega20 underflow already
  on this tree.

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real OOB write (negative `long` index → `uint32_t` wrap)
- Partial mutation of live DPM tables with success return
- Vega10 can commit stale/partial OD state after a failed write
- Small, obviously correct, two-pass fix
- Reviewed by Lijo Lazar and Hawking Zhang; applied by Alex Deucher
- Applies cleanly to v6.18.53; no missing structs/helpers
- Bug present since v4.17/v4.18
- Precedent: Vega20 OD index underflow already in this tree

AGAINST:
- OverDrive off by default
- Sysfs store is root-only
- No syzbot/CVE/user crash report
- No `Fixes:` / `Cc: stable` (not a negative per the review rules)

UNRESOLVED:
- Whether stable@ already discussed this (lore stable search blocked)
- Unprivileged trigger only if something remaps sysfs mode (not
  verified; default is `S_IWUSR`)

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — two-pass validation; R-b
   from AMD PM; polarity of existing checkers verified in tree
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — OOB + false-success
   partial OD updates via documented sysfs
3. Important issue? **PASS** — OOB write and inconsistent GPU
   DPM/voltage tables (HIGH, gated)
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — ~70 line-churn, two functions
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — clean on v6.18.53

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: None (not a device ID / quirk / DT / build / doc fix). Qualifies
as a normal bugfix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This belongs on 6.18.53. The local tree still has the 2018 validate-
while-mutating loops. The patch closes an OOB write and stops failed
OverDrive sysfs writes from leaving live SCLK/MCLK tables and Vega10
update flags half-applied. It is small, reviewed, and applies without
prerequisites.

### What the commit solves for this tree
On 6.18.53, writing `pp_od_clk_voltage` can (1) store valid triples,
then succeed on a truncated/out-of-range rest of the buffer; (2) turn a
negative level into a huge `uint32_t` index and write off the 8-entry
ODN arrays; (3) on Vega10, mark DPM tables dirty even when the write
fails, so a later commit programs incomplete settings.

### Stable rules / risk
Meets all six criteria. Risk is a behavior change only for previously
accepted-but-invalid writes. Benefit is memory safety and not
programming a GPU with a half-edited OD table.

### Concerns
OD is opt-in and the node is root-writable, so this is not a default-
boot crash. That does not make the OOB or live-table corruption unworthy
of 6.18.y; the analogous Vega20 underflow is already here.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: R-b Lijo Lazar, R-b Hawking Zhang, SOB Alex Deucher;
  no Fixes/Reported-by
- [Phase 2] Diff: two-pass validate-then-mutate in
  `smu7_odn_edit_dpm_table` / `vega10_odn_edit_dpm_table`; `-EINVAL`
  instead of `return 0`; Vega10 dirty flags moved after validation;
  `input[i] < 0` added
- [Phase 2] Checkers return true when valid (`smu7_hwmgr.c` ~5582–5616)
- [Phase 3] Blame v6.18.53: `5e4d4fbea5573` (v4.17-rc1), `c5a4484941be5`
  (v4.18-rc1); both ancestors of v6.18.53
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 25b12527acd6c v6.18.53` → not
  present; `d27252b5706e5` Vega20 underflow **is** present
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c b390cb9d7760`: v1–v3; v3 msgid
  20260604091915.1012329-1; Lijo then Hawking R-b; no NAK
- [Phase 4] UNVERIFIED: stable@ thread (HTTP 403/bot wall)
- [Phase 5] Call chain: sysfs `amdgpu_set_pp_od_clk_voltage` →
  `amdgpu_dpm_odn_edit_dpm_table` → hwmgr; attr `S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR`; OD
  mask 0x4000 cleared in default `0xfff7bfff`
- [Phase 5] Arrays: `entries[8]` / `MAX_REGULAR_DPM_NUMBER 8`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` / Makefile: **6.18.53**; apply-check on
  v6.18.53 file copies: exit 0
- [Phase 8] Failure: OOB write + partial OD table / dirty-flag leak;
  severity HIGH (gated)
- UNVERIFIED: whether udev/distro remaps `pp_od_clk_voltage` to non-root
  write

**YES**

 .../drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/smu7_hwmgr.c   | 34 ++++++++++-------
 .../drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_hwmgr.c | 37 ++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/smu7_hwmgr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/smu7_hwmgr.c
index ba953654a0206..cf008ed409552 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/smu7_hwmgr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/smu7_hwmgr.c
@@ -5661,23 +5661,29 @@ static int smu7_odn_edit_dpm_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i += 3) {
-		if (i + 3 > size || input[i] >= podn_dpm_table_in_backend->num_of_pl) {
-			pr_info("invalid clock voltage input \n");
-			return 0;
+		if (i + 3 > size) {
+			pr_info("truncated clock/voltage input\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		input_level = input[i];
-		input_clk = input[i+1] * 100;
-		input_vol = input[i+2];
-
-		if (smu7_check_clk_voltage_valid(hwmgr, type, input_clk, input_vol)) {
-			podn_dpm_table_in_backend->entries[input_level].clock = input_clk;
-			podn_vdd_dep_in_backend->entries[input_level].clk = input_clk;
-			podn_dpm_table_in_backend->entries[input_level].vddc = input_vol;
-			podn_vdd_dep_in_backend->entries[input_level].vddc = input_vol;
-			podn_vdd_dep_in_backend->entries[input_level].vddgfx = input_vol;
-		} else {
+		if (input[i] < 0 || input[i] >= podn_dpm_table_in_backend->num_of_pl) {
+			pr_info("invalid clock/voltage level\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+		input_clk = input[i + 1] * 100;
+		input_vol = input[i + 2];
+		if (!smu7_check_clk_voltage_valid(hwmgr, type, input_clk, input_vol))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i += 3) {
+		input_level = input[i];
+		input_clk = input[i + 1] * 100;
+		input_vol = input[i + 2];
+		podn_dpm_table_in_backend->entries[input_level].clock = input_clk;
+		podn_vdd_dep_in_backend->entries[input_level].clk = input_clk;
+		podn_dpm_table_in_backend->entries[input_level].vddc = input_vol;
+		podn_vdd_dep_in_backend->entries[input_level].vddc = input_vol;
+		podn_vdd_dep_in_backend->entries[input_level].vddgfx = input_vol;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_hwmgr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_hwmgr.c
index b3fed2a478aab..d6aaba0b3613d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_hwmgr.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/vega10_hwmgr.c
@@ -5645,11 +5645,9 @@ static int vega10_odn_edit_dpm_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 	if (PP_OD_EDIT_SCLK_VDDC_TABLE == type) {
 		dpm_table = &data->dpm_table.gfx_table;
 		podn_vdd_dep_table = &data->odn_dpm_table.vdd_dep_on_sclk;
-		data->need_update_dpm_table |= DPMTABLE_OD_UPDATE_SCLK;
 	} else if (PP_OD_EDIT_MCLK_VDDC_TABLE == type) {
 		dpm_table = &data->dpm_table.mem_table;
 		podn_vdd_dep_table = &data->odn_dpm_table.vdd_dep_on_mclk;
-		data->need_update_dpm_table |= DPMTABLE_OD_UPDATE_MCLK;
 	} else if (PP_OD_RESTORE_DEFAULT_TABLE == type) {
 		memcpy(&(data->dpm_table), &(data->golden_dpm_table), sizeof(struct vega10_dpm_table));
 		vega10_odn_initial_default_setting(hwmgr);
@@ -5667,21 +5665,32 @@ static int vega10_odn_edit_dpm_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i += 3) {
-		if (i + 3 > size || input[i] >= podn_vdd_dep_table->count) {
-			pr_info("invalid clock voltage input\n");
-			return 0;
+		if (i + 3 > size) {
+			pr_info("truncated clock/voltage input\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		input_level = input[i];
-		input_clk = input[i+1] * 100;
-		input_vol = input[i+2];
-
-		if (vega10_check_clk_voltage_valid(hwmgr, type, input_clk, input_vol)) {
-			dpm_table->dpm_levels[input_level].value = input_clk;
-			podn_vdd_dep_table->entries[input_level].clk = input_clk;
-			podn_vdd_dep_table->entries[input_level].vddc = input_vol;
-		} else {
+		if (input[i] < 0 || input[i] >= podn_vdd_dep_table->count) {
+			pr_info("invalid clock/voltage level\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+		input_clk = input[i + 1] * 100;
+		input_vol = input[i + 2];
+		if (!vega10_check_clk_voltage_valid(hwmgr, type, input_clk, input_vol))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (type == PP_OD_EDIT_SCLK_VDDC_TABLE)
+		data->need_update_dpm_table |= DPMTABLE_OD_UPDATE_SCLK;
+	else
+		data->need_update_dpm_table |= DPMTABLE_OD_UPDATE_MCLK;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i += 3) {
+		input_level = input[i];
+		input_clk = input[i + 1] * 100;
+		input_vol = input[i + 2];
+		dpm_table->dpm_levels[input_level].value = input_clk;
+		podn_vdd_dep_table->entries[input_level].clk = input_clk;
+		podn_vdd_dep_table->entries[input_level].vddc = input_vol;
 	}
 	vega10_odn_update_soc_table(hwmgr, type);
 	return 0;
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/virtio: abort virtqueue wait on device removal to avoid hung task

[Sasha Levin]

From: Ryosuke Yasuoka <ryasuoka@redhat.com>

[ Upstream commit a46991b334f663fa0e0e9c051e50587ef977ac8b ]

virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs() and virtio_gpu_queue_cursor() use
wait_event() without any abort condition when waiting for virtqueue
space. If the host device stops processing commands, these waits block
indefinitely inside a drm_dev_enter/exit() critical section. Since
drm_dev_unplug(), which is called in device removal and system shutdown
call path, blocks on synchronize_srcu() until all critical sections
complete, device removal and system shutdown also hang.

Add a vqs_released flag to virtio_gpu_device and include it in the
wait_event() condition. Set the flag and wake up both queues in a new
virtio_gpu_release_vqs() helper, called before drm_dev_unplug() in both
virtio_gpu_remove() and virtio_gpu_shutdown(). When the flag is set, the
wait returns immediately and the command is aborted, following the same
cleanup path as drm_dev_enter() failure.

Signed-off-by: Ryosuke Yasuoka <ryasuoka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260601-virtio-gpu_wait_event-v3-1-89530517a98a@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1 — Subject**
Record: `[drm/virtio] [abort] abort virtqueue wait on device removal to
avoid hung task`

**Step 1.2 — Tags**
Record:
- `Signed-off-by: Ryosuke Yasuoka <ryasuoka@redhat.com>` (author)
- `Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>`
  (virtio-gpu maintainer)
- `Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260601-virtio-
  gpu_wait_event-v3-1-89530517a98a@redhat.com`
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Cc: stable` on the committed v3 (absence
  is expected here)

v2 originally had two syzbot `Reported-by`/`Closes` tags. v3 changelog:
*“Remove Reported-by and Closes tag from commit msg because they are not
related to this fix.”* Those syzbot hung-task reports are a different
probe-time deadlock, already fixed in this tree by `89890a5fcefad`.

**Step 1.3 — Body**
Record:
- **Bug:** `wait_event()` on ctrl/cursor virtqueue space has no abort.
  If the host stops processing commands, the waiter stays in D-state
  inside `drm_dev_enter()`/`drm_dev_exit()`.
- **Symptom:** `drm_dev_unplug()` (remove and shutdown) blocks forever
  on `synchronize_srcu()`, so device removal and system shutdown hang
  (`INFO: task hung`).
- **Root cause:** uninterruptible wait holds an SRCU critical section
  that unplug must drain.
- **Fix:** `vqs_released` flag + `wake_up_all()` before unplug; abort
  with the same cleanup as `drm_dev_enter()` failure (`-ENODEV` / free
  vbuf).
- **Versions:** none named in the message. The wait + `drm_dev_enter`
  wrapping has been in this driver since 2020.

**Step 1.4 — Hidden bug fix?**
Record: Not hidden. Subject and body describe a hang/deadlock. It is a
real teardown hang, not cleanup-as-style.

---

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1 — Inventory**
Record:
- `virtgpu_drv.c`: +15 — new `virtio_gpu_release_vqs()`, called from
  `virtio_gpu_remove()` and `virtio_gpu_shutdown()`
- `virtgpu_drv.h`: +1 — `bool vqs_released` on `struct
  virtio_gpu_device`
- `virtgpu_vq.c`: +21/−2 — abort conditions in
  `virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs()` and `virtio_gpu_queue_cursor()`
- Scope: ~37 insertions, 2 deletions, three files, one driver. Surgical.

**Step 2.2 — Flow**
Record:
- **Before:** if `vq->num_free` is short, unlock, notify host,
  `wait_event(ack_queue, num_free >= needed)` with no timeout/abort,
  still inside `drm_dev_enter()`.
- **After:** wait also succeeds when `vqs_released`. Then unlock resv if
  needed, `free_vbuf()`, `drm_dev_exit()`, return `-ENODEV` (ctrl) or
  return (cursor). Same path as `drm_dev_enter()` failure.
- **Teardown:** set flag, wake both ack queues, *then*
  `drm_dev_unplug()`.
- Path affected: virtqueue-full wait during remove/shutdown, not the
  happy path.

**Step 2.3 — Bug mechanism**
Record: **Deadlock / hung-task (uninterruptible wait blocking SRCU
unplug).** `wait_event()` is `TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE`. `drm_dev_unplug()`
→ `drm_dev_synchronize_unplug()` → `synchronize_srcu(&drm_unplug_srcu)`
cannot finish while that section is held. Flag + `wake_up_all()` is a
standard abort.

**Step 2.4 — Fix quality**
Record: Obviously correct and minimal. Abort cleanup matches existing
`drm_dev_enter()` failure. Fence emit happens *after* the wait, so abort
does not leak an emitted fence. `vgdev` is `drmm_kzalloc()`’d so
`vqs_released` starts false. Flag is set only on remove/shutdown.
Regression risk is low: happy-path wait is unchanged; abort only when
tearing down. Remaining `wait_event(resp_wq)` in prime/vram is a
separate issue (author and maintainer agreed to leave it).

---

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1 — Blame (v6.18.53)**
Record:
- Ctrl `wait_event`: `6ebe8661ebf27a` (2020, Gerd/Chia-I) — `drm/virtio:
  move locking into virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs`
- Wrapped in `drm_dev_enter`: `b1df3a2b24a917` (2020) — `drm/virtio: add
  drm_driver.release callback`
- Cursor `wait_event`: `d02d270014f70d` (2018) / original queue from
  `dc5698e80cf724` (2013)
- Bug has been in this driver for years; it is in 6.18.y.

**Step 3.2 — Fixes: tag**
Record: None. Introducing commits above exist in this tree.

**Step 3.3 — File history**
Record: Related in-tree: `89890a5fcefad` (probe deadlock / syzbot hung
task — different bug, already in v6.18.53). `2507789a724d6` implements
`virtio_gpu_shutdown` (in v6.18.53). Later candidate `3cdc509eb471e`
reclaims leftover vbufs on teardown — complementary, not a prerequisite
for this abort.

**Step 3.4 — Author**
Record: Ryosuke Yasuoka is a regular virtio-gpu contributor
(`drm_panic`, the display_info deadlock fix). Signed off by maintainer
Dmitry Osipenko.

**Step 3.5 — Dependencies**
Record: Standalone. Needs `drm_dev_enter` around queueing,
`virtio_gpu_remove`/`virtio_gpu_shutdown` calling `drm_dev_unplug`, and
`ctrlq`/`cursorq` ack waitqueues — all present at v6.18.53. No new APIs.

---

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external

**Step 4.1 — b4 dig**
Record:
- v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260521-virtio-
  gpu_wait_event-v2-1-5796b3a71d03@redhat.com
- v3 (applied): https://patch.msgid.link/20260601-virtio-
  gpu_wait_event-v3-1-89530517a98a@redhat.com
- v1 used `wait_event_timeout()` (5s). v2/v3 switched to an explicit
  `vqs_released` flag (no arbitrary timeout). Applied version is v3.

**Step 4.2 — Recipients (`b4 dig -w`)**
Record: David Airlie, Gerd Hoffmann, Dmitry Osipenko, Gurchetan Singh,
Chia-I Wu, drm-misc maintainers, `dri-devel`,
`virtualization@lists.linux.dev`. Right people.

**Step 4.3 — Review**
Record (from saved v2 mbox):
- Dmitry: “What about other `wait_event`?” Author: those are `resp_wq`,
  not inside `drm_dev_enter`, different bug. Dmitry: leave for later.
- Dmitry could not reproduce on normal systemd shutdown and noted the
  syzbot stacks were not remove/shutdown. Later: *“the patch looks okay,
  but I'm not convinced that it fixes the reported issue.”*
- Author agreed syzbot was a probe deadlock (`clientlist_mutex` vs
  dequeue worker), dropped those tags, and described the real trigger:
  host stops processing → guest waits in D-state inside `drm_dev_enter`
  → unplug’s `synchronize_srcu` never completes. systemd cannot kill
  D-state tasks.
- v3 dropped the unrelated tags; Dmitry still signed off.

**Step 4.4 — Series**
Record: Single-patch series. `resp_wq` abort and interruptible waits
were explicitly deferred.

**Step 4.5 — stable@**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable returned HTTP 403. UNVERIFIED whether it
was already discussed on stable@.

Syzbot URLs from v2: hung in `virtio_gpu_queue_fenced_ctrl_buffer`
during **probe** (`virtio_gpu_probe` → fbcon), not removal. Those are
the deadlock already closed by `89890a5fcefad` in this tree. They do
**not** prove this particular hang, and they are not used as a YES
signal for this commit.

---

## Phase 5: Semantic / call graph

**Step 5.1 — Functions**
Record: `virtio_gpu_release_vqs` (new), `virtio_gpu_remove`,
`virtio_gpu_shutdown`, `virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs`,
`virtio_gpu_queue_cursor`.

**Step 5.2 — Callers**
Record:
- `virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs` ← `virtio_gpu_queue_fenced_ctrl_buffer` ←
  nearly every `virtio_gpu_cmd_*` (ioctls, plane update/flush, GEM,
  etc.). Userspace and KMS both reach it.
- `virtio_gpu_queue_cursor` ← cursor plane updates.
- `virtio_gpu_remove` / `virtio_gpu_shutdown` are virtio `.remove` /
  `.shutdown`.

**Step 5.3 — Callees**
Record: `drm_dev_enter`/`exit`, `wait_event`, `wake_up_all`,
`free_vbuf`, `virtio_gpu_array_unlock_resv`, `virtio_gpu_notify`. No new
helpers outside this driver.

**Step 5.4 — Reachability**
Record: Yes. Any guest GPU submit that fills the virtqueue waits here.
Unplug/shutdown is virtio remove or poweroff. Host-side virtio-gpu/virgl
stall is the trigger.

**Step 5.5 — Similar patterns**
Record: `wait_event(vgdev->resp_wq)` in `virtgpu_prime.c` and
`virtgpu_vram.c` still unbounded; not inside `drm_dev_enter`, so they do
not block unplug. Same author deferred that.

---

## Phase 6: This tree (6.18.y)

**Step 6.1 — Buggy code present?**
Record: **Yes at v6.18.53.**
```
v6.18.53:virtgpu_vq.c:398: wait_event(vgdev->ctrlq.ack_queue,
vq->num_free >= elemcnt);
v6.18.53:virtgpu_vq.c:568: wait_event(vgdev->cursorq.ack_queue,
vq->num_free >= outcnt);
```
`vqs_released` is **not** in v6.18.53. `virtio_gpu_remove`/`shutdown`
call `drm_dev_unplug()` with no prior wake.
`drm_dev_synchronize_unplug()` does `synchronize_srcu`. Bug introduced
~2020; 6.18 branched 2025-11-30.

Local tree: `git describe HEAD` → `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`;
Makefile `6.18.53`. Verdict is for **this 6.18.y tree only**.

**Step 6.2 — Backport difficulty**
Record: `git apply --check` of this patch onto v6.18.53 virtio files:
**clean apply**. Context differs slightly (`DRIVER_ATOMIC` guard around
`drm_atomic_helper_shutdown` from `19a6a00ff50c2`, already in v6.18.53);
insertion is still immediately before `drm_dev_unplug()`.

**Step 6.3 — Related fix already here?**
Record: Probe deadlock `89890a5fcefad` is in v6.18.53 and does **not**
abort virtqueue waits on removal. No equivalent abort exists. This is
not a duplicate.

---

## Phase 7: Subsystem

**Step 7.1**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/virtio` — virtio-gpu DRM. **IMPORTANT** for VMs
(QEMU/KVM, cloud, CrosVM), not core mm/VFS.

**Step 7.2**
Record: Mature driver, still getting targeted fixes. Not staging.

---

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1 — Who**
Record: virtio-gpu guests (`CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU`). Common in VMs, not
every bare-metal box.

**Step 8.2 — Trigger**
Record: Host stops completing virtqueue commands (host renderer crash,
hung device, hypervisor bug) **and** a guest command waits for ring
space **and** then remove/shutdown. Not every boot. Cannot be signal-
killed (`TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE`). Module unload, virtio reset, and
poweroff all hit `drm_dev_unplug()`.

**Step 8.3 — Failure mode**
Record: **Hung task / shutdown or unplug deadlock.** Severity: **HIGH**
(system cannot finish shutdown/remove; D-state). Not a UAF or silent
corruption.

**Step 8.4 — Risk vs benefit**
Record:
- Benefit: HIGH for virtio-gpu VMs that lose the host GPU and then
  reboot/unplug.
- Risk: LOW — ~35 lines, teardown-only flag, abort path copies existing
  `-ENODEV` cleanup.
- Ratio: favorable.

---

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Step 9.1 — Evidence**

**For:**
- Real hang: uninterruptible wait inside `drm_dev_enter` blocks
  `drm_dev_unplug()`/`synchronize_srcu`.
- Confirmed in v6.18.53 source (`wait_event` without abort; unplug with
  no wake).
- Small, contained, no new API.
- Abort cleanup matches existing `drm_dev_enter()` failure.
- Maintainer signed off after review (v1 timeout → v3 flag).
- Applies cleanly to this tree’s virtio files.
- virtio-gpu is widely used; host GPU process failure is a realistic VM
  event.

**Against:**
- Trigger needs a stuck host plus a full virtqueue plus teardown — not a
  hot path.
- Syzbot tags were wrongly attached in v2 and correctly dropped; do not
  treat this as a syzbot backport.
- Incomplete vs all `wait_event`s; `resp_wq` still unbounded
  (intentionally separate).
- Maintainer initially could not reproduce on a normal systemd shutdown.

**Unresolved:** stable@ archive 403; whether this hang has a public user
report besides the author’s analysis.

**Step 9.2 — Stable rules**
1. Obviously correct and tested — **PASS** (standard wait/wake abort;
   maintainer SOB; v3 after review).
2. Real user-visible bug — **PASS** (remove/shutdown hang when host
   stops the vq).
3. Important (hang/deadlock) — **PASS** (HIGH: D-state blocks
   unplug/shutdown).
4. Small and contained — **PASS** (~37 lines, one driver).
5. No new features/APIs — **PASS**.
6. Applies to this tree — **PASS** (clean apply to v6.18.53 virtio
   files; all helpers present).

**Step 9.3 — Exceptions**
Record: None (not a device ID/quirk/DT/build/doc exception). Qualifies
as a normal hang fix.

**Step 9.4 — Decision**
This belongs on 6.18.y. The bug is in this tree, the fix is surgical,
and a stuck virtqueue otherwise makes guest unplug/shutdown hang
forever.

---

## What the commit solves for this tree

On 6.18.y, virtio-gpu waits for virtqueue space with `wait_event()`
inside `drm_dev_enter()`. If the host stops processing, that wait never
ends, `drm_dev_unplug()` never gets past `synchronize_srcu()`, and
remove/shutdown hang in D-state. The patch sets `vqs_released`, wakes
both queues before unplug, and aborts the command like a failed
`drm_dev_enter()`.

That is a real hang, not a feature. Risk is low; the only extra behavior
is on teardown.

---

## Verification
- **[Phase 1]** Parsed v3 message/tags; no Fixes/Reported-by on
  committed v3; v3 changelog documents dropping unrelated syzbot tags.
- **[Phase 2]** Diff: +37/−2 across three virtio-gpu files; abort copies
  `drm_dev_enter()` failure cleanup; fence emit is after the wait.
- **[Phase 3]** `git blame` on v6.18.53: wait from `6ebe8661ebf27a`
  (2020) / cursor from 2013–2018; `drm_dev_enter` from `b1df3a2b24a917`
  (2020).
- **[Phase 3]** `git merge-base --is-ancestor 0ffdc5889ef64 v6.18.53` →
  **not** in v6.18.53; buggy wait **is** in v6.18.53.
- **[Phase 3]** Probe deadlock `89890a5fcefad` **is** in v6.18.53 and
  closes the syzbot hung-task IDs; it does not abort vq waits on
  removal.
- **[Phase 3]** `virtio_gpu_shutdown` (`2507789a724d6`) **is** in
  v6.18.53.
- **[Phase 3]** `vgdev` allocated with `drmm_kzalloc` in `virtgpu_kms.c`
  — `vqs_released` starts false.
- **[Phase 4]** `b4 dig -c a46991b334f663fa0e0e9c051e50587ef977ac8b`
  matched v2/v3 lore; `b4 dig -a` showed v2 then v3; `b4 dig -w` listed
  virtio-gpu maintainers.
- **[Phase 4]** Mbox: Dmitry review; author explained syzbot mismatch
  and the real remove/shutdown hang; v3 dropped tags; Dmitry SOB on the
  commit.
- **[Phase 4]** WebFetch syzbot bugs `d6dd6f86…` / `908bd910…`: hung
  during **probe/fbcon**, not unplug — not this bug.
- **[Phase 4]** lore.kernel.org and lore.kernel.org/stable: HTTP 403.
  UNVERIFIED for stable@ discussion. Used gitlab.freedesktop.org +
  openwall + mbox instead.
- **[Phase 5]** `git grep`: `virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs` is on
  ioctl/plane/GEM paths; dequeue `wake_up(&ctrlq.ack_queue)` only after
  host responses — if host is dead, waiters never wake without this
  patch.
- **[Phase 6]** `git describe HEAD` / Makefile: **6.18.53**. `git apply
  --check` of this patch onto archived v6.18.53 virtio files: **APPLY
  CLEAN**.
- **[Phase 6]** `drm_dev_unplug` at v6.18.53 calls
  `drm_dev_synchronize_unplug()` → `synchronize_srcu`.
- **[Phase 6]** `wait_event()` in `include/linux/wait.h` uses
  `TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE`.
- **[Phase 8]** Failure mode from code + commit: hung unplug/shutdown,
  severity HIGH.
- **UNVERIFIED:** public non-syzbot user report of this exact remove
  hang; stable@ archive (403).

The hang is in this 6.18.y tree, the patch is small and correct, and it
should be backported.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h |  1 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c  | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
index d9556e1b67b10..78cc388b434d9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
@@ -118,10 +118,24 @@ static int virtio_gpu_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Release pending virtqueue waits so the drm_dev_enter/exit() critical
+ * sections complete before drm_dev_unplug() blocks on synchronize_srcu().
+ */
+static void virtio_gpu_release_vqs(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+	struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev = dev->dev_private;
+
+	vgdev->vqs_released = true;
+	wake_up_all(&vgdev->ctrlq.ack_queue);
+	wake_up_all(&vgdev->cursorq.ack_queue);
+}
+
 static void virtio_gpu_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = vdev->priv;
 
+	virtio_gpu_release_vqs(dev);
 	drm_dev_unplug(dev);
 
 	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_ATOMIC))
@@ -135,6 +149,7 @@ static void virtio_gpu_shutdown(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = vdev->priv;
 
+	virtio_gpu_release_vqs(dev);
 	/* stop talking to the device */
 	drm_dev_unplug(dev);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
index 8575c7787fc36..51b78f8a8aa2e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ struct virtio_gpu_device {
 
 	struct virtio_gpu_queue ctrlq;
 	struct virtio_gpu_queue cursorq;
+	bool vqs_released;
 	struct kmem_cache *vbufs;
 
 	atomic_t pending_commands;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
index 592ad4f9b100d..244a791ab915e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
@@ -422,7 +422,19 @@ static int virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 	if (vq->num_free < elemcnt) {
 		spin_unlock(&vgdev->ctrlq.qlock);
 		virtio_gpu_notify(vgdev);
-		wait_event(vgdev->ctrlq.ack_queue, vq->num_free >= elemcnt);
+		wait_event(vgdev->ctrlq.ack_queue,
+			   vq->num_free >= elemcnt || vgdev->vqs_released);
+		/*
+		 * Set by virtio_gpu_release_vqs() to unblock
+		 * synchronize_srcu() wait in drm_dev_unplug().
+		 */
+		if (vgdev->vqs_released) {
+			if (fence && vbuf->objs)
+				virtio_gpu_array_unlock_resv(vbuf->objs);
+			free_vbuf(vgdev, vbuf);
+			drm_dev_exit(idx);
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
 		goto again;
 	}
 
@@ -592,7 +604,14 @@ static void virtio_gpu_queue_cursor(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 	ret = virtqueue_add_sgs(vq, sgs, outcnt, 0, vbuf, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
 		spin_unlock(&vgdev->cursorq.qlock);
-		wait_event(vgdev->cursorq.ack_queue, vq->num_free >= outcnt);
+		wait_event(vgdev->cursorq.ack_queue,
+			   vq->num_free >= outcnt || vgdev->vqs_released);
+		/* See comment in virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs(). */
+		if (vgdev->vqs_released) {
+			free_vbuf(vgdev, vbuf);
+			drm_dev_exit(idx);
+			return;
+		}
 		spin_lock(&vgdev->cursorq.qlock);
 		goto retry;
 	} else {
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amd/pm: Validate Tonga PowerPlay state array bounds

[Sasha Levin]

From: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 1ac24df78c566d767a5ef05a1fe0ecc55bac248d ]

process_pptables_v1_0.c builds the Tonga state array pointer
from usStateArrayOffset before checking that the table buffer covers
the referenced data. A truncated PowerPlay table can therefore lead to
out-of-bounds reads while validating the state array.

Validate the fixed table size first, then check the state array offset
and entry range before dereferencing the state array.

Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have enough to decide: the Tonga state-array OOB exists in this
6.18.53 tree, the patch is self-contained, and it applies cleanly.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE
Record: [drm/amd/pm] [Validate] [Add bounds checks before using the
Tonga PowerPlay state array pointer derived from `usStateArrayOffset`.]

Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS
Record:
- Signed-off-by: Yang Wang &lt;kevinyang.wang@amd.com&gt; (author)
- Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang &lt;Hawking.Zhang@amd.com&gt; (AMD GFX
  reviewer; mailing-list reply said the whole 5-patch series is
  Reviewed-by)
- Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher &lt;alexander.deucher@amd.com&gt; (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- No Fixes:, Reported-by, Tested-by, Link:, or Cc: stable (absence
  expected)
- Ignore pipeline-added Upstream commit / Sasha Levin SOB

Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT
Record:
- Bug: `process_pptables_v1_0.c` forms `ATOM_Tonga_State_Array *` from
  `usStateArrayOffset` before proving the PowerPlay buffer covers that
  object.
- Symptom: truncated/malformed PowerPlay table → out-of-bounds reads
  while validating the state array.
- Root cause: pointer arithmetic first, checks after (and the checks
  never used `soft_pp_table_size`).
- Fix: check fixed table size, then offset, then entry span, then
  dereference.
- No affected-version list in the message.

Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES
Record: Not disguised. Explicit OOB hardening. Also tightens
`entry_index <= ucNumEntries` to `entry_index < ucNumEntries` (off-by-
one on the index check).

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c`
  (+40 / −22)
- Functions: `check_powerplay_tables` split into `get_tonga_state_array`
  + thin wrapper; `get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries_v1_0`;
  `get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE
Record:
- Hunk 1 (init validation): Before — compute `state_arrays = table +
  usStateArrayOffset` then assert revision/offset/size/`ucNumEntries`.
  After — require `soft_pp_table_size >= sizeof(*powerplay_table)`, then
  existing header checks, then `offset <= table_size -
  sizeof(*state_arrays)`, then dereference, then `struct_size(...) <=
  remaining`.
- Hunk 2 (`get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries_v1_0`): Before — same
  unvalidated pointer add, return `ucNumEntries`. After — shared helper;
  fail closed on invalid table.
- Hunk 3 (`get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0`): Before — pointer add +
  offset/`ucNumEntries` checks after the add; `entry_index <=
  ucNumEntries`. After — helper first; `entry_index < ucNumEntries`.
- Paths: GPU powerplay init and power-state table walk (normal device
  bring-up), not a rare error-only path.

Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM
Record:
- Category: memory safety — buffer overflow / OOB read of firmware (and
  optionally sysfs-uploaded) table data.
- Mechanism: `usStateArrayOffset` and `ucNumEntries` were trusted. A
  truncated blob or huge offset reads past the ATOM table.
  `struct_size()` is overflow-safe for the entries span.
- Also logic: exclusive vs inclusive index check.

Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY
Record:
- Obviously correct: size → header → offset → header of subtable → full
  entries span.
- Underflow: `table_size - sizeof(*state_arrays)` is safe because the
  first check is `table_size >= sizeof(*powerplay_table)`, and
  `ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE` is much larger than
  `ATOM_Tonga_State_Array` (header + two `UCHAR`s + flex array).
- Regression: valid VBIOS tables should still pass if `usStructureSize`
  is the full PowerPlay blob (ATOM `CU16(idx)` / `usStructureSize`).
  That is the same size the later Tonga/Vega subtable helpers use; a
  header-only size would reject every Tonga GPU and would not have
  landed.
- No public API / locking / data-structure change. Stale kernel-doc
  above `get_tonga_state_array` still mentions `check_powerplay_tables`
  (later comment-only fix 4986757d); no runtime impact.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES
Record:
- Buggy `check_powerplay_tables` body: `c82baa28184356` (yanyang1,
  2015-08-18), originally `tonga_processpptables.c`.
- File rename: `f8a4c11b0a33f9` (2016).
- Bug has been in-tree since PowerPlay v1 (~4.x era), so it is in this
  6.18 tree.

Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG
Record: No Fixes: tag. N/A.

Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES
Record:
- Same author/series (independent per-ASIC bounds work):
  - 1/5 `Validate pp_table header before reading size` (SWSMU
    `smu_sys_set_pp_table`)
  - 2/5 `Use uploaded size for legacy custom PPTable`
    (`pp_dpm_set_pp_table`)
  - **3/5 this commit**
  - 4/5 Vega hwmgr bounds
  - 5/5 legacy hwmgr offsets
- Follow-up (separate 2/3 series): `Validate Tonga PPTable subtable
  bounds` (~600 lines) for other subtables; later comment-align commit
  for this helper.
- This commit does not call `pp_entries_max()` (autosel parent helper).
  Standalone for the state-array OOB.

Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS
Record: Yang Wang is an AMD PM contributor with a run of PPTable
bounds/UAF fixes. Hawking Zhang reviewed; Alex Deucher merged.

Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS
Record:
- Uses existing `hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size` (set in
  `get_powerplay_table()` from ATOM) and kernel `struct_size`
  (`include/linux/overflow.h`). Both exist in v6.18.53.
- 1/5 is a different file (SWSMU). 2/5 improves custom-upload size
  accounting in `amd_powerplay.c` but is not required to compile or to
  bound VBIOS tables.
- Can apply standalone. Confirmed with `patch --dry-run` against
  `v6.18.53` file: clean.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 1ac24df78c566d767a5ef05a1fe0ecc55bac248d` → [PATCH 3/5] htt
  ps://patch.msgid.link/20260623034151.263746-3-kevinyang.wang@amd.com
- `b4 dig -a`: only v1 of this 5-patch series (no later rewrite of 3/5).
- Freedesktop: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-June/147288.html
- Hawking on 1/5 (series Ack): “Series is Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang” —
  https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-gfx/2026-June/147299.html
- No NAK found. No Cc: stable in the submission.

Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH
Record: `b4 dig -w` To/Cc: amd-gfx, Alex Deucher, Hawking Zhang, Kenneth
Feng. Maintainer merged.

Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT
Record: No syzbot/bugzilla. Bug is described as truncated PowerPlay
table OOB. Trigger is firmware parse at init, or root write to
`pp_table` sysfs (documented in `amdgpu_pm.c`).

Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES
Record: 5-patch OOB series plus a later Tonga subtable series. This
patch is the Tonga *state array* piece and is self-contained. Other
patches cover other table formats/subtables.

Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY
Record: UNVERIFIED — lore.kernel.org/stable returned HTTP 403. No
evidence this was rejected for stable.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF
Record: `get_tonga_state_array` (new), `check_powerplay_tables`,
`get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries_v1_0`,
`get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0`.

Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS
Record:
- `check_powerplay_tables` ← `pp_tables_v1_0_initialize` ←
  `pptable_v1_0_funcs.pptable_init` ← SMU7 when `pp_table_version ==
  PP_TABLE_V1` (`smu7_init_function_pointers`).
- `get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries_v1_0` ←
  `smu7_get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries` ← `psm`
  `get_num_of_pp_table_entries`.
- `get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0` ← `smu7_get_pp_table_entry_v1` ←
  `psm_init_power_state_table` loop `for (i = 0; i < table_entries;
  i++)`.
- Context: driver init / DPM bring-up, process context.

Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES
Record: `le16_to_cpu`, `struct_size`, `PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE` (warns and
runs `return -1` — real control flow, not a debug-only assert).

Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN
Record: Reachable on every boot of SMU7 PP_TABLE_V1 ASICs
(Tonga/Fiji/Polaris/VegaM class in this hwmgr). Also reachable if root
writes `/sys/class/drm/cardX/device/pp_table` (`S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR`),
which copies into `hardcode_pp_table` and calls `amd_powerplay_reset` →
re-init. Unprivileged users cannot write the sysfs node.

Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS
Record: Same unvalidated `table + le16_to_cpu(offset)` pattern in
Vega/legacy processpptables; same author fixed those in 4/5, 5/5, and
the later Tonga subtable patch.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?
Record:
- Local tree: `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`, `VERSION=6 PATCHLEVEL=18
  SUBLEVEL=53`, branch `autosel`.
- `git merge-base --is-ancestor f29e53bc54611 v6.18.53` → **not in
  v6.18.53**.
- `v6.18.53:process_pptables_v1_0.c` still has the old
  `check_powerplay_tables` that adds `usStateArrayOffset` before any
  size check (lines 1116–1137).
- Bug introduced ~2015; present here.

Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS
Record: Expected **clean apply**. Dry-run of this commit’s diff onto the
v6.18.53 copy of the file succeeded. Mainline context uses
`kzalloc_obj`; 6.18.53 uses `kzalloc(sizeof(...))` — that line is not
part of the hunks.

Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE
Record: v6.18.53 does **not** contain 1/5, 2/5, this commit, 4/5, or
5/5. No earlier Tonga state-array bounds helper. Follow-up subtable
helpers (`tonga_pp_table_has_space`) are only on the autosel branch
after later candidates — not in v6.18.53.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY
Record: [drm/amd/pm powerplay] [IMPORTANT — widely used AMD GPU DPM for
Tonga/Fiji/Polaris-era cards, not core mm/net, but real hardware in the
field]

Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY
Record: Actively maintained; this is targeted firmware-table hardening,
not a refactor of a brand-new subsystem.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED
Record: Driver-specific: amdgpu SMU7 with PowerPlay table v1
(Tonga/Fiji/Polaris family). Config `CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU`.

Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Record:
- Always parsed at device init from VBIOS/ATOM
  (`smu_atom_get_data_table` → `soft_pp_table_size = usStructureSize`).
- Healthy firmware: no behavior change.
- Truncated/corrupt VBIOS or crafted table: OOB read.
- Sysfs `pp_table` store is root-only. On v6.18.53, short uploads
  `memcpy` into a buffer still sized as the original table
  (`pp_dpm_set_pp_table`); 2/5 would make `soft_pp_table_size` match the
  upload. This commit still stops offsets that run past
  `soft_pp_table_size`.
- Unprivileged users cannot trigger via sysfs.

Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY
Record: Kernel OOB read → KASAN/oops, possible info leak from adjacent
BIOS/kernel memory if values are consumed. Severity: **HIGH** (memory
safety). Not a confirmed remote unprivileged exploit.

Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO
Record:
- Benefit: HIGH for Tonga/Polaris users with bad/truncated firmware or
  custom PP tables; fail closed instead of reading off the end of the
  ATOM blob.
- Risk: LOW (~40 lines, local helper, existing `PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE`
  style).
- Ratio: favorable. Residual gap: other subtables still unchecked until
  the large follow-up; that is not a reason to skip this contained
  state-array fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE
FOR:
- Real OOB read: pointer from firmware offset used before buffer
  coverage is proven (code from 2015, present in 6.18.53).
- Small, obviously correct, overflow-safe `struct_size` check.
- Reviewed by Hawking Zhang (series), merged by Alex Deucher.
- Applies cleanly to this tree; no missing types/helpers.
- Shared helper also closes the same hole in entry-count and entry-fetch
  paths.
- Fail closed: init returns error instead of walking garbage.

AGAINST:
- No crash report / syzbot / Fixes: tag.
- Part of 3/5; full PPTable hardening needs later larger patches.
- Sysfs path is root-only; VBIOS path needs a truncated/malformed table.
- Incomplete vs later 600-line subtable patch.

UNRESOLVED:
- Stable list discussion (lore 403).
- No production crash log attached to the patch.

Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — order of checks is sound;
   maintainer review; in mainline.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — OOB read of PowerPlay
   state array from truncated/malformed tables on a live init path.
3. Important issue? **PASS** — kernel OOB read / crash / info-leak
   class; HIGH, not a style cleanup.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one file, +40/−22.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — bug present in v6.18.53; dry-
   run apply clean.

Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/docs exception. Ordinary memory-safety
bugfix.

Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION
This should be backported to **this** 6.18.y tree. The buggy pointer
construction is in v6.18.53, the fix is small and independent of the
rest of the 5-patch series, and it prevents out-of-bounds reads during
amdgpu PowerPlay v1 init.

===============================================================
What the commit solves for this tree
===============================================================

On 6.18.53, `check_powerplay_tables()`,
`get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries_v1_0()`, and
`get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0()` all do:

`state_arrays = (ATOM_Tonga_State_Array *)(powerplay_table +
le16_to_cpu(usStateArrayOffset))`

and then read `ucNumEntries` / `entries[i]`. `soft_pp_table_size` is
already known from ATOM `usStructureSize` but was unused. A truncated
PowerPlay table or an offset past the blob is an out-of-bounds kernel
read during GPU init (Polaris-class cards are still common). The patch
adds the missing coverage checks and an exclusive entry-index test. It
does not add APIs. 1/5 and 2/5 are related hardening but not
compile/runtime prerequisites for this file.

Risk vs benefit: low risk of regressing good firmware; high value if the
table is short or the offset is wrong.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Tags: author Yang Wang; Reviewed-by Hawking Zhang; SOB Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/syzbot/stable Cc
- [Phase 2] Diff: +40/−22 in `process_pptables_v1_0.c`; helper + three
  call sites; OOB bounds + off-by-one index
- [Phase 2] `PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE` in `pp_debug.h` really `pr_warn` +
  executes `return -1`
- [Phase 3] Blame: `c82baa28184356` (2015-08-18) introduced the
  unvalidated pointer add
- [Phase 3] No Fixes: tag
- [Phase 3] Series 1/5 and 2/5 touch other files; this commit does not
  use `pp_entries_max()`
- [Phase 3] `struct_size` in `include/linux/overflow.h`;
  `soft_pp_table_size` set in `get_powerplay_table()`
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 1ac24df78c566d767a5ef05a1fe0ecc55bac248d` → PATCH
  3/5 msgid 20260623034151.263746-3
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: v1 only for this series
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: amd-gfx, Deucher, Hawking, Kenneth Feng
- [Phase 4] Hawking: “Series is Reviewed-by”
  https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-gfx/2026-June/147299.html
- [Phase 4] Patch body: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-June/147288.html
- [Phase 5] Callers: `pp_tables_v1_0_initialize`,
  `smu7_get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries`,
  `smu7_get_pp_table_entry_v1` ← `psm_init_power_state_table`
- [Phase 5] `pptable_v1_0_funcs` selected for `PP_TABLE_V1` in
  `smu7_init_function_pointers`
- [Phase 5] sysfs `pp_table` is `S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR`
  (`AMDGPU_DEVICE_ATTR_RW`)
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb; Makefile
  6.18.53
- [Phase 6] commit **not** ancestor of v6.18.53; buggy function present
  at v6.18.53:1116
- [Phase 6] `patch --dry-run` of this diff onto v6.18.53 file: success
- [Phase 6] ATOM size is `usStructureSize` via
  `amdgpu_atom_parse_data_header` `*size = CU16(idx)`
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: OOB read on truncated PP table during amdgpu
  init; HIGH
- UNVERIFIED: lore.kernel.org/stable search (HTTP 403); no public crash
  repro attached to the patch

**YES**

 .../powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c   | 62 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c
index 6cfef1b295abb..94c1e2c103703 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c
@@ -1113,15 +1113,17 @@ static int init_thermal_controller(
  * @powerplay_table: Pointer to the PowerPlay Table.
  * Exception:  2 if the powerplay table is incorrect.
  */
-static int check_powerplay_tables(
-		struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
-		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table
-		)
+static int get_tonga_state_array(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+	const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
+	const ATOM_Tonga_State_Array **state_array)
 {
 	const ATOM_Tonga_State_Array *state_arrays;
+	u16 state_array_offset;
+	size_t state_array_size;
+	size_t table_size = hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size;
 
-	state_arrays = (ATOM_Tonga_State_Array *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
-		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset));
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((table_size >= sizeof(*powerplay_table)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
 
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((ATOM_Tonga_TABLE_REVISION_TONGA <=
 		powerplay_table->sHeader.ucTableFormatRevision),
@@ -1130,12 +1132,34 @@ static int check_powerplay_tables(
 		"State table is not set!", return -1);
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((0 < powerplay_table->sHeader.usStructureSize),
 		"Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	state_array_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((state_array_offset <=
+			     table_size - sizeof(*state_arrays)),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	state_arrays = (ATOM_Tonga_State_Array *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
+		state_array_offset);
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((0 < state_arrays->ucNumEntries),
 		"Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
 
+	state_array_size = struct_size(state_arrays, entries, state_arrays->ucNumEntries);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((state_array_size <= table_size - state_array_offset),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
+
+	*state_array = state_arrays;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int check_powerplay_tables(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
+	const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
+{
+	const ATOM_Tonga_State_Array *state_arrays;
+
+	return get_tonga_state_array(hwmgr, powerplay_table, &state_arrays);
+}
+
 static int pp_tables_v1_0_initialize(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
 {
 	int result = 0;
@@ -1239,17 +1263,16 @@ const struct pp_table_func pptable_v1_0_funcs = {
 
 int get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries_v1_0(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
 {
-	ATOM_Tonga_State_Array const *state_arrays;
+	const ATOM_Tonga_State_Array *state_arrays;
 	const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *pp_table = get_powerplay_table(hwmgr);
+	int result;
 
 	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((NULL != pp_table),
 			"Missing PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
-	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((pp_table->sHeader.ucTableFormatRevision >=
-			ATOM_Tonga_TABLE_REVISION_TONGA),
-			"Incorrect PowerPlay table revision!", return -1);
 
-	state_arrays = (ATOM_Tonga_State_Array *)(((unsigned long)pp_table) +
-			le16_to_cpu(pp_table->usStateArrayOffset));
+	result = get_tonga_state_array(hwmgr, pp_table, &state_arrays);
+	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((result == 0),
+			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table State Array.", return result);
 
 	return (uint32_t)(state_arrays->ucNumEntries);
 }
@@ -1380,15 +1403,11 @@ int get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 
 	if (pp_table->sHeader.ucTableFormatRevision >=
 			ATOM_Tonga_TABLE_REVISION_TONGA) {
-		state_arrays = (ATOM_Tonga_State_Array *)(((unsigned long)pp_table) +
-				le16_to_cpu(pp_table->usStateArrayOffset));
-
-		PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((0 < pp_table->usStateArrayOffset),
-				"Invalid PowerPlay Table State Array Offset.", return -1);
-		PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((0 < state_arrays->ucNumEntries),
-				"Invalid PowerPlay Table State Array.", return -1);
-		PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((entry_index <= state_arrays->ucNumEntries),
-				"Invalid PowerPlay Table State Array Entry.", return -1);
+		result = get_tonga_state_array(hwmgr, pp_table, &state_arrays);
+		PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((result == 0),
+				    "Invalid PowerPlay Table State Array.", return result);
+		PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((entry_index < state_arrays->ucNumEntries),
+				    "Invalid PowerPlay Table State Array Entry.", return -1);
 
 		state_entry = GET_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER_ADDR(
 						ATOM_Tonga_State, entries,
@@ -1414,4 +1433,3 @@ int get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
 
 	return result;
 }
-
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.15] drm/amd/pm: Guard VBIOS AC timing table walk

[Sasha Levin]

From: Xiang Liu <xiang.liu@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 2bf6867e5953a140fc91c3159987656e44ed29fb ]

Reject AC timing blocks with a stride smaller than a dword before walking
VBIOS data. A zero stride can otherwise keep reg_data pinned on a
nonmatching MEM_ID forever.

Also bound the data-block and END marker reads by the returned VRAM_Info
table size so malformed index/data sizes do not push the timing walk past
the table.

Signed-off-by: Xiang Liu <xiang.liu@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1: Subject line**
Record: `[drm/amd/pm] [Guard] Reject undersized VBIOS AC timing strides
and bound the table walk`

Subsystem `drm/amd/pm`. Verb is **Guard** (defensive bounds / hang
prevention), not a feature addition.

**Step 1.2: Tags**
Record:
- `Signed-off-by: Xiang Liu <xiang.liu@amd.com>` (author)
- `Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>` (AMD reviewer)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Link:`, or `Cc: stable`
  (absence is expected for this review)
- Pipeline markers (`[ Upstream commit 2bf6867e5953... ]`, `Signed-off-
  by: Sasha Levin`) ignored per instructions

**Step 1.3: Body**
Record:
- **Bug:** `atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing()` walks VBIOS AC timing blocks
  using `usRegDataBlkSize` as the stride. A zero (or sub-dword) stride
  never advances `reg_data`. If the pinned dword’s MEM_ID does not match
  `index`, `num_ranges` never increases, so the
  `VBIOS_MAX_AC_TIMING_ENTRIES` cap never fires.
- **Symptom:** infinite loop / hang during GPU powerplay init.
- **Second bug:** index/data sizes can walk past the VRAM_Info table;
  unbounded dword reads of the END marker and per-entry payload.
- **Root cause:** firmware table walk trusts VBIOS sizes with no stride
  or table-end check.
- **Version info:** none in the message. Code has been in-tree since
  v4.5.

**Step 1.4: Hidden bug fix?**
Record: Not hidden. It is an explicit hang + OOB hardening of a firmware
parser. “Guard” here means missing validation, not a cleanup.

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1: Inventory**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/ppatomctrl.c` — **+22 /
  −6**
- Functions: `atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing`,
  `atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table`,
  `atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table_v2_2`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: Code flow**
Record:
1. `atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing`: cache `stride =
   le16_to_cpu(usRegDataBlkSize)`; **before:** walk with raw stride;
   **after:** `-EINVAL` if `stride < 4`.
2. Loop: **before:** `while (*(u32 *)reg_data != END && num_ranges <
   20)`; **after:** also require `(u8 *)reg_data + 4 <= table_end`
   before the read.
3. Inner `DATA_FROM_TABLE` copies: **before:** unbounded `*((u32
   *)reg_data + j)`; **after:** reject if that dword would pass
   `table_end`.
4. Advance: same addition, using cached `stride`.
5. Exit: **before:** `PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE` that the current dword is
   `END_OF_REG_DATA_BLOCK` (0), which itself can read past the table;
   **after:** bounds-check then compare, return `-EINVAL`.
6. Callers: both init helpers already have `size` from
   `smu_atom_get_data_table()` but unused for the walk; they now set
   `table_end = (u8 *)vram_info + size` and pass it in.

**Step 2.3: Bug mechanism**
Record:
- **Category:** logic / memory-safety (infinite loop + OOB read)
- **Mechanism:** stride 0 pins `reg_data`. `END_OF_REG_DATA_BLOCK` is
  `0x00000000`. If that dword is nonzero and MEM_ID ≠ `index`, the loop
  never terminates. Large stride or oversized index table walks off the
  claimed VRAM_Info blob into adjacent BIOS/kernel memory.

**Step 2.4: Fix quality**
Record: Obviously correct C short-circuit bounds checks. Minimal. No API
change (`atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing` is static). Regression risk is
low: a valid AC block must be at least one dword (MEM_ID + clock).
`table_end` uses the ATOM header size already returned to these
functions. Residual gap: `atomctrl_set_mc_reg_address_table()` and
`usMemClkPatchTblOffset` are still unchecked; sibling parsers in
`amdgpu_atombios.c` / `radeon_atombios.c` still have the old walk. That
does not make this patch incorrect.

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1: Blame**
Record: Unbounded walk introduced in `c82baa2818435`
(“drm/amd/powerplay: add Tonga dpm support (v3)”, 2015-12-21), first in
**v4.5-rc1**. Present on this 6.18 tree. Only later touch of the same
loop: `12c6967428a09` (2024) added `if (i)` for `DATA_EQU_PREV` OOB on
`mc_data[-1]`, not this stride/end-marker bug.

**Step 3.2: Fixes: tag**
Record: None. Buggy code is the original 2015 parser, not a recent
regression.

**Step 3.3: File history**
Record: Recent related work on this file: NULL checks in
`atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table` (`820116a39f96b`, already in
v6.18.53). No prerequisite refactor. No “patch X/Y”. Standalone.

**Step 3.4: Author**
Record: Xiang Liu is an AMD drm/amdgpu contributor (many amdgpu
commits). Hawking Zhang reviewed; Alex Deucher applied. Not a drive-by.

**Step 3.5: Dependencies**
Record: None. Uses existing `smu_atom_get_data_table(..., &size, ...)`,
existing structs, no new helpers. Applies standalone.

## Phase 4: Mailing list

**Step 4.1:** `b4 dig -c 2bf6867e5953a140fc91c3159987656e44ed29fb`
Record: lore URL
`https://patch.msgid.link/20260623042601.562748-1-xiang.liu@amd.com`.
**v1 only** (no v2/v3). Thread: patch + Hawking `Reviewed-by`. No NAK,
no stable debate, no requested rework. Direct WebFetch of
lore.kernel.org returned **403**; thread recovered via `b4 dig -m`.

**Step 4.2:** `b4 dig -w`
Record: To `amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org`; Cc Hawking Zhang, Tao Zhou,
Stanley Yang, YiPeng Chai. Right list and AMD PM reviewers.

**Step 4.3: Bug report**
Record: No `Reported-by` / syzbot / bugzilla. Author-described defect
from code inspection. Unverified whether a specific card hung in the
wild.

**Step 4.4: Series**
Record: Single standalone `[PATCH]`, not N/M.

**Step 4.5: Stable list**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable WebFetch 403. **UNVERIFIED** whether
stable@ already discussed this; that does not change the technical
verdict.

## Phase 5: Semantic / call graph

**Step 5.1: Functions**
Record: `atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing`,
`atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table`,
`atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table_v2_2`.

**Step 5.2: Callers**
Record:
- `tonga_initialize_mc_reg_table` → `atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table`
- `iceland_initialize_mc_reg_table` → same
- `ci_initialize_mc_reg_table` → same
- `polaris10_initialize_mc_reg_table` →
  `atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table_v2_2`
- Those are `.initialize_mc_reg_table` in SMU7 smumgr;
  `smum_initialize_mc_reg_table()` is called from `smu7_hwmgr.c` during
  DPM enable (device init / resume), **without checking the return
  value**.

**Step 5.3: Callees**
Record: `smu_atom_get_data_table()` → `amdgpu_atom_parse_data_header()`;
pointer is `atom_context->bios + data_start`; `size` is the ATOM table
size.

**Step 5.4: Reachability**
Record: Yes, from normal amdgpu load on CI / Tonga / Iceland / Polaris
(RX 400/500-class, still common). Not a syscall fuzzer path; firmware-
driven probe/resume. Unprivileged users cannot craft VBIOS on a locked
ROM, but custom/modded Polaris VBIOS is common, and a bad image hangs
the kernel in this loop.

**Step 5.5: Similar patterns**
Record: Same unguarded walk remains in
`amdgpu_atombios_init_mc_reg_table()` and `radeon_atombios.c`. This
commit only hardens the powerplay copy. Sibling bugs are not a reason to
reject this fix.

## Phase 6: This tree (6.18.53)

**Step 6.1:**
Record: Local tree is **6.18.53** (`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`,
branch `autosel`).
`git merge-base --is-ancestor 2bf6867e5953... v6.18.53` → **not an
ancestor**.
v6.18.53 still has the unguarded `while (*(uint32_t *)reg_data !=
END_OF_REG_DATA_BLOCK && ...)` in `atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing()`. Bug
exists here.

**Step 6.2:**
Record: `git apply --check` of the upstream diff onto a v6.18.53 copy of
the file **succeeded** (exit 0). Clean apply. No structural drift.

**Step 6.3:**
Record: `12c6967428a09` and `820116a39f96b` are in v6.18.53; they do not
implement stride/table_end guards. No alternate fix present.

## Phase 7: Subsystem

**Step 7.1:**
Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay` — **IMPORTANT** (legacy GCN
powerplay, not core mm/net, but production GPU init).

**Step 7.2:**
Record: File is mature (2015). Little recent churn besides docs, a NULL
check, and the 2024 `mc_data[i-1]` guard. Long-lived bug, not a new-
subsystem issue.

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1:** Driver-specific: CI/Tonga/Iceland/Polaris via powerplay
(`CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU`, typically `DRM_AMDGPU_CIK` for CI). Polaris is
still widely deployed.

**Step 8.2:** Trigger: GPU DPM bring-up when VRAM_Info AC timing has
`usRegDataBlkSize < 4` or truncated/malformed blocks. Common on
**valid** VBIOS: no. Realistic on corrupted, truncated, or vendor-modded
VBIOS: yes. Not a userspace syscall primitive.

**Step 8.3:** Failure mode:
- Zero stride + nonmatching MEM_ID → **infinite loop in probe/resume** →
  **CRITICAL** hang
- Walk past table → **OOB read** → **HIGH** (crash / KASAN)

**Step 8.4:** Benefit: prevent hang/OOB on a long-lived parser used at
init. Risk: ~22 lines, error-path only for bad firmware. Valid tables
keep working. Ratio is favorable.

Ignored `smum_initialize_mc_reg_table()` return means a now-failing
parse no longer hangs; MC timing table may stay empty. That is still
better than a soft lockup, and matches other `-EINVAL` paths already in
these helpers.

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**For:**
- Real hang (zero stride) and real OOB (unbounded VBIOS walk)
- Code present since v4.5; **present and unfixed in this 6.18.53 tree**
- Small, obviously correct, no new API
- Maintainer SOB + AMD review; v1 accepted as-is
- Clean apply to this tree; no prerequisites
- Polar / CI powerplay still used here

**Against:**
- No public reproducer / syzbot / CVE
- Trigger is malformed firmware, not every boot
- Sibling parsers not fixed in the same patch
- `usMemClkPatchTblOffset` still unchecked (pre-existing)

**Unresolved:** stable@ discussion (lore 403); whether a specific
customer VBIOS hit this.

**Stable rules:**
1. Obviously correct and tested — **PASS** (reviewed, merged, logic is
   local bounds checks)
2. Real bug affecting users — **PASS** (hang/OOB on bad VBIOS; Polaris
   custom BIOS is a real population)
3. Important (crash/hang) — **PASS** (infinite loop in GPU init)
4. Small and contained — **PASS** (22/6, one file)
5. No new features/APIs — **PASS**
6. Applies to this tree — **PASS** (clean on v6.18.53)

**Exception category:** not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/doc exception. It
is a firmware-parser safety fix.

This meets stable rules for **this** 6.18.y tree: the buggy walk is
here, the fix is surgical, and the failure mode is a hang or OOB during
amdgpu powerplay init.

### What it solves for stable users

On CI/Tonga/Iceland/Polaris, powerplay walks the VBIOS AC timing table
with a stride taken from the image. A zero stride can spin forever; a
bad size can read past the table. The patch rejects sub-dword strides
and caps every dword access by the ATOM-reported VRAM_Info size, turning
a probe hang/OOB into `-EINVAL`.

### Risk vs benefit

Benefit is avoiding a hard-to-debug init hang and OOB on firmware that
is already treated as untrusted input. Risk is a few bounds checks on an
error path; valid VBIOS is unchanged. Residual unfixed copies elsewhere
do not block this backport.

### Concerns

No `Fixes:` lineage; leftover unbounded walks in
`atomctrl_set_mc_reg_address_table` and `amdgpu_atombios.c`. Neither is
a dependency of this patch. Apply to 6.18.53 is clean.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: author Xiang Liu, R-b Hawking Zhang, SOB Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable
- [Phase 2] Diff: +22/−6 in `ppatomctrl.c`; stride `< sizeof(u32)`
  reject; `table_end` on loop, payload, END marker
- [Phase 2] `END_OF_REG_DATA_BLOCK` is `0x00000000` in
  `atombios.h:7486`; zero stride + nonzero nonmatching MEM_ID loops
  forever
- [Phase 3] `git blame` on v6.18.53: walk from `c82baa2818435`
  (v4.5-rc1)
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 2bf6867e5953 v6.18.53` → not
  present in 6.18.53
- [Phase 3] `12c6967428a09` / `820116a39f96b` do not implement this
  guard; latter is already in 6.18.53
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 2bf6867e5953`: v1 only,
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260623042601.562748-1-xiang.liu@amd.com
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: single revision; `b4 dig -w`: amd-gfx + AMD
  reviewers; mbox: Hawking Reviewed-by, no NAK
- [Phase 4] WebFetch lore/stable: 403 — UNVERIFIED stable-list history
- [Phase 5] Callers: tonga/iceland/ci + polaris10 smumgr →
  `smum_initialize_mc_reg_table` from `smu7_hwmgr.c:1582` (return
  ignored)
- [Phase 5] Same pattern still in `amdgpu_atombios.c:1511` and
  `radeon_atombios.c:4031`
- [Phase 6] `make kernelversion` / `git describe`: 6.18.53; pre-image
  matches; apply --check on v6.18.53 copy exit 0
- [Phase 8] Failure: infinite loop or OOB at GPU DPM init; severity
  hang/crash
- UNVERIFIED: whether a specific shipping VBIOS has been observed with
  stride 0

**YES**

 .../drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/ppatomctrl.c   | 28 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/ppatomctrl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/ppatomctrl.c
index 1fff7567bca27..4b796d60b03d4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/ppatomctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/ppatomctrl.c
@@ -46,16 +46,22 @@ union voltage_object_info {
 static int atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing(
 		uint8_t index,
 		ATOM_INIT_REG_BLOCK *reg_block,
+		u8 *table_end,
 		pp_atomctrl_mc_reg_table *table)
 {
 	uint32_t i, j;
+	u16 stride = le16_to_cpu(reg_block->usRegDataBlkSize);
 	uint8_t tmem_id;
 	ATOM_MEMORY_SETTING_DATA_BLOCK *reg_data = (ATOM_MEMORY_SETTING_DATA_BLOCK *)
 		((uint8_t *)reg_block + (2 * sizeof(uint16_t)) + le16_to_cpu(reg_block->usRegIndexTblSize));
 
 	uint8_t num_ranges = 0;
 
-	while (*(uint32_t *)reg_data != END_OF_REG_DATA_BLOCK &&
+	if (stride < sizeof(uint32_t))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	while ((uint8_t *)reg_data + sizeof(uint32_t) <= table_end &&
+	       *(uint32_t *)reg_data != END_OF_REG_DATA_BLOCK &&
 			num_ranges < VBIOS_MAX_AC_TIMING_ENTRIES) {
 		tmem_id = (uint8_t)((*(uint32_t *)reg_data & MEM_ID_MASK) >> MEM_ID_SHIFT);
 
@@ -67,6 +73,10 @@ static int atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing(
 			for (i = 0, j = 1; i < table->last; i++) {
 				if ((table->mc_reg_address[i].uc_pre_reg_data &
 							LOW_NIBBLE_MASK) == DATA_FROM_TABLE) {
+					if ((uint8_t *)reg_data +
+					    (j + 1) * sizeof(uint32_t) > table_end)
+						return -EINVAL;
+
 					table->mc_reg_table_entry[num_ranges].mc_data[i] =
 						(uint32_t)*((uint32_t *)reg_data + j);
 					j++;
@@ -81,11 +91,13 @@ static int atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing(
 		}
 
 		reg_data = (ATOM_MEMORY_SETTING_DATA_BLOCK *)
-			((uint8_t *)reg_data + le16_to_cpu(reg_block->usRegDataBlkSize)) ;
+			((uint8_t *)reg_data + stride);
 	}
 
-	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((*(uint32_t *)reg_data == END_OF_REG_DATA_BLOCK),
-			"Invalid VramInfo table.", return -1);
+	if ((uint8_t *)reg_data + sizeof(uint32_t) > table_end ||
+	    *(uint32_t *)reg_data != END_OF_REG_DATA_BLOCK)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	table->num_entries = num_ranges;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -136,6 +148,7 @@ int atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table(
 {
 	ATOM_VRAM_INFO_HEADER_V2_1 *vram_info;
 	ATOM_INIT_REG_BLOCK *reg_block;
+	u8 *table_end;
 	int result = 0;
 	u8 frev, crev;
 	u16 size;
@@ -157,6 +170,7 @@ int atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table(
 	}
 
 	if (0 == result) {
+		table_end = (uint8_t *)vram_info + size;
 		reg_block = (ATOM_INIT_REG_BLOCK *)
 			((uint8_t *)vram_info + le16_to_cpu(vram_info->usMemClkPatchTblOffset));
 		result = atomctrl_set_mc_reg_address_table(reg_block, table);
@@ -164,7 +178,7 @@ int atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table(
 
 	if (0 == result) {
 		result = atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing(module_index,
-					reg_block, table);
+					reg_block, table_end, table);
 	}
 
 	return result;
@@ -177,6 +191,7 @@ int atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table_v2_2(
 {
 	ATOM_VRAM_INFO_HEADER_V2_2 *vram_info;
 	ATOM_INIT_REG_BLOCK *reg_block;
+	u8 *table_end;
 	int result = 0;
 	u8 frev, crev;
 	u16 size;
@@ -198,6 +213,7 @@ int atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table_v2_2(
 	}
 
 	if (0 == result) {
+		table_end = (uint8_t *)vram_info + size;
 		reg_block = (ATOM_INIT_REG_BLOCK *)
 			((uint8_t *)vram_info + le16_to_cpu(vram_info->usMemClkPatchTblOffset));
 		result = atomctrl_set_mc_reg_address_table(reg_block, table);
@@ -205,7 +221,7 @@ int atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table_v2_2(
 
 	if (0 == result) {
 		result = atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing(module_index,
-					reg_block, table);
+					reg_block, table_end, table);
 	}
 
 	return result;
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] drm/amd/pm: Validate pp_table header before reading size

[Sasha Levin]

From: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit a17e79d01f22182a9fcbe79fcbe2ad1477d43e0f ]

smu_sys_set_pp_table() reads usStructureSize from the uploaded
pp_table buffer before validating that the buffer contains a complete
ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER. A short write can therefore make the driver
read past the supplied sysfs buffer.

Reject empty or header-short uploads before dereferencing the header
pointer.
Keep the existing structure-size check for the full uploaded table.

Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The short-write path can install a 1-byte table and then SMU re-init
walks it as a full PowerPlay struct, which is a real heap OOB. The rest
of the write-up is the 9-phase analysis for this 6.18.53 tree.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE
Record: **[drm/amd/pm] [Validate] Validate pp_table header before
reading size.** Intent is to reject undersized sysfs uploads before the
driver reads `usStructureSize` from the buffer.

Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS
Record:
- Signed-off-by: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com> (author)
- Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang <Hawking.Zhang@amd.com>
- Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com> (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- No Fixes:, Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Link:, or Cc: stable (absence
  expected)
- Pipeline-added tags (ignored): `[Upstream commit
  a17e79d01f22182a9fcbe79fcbe2ad1477d43e0f]`, Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT
Record:
- Bug: `smu_sys_set_pp_table()` reads `usStructureSize` from the
  uploaded buffer before checking that the buffer holds a full
  `ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER`.
- Symptom: a short sysfs write can make the driver read past the
  supplied buffer.
- Fix: reject empty or header-short uploads, keep the existing
  structure-size match check.
- No stack trace, syzbot, or version range in the message.
- Root cause (author): missing length check before header dereference.

Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES
Record: Yes, there is a hidden fix. Besides the header check, the hunk
also replaces `kfree` + `kzalloc` + `memcpy` with `kmemdup` then `kfree`
of the old pointer. That is not called out as a UAF fix, but it stops
the driver from freeing the live table and then failing the realloc,
which leaves `power_play_table` dangling. That UAF exists in this tree
because of `1abb2648698bf1` (`drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach
in smu_sys_set_pp_table()`), which is in v6.18.53.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c` (+11 / −8, net +3)
- Function: `smu_sys_set_pp_table()` only
- Scope: single-file surgical change

Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE
Record:
- Before: cast `buf` to `ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER *` immediately;
  compare `header->usStructureSize` with `size`; if the existing
  hardcoded table is missing or too small, `kfree` it then
  `kzalloc`/`memcpy`.
- After: require `buf` and `size >= sizeof(*header)` first; then compare
  structure size; `kmemdup` the upload; only then `kfree` the old table
  and swap pointers.
- Path affected: sysfs store of `pp_table` (error/validation and
  allocation), not the get path.

Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM
Record:
- Category: memory safety (short-write / OOB) plus error-path UAF.
- Mechanism: `ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER` is 4 bytes (`USHORT
  usStructureSize` + 2× `UCHAR`). The old code only needed a 2-byte read
  of `usStructureSize`. A 1-byte write of `0x01` plus kernfs’s trailing
  NUL makes `usStructureSize == 1 == size`, so the driver accepts a
  1-byte table, then `smu_reset()` → `check_powerplay_table()` casts
  that 1-byte allocation to `smu_11_0_powerplay_table` /
  `smu_13_0_0_powerplay_table` and reads `platform_caps`,
  `thermal_controller_type`, and `overdrive_table`. That is a heap OOB.
  The `kmemdup`-first change also fixes the ENOMEM UAF: old code
  `kfree`d `hardcode_pptable` (which `power_play_table` still pointed
  at) before `kzalloc`; on failure `hardcode_pptable` is NULL and
  `power_play_table` is dangling.

Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY
Record: The header check is obviously correct. `kmemdup` then free is
the same pattern already used by `pp_dpm_set_pp_table()`. Regression
risk is low: always reallocating on write is extra `GFP_KERNEL` traffic
under `adev->pm.mutex`, but the grow path already allocated there. No
API change. Slight remaining gap: a 4-byte upload with matching
`usStructureSize` can still be smaller than the ASIC pptable struct;
that is pre-existing and not a reason to drop this incremental fix.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES
Record: Unchecked `header->usStructureSize` came from `289921b03fe5e2`
(“drm/amd/powerplay: implement sysfs of pp_table for smu11 (v2)”,
2019-01-11), present by v5.2 (`git describe --contains` →
`v5.2-rc1~...`). The realloc-on-grow `kfree`/`kzalloc` came from
`1abb2648698bf1` (2025-02-07, Cc: stable) and is in v6.18.53.

Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG
Record: No Fixes: tag. Not applicable.

Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES
Record: Related commits on this file: `1abb2648698bf1` (overflow on
grow), `8c685df5c3b26` (get/set UAF race, in v6.18.53), `2895aeb4327c9`
(pp_table sysfs visibility). This patch is standalone for SMU; it is 1/5
of a later bounds-hardening series whose other patches touch legacy
powerplay, not this function.

Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS
Record: Yang Wang is an AMD PM contributor (many pptable bounds
patches). Hawking Zhang reviewed; Alex Deucher applied. Nearby author
work is the rest of the 1/5 series (legacy hwmgr bounds), not a
dependency of this hunk.

Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS
Record: No new helpers. `kmemdup()`, `ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER`, and
`smu_sys_set_pp_table()` all exist in this tree. Applies standalone.
Series patches 2–5 are independent files (`amd_powerplay.c` / hwmgr
parsers).

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION
Record:
- `b4 dig -c a17e79d01f22182a9fcbe79fcbe2ad1477d43e0f` → https://patch.m
  sgid.link/20260623034151.263746-1-kevinyang.wang@amd.com
- `b4 dig -a`: only v1 of `[PATCH 1/5]`; no later revision.
- Thread: Hawking Zhang: “Series is Reviewed-by: Hawking Zhang”. No NAK,
  no stable nomination in the thread.

Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH
Record: `b4 dig -w` recipients: Yang Wang, amd-gfx, Alexander Deucher,
Hawking Zhang, Kenneth Feng. Maintainer and PM reviewers were on the
original To/Cc.

Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT
Record: No Reported-by, syzbot, or bugzilla. Bug is from code audit of
the sysfs store, not a user crash report.

Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES
Record: 5-patch series (Jun 23 2026): (1) this SMU header check, (2)
legacy custom PPTable size, (3) Tonga state array, (4) Vega hwmgr
bounds, (5) legacy hwmgr offsets. Patch 1 is self-contained. 2–5 are not
in v6.18.53 and are not required for this function.

Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY
Record: UNVERIFIED. `https://lore.kernel.org/stable/?q=...` returned
HTTP 403.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF
Record: `smu_sys_set_pp_table()` only.

Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS
Record: Wired as `swsmu_pm_funcs.set_pp_table`. Call chain: sysfs store
`amdgpu_set_pp_table()` → `amdgpu_dpm_set_pp_table()` (takes
`adev->pm.mutex`, already rejects `!buf || !size`) →
`pp_funcs->set_pp_table()`. No other callers. Attribute is
`AMDGPU_DEVICE_ATTR_RW(pp_table, ...)` with `S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR` (root
write, world read).

Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES
Record: After install, `smu_reset()` → `smu_hw_fini` / `smu_hw_init` /
`smu_late_init`, which runs ASIC `check_powerplay_table()` on
`smu_table.power_play_table`.

Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN
Record: Reachable from userspace via
`/sys/class/drm/cardX/device/pp_table`. Root-only write. Confirmed
`navi10_check_powerplay_table()` / `smu_v13_0_0_check_powerplay_table()`
dereference `power_play_table` as a full struct with no extra size
check. A matching short write therefore becomes a heap OOB on SMU re-
init, not only a 2-byte header peek.

Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS
Record: Legacy `pp_dpm_set_pp_table()` already uses `kmemdup` + `kfree`.
Prior SMU overflow fix `1abb2648698bf1` is the sibling. Same author’s
later series hardens hwmgr parsers.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?
Record: Yes. Local tree is **6.18.53** (`git describe HEAD` →
`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`, `Makefile` VERSION=6 PATCHLEVEL=18
SUBLEVEL=53). At `v6.18.53`, `smu_sys_set_pp_table()` still casts `buf`
before any length check and still does `kfree` then `kzalloc` on grow.
Bug introduced 2019; realloc UAF introduced by `1abb2648698bf1`, which
**is** an ancestor of v6.18.53.

Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS
Record: Expected **clean apply**. The v6.18.53 function body matches the
patch’s “before” hunk. `kmemdup` is already used in this tree.

Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE
Record: The grow-overflow fix (`1abb2648698bf1`) and get/set UAF race
fix (`8c685df5c3b26`) are in v6.18.53. Neither adds the header-length
check or the allocate-before-free swap. No substitute for this patch.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY
Record: **drm/amd/pm** (AMDGPU SMU powerplay). Criticality:
**IMPORTANT** — common dGPU/APU driver, not core mm/VFS, but widely
deployed.

Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY
Record: Active. Recent history includes SMU 15.x enablement, pptable
visibility, and several pptable safety fixes. Mature sysfs `pp_table`
path dating to v5.2.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED
Record: AMDGPU SWSMU users (Navi and later) with `pp_table` sysfs
visible. Driver-specific. Write is root-only; a failed grow plus later
read is world-readable (`S_IRUGO`).

Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Record:
- Short write: `printf '\x01' > pp_table` (or any write with `count < 4`
  that still makes `usStructureSize == count`). Then `smu_reset()`
  parses the truncated table.
- UAF: successful custom table, then a larger upload whose `kzalloc`
  fails.
- Unprivileged users cannot write; they can read after a failed root
  grow. Not a remote unprivileged exploit; still a real local root/admin
  and overclocking-tool path.

Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY
Record: Heap OOB during SMU re-init if a short matching table is
accepted → crash / KASAN OOB. ENOMEM grow path → UAF on later
`get_pp_table` (memcpy from dangling `power_play_table`). Severity:
**HIGH**.

Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO
Record: Benefit **high** (OOB + UAF on a sysfs node this tree already
treated as overflow-sensitive). Risk **low** (~19 lines, one function,
same pattern as legacy powerplay). Ratio favors backport.

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE
FOR:
- Real short-write bug: matching `usStructureSize` on a 1-byte upload
  installs a 1-byte table; SMU re-init walks it as a full pptable (heap
  OOB). Verified in `navi10_check_powerplay_table()` and
  `smu_v13_0_0_check_powerplay_table()`.
- Real UAF on realloc-fail, left by in-tree `1abb2648698bf1`.
- Small, obviously correct, maintainer-signed, AMD-reviewed.
- Buggy code is in v6.18.53; patch applies cleanly; no missing APIs.
- Same class of pptable sysfs safety as prior stable commits in this
  tree.

AGAINST:
- Write requires root (`S_IWUSR`).
- No syzbot/user report.
- Header check does not fully prove the table is large enough for every
  ASIC struct (pre-existing).
- Always-`kmemdup` is a minor extra allocation.

UNRESOLVED:
- Stable mailing-list search (lore 403).

Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — length check + allocate-
   before-free; reviewed by Hawking Zhang, applied by Deucher.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — short `pp_table`
   write and realloc-fail UAF.
3. Important issue? **PASS** — heap OOB / UAF (HIGH), not a style
   cleanup.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one function, +11/−8.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — v6.18.53 has the old hunk.

Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES
Record: Not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/doc exception. Qualifies as a
normal bugfix.

Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION
This belongs on 6.18.y. The tree has the unchecked header read (since
2019) and the kfree-before-realloc UAF from a previous stable overflow
fix. The change is small, matches an existing powerplay pattern, and
prevents a truncated custom pptable from being fed into SMU re-init.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: author Yang Wang, Reviewed-by Hawking Zhang,
  SOB Alex Deucher; no Fixes/syzbot/Cc stable.
- [Phase 2] Diff: `smu_sys_set_pp_table()` in `amdgpu_smu.c`, +11/−8;
  header length check + `kmemdup` before `kfree`.
- [Phase 2] `ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER` is 4 bytes in
  `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/include/atombios.h` / radeon `atombios.h`.
- [Phase 3] `git blame` at v6.18.53: header read from `289921b03fe5e2`
  (v5.2); realloc from `1abb2648698bf1` (in v6.18.53).
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 1abb2648698bf1 v6.18.53` →
  YES.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c a17e79d01f22`: lore msgid
  `20260623034151.263746-1-kevinyang.wang@amd.com`; v1 only; Hawking R-b
  on the series.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: amd-gfx, Deucher, Hawking, Kenneth Feng.
- [Phase 4] UNVERIFIED: lore.kernel.org/stable HTTP 403.
- [Phase 5] Callers: only sysfs `amdgpu_set_pp_table` →
  `amdgpu_dpm_set_pp_table` → SMU `set_pp_table`.
- [Phase 5] `smu_reset()` → hw_init → `navi10_check_powerplay_table()`
  dereferences full `smu_11_0_powerplay_table` with no size check.
- [Phase 5] kernfs write path (`fs/kernfs/file.c`) `kmalloc(len+1)`: a
  1-byte write is a 2-byte alloc, so the 2-byte `usStructureSize` peek
  is in-bounds of that alloc; the serious OOB is after accepting size==1
  and parsing the 1-byte table.
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD`: v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb; `make
  kernelversion` 6.18.53.
- [Phase 6] `git show
  v6.18.53:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c`: old buggy
  function present; new `size < sizeof(*header)` check absent.
- [Phase 6] `git merge-base --is-ancestor a17e79d01f22 HEAD` → upstream
  SHA not in this history (expected for a candidate).
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: heap OOB on SMU re-init and UAF after failed
  grow; severity HIGH.
- UNVERIFIED: whether this hash was discussed on the stable list.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c
index 8473eaac1e7fc..f9f981877ef30 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c
@@ -636,25 +636,28 @@ static int smu_sys_set_pp_table(void *handle,
 {
 	struct smu_context *smu = handle;
 	struct smu_table_context *smu_table = &smu->smu_table;
-	ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER *header = (ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER *)buf;
+	ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER *header;
+	void *hardcode_pptable;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!smu->pm_enabled || !smu->adev->pm.dpm_enabled)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	if (!buf || size < sizeof(*header))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	header = (ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER *)buf;
 	if (header->usStructureSize != size) {
 		dev_err(smu->adev->dev, "pp table size not matched !\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	if (!smu_table->hardcode_pptable || smu_table->power_play_table_size < size) {
-		kfree(smu_table->hardcode_pptable);
-		smu_table->hardcode_pptable = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!smu_table->hardcode_pptable)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+	hardcode_pptable = kmemdup(buf, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!hardcode_pptable)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memcpy(smu_table->hardcode_pptable, buf, size);
+	kfree(smu_table->hardcode_pptable);
+	smu_table->hardcode_pptable = hardcode_pptable;
 	smu_table->power_play_table = smu_table->hardcode_pptable;
 	smu_table->power_play_table_size = size;
 
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/msm: Fix barriers accessing ctx vm

[Sasha Levin]

From: Rob Clark <robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>

[ Upstream commit ae88499d71ce80ecd25c055eddddace108266321 ]

Don't rely on store ordering to protect us from caller seeing a
partially initialized vm.

Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/743079/
Message-ID: <20260729155609.20190-2-robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The local tree is **v7.3-rc4** (mainline `7.3.0-rc4`). This commit is a
real ARM memory-ordering fix in lazy GPU VM creation: without
acquire/release, a concurrent ioctl can observe a partially initialized
VM. The change is small, already in this 7.3 lineage, and is appropriate
to keep here.

---

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: **[drm/msm] [Fix] [barriers when publishing the lazily created
context VM]**

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- `Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>` — AI review bot
  (sashiko.dev), **not** syzbot; static/review finding, no reproducer
- `Signed-off-by: Rob Clark` — MSM Adreno GPU maintainer (ignore any
  Sasha Levin SOB)
- `Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/743079/`
- `Message-ID: <20260729155609.20190-2-robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>` —
  **patch 01/17** of a series (msgid `-2` after cover `-1`)
- **No** `Fixes:`, **no** `Cc: stable`, **no** `Reviewed-by` / `Tested-
  by` / `Acked-by` on the committed message (absence of stable tags is
  expected)

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- **Bug:** lazy `ctx->vm` publication used a plain store; a concurrent
  reader could see a non-NULL pointer before VM fields were visible
- **Symptom:** caller observes a **partially initialized VM** (GPU
  IOVA/page-table garbage, kernel deref of uninitialized `drm_gpuvm`
  fields)
- **Version info:** none in the message
- **Root cause (author):** “Don't rely on store ordering” — classic
  double-checked locking without acquire/release. MSM runs on ARM64,
  where that ordering is **not** guaranteed

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: **Not hidden.** Explicit “Fix” plus a documented memory-ordering
hole. The `mutex_lock` → `guard(mutex)` swap is incidental cleanup
around the real barrier change.

---

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c` — **+7 / -6** (13-line hunk)
- Function: `msm_context_vm()`
- Scope: **single-file surgical fix**

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record (before → after):
- Fast path: plain `if (ctx->vm) return ctx->vm` → `vm =
  smp_load_acquire(&ctx->vm); if (vm) return vm`
- Slow path: `mutex_lock` / assign `ctx->vm` / `mutex_unlock` →
  `guard(mutex)` then `smp_store_release(&ctx->vm, vm)`
- Path: concurrent first-use of a DRM context (ioctl), not init-only and
  not an error path

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: **[Synchronization / memory ordering + KCSAN-class data race]**
- Double-checked locking: unlocked read of `ctx->vm` vs locked write
- Broken mechanism: pointer published with a plain store; reader can use
  the object before initialization is visible
- Fix: standard publication pattern (`smp_store_release` /
  `smp_load_acquire`)

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record:
- **Obviously correct** DCL publication
- Mutex still serializes creation; acquire/release only publishes the
  pointer
- `guard(mutex)` is equivalent to lock/unlock (cleanup.h)
- Regression risk: **low**. Inner `if (!ctx->vm)` remains a plain load
  **under the mutex** (fine). Return after the slow path is also under
  the mutex, so mutex acquire pairs with the other thread’s
  `smp_store_release`
- Pre-existing issue **not** introduced here:
  `msm_gpu_create_private_vm()` can return `ERR_PTR`/`NULL` and that
  value was already stored; later `00dfa76bdfc2f` added `IS_ERR_OR_NULL`
  before the release store

---

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Lazy VM helper: `6bf32afd37eb6` (“drm/msm: Lazily create context VM”,
  2025-06-29)
- Unlocked DCL + `init_lock`: `feb8ef4636a457` (“drm/msm: Add opt-in for
  VM_BIND”, same day)
- **First appeared:** **v6.17-rc1** (`git describe --contains` / `git
  merge-base --is-ancestor 6bf32afd37eb6 v6.17`)
- Present for many releases before 7.3

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: **No `Fixes:` tag.** Buggy code is the lazy-VM DCL above.
Confirmed ancestor of this HEAD.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record (same series, after this commit):
- `ea69d489d3a68` — queuelock → `ctxlock` (patch 02/17)
- `2c26f9e46d395` — VM creation on `ctxlock` instead of static
  `init_lock` (patch 03/17); **keeps** the acquire/release from this
  patch
- `00dfa76bdfc2f` — don’t cache `ERR_PTR` in `ctx->vm` (patch 14/17)
This patch is **standalone**. Later patches refine locking/errors; they
are not prerequisites for the barriers.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: **Rob Clark is the Qualcomm Adreno GPU maintainer**
(`MAINTAINERS`: “DRM DRIVER for Qualcomm Adreno GPUs”). He authored the
buggy lazy-VM code and this fix.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Needs `msm_context_vm()` / lazy `ctx->vm` (in this tree since
6.17). Uses `guard(mutex)` and `smp_load_acquire`/`smp_store_release`
(present in 7.3). **Can apply standalone.**

---

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c ae88499d71ce8` matched patch-id; lore URL `https://patch.ms
  gid.link/20260729155609.20190-2-robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com`
- `b4 dig -a` revisions: v1 (different subject) → **v2–v7 this
  subject**; applied version is **v7 01/17** (latest)
- Cover (v7 00/17): *“The VM is created lazily to give userspace a
  chance to opt-in to VM_BIND. But Sashiko noticed a couple paths that
  were not handling this properly.”*
- **No NAK** in the saved thread. No human reviewer replies in that mbox
  (only Sashiko)
- Sashiko on this patch: called remaining `ctx->vm` plain reads /
  `ERR_PTR` caching **pre-existing**, not regressions from this hunk
- Direct lore/WebFetch: **403 (Anubis)**; used `b4 dig -m` instead

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record (`b4 dig -w`): To/Cc included `dri-devel`, `linux-arm-msm`,
`freedreno`, Sashiko, **Dmitry Baryshkov, Abhinav Kumar, Jessica Zhang,
Sean Paul, Marijn Suijten, David Airlie, Simona Vetter**. Right
lists/maintainers; **no `Reviewed-by` on the commit**.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: Sashiko is an **AI review bot**, not a fuzzer with a crash log.
Cover letter confirms it flagged lazy-VM handling. Severity comes from
the **code**, not a user bugzilla.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Started as a small lazy-VM series, grew to **17 patches**. This
one stayed patch 1 from v2 onward and does not depend on 02–17.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search **blocked (403)**. **UNVERIFIED**
whether stable@ discussed this. No `Cc: stable` on the patch.

---

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS**
Record: `msm_context_vm()`; callee `msm_gpu_create_private_vm()`.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record (this tree):
- `msm_ioctl_gem_info_iova` / `msm_ioctl_gem_info_set_iova` — GEM ioctls
- `msm_ioctl_gem_submit` — GPU submit (hot path)
- `msm_ioctl_vm_bind` — VM_BIND ioctl
- `msm_gem_new_handle` — `MSM_BO_NO_SHARE` GEM_NEW
- `msm_submitqueue_create` — VM_BIND submitqueue
- `adreno_get_param` — GET_PARAM
All are **userspace ioctl paths** except destroy/close helpers that read
`ctx->vm` after lifetime rules.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `msm_gpu_create_private_vm()` may call
`gpu->funcs->create_private_vm`, take a pid ref, or fall back to the
global VM. Returned object is expected to be fully set up **before** the
pointer is published — that is exactly what `smp_store_release` is for.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: Unprivileged GPU client (Mesa/VK) opens `/dev/dri/renderD*`,
then two threads hit GEM_SUBMIT/GEM_NEW/GET_IOVA before VM exists.
**Reachable from userspace. Common** for multi-threaded GL/Vulkan.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Other `ctx->vm` reads still exist (`msm_gem_close`,
`a6xx_set_pagetable`, `msm_submitqueue` destroy, `EN_VM_BIND`).
Close/destroy/submit-pagetable run after VM exists or on teardown.
Sashiko noted `msm_gem_close` still uses a plain load; that does not
make **this** publication barrier wrong.

---

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record:
- `git describe HEAD` → **v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37**; `make
  kernelversion` → **7.3.0-rc4**
- Buggy DCL **did exist** here (6.17 through 7.2); this commit is
  **already an ancestor of HEAD** and is in **v7.3-rc1** (`git merge-
  base --is-ancestor ae88499d71ce8 v7.3-rc1`; **not** in v7.2)
- Current `msm_context_vm()` still uses `smp_load_acquire` /
  `smp_store_release` (later switched lock to `ctxlock`)

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: Against **current HEAD**, this exact diff would **not** apply
(lock is `ctxlock`, plus `IS_ERR_OR_NULL`). Against the **pre-fix**
`msm_context_vm()` that this 7.3 series actually shipped from, it
applied cleanly (that is how it landed). Difficulty for this series:
**clean when needed; already present now**.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: This fix plus later series commits (`2c26f9e46d395`,
`00dfa76bdfc2f`, …) are already in this checkout. No alternate older
barrier fix.

---

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: **drm/msm (Qualcomm Adreno GPU)** — **IMPORTANT** (phones,
Chromebooks, embedded), not core mm/vfs, not staging.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: **Active** (Rob Clark still landing msm fixes on this tree). Bug
is in relatively new (6.17) VM_BIND/lazy-VM code, not ancient dead code.

---

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: **Driver-specific / config-specific** (`CONFIG_DRM_MSM`),
Qualcomm Adreno users. Large production population, not a toy driver.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record:
- Trigger: two threads racing first `msm_context_vm()` on the same
  `drm_file`
- Likelihood: **realistic** for multi-threaded GPU clients; first
  submit/new/iova after open
- Unprivileged: **yes** (render node ioctls)

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: Partially initialized `drm_gpuvm` → kernel oops on VM field
access and/or bad GPU pagetable/IOVA programming. **HIGH** (crash and
possible GPU mapping corruption). Not a panic in every case, but not
cosmetic.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- **Benefit: high** — closes a real ARM publication race on a hot ioctl
  path
- **Risk: very low** — ~13 lines, standard barriers, no API/ABI change
- **Ratio: strongly favors including the fix**

---

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

**FOR backporting:**
- Real double-checked-locking / weak-memory bug on ARM64 (this driver’s
  CPU)
- Userspace-reachable concurrent ioctl path
- Small, obviously correct acquire/release
- Maintainer-authored; series reviewed on dri-devel / freedreno
- Sashiko flagged the class of lazy-VM mistakes (even though it is not
  syzbot)
- Buggy code existed in this lineage from **v6.17**; 7.3 includes that
  code
- No new feature or uAPI

**AGAINST:**
- No `Reviewed-by`; no runtime reproducer (AI bot, not syzbot)
- Later series patches still touch the same function (not required for
  this hunk)
- Other `ctx->vm` readers still use plain loads (incomplete coverage,
  not a wrong fix)
- lore.kernel.org/stable discussion **unverified** (HTTP 403)

**UNRESOLVED:**
- Whether anyone nominated this on stable@ (could not fetch lore/stable)
- No public crash log; impact inferred from the race, not a filed user
  report

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — textbook publication
   barriers; in mainline 7.3; maintainer-authored
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — concurrent first-use
   of per-context GPU VM
3. Important issue (crash/security/corruption/deadlock)? **PASS** —
   **HIGH**: crash and/or GPU mapping corruption on ARM
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one function, ~13 lines
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — `msm_context_vm()` exists
   here; this is the 7.3 tree the fix landed in

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: **None** (not an ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception). It qualifies
as a normal important bugfix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
This tree is **7.3.0-rc4**. The lazy VM and the DCL race are in this
series. The patch is a contained memory-ordering fix on a userspace GPU
ioctl path. Risk is low; skipping it would leave Qualcomm GPU users
exposed to a partially initialized VM. It belongs in this tree’s stable
lineage.

---

### What the commit solves for this tree
`msm_context_vm()` creates the per-process GPU VM on first use so
userspace can opt into VM_BIND. Two threads can hit that helper at once.
The fast path used a plain load of `ctx->vm` and the creator used a
plain store. On ARM64 that can make a reader see the pointer before the
VM object is initialized. `smp_store_release` / `smp_load_acquire` close
that hole.

### Stable rules / risk
Meets the stable criteria: real, important, small, no new API. Benefit
(avoid crash/bad GPU mappings) dwarfs the risk of a 13-line barrier
change.

### Concerns
- Follow-ups in the same series change the lock and error handling; they
  are **not** required for this barrier fix to be correct.
- Sashiko is an AI reviewer, not syzbot; the race is still real on this
  hardware.
- Applying **this exact diff** to current HEAD would conflict because
  later 7.3 commits already evolved the function — that is expected; the
  fix is already in v7.3-rc1.

---

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: `Reported-by: Sashiko`, Patchwork 743079, msgid
  `20190-2` (01/17); no Fixes/Cc:stable/Reviewed-by
- [Phase 2] Diff: +7/-6 in `msm_context_vm()`; acquire on read, release
  on publish, `guard(mutex)`
- [Phase 2] Compared `git show ae88499d71ce8^` vs `ae88499d71ce8` for
  that function
- [Phase 3] `git blame` on parent: DCL from `feb8ef4636a457` /
  `6bf32afd37eb6` (2025-06-29)
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 6bf32afd37eb6 v6.17` → yes;
  `ae88499d71ce8` in v7.3-rc1, **not** in v7.2
- [Phase 3] Follow-ups `2c26f9e46d395` / `00dfa76bdfc2f` confirmed; they
  keep/extend barriers, not replace the need for them
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c ae88499d71ce8` →
  patch.msgid.link/20260729155609.20190-2-…
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: v2–v7; applied = v7 01/17
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: MSM maintainers + dri-devel/freedreno CC’d
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -m`: cover letter + Sashiko reply; no NAK; Sashiko
  issues labeled pre-existing
- [Phase 4] WebFetch lore/stable/patchwork: **403 Anubis** — UNVERIFIED
  via HTTP
- [Phase 5] `git grep msm_context_vm`: ioctl callers in msm_drv,
  msm_gem, msm_gem_submit, msm_gem_vma, msm_submitqueue, adreno_gpu
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37; `make
  kernelversion` = 7.3.0-rc4
- [Phase 6] Current `msm_context_vm()` still has
  smp_load_acquire/smp_store_release
- [Phase 7] MAINTAINERS: Rob Clark maintains drm/msm Adreno
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: partially initialized VM → oops / bad GPU
  maps; severity HIGH
- UNVERIFIED: stable@ mailing list discussion (lore 403)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index c2a8aaa33f84a..8094e5e7e9a54 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -226,18 +226,19 @@ struct drm_gpuvm *msm_context_vm(struct drm_device *dev, struct msm_context *ctx
 {
 	static DEFINE_MUTEX(init_lock);
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
+	struct drm_gpuvm *vm = smp_load_acquire(&ctx->vm);
 
 	/* Once ctx->vm is created it is valid for the lifetime of the context: */
-	if (ctx->vm)
-		return ctx->vm;
+	if (vm)
+		return vm;
+
+	guard(mutex)(&init_lock);
 
-	mutex_lock(&init_lock);
 	if (!ctx->vm) {
-		ctx->vm = msm_gpu_create_private_vm(
+		vm = msm_gpu_create_private_vm(
 			priv->gpu, current, !ctx->userspace_managed_vm);
-
+		smp_store_release(&ctx->vm, vm);
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&init_lock);
 
 	return ctx->vm;
 }
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] drm/amdgpu/atomfirmware: WARN() rather than BUG()

[Sasha Levin]

From: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit d7c595044965c826e6f3ce30590d3ec4399cd633 ]

There's no need to crash the kernel for this case.  Just
return an error.

Reviewed-by: Kent Russell <kent.russell@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1: Subject line**
- Record: `[drm/amdgpu/atomfirmware] [WARN rather than BUG / return an
  error] [stop panicking the kernel on an unexpected VBIOS gfx_info
  revision]`

**Step 1.2: Tags**
- Record:
  - `Reviewed-by: Kent Russell <kent.russell@amd.com>` (added at commit
    time; not on the mailed v1 patch)
  - `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (author;
    amdgpu maintainer)
  - No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Acked-by:`, `Link:`, or
    `Cc: stable` (absence expected)
  - Pipeline `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin` / `[Upstream commit ...]`
    ignored per instructions

**Step 1.3: Body**
- Record:
  - Bug: `BUG()` on an unexpected atom `gfx_info` firmware revision in
    `amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info()`.
  - Symptom: whole-machine kernel crash during AMDGPU init.
  - Author intent: do not crash; “just return an error.”
  - No stack trace, reproducer, or version range in the message.
  - Actual diff does **not** add `WARN()` and does **not** set `ret =
    -EINVAL`; it only deletes the `else { BUG(); }`.

**Step 1.4: Hidden bug fix?**
- Record: Not hidden. It is an explicit crash-prevention change.
  Title/body oversell the implementation (no `WARN()`, no explicit error
  return).

---

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1: Inventory**
- Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atomfirmware.c` — **2 lines
  deleted, 0 added**. Function: `amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info()`.
  Single-file surgical change.

**Step 2.2: Code flow**
- Record: On Navi+ (`asic_type >= CHIP_NAVI10`), after a successful
  `gfx_info` header parse:
  - **Before:** known revisions (`frev==3`, or `frev==2 && crev==6`, or
    `frev==2 && crev>=2 && crev!=6`) set `spll->reference_freq` and
    `ret=0`. Any other `(frev,crev)` hit `BUG()` and panics.
  - **After:** unknown revisions fall through. `ret` stays whatever
    earlier `firmwareinfo` / `smu_info` / `umc_info` parsing left (`0`
    if those succeeded, else `-EINVAL`). No panic.

**Step 2.3: Bug mechanism**
- Record: **Logic / correctness + crash prevention.** `BUG()` used as an
  “unknown firmware table” assert in a driver probe path. Firmware is
  independent of the kernel; an unknown or newer table must not take
  down the box. Sibling `amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_gfx_info()` already
  returns `-EINVAL` for unknown revisions; this path was the
  inconsistent panic.

**Step 2.4: Fix quality**
- Record: Minimal and obviously safe (only removes a panic). Regression
  risk is very low. Residual nit: unknown tables no longer fail the
  function if earlier tables parsed, so init can continue with the
  `smu_info` reference clock instead of failing probe. That matches the
  pre-`BUG()` behavior from 2021 and is still far better than panicking.
  Message/subject mismatch is cosmetic, not a functional defect.

---

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1: Blame**
- Record: `BUG()` added in `a8d59943b8846` (“drm/amdgpu: update query
  ref clk from bios”, Hawking Zhang, 2022-04-28) when adding
  `atom_gfx_info_v3_0`. `git describe` =
  `v5.17-rc6-1819-ga8d59943b8846`. `git merge-base --is-ancestor` vs
  tags: **not in v5.18, is in v5.19**. Navi+ clock override itself came
  from `9a530062d57fe` (Aaron Liu, 2021; `v5.12-rc7-1827`), which did
  **not** `BUG()` — unknown versions just skipped the override.

**Step 3.2: Fixes: tag**
- Record: None. Introducer is `a8d59943b8846` as above. That commit is
  an ancestor of this HEAD.

**Step 3.3: File history**
- Record: Latest change on this file in HEAD is this commit. No follow-
  up on the same function. Standalone; not a functional 2/3 dependency.

**Step 3.4: Author**
- Record: Alex Deucher is the amdgpu maintainer. Same-day series
  converted many amdgpu `BUG()`/`BUG_ON()` sites. Related file commits
  are unrelated vram/firmware table work.

**Step 3.5: Prerequisites**
- Record: None. Only deletes two lines of existing `BUG()`. Applies
  standalone wherever that `else { BUG(); }` exists.

---

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external

**Step 4.1: Original discussion**
- Record: `b4 dig -c d7c595044965c` → `[PATCH 18/43]
  drm/amdgpu/atomfirmware: WARN() rather than BUG()`
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260615235645.737189-18-
  alexander.deucher@amd.com
  - `b4 dig -a`: **v1 only** of a 43-patch June 15 2026 series. Resent
    as `[PATCH 05/30]` on 2026-07-07 (same diff).
  - Thread has no technical NAK. Only a ping from Alex on 01/43.
  - No reviewer-requested `Cc: stable` found in the mbox.
  - Committed version matches mailed diff (2-line deletion).

**Step 4.2: Recipients**
- Record: `b4 dig -w`: `Alex Deucher`, `amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org`
  only. Kent Russell’s `Reviewed-by` was added at commit, not on the
  mailed patch.

**Step 4.3: Bug report**
- Record: No `Reported-by`, syzbot, or bugzilla. No evidence of a user
  hitting this `BUG()` in the last four years.

**Step 4.4: Series context**
- Record: Independent one-file `BUG()` removals. Pull text for drm-
  next-7.3 lists this under “Old BUG() and BUG_ON() removal.” drm-
  fixes-7.2 took an earlier batch described as “Drop unnecessary BUG()
  and BUG_ON() from error paths.” This commit landed in **drm-next for
  7.3** (`git describe d7c595044965c` = `v7.2-rc2-1048-gd7c595044965c`).

**Step 4.5: Stable list**
- Record: lore.kernel.org/stable fetch returned 403. **UNVERIFIED**
  whether stable@ discussed this specific patch. No `Cc: stable` on the
  submission.

---

## Phase 5: Semantic / call graph

**Step 5.1: Functions**
- Record: `amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info()` only. semcode MCP not
  available; used grep / read.

**Step 5.2: Callers**
- Record: Sole caller `amdgpu_device.c` (~4085), during device init when
  `adev->bios && adev->is_atom_fw`. `is_atom_fw` is set for `asic_type
  >= CHIP_VEGA10`. Failure currently logs and `goto failed` (probe
  abort). Not IRQ, not a syscall hot path. Runs once per GPU at
  boot/module load.

**Step 5.3: Callees**
- Record: `get_index_into_master_table`,
  `amdgpu_atom_parse_data_header`, `le32_to_cpu` on VBIOS tables. No
  alloc/lock in the changed hunk.

**Step 5.4: Reachability**
- Record: Yes, from normal boot on Vega10+ with atom firmware. The
  `BUG()` itself only ran for Navi+ (`CHIP_NAVI10` and later — RX 5700
  and essentially all later AMD GPUs) **and** an unrecognized `gfx_info`
  `(frev,crev)`. Current headers only define v2.2 / v2.3 / v2.4 / v2.7 /
  v3.0, all of which the `if`/`else if` already accept (`frev==2 &&
  crev>=2` or `frev==3`). So the panic path is **firmware-mismatch /
  corruption / future table**, not day-1 shipping VBIOS.

**Step 5.5: Similar patterns**
- Record: Same author, same series: imu11/12, ucode, cgs, gfx11/12 SDMA,
  etc. `get_gfx_info()` in this file already used `-EINVAL` instead of
  `BUG()`.

---

## Phase 6: This checkout

**Step 6.1: Does the buggy code exist here?**
- Record: Local tree is **v7.3-rc4** (`VERSION=7 PATCHLEVEL=3 SUBLEVEL=0
  EXTRAVERSION=-rc4`, HEAD `f0100363d8c37`). `git merge-base --is-
  ancestor d7c595044965c HEAD` → yes. Current source already has the
  `BUG()` removed (lines 911–920). The panic existed in this lineage
  from **v5.19** until this commit (**v7.2-rc2+**).

**Step 6.2: Backport difficulty**
- Record: Clean 2-line deletion against the pre-image. No structural
  prerequisites.

**Step 6.3: Related fixes already here**
- Record: This **is** the fix; no alternate fix. No later revert or
  follow-up on this function.

---

## Phase 7: Subsystem context

**Step 7.1:** Record: `drm/amdgpu` atom firmware parser. **IMPORTANT**
(very common GPUs), not core mm/VFS.

**Step 7.2:** Record: High activity; this particular function has been
stable since the 2022 v3.0 clock change aside from this `BUG()` removal.

---

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1: Who is affected**
- Record: Users of amdgpu on Navi+ (RDNA and later), i.e. a large
  fraction of AMD GPU systems, **if** VBIOS `gfx_info` revision is not
  one of the known cases.

**Step 8.2: Trigger**
- Record: GPU probe. Not unprivileged syscall. Needs Navi+ **and**
  unknown `gfx_info` frev/crev (corrupt VBIOS, unexpected vendor
  firmware, or a newer table the driver was never taught). Common-path
  shipping firmware does not hit it; firmware is still out of the
  kernel’s control.

**Step 8.3: Failure mode**
- Record: `BUG()` → kernel panic during device init. **Severity:
  CRITICAL if triggered, LOW likelihood on known VBIOS.** After the fix,
  unknown tables skip the gfx_info clock override and typically still
  return success from earlier tables.

**Step 8.4: Risk-benefit**
- Record: Benefit medium-high (prevents a machine-killing assert in
  firmware parse). Risk very low (2-line deletion, no locking/API/data-
  structure change). Ratio favors applying it.

---

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Step 9.1: Evidence**

**For backporting**
- `BUG()` in driver init panics the whole system; kernel policy
  (`Documentation/process/coding-style.rst`, `deprecated.rst`) says not
  to do this.
- Path is real GPU probe for all modern AMD GPUs; firmware tables can
  change independently of the kernel.
- 2-line deletion, obviously correct, no new API.
- Sibling function already errors instead of panicking.
- Restores the pre-v5.19 “don’t panic” behavior.
- Maintainer-authored, Reviewed-by Kent Russell.
- Zero practical regression surface.

**Against**
- No user report in ~4 years; known table versions are all handled, so
  the `else` is effectively a developer assert.
- Part of a 43-patch “drop old BUG()s” sweep; pull described it as
  cleanup, and it went to drm-next-7.3, not drm-fixes.
- Subject/body promise `WARN()` + error return; the patch does neither.
- After the change, unknown tables can return 0 with the smu_info clock
  rather than failing probe.

**Unresolved**
- Stable@ discussion unverified (lore 403).
- No public confirmation this `BUG()` ever fired on shipping hardware.

**Step 9.2: Stable rules**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — 2-line deletion; maintainer
   + reviewer.
2. Real bug affecting users? **PASS** — panicking on unknown firmware is
   a real driver bug; firmware is untrusted/variable even if reports are
   absent.
3. Important (crash/security/corruption/deadlock)? **PASS** — failure
   mode is a kernel panic. Likelihood is low, severity is high.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 2 lines, one function.
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS**.
6. Can apply to this tree? **PASS** — the hunk exists in this lineage;
   the tree already contains the commit (`d7c595044965c`).

**Step 9.3: Exceptions**
- Record: None (not a device ID, quirk, DT, build, or doc fix).
  Qualifies on the crash-prevention rule, not an exception category.

**Step 9.4: Decision**

This tree is **v7.3-rc4**. The change is a two-line removal of a `BUG()`
in Navi+ VBIOS clock parsing. That assert can panic the machine during
amdgpu init if `gfx_info` is an unknown revision. That is the wrong
failure mode for firmware the kernel does not control. The patch is
trivial, standalone, and does not add features. Lack of a crash report
and the series being a BUG() cleanup do not outweigh a panic in GPU
probe.

It meets the stable criteria for this tree: real crash fix, small,
obviously correct, no dependencies.

---

## What the commit solves for stable users

On Navi and later, `amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info()` used `BUG()`
when the VBIOS `gfx_info` table had a revision the driver did not list.
That is a full kernel panic during device init. Stable systems keep a
GPU for years while VBIOS/firmware can still change; panicking instead
of skipping the override (or failing probe) is the bug. The fix only
deletes that `BUG()`.

Risk vs benefit: benefit is avoiding a boot-time panic; risk is
essentially none. The leftover behavior (continue with the smu_info
clock, no `WARN()`) is slightly sloppy versus the commit text, but it is
the old safe path from before v5.19 and is acceptable for stable.

---

## Verification
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Reviewed-by Kent Russell, SOB Alex Deucher; no
  Fixes/Reported-by/Cc:stable
- [Phase 1] Body claims WARN + return error; `git show d7c595044965c` is
  only `- } else {` / `- BUG();`
- [Phase 2] Diff: 2 deletions in `amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info()`
- [Phase 2] Read current function: `ret` starts `-EINVAL`; earlier
  tables set `ret=0`; unknown gfx_info no longer panics
- [Phase 3] `git blame` on parent: `BUG()` from `a8d59943b8846`
  (2022-04-28)
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor a8d59943b8846 v5.18` → 1
  (absent); vs v5.19 → 0 (present)
- [Phase 3] Pre-BUG code in `9a530062d57fe` did not panic on unknown
  revisions
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor d7c595044965c HEAD` → 0
  (commit is in this tree)
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c d7c595044965c` → lore/msgid
  20260615235645.737189-18; 18/43 series
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: v1 only; later resent as 05/30 with identical
  diff
- [Phase 4] `b4 mbox`: 44 messages, no NAK, no stable nomination; Kent
  review not on the mailed patch
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: To/Cc Alex Deucher + amd-gfx only
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org and lore stable search: HTTP 403 —
  UNVERIFIED
- [Phase 5] grep: only caller is `amdgpu_device.c` init when
  `is_atom_fw`; `is_atom_fw` set for Vega10+
- [Phase 5] `atomfirmware.h`: gfx_info structs v2.2, v2.3, v2.4, v2.7,
  v3.0 only — no v4
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = `v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37`; `make
  kernelversion` = 7.3.0-rc4
- [Phase 6] `git describe d7c595044965c` =
  `v7.2-rc2-1048-gd7c595044965c`
- [Phase 6] Current file lines 911–920: no `BUG()`
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: `BUG()` panic on GPU init — CRITICAL if hit
- UNVERIFIED: whether this `BUG()` has ever fired on shipping VBIOS;
  whether stable@ already considered it

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atomfirmware.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atomfirmware.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atomfirmware.c
index c7d32fb216e4e..ce2a4a15d5ecb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atomfirmware.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atomfirmware.c
@@ -806,8 +806,6 @@ int amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 				   (crev != 6)) {
 				spll->reference_freq = le32_to_cpu(gfx_info->v22.rlc_gpu_timer_refclk);
 				ret = 0;
-			} else {
-				BUG();
 			}
 		}
 	}
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amdgpu/gfx12: set KMD_QUEUE for kernel gfx queues

[Sasha Levin]

From: Jesse Zhang <Jesse.Zhang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 9fe5745f9d8eca38d31d9b672a1998edf856f651 ]

Set KMD_QUEUE in the GFX MQD and kernel ring control registers so CP
preserves kernel IB VMIDs instead of replacing them with the queue VMID.
Use prop->kernel_queue to distinguish kernel and user MQDs.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Zhang <Jesse.Zhang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
(cherry picked from commit 14741c01680a803050e949744089b57fa53e02f7)
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have enough tree, diff, and caller evidence to judge this for 6.18.57.
Lore lookups failed with 403, so mailing-list review is limited to the
amd-gfx archive title and the commit tags.

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1 — Subject**
- Record: `[drm/amdgpu/gfx12] [set] [program KMD_QUEUE on kernel GFX
  queues so CP keeps kernel IB VMIDs]`

**Step 1.2 — Tags**
- Record:
  - `Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
    maintainer)
  - `Signed-off-by: Jesse Zhang <Jesse.Zhang@amd.com>` (author)
  - `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>`
    (maintainer)
  - No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Tested-by:`, `Link:`, or `Cc: stable`
    (absence expected for this review)
  - Pipeline-only markers ignored: `[Upstream commit ...]`, `(cherry
    picked from ...)`, `Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin`

**Step 1.3 — Body**
- Record:
  - Bug: CP replaces kernel IB VMIDs with the queue VMID unless
    `KMD_QUEUE` is set
  - Symptom: kernel IBs run in the wrong VM (queue VMID, typically 0)
  - Root cause: GFX MQD and `CP_RB0_CNTL` never programmed `KMD_QUEUE`
  - Fix: set the bit from `prop->kernel_queue` (MQD) and hard-set 1 on
    the kernel ring
  - No stack trace, repro, or version range in the message

**Step 1.4 — Hidden bug fix?**
- Record: Not disguised. It is an explicit hardware-programming
  correctness fix.

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1 — Inventory**
- Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c` only; `+2 / -0`
- Functions: `gfx_v12_0_cp_gfx_resume()`, `gfx_v12_0_gfx_mqd_init()`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2 — Control-flow change**
- Hunk 1 (`gfx_v12_0_cp_gfx_resume`): `CP_RB0_CNTL` was built with
  `RB_BUFSZ`/`RB_BLKSZ` only (base 0). After: `KMD_QUEUE=1` on kernel
  gfx ring 0. Init/resume path, used when `amdgpu_async_gfx_ring` is 0.
- Hunk 2 (`gfx_v12_0_gfx_mqd_init`): `CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL` was built from
  `regCP_GFX_HQD_CNTL_DEFAULT` (0x00f00000). After:
  `KMD_QUEUE=prop->kernel_queue`. This is the default MQD path
  (`amdgpu_async_gfx_ring` defaults to 1).

**Step 2.3 — Bug mechanism**
- Record: `[logic / hardware programming] [CP overwrites IB VMID unless
  KMD_QUEUE; fix sets that bit on kernel queues only]`
- `KMD_QUEUE` is bit 29 (`0x20000000`). Default `0x00f00000` does not
  include it. `CP_RB0_CNTL` starts from 0, so it was also clear.
- Same file already sets `KMD_QUEUE` for compute kernel queues in
  `gfx_v12_0_compute_mqd_init()`. GFX was the missing counterpart.

**Step 2.4 — Fix quality**
- Record: Minimal and obviously correct. User MQDs keep `KMD_QUEUE=0`
  because `mes_userq_mqd_create()` `kzalloc`s `amdgpu_mqd_prop`. Kernel
  rings set `prop->kernel_queue = true` in `amdgpu_ring_to_mqd_prop()`.
  Regression risk is low: it matches the existing compute-queue
  programming.

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1 — Blame**
- Record: Surrounding GFX resume/MQD setup comes from `52cb80c12e8a64`
  (`drm/amdgpu: Add gfx v12_0 ip block support (v6)`, 2023-07-04). The
  missing bit has been absent since GFX12 was added.

**Step 3.2 — Fixes: tag**
- Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Bug is the original GFX12 bring-up omitting
  `KMD_QUEUE`. That bring-up commit is an ancestor of this tree.

**Step 3.3 — File history**
- Record: Prerequisite already here: `7b9110f289795` (`drm/amdgpu/gfx12:
  set MQD as appriopriate for queue types`) added `prop->kernel_queue` /
  `RB_NON_PRIV` and compute `KMD_QUEUE`. Present in v6.18.57. This
  commit is standalone, not patch 2/3 of that older series.

**Step 3.4 — Author**
- Record: Jesse Zhang is a regular amdgpu contributor. Same-day sibling:
  `drm/amdgpu/gfx11: set KMD_QUEUE for kernel gfx queues`. Maintainer
  reviewed both.

**Step 3.5 — Dependencies**
- Record: Needs `bool kernel_queue` in `amdgpu_mqd_prop`
  (`284d4dfe850e6`, in v6.18.57) and `CP_*_KMD_QUEUE` masks in
  `gc_12_0_0_sh_mask.h` (present). Can apply standalone. No new helpers.

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external

**Step 4.1 — Original discussion**
- Record: `b4 dig -c 14741c01680a` / `9fe5745f9d8e` / `53db34aed371`
  failed (lore returned an error). Fallback: amd-gfx September 2026
  archive lists `[PATCH 09/21] drm/amdgpu/gfx12: set KMD_QUEUE for
  kernel gfx queues` next to hung-queue / pipe-reset patches. No NAK
  found. No later conflicting revision found.

**Step 4.2 — Reviewers**
- Record: `b4 dig -w` failed (same lore error). Commit has `Reviewed-by`
  / `Signed-off-by` from Alex Deucher.

**Step 4.3 — Bug report**
- Record: No `Reported-by` / syzbot / bugzilla link. Mechanism is stated
  by the AMD author.

**Step 4.4 — Series**
- Record: Submitted as 09/21 in a hung-queue/reset series. This hunk
  does not call any of those new helpers; it is self-contained register
  programming.

**Step 4.5 — Stable list**
- Record: No useful stable-list hit for this subject. UNVERIFIED whether
  anyone already requested or rejected it for stable.

## Phase 5: Semantic / call-chain

**Step 5.1 — Functions**
- Record: `gfx_v12_0_cp_gfx_resume`, `gfx_v12_0_gfx_mqd_init`

**Step 5.2 — Callers**
- Record:
  - `gfx_v12_0_cp_gfx_resume` ← GFX hw init when
    `!amdgpu_async_gfx_ring` (module param default is 1, so this is the
    fallback)
  - `gfx_v12_0_gfx_mqd_init` ← `adev->mqds[AMDGPU_HW_IP_GFX].init_mqd` ←
    `amdgpu_ring_init_mqd()` ← `gfx_v12_0_kgq_init_queue()` (default
    async KGQ path) and `mes_userq_mqd_create()` (user queues,
    `kernel_queue==false`)

**Step 5.3 — Callees**
- Record: `REG_SET_FIELD`, `WREG32_SOC15`. No alloc/lock/API change.

**Step 5.4 — Reachability**
- Record: Yes. Default GFX12 init uses KGQ MQD init.
  `gfx_v12_0_ring_emit_ib_gfx()` writes `control |= ib->length_dw |
  (vmid << 24)` with `AMDGPU_JOB_GET_VMID(job)`. Userspace CS on a
  kernel gfx ring therefore depends on CP honoring that IB VMID.

**Step 5.5 — Similar patterns**
- Record: Compute MQD in the same file already sets `KMD_QUEUE` for
  kernel queues. GFX11 sibling does the same two-line change. KFD MQD
  managers also set `KMD_QUEUE` for kernel queues.

## Phase 6: This tree (6.18.57)

**Step 6.1 — Does the bug exist here?**
- Record: Local tree is **v6.18.57** (`git describe HEAD` =
  `v6.18.57-155-gcdf239ca885b2`, Makefile 6.18.57).
- `git merge-base --is-ancestor 14741c01680a HEAD` → not an ancestor.
- `v6.18.57:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c` does **not** set
  `KMD_QUEUE` in `gfx_v12_0_cp_gfx_resume` / `gfx_v12_0_gfx_mqd_init`.
  The compute path already does. GFX12 IP has been in this line since
  `52cb80c12e8a64`.

**Step 6.2 — Backport difficulty**
- Record: Clean apply. v6.18.57 context matches the hunks exactly.

**Step 6.3 — Related fixes already here?**
- Record: `7b9110f289795` is in v6.18.57 and handles compute `KMD_QUEUE`
  / GFX `RB_NON_PRIV`. It does not set GFX `KMD_QUEUE`. No equivalent
  GFX12 fix is in v6.18.57.

## Phase 7: Subsystem context

**Step 7.1**
- Record: `[drm/amdgpu GFX12] [IMPORTANT — common AMD GPU driver, RDNA4
  / RX 9000 class]`

**Step 7.2**
- Record: Active but mature GFX12 support in 6.18. This is a leftover
  bring-up omission, not a brand-new subsystem.

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1 — Who is affected**
- Record: GFX12 amdgpu users (config/driver-specific). Not universal.

**Step 8.2 — Trigger**
- Record: Device init (MQD/`CP_RB0_CNTL` programming), then any kernel
  gfx IB whose VMID ≠ queue VMID. Unprivileged users trigger this via
  normal command submission. Default path is async KGQ
  (`amdgpu_async_gfx_ring=1`).

**Step 8.3 — Failure mode**
- Record: Wrong GPU VMID → GFXHUB page fault, ring timeout, GPU reset,
  or access in the wrong address space. Severity: **HIGH** (GPU hang /
  fault; possible wrong-VM access).

**Step 8.4 — Risk vs benefit**
- Record: Benefit high for GFX12 boxes. Risk very low (2 lines, kernel
  queues only, same pattern as compute). Ratio favors backport.

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Evidence for**
- Real CP programming bug: kernel IB VMIDs can be replaced with queue
  VMID 0
- `gfx_v12_0_ring_emit_ib_gfx()` puts the job VMID in the IB; that path
  is live
- Compute KGQ already sets `KMD_QUEUE`; GFX did not
- 2-line, obviously correct, maintainer-reviewed
- Bug and prerequisites exist in v6.18.57; applies cleanly
- No new API/feature

**Evidence against**
- No public repro, syzbot, or `Fixes:` tag
- Everyday GFX12 has worked since bring-up, so firmware or privilege
  bits may mask this in some cases
- Submitted as 09/21 in a larger reset series (but this hunk is
  independent)
- Lore/b4 review thread could not be fetched (server 403)

**Unresolved**
- Full reviewer discussion beyond `Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher`
- Whether a specific firmware version started enforcing VMID replacement
- Stable-list history for this exact subject

**Stable rules**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — two `REG_SET_FIELD`s;
   maintainer reviewed
2. Real user-facing bug? **PASS** — wrong IB VMID on kernel GFX queues
3. Important (fault/hang/wrong VM)? **PASS** — HIGH, not cosmetic
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +2 lines, one file
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS**
6. Applies to this tree? **PASS** — v6.18.57 has the buggy code and
   prerequisites

**Exception category:** hardware programming / quirk-like register bit
on an existing driver. Not a new driver or API.

This belongs on 6.18.57. The tree has GFX12, still omits GFX
`KMD_QUEUE`, and the fix is a two-line register correction with the same
`kernel_queue` distinction already used for compute MQDs.

### What the commit solves for this tree
On GFX12, kernel gfx rings submit `PACKET3_INDIRECT_BUFFER` with a job
VMID. Without `KMD_QUEUE`, CP is specified to replace that VMID with the
queue VMID (0). That is a GPU address-space bug: faults, hangs, or
wrong-VM access. v6.18.57 already has the `kernel_queue` flag and
compute `KMD_QUEUE`; this only fills the GFX gap.

### Risk vs benefit
Benefit is correct VMID handling on RDNA4 kernel gfx queues. Risk is a
two-line bit set on kernel queues only; user queues stay unset.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Reviewed-by/SOB Alex Deucher; no
  Fixes/Reported-by/Link
- [Phase 2] Diff: +2 lines in `gfx_v12_0_cp_gfx_resume` and
  `gfx_v12_0_gfx_mqd_init`
- [Phase 2] `regCP_GFX_HQD_CNTL_DEFAULT` is `0x00f00000`; `KMD_QUEUE`
  mask is `0x20000000` — default does not set the bit
- [Phase 2] Userq path: `mes_userqueue.c` kzallocs props, so
  `kernel_queue` stays false
- [Phase 2] Kernel rings: `amdgpu_ring.c` sets `prop->kernel_queue =
  true`
- [Phase 3] Blame: GFX12 setup from `52cb80c12e8a64` (2023); `KMD_QUEUE`
  never set on GFX
- [Phase 3] Prerequisite `7b9110f289795` / `284d4dfe850e6` are ancestors
  of v6.18.57
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 14741c01680a HEAD` → not
  present as that SHA
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig` failed (lore server error) — UNVERIFIED full thread
  text
- [Phase 4] amd-gfx Sept 2026 archive: `[PATCH 09/21] drm/amdgpu/gfx12:
  set KMD_QUEUE for kernel gfx queues`
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org WebFetch 403; no stable-list discussion
  found
- [Phase 5] Default init: `amdgpu_async_gfx_ring=1` →
  `gfx_v12_0_kgq_init_queue` → `gfx_v12_0_gfx_mqd_init`
- [Phase 5] `gfx_v12_0_ring_emit_ib_gfx` encodes VMID at bit 24
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD`: v6.18.57-155-gcdf239ca885b2; Makefile
  6.18.57
- [Phase 6] `git show v6.18.57:drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c`:
  GFX `KMD_QUEUE` missing; compute path present
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: GPU VM fault / hang / wrong address space —
  HIGH
- UNVERIFIED: exact firmware interaction that kept some GFX12 systems
  working without this bit

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c
index 433381f806b2b..06fde713b9229 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c
@@ -2733,6 +2733,7 @@ static int gfx_v12_0_cp_gfx_resume(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	rb_bufsz = order_base_2(ring->ring_size / 8);
 	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(0, CP_RB0_CNTL, RB_BUFSZ, rb_bufsz);
 	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_RB0_CNTL, RB_BLKSZ, rb_bufsz - 2);
+	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_RB0_CNTL, KMD_QUEUE, 1);
 	WREG32_SOC15(GC, 0, regCP_RB0_CNTL, tmp);
 
 	/* Initialize the ring buffer's write pointers */
@@ -3025,6 +3026,7 @@ static int gfx_v12_0_gfx_mqd_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev, void *m,
 	tmp = regCP_GFX_HQD_CNTL_DEFAULT;
 	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL, RB_BUFSZ, rb_bufsz);
 	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL, RB_BLKSZ, rb_bufsz - 2);
+	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL, KMD_QUEUE, prop->kernel_queue);
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
 	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL, BUF_SWAP, 1);
 #endif
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] drm/amdgpu: Guard reads in pcie state readout

[Sasha Levin]

From: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 230753e46a4a9d04dad6a9b5dbaeb7fd52add7d0 ]

Internal US/DS switch may not be exposed in passthrough. Guard the
upstream port reads to avoid a NULL dereference.

Signed-off-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>
Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have enough to decide: this is a NULL-deref on a sysfs read for MI300
passthrough, the buggy code is in 6.18.53, and the patch is small and
already reviewed.

---

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1: Subject line**
Record: `[drm/amdgpu] [Guard] Guard reads in PCIe state readout` —
“Guard” here is a missing-NULL-check / skip-on-missing-hardware fix, not
a feature.

**Step 1.2: Tags**
Record:
- `Signed-off-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>` (author; AMD amdgpu
  contributor)
- `Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- `Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (maintainer
  merge)
- No `Fixes:`, `Reported-by:`, `Cc: stable`, `Link:`, `Tested-by:`, or
  `Reviewed-by:` (absence of Fixes/Cc-stable is expected for this
  review)
- Ignore `[Upstream commit 230753e46a4a...]` and `Signed-off-by: Sasha
  Levin` (pipeline)

**Step 1.3: Body**
Record:
- Bug: internal US/DS PCIe switch may not be visible in passthrough
- Symptom: NULL dereference when reading upstream-port config
- Root cause: `pci_upstream_bridge()` can return NULL; the code still
  uses the pointer
- No stack trace, no version list, no reproducer in the message

**Step 1.4: Hidden bug fix?**
Record: Not hidden. Explicit NULL-deref fix. Extra vendor/type checks
also avoid treating a hypervisor virtual bridge as the GPU’s internal
switch.

---

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1: Inventory**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c` only
- ~42 insertions, ~17 deletions (59-line churn)
- New helper `aqua_vanjaram_get_us_pdev()`;
  `aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state()` updated
- Classification: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: Code flow**
Record:
- **Before:** `ds_pdev = pci_upstream_bridge(adev->pdev); us_pdev =
  pci_upstream_bridge(ds_pdev);` then unconditional
  `pcie_capability_read_word(us_pdev, ...)`,
  `pci_find_ext_capability(us_pdev, ...)`,
  `pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev, ...)`.
- **After:** helper requires ATI downstream port then ATI/AMD upstream
  port; if either walk fails, skip those config reads. SMN register dump
  still runs.
- Path: sysfs `reg_state` read (normal userspace debug path), not
  probe/error-only.

**Step 2.3: Bug mechanism**
Record: **NULL pointer dereference** (memory safety).
- `pci_upstream_bridge()` in `include/linux/pci.h` returns NULL on a
  root bus.
- `pci_upstream_bridge(NULL)` calls `pci_physfn(dev)` which does
  `dev->is_virtfn` — immediate oops if the GPU has no parent.
- Typical VFIO topology (GPU under a QEMU root port): `ds_pdev` is non-
  NULL, `us_pdev` is NULL, then `pcie_capability_read_word(NULL, ...)`
  oopses.
- Helper matches the existing pattern in
  `amdgpu_device_cache_switch_state()` /
  `amdgpu_device_get_aspm_pdev()`.

**Step 2.4: Fix quality**
Record: Obviously correct; same topology checks already used nearby.
Residual: skipped fields are not zeroed (AER fields were already
conditional). That is much less severe than an oops. No new API, no
lock, no ABI change. Low regression risk.

---

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1: Blame**
Record: Unguarded walk introduced in `081a6eda2b2509` (“drm/amdgpu: Read
aquavanjaram PCIE register state”, 2023-11-29, Lijo Lazar). In this tree
since well before v6.18. Contained in v6.8-era history
(`locking_urgent_for_v6.8_rc2~...`).

**Step 3.2: Fixes: tag**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Introducer `081a6eda2b2509` **is** an ancestor
of `v6.18.53` (`git merge-base --is-ancestor` exit 0).

**Step 3.3: File history**
Record: Related NULL-guard already in this tree: `9b608fe94870f`
“drm/amdgpu: Check swus/ds for switch state save” (in v6.18.53; GitLab
drm/amd#4602). Same topology bug, different path (reset/save). This
patch is the sysfs readout counterpart. Standalone, not `N/M`.

**Step 3.4: Author**
Record: Lijo Lazar is a regular amdgpu author of this file. Maintainer
Alex Deucher acked and applied.

**Step 3.5: Dependencies**
Record: None. Uses existing `pci_upstream_bridge`,
`PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI/AMD`, `pci_pcie_type`. No new helpers from later
series. Can apply standalone.

---

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external

**Step 4.1: Original discussion**
Record: `b4 dig -c 230753e46a4a9d04dad6a9b5dbaeb7fd52add7d0` →
https://patch.msgid.link/20260617093518.753118-1-lijo.lazar@amd.com
`b4 dig -a`: **v1 only**, 2026-06-17. No later rewrite.

**Step 4.2: Recipients (`b4 dig -w`)**
Record: `amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org`, Hawking Zhang, Alex Deucher,
Asad Kamal, Candice Li. Right list and maintainer.

**Step 4.3: Review (mbox `/tmp/pcie-guard.mbox`)**
Record:
- Kevin Wang: under VFIO the guest topology is virtualized; suggested
  hiding the whole interface in PT/SRIOV.
- Lijo: SMN/endpoint reads still useful; this patch only skips the
  physical-link (US port) reads that need real switch ports.
- Alex Deucher: `Acked-by` (2026-06-19). No NAK. No `Cc: stable` in
  review.

**Step 4.4: Series**
Record: Single standalone patch.

**Step 4.5: Stable list**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable fetch returned 403. UNVERIFIED whether
stable@ discussed it. Does not change the technical verdict.

---

## Phase 5: Semantic / call chain

**Step 5.1: Functions**
Record: `aqua_vanjaram_get_us_pdev` (new),
`aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state` (modified).

**Step 5.2: Callers**
Record:
- `aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state` ← `aqua_vanjaram_get_reg_state` (PCIE
  case)
- ← `amdgpu_asic_get_reg_state` ← `amdgpu_sysfs_reg_state_get`
- Sysfs bin attr `reg_state` mode **0444**, offset
  `AMDGPU_SYS_REG_STATE_PCIE = 0x2000`
- `get_reg_state` is only on `aqua_vanjaram_asic_funcs` (`soc15.c`)

**Step 5.3: Callees**
Record: `pci_upstream_bridge`, `pcie_capability_read_word`,
`pci_find_ext_capability`, `pci_read_config_dword`, plus existing SMN
reads (`aqua_read_smn` / `RREG32_PCIE`).

**Step 5.4: Reachability**
Record: Userspace-reachable: `read()` on `/sys/devices/.../reg_state` at
offset 0x2000 (or via drm sysfs). Not interrupt/hot path. Any process
that can read that 0444 file can trigger it.

**Step 5.5: Similar patterns**
Record: Same US/DS walk in `amdgpu_device_cache_switch_state()` (already
NULL-checked in this tree) and `amdgpu_device_get_aspm_pdev()`.

---

## Phase 6: Local tree (v6.18.53)

**Step 6.1: Does the bug exist here?**
Record:
- `git describe HEAD`: `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`;
  `VERSION/PATCHLEVEL/SUBLEVEL` = 6.18.53
- `git merge-base --is-ancestor 9bd596d9e90da v6.18.53` → **no** (fix
  not in 6.18.53)
- `git merge-base --is-ancestor 081a6eda2b2509 v6.18.53` → **yes** (bug
  is in 6.18.53)
- At `v6.18.53` lines 653–670: unguarded `pci_upstream_bridge` + config
  reads

**Step 6.2: Backport difficulty**
Record: `git apply --check` of both the candidate and upstream diffs
onto the v6.18.53 file **succeeds** (hunk offset only). Context around
`pcie_reg_addrs` / `aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state` matches. **Clean
apply.**

**Step 6.3: Related fixes already here?**
Record: Switch-state save is guarded (`9b608fe94870f` in v6.18.53).
Sysfs PCIe readout is **not**. No earlier version of this helper in
6.18.53.

---

## Phase 7: Subsystem context

**Step 7.1**
Record: amdgpu / Aqua Vanjaram (Instinct MI300 family: GC 9.4.3, 9.4.4,
9.5.0). **IMPORTANT** (datacenter GPU driver), not core mm/VFS, not
staging.

**Step 7.2**
Record: File is actively developed, but this readout path has been
unchanged since 2023. Mature buggy code, not a brand-new feature.

---

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1: Who is affected**
Record: Driver-specific: MI300/MI308/MI350 (`IP_VERSION(9,4,3/4)` and
`(9,5,0)`). Highest impact: **VFIO/QEMU passthrough guests** where the
internal US/DS switch is hidden. Bare metal with the real AMD switch is
unaffected.

**Step 8.2: Trigger**
Record: Reading sysfs `reg_state` at PCIE offset. Common for AMD
debug/RAS dumps; also trivial to hit (`dd`/`pread` at 0x2000).
Unprivileged users can read 0444 sysfs. Not a boot-every-time path.

**Step 8.3: Failure mode**
Record: Kernel oops / NULL deref. **Severity: HIGH** (crash; local DoS
from sysfs). Not silent corruption.

**Step 8.4: Risk-benefit**
Record:
- Benefit: stops a real oops on MI300 passthrough when diagnostics read
  PCIe state — production cloud/HPC setup.
- Risk: ~25-line helper + `if (us_pdev)` around existing reads; mirrors
  code already in this tree. **Low.**
- Ratio: strongly favors backport.

---

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Step 9.1: Evidence**

For:
- Real NULL deref, reachable from sysfs
- Buggy code in this 6.18.53 tree since 2023
- Passthrough is a stated, realistic trigger
- Same topology already caused a user-visible bug (drm/amd#4602) on the
  sibling path
- Small, obviously correct, maintainer-acked
- Applies cleanly to v6.18.53
- No new features/APIs

Against:
- Affects one ASIC family, debug sysfs, not a universal path
- No `Reported-by` / public crash log on *this* function
- Kevin argued for hiding the whole interface (not a NAK of the NULL
  check)
- Skipped struct fields left uninitialized (minor, pre-existing for AER)

Unresolved:
- Stable@ discussion (lore 403)
- Whether a specific production crash dump exists for this sysfs path
  (unverified; mechanism is still verified in code)

**Step 9.2: Stable rules**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** (mirror of existing checks;
   maintainer Acked-by)
2. Real bug affecting users? **PASS** (oops on MI300 passthrough sysfs
   read)
3. Important (crash/security/corruption/deadlock)? **PASS** — oops /
   local DoS, HIGH
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one file, one helper + guard
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS**
6. Applies to local tree? **PASS** — clean apply; buggy code present

**Step 9.3: Exceptions**
Record: None (not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/doc-only change). Qualifies
as a normal crash fix.

**Step 9.4: Decision**
Backport. This tree is 6.18.53; the unguarded walk is present; the fix
is a small NULL-deref guard for a userspace-reachable path on hardware
this kernel already supports.

---

### What the commit solves for this tree
`aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state()` walks to the GPU’s internal upstream
switch and reads PCIe/AER config with no NULL or topology check. In
passthrough that switch is often missing, so `pci_upstream_bridge()`
returns NULL and the kernel oopses. The helper skips those reads when
the ATI/AMD US/DS chain is not there, while still dumping SMN regs.

### Risk vs benefit
Benefit is avoiding a reproducible oops on Instinct MI300-class GPUs in
VFIO guests. Risk is a narrow, identical-to-existing-pattern check.
Applies cleanly to 6.18.53.

### Verification
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: author SOB, Alex Deucher Acked-by + SOB; no
  Fixes/Reported-by/Cc-stable
- [Phase 2] Diff: helper + `if (us_pdev)` around config reads in
  `aqua_vanjaram.c`; SMN loop unchanged
- [Phase 2] `pci_upstream_bridge()` / `pci_physfn()` read: NULL parent →
  NULL deref
- [Phase 3] `git blame v6.18.53`: lines from `081a6eda2b2509` (2023)
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 081a6eda2b2509 v6.18.53`: yes
  (bug in this tree)
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 9bd596d9e90da v6.18.53`: no
  (fix not in 6.18.53)
- [Phase 3] Related `9b608fe94870f` already in v6.18.53 (switch-state
  save)
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c 230753e46a4a...`: lore thread; v1 only
- [Phase 4] mbox: Kevin design comment; Lijo kept SMN reads; Alex Acked-
  by; no NAK
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org/stable: **UNVERIFIED** (HTTP 403)
- [Phase 5] Callers: sysfs `reg_state` 0444 → PCIE offset 0x2000; only
  `aqua_vanjaram_asic_funcs`
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` / Makefile: 6.18.53; unguarded code at
  v6.18.53:653–670
- [Phase 6] `git apply --check` of candidate and upstream patches onto
  v6.18.53 file: success (offset only)
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: NULL deref oops on sysfs read in passthrough,
  HIGH
- UNVERIFIED: no public crash log specifically for this sysfs function
  (mechanism still verified)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c | 59 +++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c
index 15e70415c35b4..b73e114206cc1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c
@@ -613,6 +613,29 @@ static struct aqua_reg_list pcie_reg_addrs[] = {
 	{ smreg_0x1A380088, 6, DW_ADDR_INCR },
 };
 
+/*
+ * Return the GPU's internal US switch port, or NULL if it is not visible
+ * (e.g. passthrough) or the EP is parented under an unrelated bridge.
+ */
+static struct pci_dev *aqua_vanjaram_get_us_pdev(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
+{
+	struct pci_dev *ds_pdev, *us_pdev;
+
+	ds_pdev = pci_upstream_bridge(adev->pdev);
+	if (!ds_pdev || ds_pdev->vendor != PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI ||
+	    pci_pcie_type(ds_pdev) != PCI_EXP_TYPE_DOWNSTREAM)
+		return NULL;
+
+	us_pdev = pci_upstream_bridge(ds_pdev);
+	if (!us_pdev ||
+	    (us_pdev->vendor != PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI &&
+	     us_pdev->vendor != PCI_VENDOR_ID_AMD) ||
+	    pci_pcie_type(us_pdev) != PCI_EXP_TYPE_UPSTREAM)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return us_pdev;
+}
+
 static ssize_t aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 					     void *buf, size_t max_size)
 {
@@ -620,7 +643,7 @@ static ssize_t aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 	uint32_t start_addr, incrx, num_regs, szbuf;
 	struct amdgpu_regs_pcie_v1_0 *pcie_regs;
 	struct amdgpu_smn_reg_data *reg_data;
-	struct pci_dev *us_pdev, *ds_pdev;
+	struct pci_dev *us_pdev;
 	int aer_cap, r, n;
 
 	if (!buf || !max_size)
@@ -652,25 +675,27 @@ static ssize_t aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ds_pdev = pci_upstream_bridge(adev->pdev);
-	us_pdev = pci_upstream_bridge(ds_pdev);
+	us_pdev = aqua_vanjaram_get_us_pdev(adev);
+	if (us_pdev) {
+		pcie_capability_read_word(us_pdev, PCI_EXP_DEVSTA,
+					  &pcie_regs->device_status);
+		pcie_capability_read_word(us_pdev, PCI_EXP_LNKSTA,
+					  &pcie_regs->link_status);
+
+		aer_cap = pci_find_ext_capability(us_pdev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_ERR);
+		if (aer_cap) {
+			pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev,
+					      aer_cap + PCI_ERR_COR_STATUS,
+					      &pcie_regs->pcie_corr_err_status);
+			pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev,
+					      aer_cap + PCI_ERR_UNCOR_STATUS,
+					      &pcie_regs->pcie_uncorr_err_status);
+		}
 
-	pcie_capability_read_word(us_pdev, PCI_EXP_DEVSTA,
-				  &pcie_regs->device_status);
-	pcie_capability_read_word(us_pdev, PCI_EXP_LNKSTA,
-				  &pcie_regs->link_status);
-
-	aer_cap = pci_find_ext_capability(us_pdev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_ERR);
-	if (aer_cap) {
-		pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev, aer_cap + PCI_ERR_COR_STATUS,
-				      &pcie_regs->pcie_corr_err_status);
-		pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev, aer_cap + PCI_ERR_UNCOR_STATUS,
-				      &pcie_regs->pcie_uncorr_err_status);
+		pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev, PCI_PRIMARY_BUS,
+				      &pcie_regs->sub_bus_number_latency);
 	}
 
-	pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev, PCI_PRIMARY_BUS,
-			      &pcie_regs->sub_bus_number_latency);
-
 	pcie_reg_state->common_header.structure_size = szbuf;
 	pcie_reg_state->common_header.format_revision = 1;
 	pcie_reg_state->common_header.content_revision = 0;
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amdkfd: Fix signal reset event

[Sasha Levin]

From: Amber Lin <amber.lin@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit b38f9b6ffdfc86d5aff36881d9e8028c79bc98c9 ]

When a mode reset happens, driver needs to notify the process on that
GPU a reset event is happening. The existing code assumes the process is
using the GPU that is getting mode reset, which is not always true. For
example, on a 8G system, the process may be only using GPU 0~4 but a
mode 2 reset is resetting the all 8 GPUs connected by XGMI. Trying to
find a process on GPU 5~7 will fail, which is fine and should skip the
event signal.

Signed-off-by: Amber Lin <amber.lin@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: David Yat Sin <david.yatsin@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

Connection lost, reconnecting to https://agentn.us.api5.cursor.sh
(attempt 1)...
Retry attempt 1...
The local tree is **v7.3-rc4**. The commit is a small, obviously-correct
logic fix: `kfd_signal_reset_event()` treated “process is not using this
GPU” as unexpected and fired `WARN_ONCE` during a hive-wide mode reset.
That warning is a real production issue on multi-GPU XGMI systems.

===============================================================
PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS
===============================================================

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**
Record: `[drm/amdkfd] [Fix] [stop treating “process not on this GPU” as
an error when signaling a reset event]`

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**
Record:
- Fixes: none (expected for this review)
- Reported-by: none
- Tested-by: none
- Reviewed-by: David Yat Sin `<david.yatsin@amd.com>` (author of the
  CRIU gpu_id remapping that added the `user_gpu_id` lookup)
- Acked-by: none
- Link: none in the commit; mailing-list thread found via `b4 dig`
- Cc: stable: none (expected)
- Signed-off-by: Amber Lin `<amber.lin@amd.com>` (author); Alex Deucher
  `<alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu/amdkfd maintainer)
- Sasha Levin SOB: not present on this commit

Notable: maintainer SOB + review from the engineer who introduced the
original lookup. No syzbot, no user-report tags.

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**
Record:
- Bug: on mode reset the driver notifies KFD processes of a reset. The
  loop assumes every process uses the GPU being reset.
- Symptom: looking up a process on GPUs it does not use fails. Example:
  8-GPU XGMI hive, process on GPUs 0–4, mode-2 reset of all 8 GPUs;
  lookups on GPUs 5–7 fail.
- Failure mode: those failed lookups hit `WARN_ONCE` then `continue`.
  Signaling skip is correct; the warning is not.
- Version info: none in the message.
- Root cause: expected “process not bound to this device” was coded as
  an unexpected error.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**
Record: Not hidden. Subject is “Fix …”. It is a real logic/warning bug,
not cleanup-only.

===============================================================
PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE
===============================================================

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c` (+8 / −9)
- Function: `kfd_signal_reset_event()`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix, one function

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**
Record:
Before (inside `hash_for_each_rcu(kfd_processes_table, …)`):
1. `user_gpu_id = kfd_process_get_user_gpu_id(p, dev->id)`
2. `pdd = kfd_get_process_device_data(dev, p)`
3. If `user_gpu_id == -EINVAL` → `WARN_ONCE` + `continue`
4. If `!pdd` → `WARN_ONCE` + `continue`

After:
1. `pdd = kfd_get_process_device_data(dev, p)`
2. If `!pdd` → silent `continue` (process not using this device)
3. Then `user_gpu_id = kfd_process_get_user_gpu_id(p, dev->id)`
4. If `user_gpu_id == -EINVAL` → `WARN_ONCE` + `continue` (now a real
   inconsistency, because `pdd` exists)

Also moves `user_gpu_id`/`pdd` from inner-loop locals to function
locals; format for `dev->id` changes `%x` → `%d`. Normal reset path for
processes that *do* use the GPU is unchanged.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**
Record: `[Logic / correctness] [false WARN_ONCE]`
`kfd_get_process_device_data()` returns NULL when the process has no pdd
for `dev`. `kfd_process_get_user_gpu_id()` returns `-EINVAL` for the
same situation. Both were treated as unexpected. On a hive-wide reset,
`kgd2kfd_pre_reset()` calls `kfd_signal_reset_event()` per node, and the
function walks **all** KFD processes, so missing pdd is normal. After
the fix, missing pdd is expected; `WARN_ONCE` remains only if pdd exists
but gpu_id lookup still fails.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**
Record: Obviously correct. `kfd_get_process_device_data()` and
`kfd_process_get_user_gpu_id()` iterate the same `p->pdds[]`; a present
pdd implies a matching `dev->id`. Minimal, no API/locking/refcount
changes. Regression risk is very low: processes without a pdd still skip
signaling (same as before). Residual `WARN_ONCE` is strictly narrower.

===============================================================
PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION
===============================================================

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**
Record:
- Function introduced: `e42051d2133b79` (“drm/amdkfd: Implement GPU
  reset handlers in KFD”, 2018, v4.19-rc1 era)
- `user_gpu_id` + first `WARN_ONCE` on `-EINVAL`: `bef153b70c6e35`
  (“drm/amdkfd: CRIU implement gpu_id remapping”, 2021)
- `kfd_get_process_device_data` + `!pdd` path: `ee0a469cf9175a`
  (“drm/amdkfd: support per-queue reset on gfx9”, 2024, in v6.12-rc1)
- `!pdd` `WARN_ONCE` text using pid: `8544374c0f82ed` (“drm/amdkfd: Have
  kfd driver use same PASID values…”, 2025)

The false-warning on “process not on this GPU” dates to the 2021 CRIU
remapping (`user_gpu_id == -EINVAL`). The later `!pdd` WARN made the
same class of miss look even more like a driver bug. This is long-lived
code on this tree, not last-month-only.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**
Record: No Fixes: tag. Not applicable. The buggy assumption was
introduced by `bef153b70c6e35` (and reinforced by `ee0a469cf9175a` /
`8544374c0f82ed`). All three are ancestors of HEAD.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**
Record: Recent `kfd_events.c` work is CRIU bounds checks, event mmap
cleanup, RAS poison ioctl — orthogonal. Same author also landed
`4693ade087f2e` (“drm/amdkfd: Fix reset event signal”) which guards
`kfd_signal_reset_event()` in `reset_queues_mes()` when
`detect_hang_count` is 0. Different bug (false reset *signal* vs false
*WARN* on missing pdd). This commit is standalone, not patch N/M.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**
Record: Amber Lin is a regular AMD KFD/queue-reset contributor
(`drm/amdkfd: Add queue reset support…`, topology, MES). Not the
subsystem maintainer; maintainer Alex Deucher merged it. Related:
`4693ade087f2e` as above — complementary, not a prerequisite for this
diff.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**
Record: Diff uses `kfd_get_process_device_data`,
`kfd_process_get_user_gpu_id`, `kfd_signal_reset_event` — all present in
this tree. No new helpers. Can apply standalone here.

===============================================================
PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH
===============================================================

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c b38f9b6ffdfc86d5aff36881d9e8028c79bc98c9` →
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260728182609.672822-1-amber.lin@amd.com
- Also: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-July/149514.html
- `b4 dig -a`: single revision, v1 only; committed version matches v1
- Review: David Yat Sin `Reviewed-by` (~12 minutes later):
  https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-gfx/2026-July/149516.html
- No NAK, no requested respin, no reviewer `Cc: stable`
- lore.kernel.org fetches returned 403; discussion recovered from fd.o
  archives and `b4 dig`

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**
Record: Original To/Cc (`b4 dig -w`): Amber Lin, amd-
gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, david.yatsin@amd.com,
jinhuieric.huang@amd.com. Appropriate KFD reviewers. Merged by Alex
Deucher.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**
Record: No Reported-by, no bugzilla/syzbot link. Description reads as
internal AMD multi-GPU/XGMI observation (“8G system”, mode 2 reset). No
public user-count. UNVERIFIED: how many field systems hit this.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**
Record: Standalone `[PATCH]`, not a series. Earlier similarly titled
`4693ade087f2e` is a different file/bug. No other patches required for
this hunk.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**
Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search returned 403. fd.o/mail-archive
search showed only the amd-gfx v1 + review. No evidence this was already
discussed on stable. UNVERIFIED via lore stable archive due to 403.

===============================================================
PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
===============================================================

**Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF**
Record: `kfd_signal_reset_event()` only.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**
Record (from grep in this tree):
- `kgd2kfd_pre_reset()` in `kfd_device.c` — GPU/mode reset: loops
  `kfd->num_nodes` and signals each. Called from `amdgpu_amdkfd.c`
  during amdgpu reset. This is the hive/mode-reset path in the commit
  message.
- `reset_queues_mes()` in `kfd_device_queue_manager.c` — per-queue MES
  reset when `detect_hang_count != 0`
- other DQM hang-reset paths at lines ~2528 and ~2615 — after successful
  queue/SDMA reset

Context: GPU reset / hang recovery, not a syscall hot path. Userspace
compute (ROCm/KFD) processes receive HSA HW_EXCEPTION / MEMORY events.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**
Record: `kfd_get_process_device_data` (scan `p->pdds[]` for `dev`, NULL
if unused), `kfd_process_get_user_gpu_id` (same table → `user_gpu_id` or
`-EINVAL`), `set_event()`, `amdgpu_file_to_fpriv` /
`amdgpu_vm_get_task_info_vm` on the hang-count branch (unchanged).

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**
Record: amdgpu GPU reset → `kgd2kfd_pre_reset` →
`kfd_signal_reset_event` → all KFD processes. Reachable on real hardware
when a GPU hang/reset or XGMI mode-2 reset runs. Not a syzbot syscall
path; it is a production compute-cluster path. Unprivileged users do not
directly call it; they can contribute to GPU hangs that trigger reset.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**
Record: Same `WARN_ONCE` + `kfd_process_get_user_gpu_id` pattern remains
in `kfd_signal_vm_fault_event()` and
`kfd_signal_poison_consumed_event()`. Those start from a known
pdd/pasid, so a miss is more genuinely unexpected. This reset path is
the one that walks every process against one device.

===============================================================
PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE
===============================================================

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**
Record: Yes. Tree is v7.3-rc4 (`f0100363d8c37`).
`kfd_signal_reset_event()` exists; `git merge-base --is-ancestor
b38f9b6ffdfc86 HEAD` is true (fix already on this branch). Pre-fix code
is the parent of that commit; `bef153b70c6e35`, `ee0a469cf9175a`, and
`8544374c0f82ed` are all ancestors. Bug introduced in this lineage in
2021 (warn on missing gpu_id), not after 7.3 branched.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**
Record: Clean apply on this tree (already applied as a 17-line hunk).
Surrounding hang-count / `amdgpu_file_to_fpriv` code is present.
Expected difficulty here: clean apply.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**
Record: This exact fix is commit `b38f9b6ffdfc8` on HEAD. No alternate
fix of the same warning. `4693ade087f2e` is a different reset-signal bug
and is also in this tree.

===============================================================
PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT
===============================================================

**Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY**
Record: `[drm/amdkfd]` `[IMPORTANT]` — AMD compute (ROCm) on
Instinct/dGPU, not core mm/VFS. Multi-GPU XGMI hives are production
HPC/AI machines.

**Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**
Record: Actively developed (queue reset, SVM, CRIU, RAS). The reset-
event function itself has been stable since 2018 with incremental
lookup/warn additions.

===============================================================
PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT
===============================================================

**Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED**
Record: Driver-specific: KFD users on multi-GPU AMD systems, especially
XGMI hives during mode-2 reset. Single-GPU boxes typically always have a
pdd for the only device, so they would not hit the false warning.

**Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS**
Record: GPU/mode reset while KFD processes exist that do not use every
GPU in the reset set. Common on 8-GPU hives with jobs bound to a subset
of GPUs. Timing-independent. Not directly triggerable by an unprivileged
syscall; reachable after a hang/reset.

**Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**
Record: `[false WARN_ONCE during GPU reset]` `[MEDIUM, HIGH if
panic_on_warn]`
Verified: `WARN_ONCE` → `WARN()` (`include/asm-generic/bug.h`). That
dumps a stack, taints (`TAINT_WARN`), and panics if `panic_on_warn`.
Default configs do not panic. Userspace reset events were already
skipped via `continue`; this is not data corruption or a hang. It *is* a
real kernel warning on a serious recovery path.

**Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**
Record:
- Benefit: medium-high for KFD multi-GPU reset (stops false
  WARN/taint/possible panic_on_warn during hive reset)
- Risk: very low (8/9 lines, reorder existing checks, no locking/API)
- Ratio: favorable

===============================================================
PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS
===============================================================

**Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real bug: expected “process not using this GPU” was `WARN_ONCE`
- Trigger is concrete (mode-2 XGMI hive reset; 8-GPU example in the
  message)
- `WARN_ONCE` taints and can panic with `panic_on_warn`
- GPU reset is a critical recovery path; false warnings hurt debugging
- 17-line, single-function, obviously correct
- No new APIs/features
- Reviewed by David Yat Sin; merged by Alex Deucher
- All helpers and the buggy function exist in this tree
- Standalone, no series dependency

AGAINST:
- Not a crash/corruption/deadlock on default configs
- No Fixes:/Reported-by/syzbot
- Functional skip was already correct; this mainly removes a false
  warning
- Affects multi-GPU KFD, not all kernel users

UNRESOLVED:
- lore.kernel.org 403; stable-list discussion not directly readable
- No public bugzilla/user-count

**Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — control-flow matches the
   described hive-reset case; reviewed and merged
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — false `WARN_ONCE` on
   production multi-GPU reset
3. Important issue? **PASS** — WARN on GPU reset (taint; panic_on_warn);
   not a default oops, but this is the class of WARN_ON false positives
   that stable takes
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one function, +8/−9
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — code is present; hunk is
   already the current text of `kfd_signal_reset_event()`

**Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**
Record: None (not a device-ID/quirk/DT/build/docs exception). Qualifies
as a normal small bugfix.

**Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION**
The local tree has the amdkfd reset-event path, the pdd/gpu_id lookups,
and the false-WARN behavior the patch corrects. The change is small,
correct, and prevents a kernel warning (and possible `panic_on_warn`
panic) during hive-wide GPU reset. That meets stable criteria for this
tree.

What the commit solves: `kfd_signal_reset_event()` walks every KFD
process for each resetting GPU. On XGMI mode-2 reset, processes that
only use a subset of GPUs produce NULL pdd / `-EINVAL` gpu_id. That was
warned as a driver bug; it is expected and should skip. The fix checks
pdd first and only WARNs if a bound process still has no user gpu_id.

Risk vs benefit: very low risk vs stopping a false warning on a GPU-
reset path used by AMD multi-GPU compute.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: Reviewed-by David Yat Sin; SOB Amber Lin + Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/Reported-by/Link/Cc-stable
- [Phase 1] Body: mode-2 reset on 8-GPU XGMI; lookup on unused GPUs
  should skip
- [Phase 2] Diff: +8/−9 in `kfd_signal_reset_event()`; silent continue
  on `!pdd`; WARN kept only after pdd exists
- [Phase 2] Confirmed `kfd_get_process_device_data()` returns NULL when
  `dev` not in `p->pdds[]`; `kfd_process_get_user_gpu_id()` returns
  `-EINVAL` in the same case (`kfd_process.c`)
- [Phase 3] Blame: gpu_id WARN from `bef153b70c6e35` (2021); pdd from
  `ee0a469cf9175a` (v6.12-rc1); pid WARN from `8544374c0f82ed` (2025)
- [Phase 3] No Fixes: tag; all introducing commits are ancestors of HEAD
- [Phase 3] Related `4693ade087f2e` is a different reset-signal bug in
  DQM, not a prerequisite
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c b38f9b6ffdfc86`:
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260728182609.672822-1-amber.lin@amd.com
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: v1 only
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: amd-gfx, Yat Sin, Eric Huang
- [Phase 4] fd.o thread: review-only reply, no NAK, no Cc: stable
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org and lore stable: 403 — UNVERIFIED on lore
  itself
- [Phase 5] Callers: `kgd2kfd_pre_reset` + three DQM hang-reset sites
- [Phase 5] `kgd2kfd_pre_reset` signals every node — matches hive-reset
  description
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD`: v7.3-rc4-27-gf0100363d8c37; `make
  kernelversion`: 7.3.0-rc4
- [Phase 6] `git merge-base --is-ancestor b38f9b6ffdfc86 HEAD`: yes;
  buggy function present
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: WARN_ONCE → WARN (stack + taint; panic if
  panic_on_warn); signaling skip already correct
- UNVERIFIED: field incidence beyond the commit’s 8-GPU example; stable
  ML archives (403)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
index b033c3a9ce545..aac5bc4d13fdb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
@@ -1287,6 +1287,8 @@ void kfd_signal_reset_event(struct kfd_node *dev)
 	struct kfd_event *ev;
 	unsigned int temp;
 	uint32_t id, idx;
+	int user_gpu_id;
+	struct kfd_process_device *pdd;
 	int reset_cause = atomic_read(&dev->sram_ecc_flag) ?
 			KFD_HW_EXCEPTION_ECC :
 			KFD_HW_EXCEPTION_GPU_HANG;
@@ -1302,17 +1304,14 @@ void kfd_signal_reset_event(struct kfd_node *dev)
 
 	idx = srcu_read_lock(&kfd_processes_srcu);
 	hash_for_each_rcu(kfd_processes_table, temp, p, kfd_processes) {
-		int user_gpu_id = kfd_process_get_user_gpu_id(p, dev->id);
-		struct kfd_process_device *pdd = kfd_get_process_device_data(dev, p);
-
-		if (unlikely(user_gpu_id == -EINVAL)) {
-			WARN_ONCE(1, "Could not get user_gpu_id from dev->id:%x\n", dev->id);
+		pdd = kfd_get_process_device_data(dev, p);
+		if (!pdd)
+			/* no process is using this device */
 			continue;
-		}
+		user_gpu_id = kfd_process_get_user_gpu_id(p, dev->id);
 
-		if (unlikely(!pdd)) {
-			WARN_ONCE(1, "Could not get device data from process pid:%d\n",
-				  p->lead_thread->pid);
+		if (unlikely(user_gpu_id == -EINVAL)) {
+			WARN_ONCE(1, "Could not get user_gpu_id from dev->id:%d\n", dev->id);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/radeon: avoid double free in r600 DPM cleanup

[Sasha Levin]

From: Ruoyu Wang <ruoyuw560@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit d3f30034f861a585f8e487ae1555d9f288a96f87 ]

r600_parse_extended_power_table() uses manual kfree() calls for some
early allocation failures, but the freed pointers are left in the
dynamic power-management state. If device teardown later calls
r600_free_extended_power_table(), those stale pointers can be freed
again.

Use the common extended power table cleanup helper for those early
failure paths as well, and clear each pointer after freeing it so
repeated cleanup stays safe.

Signed-off-by: Ruoyu Wang <ruoyuw560@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

# Stable backport analysis: `drm/radeon: avoid double free in r600 DPM
cleanup`

Local tree: **6.18.53** (`v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`, branch
`autosel`). Verdict is for this tree only.

Upstream commit: `d3f30034f861a585f8e487ae1555d9f288a96f87` (Alex
Deucher, 2026-06-17).

---

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

### Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE
Record: **[drm/radeon] [avoid] [double free in r600 DPM cleanup]**

Subsystem prefix `drm/radeon`. Verb **avoid** is a bug-fix verb. Claimed
intent: prevent a double-free in R600 dynamic power-management cleanup.

### Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS
Record:
- **Fixes:** none (expected for this review queue)
- **Reported-by:** none
- **Tested-by:** none
- **Reviewed-by:** none
- **Acked-by:** none
- **Link:** none in the commit; lore found later via `b4 dig`
- **Cc: stable:** none (expected)
- **Signed-off-by:** Ruoyu Wang (author); Alex Deucher (AMD/radeon
  maintainer)

No syzbot, no CVE, no multi-reporter pattern. Maintainer SOB is a
positive quality signal.

### Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT
Record:
- **Bug:** `r600_parse_extended_power_table()` does manual `kfree()` on
  some early allocation-failure paths and leaves the pointers in
  `rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state`.
- **Symptom:** later `r600_free_extended_power_table()` can free those
  stale pointers again → **double-free**.
- **Root cause:** incomplete error-path cleanup plus non-idempotent free
  helper.
- **Fix:** use `r600_free_extended_power_table()` on those early paths,
  and NULL each pointer after `kfree()` so repeated cleanup is safe.
- **Version info:** none in the message.

### Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES
Record: **Not hidden.** This is an explicit double-free fix. The “use
the common helper” wording is cleanup-shaped, but it is fixing real
dangling pointers.

---

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS - LINE BY LINE

### Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES
Record:
- **File:** `drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c` (**+15 / −6**)
- **Functions:** `r600_parse_extended_power_table()`,
  `r600_free_extended_power_table()`
- **Scope:** single-file surgical fix

### Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE
Record:

**Hunk 1 (three early error returns in parse):**
- Before: on `r600_parse_clk_voltage_dep_table()` failure for VDDCI-on-
  MCLK / VDDC-on-MCLK / MVDD-on-MCLK, manually `kfree()` previously
  allocated `*.entries` and return, **without clearing the pointers**.
- After: call `r600_free_extended_power_table(rdev)` then return.

**Hunk 2 (free helper):**
- Before: twelve `kfree()`s, pointers left non-NULL.
- After: same `kfree()`s, each pointer set to NULL.

The first parse failure (`vddc_dependency_on_sclk`) still does a bare
`return ret`. That is correct: `r600_parse_clk_voltage_dep_table()` only
fails after `kcalloc` returns NULL, so there is nothing allocated yet.

### Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM
Record: **[DOUBLE-FREE] [error-path resource cleanup]**

Mechanism:
1. Early parse error: `kfree(ptr)` but `ptr` remains in `dyn_state`.
2. Later error paths in the same function already called
   `r600_free_extended_power_table()` without NULLing.
3. Teardown (`*_dpm_fini` → `r600_free_extended_power_table`) `kfree()`s
   the same pointers again.

NULLing also makes the helper idempotent for callers that free on their
own error path and then free again in `fini` (e.g. `si_dpm_init` /
`ci_dpm_init` / `btc_dpm_init`).

### Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY
Record:
- **Quality:** obviously correct. `kfree(NULL)` is a no-op; NULLing
  after free is the standard idempotent-cleanup pattern.
- **Minimal:** only the three incomplete early paths plus NULL stores in
  the existing helper. No API/struct changes.
- **Regression risk:** low. Success-path `fini` still frees once;
  NULLing after free cannot change live DPM behavior. A pre-existing
  issue remains: `radeon_pm_init_dpm()` ignores `radeon_dpm_init()`’s
  return, so a NULL deref is possible if code continues with `count > 0`
  and `entries == NULL`. That is **not introduced** by this patch (old
  code was UAF/double-free on the same path). Sashiko flagged it; Alex
  Deucher applied the patch anyway.

---

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

### Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES
Record:
- Buggy manual `kfree()`s introduced in **`61b7d6011054eb`**
  (“drm/radeon/dpm: add helpers for extended power tables (v2)”, Alex
  Deucher, 2012-11-14) → first in **v3.11-rc1**.
- MVDD path: **`dd621a22cf43bb`** (2013-05-06).
- Free helper body: **`41cd0b3b78d83a`** (“drm/radeon: clean up
  r600_free_extended_power_table()”, Dan Carpenter, 2013-09-04) →
  **v3.12-rc2**.

This has been in the tree for more than a decade, including 6.18.y.

### Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG
Record: **No Fixes: tag.** Not applicable. The introducing commit is in
this tree (v3.11).

### Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES
Record:
- Related: **`20c3dffdccbd4`** “radeon: avoid double free in
  ci_dpm_init()” (v6.5-rc1). Same class of bug: parse error already
  calls `r600_free_extended_power_table()`, then `ci_dpm_fini()` calls
  it again.
- File is mature; recent commits are drive-by cleanups, not DPM-table
  refactors.
- **Standalone**, not patch X/Y.

### Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS
Record: Ruoyu Wang is not the radeon maintainer; nearby DRM work is
similar cleanup-safety (`drm/msm`, `drm/mediatek`). Weight comes from
**Alex Deucher’s SOB and “Applied”**.

### Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS
Record: **No prerequisites.** The helper and the three `kfree` sites
exist in this tree. Applies standalone.

---

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

### Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION
Record:
- **Lore:**
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260608063638.24-1-ruoyuw560@gmail.com
- **Revisions:** v1 only (`b4 dig -a`)
- Direct lore.kernel.org fetch returned 403; thread recovered via `b4
  dig -m`.
- Sashiko bot: pre-existing ignored `radeon_dpm_init()` return and stale
  `count` fields. Not NAKs of this patch.
- **Alex Deucher (2026-06-15): “Applied. Thanks!”** No request for v2.
- No reviewer `Cc: stable`.

### Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH
Record (`b4 dig -w`): To/Cc included Alex Deucher, Christian König,
David Airlie, Simona Vetter, amd-gfx, dri-devel, linux-kernel. Applied
by the radeon maintainer.

### Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT
Record: no Reported-by / syzbot / bugzilla. Static/code analysis style
fix, same family as `20c3dffdccbd4` (SVACE) and amdgpu `a6582701178a4`.

### Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES
Record: standalone v1. Sibling in amdgpu: **`a6582701178a4`**
“drm/amd/pm: fix a double-free in amdgpu_parse_extended_power_table”
(already in this tree). Same parse-then-fini double-free shape.

### Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY
Record: **UNVERIFIED.** `lore.kernel.org/stable/` returned 403. No
evidence in the dri-devel thread of a stable NAK.

---

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

### Step 5.1: IDENTIFY KEY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIFF
Record: `r600_parse_extended_power_table()`,
`r600_free_extended_power_table()`. Helper used internally:
`r600_parse_clk_voltage_dep_table()` (ENOMEM-only failure).

### Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS
Record (parse): `btc_dpm_init`, `ni_dpm_init`, `si_dpm_init`,
`ci_dpm_init`, `trinity_dpm_init`, `kv_dpm_init`.

Record (free): those chips’ `*_dpm_fini`, plus error paths inside parse
and some init functions (`si_dpm_init`, `ni_dpm_init`, `btc_dpm_init`,
`ci_dpm_init`).

Context: driver probe (`radeon_pm_init` → `radeon_dpm_init`) and
teardown (`radeon_pm_fini` → `radeon_dpm_fini`). Not interrupt/hot-path.

### Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES
Record: `kcalloc`/`kzalloc` for VBIOS power-play tables, `kfree` in the
helper. No locking, no new allocations in the patch.

### Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN
Record (verified in this tree):

```
radeon_pm_init_dpm()
  radeon_dpm_init(rdev);          /* return IGNORED, radeon_pm.c:1442 */
  radeon_dpm_enable(...)
cik/si/ni/..._init()
  radeon_pm_init(rdev);           /* return also ignored, e.g.
cik.c:8620 */

radeon_pm_fini_dpm()
  radeon_dpm_fini(rdev);          /* ALWAYS, radeon_pm.c:1678 */
    -> r600_free_extended_power_table()
```

On unload, `radeon_driver_unload_kms()` → `radeon_device_fini()` → asic
`fini` → `radeon_pm_fini()`.

Because DPM init failure is ignored, a failed parse still reaches `fini`
on unbind/unload. **Reachable from normal driver lifetime**, not a
theoretical path. Trigger is allocation failure while parsing ATOM
power-play tables (ENOMEM during probe). Unprivileged userspace cannot
force it except by load/unload under memory pressure.

### Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS
Record: same bug already fixed in amdgpu (`a6582701178a4`) and partially
in `ci_dpm_init` (`20c3dffdccbd4`). Remaining hole was exactly these
radeon helper paths.

---

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

### Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?
Record: **Yes.** Parent of the candidate (`d3276745c87d1^`) still has
the manual `kfree()`s at the three early returns and the free helper
without NULL stores. Introduced in v3.11; present throughout 6.18.y.

### Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS
Record: **clean apply.** Surrounding `r600_dpm.c` DPM-table code matches
the patch context. No conflicting refactor in this series.

### Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE
Record: `20c3dffdccbd4` is already in this tree and only hardens
`ci_dpm_init`; it does **not** NULL the r600 helper pointers or convert
the early parse `kfree()`s. This commit is still needed.

---

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

### Step 7.1: IDENTIFY THE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS CRITICALITY
Record: **[drm/radeon DPM] [IMPORTANT]** — pre-GCN AMD GPUs (R600–CIK:
HD 2000 through Hawaii/Kaveri). Not core mm/net, but a long-lived
production driver (`CONFIG_DRM_RADEON`).

### Step 7.2: ASSESS SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY
Record: mature/low churn. `r600_dpm.c` last real DPM logic is from
~2013; later commits are mechanical. Long-present bugs in this code are
the ones stable still cares about.

---

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

### Step 8.1: DETERMINE WHO IS AFFECTED
Record: **driver-specific / config-specific** (`CONFIG_DRM_RADEON`, DPM
method, chips that call `r600_parse_extended_power_table`:
BTC/NI/SI/CI/Trinity/KV).

### Step 8.2: DETERMINE THE TRIGGER CONDITIONS
Record:
- Trigger: ENOMEM (or parse failure) while building extended power
  tables during DPM init, then device teardown.
- Not every boot; needs allocation failure in that path.
- Unprivileged users cannot craft a VBIOS, but module unload after a
  failed/partial DPM init is a normal admin path.
- **r600_parse_clk_voltage_dep_table() only returns -ENOMEM**, so the
  three converted sites are memory-pressure probe errors. The NULL
  stores also close double-frees on later parse/init error paths that
  already called the helper.

### Step 8.3: DETERMINE THE FAILURE MODE SEVERITY
Record: **double-free / invalid `kfree` → kernel oops/BUG in SLUB,
possible further corruption.** Severity: **HIGH** (crash on GPU probe-
failure teardown). Not a guaranteed panic on every radeon boot.

### Step 8.4: CALCULATE RISK-BENEFIT RATIO
Record:
- **Benefit:** medium-high for radeon DPM users — prevents a real
  double-free that `fini` will hit after a failed parse, including
  because init errors are ignored.
- **Risk:** very low — 15 insertions, NULL-after-free, no locking/API
  change.
- **Ratio:** favorable.

---

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

### Step 9.1: COMPILE THE EVIDENCE

**FOR backporting:**
- Real double-free, not style cleanup.
- Buggy code exists in this 6.18.y tree (since v3.11).
- Small, obviously correct, single file.
- No new APIs/features; no prerequisites.
- Maintainer applied it.
- Same pattern already treated as a real bug in-tree (`20c3dffdccbd4`,
  amdgpu `a6582701178a4`).
- Teardown always calls `radeon_dpm_fini()`; DPM init return is ignored,
  so the second free is actually reached.

**AGAINST:**
- No user report / syzbot / Fixes tag (absence is expected here).
- Trigger is ENOMEM during probe, not a hot path.
- Sashiko noted pre-existing ignored-init-return / stale-count issues
  this patch does not fully solve.

**UNRESOLVED:**
- Stable-list discussion (lore.kernel.org/stable 403).

None of the against items outweigh a contained double-free fix that
applies cleanly.

### Step 9.2: APPLY THE STABLE RULES CHECKLIST
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — NULLing after `kfree` is
   standard; maintainer applied v1.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — double-free on DPM
   parse-failure teardown.
3. Important issue (crash, security, corruption, deadlock)? **PASS** —
   double-free → oops/memory corruption. Severity HIGH.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +15/−6, one file.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — buggy sites present; context
   matches.

### Step 9.3: CHECK FOR EXCEPTION CATEGORIES
Record: none needed; this is a normal memory-safety bug fix.

### Step 9.4: MAKE YOUR DECISION

This belongs in 6.18.y. The early `kfree()`s leave dangling `dyn_state`
pointers; `radeon_pm_fini_dpm()` always calls
`r600_free_extended_power_table()`. NULLing makes that helper safe to
call twice, which this driver already does on several error paths. Risk
is negligible relative to the crash it prevents.

---

## What the commit solves for stable users

On Radeon chips that parse ATOM extended power tables, an allocation
failure during DPM init frees some tables but leaves the pointers set.
Driver unload then frees them again. That is a kernel double-free. The
patch uses the existing cleanup helper on those paths and clears every
pointer so a second cleanup is harmless.

## Stable rules / risk vs benefit

Meets all six stable criteria. Benefit is preventing an oops/corruption
on GPU init-failure teardown; risk is a 21-line, no-lock, no-API change.
No backport rework needed in this tree.

## Concerns

- Does not fix ignored `radeon_dpm_init()` return (pre-existing; out of
  scope).
- Count fields are not zeroed (pre-existing; Sashiko note). That is not
  a reason to withhold the double-free fix.
- Trigger needs ENOMEM during table parse, so it is not every-boot, but
  stable regularly takes this class of error-path double-free.

## Verification
- [Phase 1] Tags: author + Alex Deucher SOB only; no Fixes/Reported-
  by/Cc-stable.
- [Phase 2] Diff: +15/−6 in `r600_dpm.c`; three `kfree` → helper; twelve
  NULL stores in `r600_free_extended_power_table()`.
- [Phase 2] Parent still has
  `kfree(rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.vddc_dependency_on_sclk.entries)` at the
  three early returns.
- [Phase 2] `r600_parse_clk_voltage_dep_table()` only fails with
  `-ENOMEM` after assigning NULL.
- [Phase 3] Blame: `61b7d6011054eb` (v3.11-rc1) introduced the kfrees;
  `41cd0b3b78d83a` (v3.12) wrote the free helper without NULLs.
- [Phase 3] Related in-tree: `20c3dffdccbd4` (ci_dpm_init only); does
  not replace this patch.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -c d3f30034f861`:
  https://patch.msgid.link/20260608063638.24-1-ruoyuw560@gmail.com
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -a`: v1 only.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig -w`: Deucher/König/Airlie/Vetter + amd-gfx/dri-
  devel.
- [Phase 4] mbox: Alex Deucher “Applied. Thanks!”; Sashiko pre-existing
  notes, no NAK.
- [Phase 4] UNVERIFIED: lore.kernel.org and lore.kernel.org/stable HTTP
  403.
- [Phase 5] Callers: btc/ni/si/ci/trinity/kv `dpm_init`/`dpm_fini`.
- [Phase 5] `radeon_pm.c:1442` ignores `radeon_dpm_init()`;
  `radeon_pm.c:1678` always `radeon_dpm_fini()`.
- [Phase 5] `cik.c:8620` ignores `radeon_pm_init()`; `cik.c:8712`
  `radeon_pm_fini()` on asic fini.
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` → `v6.18.53-5049-g0f0bdc2b0dffb`; `make
  kernelversion` → 6.18.53.
- [Phase 6] Buggy kfrees present in
  `d3276745c87d1^:drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c`.
- [Phase 7] `CONFIG_DRM_RADEON` still present.
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: double-free → SLUB BUG/oops; severity HIGH.
- UNVERIFIED: whether any user hit this in production (no Reported-by).
  Decision does not rely on that.

The fix is small, surgical, present in the local 6.18 code, and closes a
real double-free on DPM teardown.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c
index 81d58ef667dd4..2bc0bdfd11590 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ int r600_parse_extended_power_table(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 			ret = r600_parse_clk_voltage_dep_table(&rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.vddci_dependency_on_mclk,
 							       dep_table);
 			if (ret) {
-				kfree(rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.vddc_dependency_on_sclk.entries);
+				r600_free_extended_power_table(rdev);
 				return ret;
 			}
 		}
@@ -944,8 +944,7 @@ int r600_parse_extended_power_table(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 			ret = r600_parse_clk_voltage_dep_table(&rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.vddc_dependency_on_mclk,
 							       dep_table);
 			if (ret) {
-				kfree(rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.vddc_dependency_on_sclk.entries);
-				kfree(rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.vddci_dependency_on_mclk.entries);
+				r600_free_extended_power_table(rdev);
 				return ret;
 			}
 		}
@@ -956,9 +955,7 @@ int r600_parse_extended_power_table(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 			ret = r600_parse_clk_voltage_dep_table(&rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.mvdd_dependency_on_mclk,
 							       dep_table);
 			if (ret) {
-				kfree(rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.vddc_dependency_on_sclk.entries);
-				kfree(rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.vddci_dependency_on_mclk.entries);
-				kfree(rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state.vddc_dependency_on_mclk.entries);
+				r600_free_extended_power_table(rdev);
 				return ret;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1298,17 +1295,29 @@ void r600_free_extended_power_table(struct radeon_device *rdev)
 	struct radeon_dpm_dynamic_state *dyn_state = &rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state;
 
 	kfree(dyn_state->vddc_dependency_on_sclk.entries);
+	dyn_state->vddc_dependency_on_sclk.entries = NULL;
 	kfree(dyn_state->vddci_dependency_on_mclk.entries);
+	dyn_state->vddci_dependency_on_mclk.entries = NULL;
 	kfree(dyn_state->vddc_dependency_on_mclk.entries);
+	dyn_state->vddc_dependency_on_mclk.entries = NULL;
 	kfree(dyn_state->mvdd_dependency_on_mclk.entries);
+	dyn_state->mvdd_dependency_on_mclk.entries = NULL;
 	kfree(dyn_state->cac_leakage_table.entries);
+	dyn_state->cac_leakage_table.entries = NULL;
 	kfree(dyn_state->phase_shedding_limits_table.entries);
+	dyn_state->phase_shedding_limits_table.entries = NULL;
 	kfree(dyn_state->ppm_table);
+	dyn_state->ppm_table = NULL;
 	kfree(dyn_state->cac_tdp_table);
+	dyn_state->cac_tdp_table = NULL;
 	kfree(dyn_state->vce_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries);
+	dyn_state->vce_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries = NULL;
 	kfree(dyn_state->uvd_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries);
+	dyn_state->uvd_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries = NULL;
 	kfree(dyn_state->samu_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries);
+	dyn_state->samu_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries = NULL;
 	kfree(dyn_state->acp_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries);
+	dyn_state->acp_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries = NULL;
 }
 
 enum radeon_pcie_gen r600_get_pcie_gen_support(struct radeon_device *rdev,
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] drm/amdkfd: add sanity check in svm_range_is_valid

[Sasha Levin]

From: Eric Huang <jinhuieric.huang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit aa7e29cf9a37092cf5057a612ee09f28df20258f ]

to prevent svm range to be overflow or underflow.

Signed-off-by: Eric Huang <jinhuieric.huang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Philip Yang <philip.yang@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## Local tree

This checkout is **6.18.y** (`v6.18.53`, Makefile `VERSION=6` /
`PATCHLEVEL=18` / `SUBLEVEL=53`, branch `autosel`). The verdict is only
for this tree.

`git merge-base --is-ancestor` shows the buggy SVM range math **is** in
`v6.18.53`; the fix is **not**.

---

## PHASE 1: COMMIT MESSAGE FORENSICS

**Step 1.1: PARSE THE SUBJECT LINE**

Record: `[drm/amdkfd] [add] sanity check in svm_range_is_valid`

Subsystem: AMD KFD SVM (HMM shared virtual memory). Verb “add” plus
“sanity check” is a bounds/overflow guard, not a feature.

**Step 1.2: PARSE ALL COMMIT MESSAGE TAGS**

Record:
- Signed-off-by: Eric Huang (author)
- Reviewed-by: Philip Yang (original author of `svm_range_is_valid`)
- Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher (amdgpu/amdkfd maintainer)
- No Fixes:, Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Link:, or Cc: stable (absence is
  expected)

Pipeline-added markers (`[Upstream commit …]`, Sasha Levin SOB) are
ignored.

**Step 1.3: ANALYZE THE COMMIT BODY TEXT**

Record:
- Bug: SVM range start/size can overflow or underflow when converted to
  byte bounds.
- Symptom: not spelled out (no stack trace, CVE, or repro).
- Root cause (from code + review, not from the one-line body): `end =
  start + (size << PAGE_SHIFT)` wraps; `size == 0` makes `last = start +
  size - 1` underflow.

**Step 1.4: DETECT HIDDEN BUG FIXES**

Record: Yes. “Sanity check” here is an integer overflow/underflow fix in
range validation, not style cleanup. Philip Yang said so on list:
overflow wrap plus `size == 0` underflow of `last = start + size - 1`.

---

## PHASE 2: DIFF ANALYSIS

**Step 2.1: INVENTORY THE CHANGES**

Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c` (+7 / −1)
- Function: `svm_range_is_valid()`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2: UNDERSTAND THE CODE FLOW CHANGE**

Before (`v6.18.53`):

```c
start <<= PAGE_SHIFT;
end = start + (size << PAGE_SHIFT);
do { vma_lookup... } while (start < end);
return svm_range_check_vm(p, start_unchg, (end - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT, ...);
```

After:
- `size == 0` → `-EINVAL`
- `check_add_overflow(start, size << PAGE_SHIFT, &end)` → `-EOVERFLOW`
- Same VMA walk only if the byte range is representable

Path: ioctl/CRIU validation, not a hot inner loop.

**Step 2.3: IDENTIFY THE BUG MECHANISM**

Record: **Integer overflow / underflow (memory-safety / validation
bypass).**

Overflow: userspace `AMDKFD_IOC_SVM` can pass page-aligned `start_addr`
and `size` whose sum wraps 64-bit. After `svm_ioctl()` shifts both into
pages, `end` wraps. The `do/while (start < end)` then walks a
**truncated/wrapped** range. `svm_range_check_vm()` can see `last <
start`, where `interval_tree_iter_first()` treats a non-overlapping
inverted interval as empty and returns success. Callers then run
`svm_range_add()` with the original huge `start`/`size`.

Underflow: `size == 0` makes `(end - 1)` wrap when `end == 0`, so
`svm_range_check_vm()` can be asked to scan ~the whole VA tree. Philip
Yang called that out as the reason for the extra check.

**Step 2.4: ASSESS THE FIX QUALITY**

Record: Obviously correct, minimal, error-path only. Regression risk is
low: overflowing/zero ranges were never valid. `-EOVERFLOW` is a new
errno for this ioctl; those requests were undefined before.
`check_add_overflow()` is already provided via `linux/mm.h` (`kfd_svm.c`
→ `kfd_svm.h` → `linux/hmm.h` → `linux/mm.h` → `linux/overflow.h`). KFD
is 64-bit only (`HSA_AMD depends on X86_64 || ARM64 || PPC64 || …`), so
`unsigned long end` matches `uint64_t` arithmetic.

The check does not separately test `size << PAGE_SHIFT` wrap. On the
ioctl path size is a page-aligned byte length shifted down then up, so
the add is the real wrap. That leftover is not a reason to reject the
patch.

---

## PHASE 3: GIT HISTORY INVESTIGATION

**Step 3.1: BLAME THE CHANGED LINES**

Record: Unchecked `end = start + (size << PAGE_SHIFT)` is from
`42de677f799997` (“drm/amdkfd: register svm range”, Philip Yang, 2020).
Present in this tree (`git merge-base --is-ancestor 42de677f799997
v6.18.53` → yes). SVM landed ~5.11; the bug is old in 6.18.y.

**Step 3.2: FOLLOW THE FIXES: TAG**

Record: No Fixes: tag. Not applicable.

**Step 3.3: CHECK FILE HISTORY FOR RELATED CHANGES**

Record: Recent `kfd_svm.c` work on this tree is unrelated (CRIU
list_del, NULL in `svm_range_set_attr`, TLB, GPU reset). No prior
overflow fix for this helper. Standalone, not patch N/M.

**Step 3.4: CHECK THE AUTHOR'S OTHER COMMITS**

Record: Eric Huang is an AMD KFD contributor (including `drm/amdkfd: fix
a vulnerability of integer overflow in kfd debugger`, already in this
tree with Cc: stable). Philip Yang owns this SVM code. Alex Deucher is
the subsystem maintainer.

**Step 3.5: CHECK FOR DEPENDENT/PREREQUISITE COMMITS**

Record: None. `check_add_overflow()` and `svm_range_is_valid()` both
exist here. Applies standalone to `v6.18.53` (same hunk as the
candidate).

---

## PHASE 4: MAILING LIST AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH

**Step 4.1: FIND THE ORIGINAL PATCH DISCUSSION**

`b4 dig -c aa7e29cf9a37092cf5057a612ee09f28df20258f` failed (lore HTTP
error). Found the thread on amd-gfx:

- v1: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-June/146929.html — overflow check only
- Philip Yang: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-June/146952.html — overflow check is good; also reject `size
  == 0` because `last = start + size - 1` underflows
- v2 typo (`retrune`): 147063
- v2 fixed: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-June/147065.html — committed form
- Reviewed-by: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-June/147704.html
- Landed in drm-next-7.3 pull (Aug 2026)

No NAKs. No Cc: stable on the thread.

**Step 4.2: CHECK WHO REVIEWED THE PATCH**

Record: Philip Yang (SVM author) requested the size==0 check and
Reviewed-by. Alex Deucher signed off and pulled it.

**Step 4.3: SEARCH FOR THE BUG REPORT**

Record: No syzbot/bugzilla. Author-driven hardening after review.

**Step 4.4: CHECK FOR RELATED PATCHES AND SERIES**

Record: Single patch, two revisions. Self-contained.

**Step 4.5: CHECK STABLE MAILING LIST HISTORY**

Record: No useful stable-list hit for this subject. Not previously
rejected for 6.18.y (UNVERIFIED beyond search noise).

---

## PHASE 5: CODE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS

**Step 5.1: KEY FUNCTIONS**

Record: `svm_range_is_valid()` only.

**Step 5.2: TRACE CALLERS**

Record:
- `svm_range_set_attr()` — `AMDKFD_IOC_SVM` SET_ATTR and CRIU restore
- `svm_range_get_attr()` — GET_ATTR and CRIU checkpoint

`kfd_ioctl_svm()`: flags `0` (not `KFD_IOC_FLAG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE`).
Any opener of `/dev/kfd` can call it. It already rejects zero/unaligned
byte size, then shifts into pages and calls these helpers.

**Step 5.3: TRACE CALLEES**

Record: `vma_lookup()`, `svm_range_check_vm()` →
`interval_tree_iter_first()`. Overflow changes which interval is walked.

**Step 5.4: FOLLOW THE CALL CHAIN**

Record: Userspace ioctl → `kfd_ioctl_svm` → `svm_ioctl` → set/get_attr →
`svm_range_is_valid`. Reachable from userspace with KFD access (ROCm/HIP
unified memory). Not theoretical.

**Step 5.5: SEARCH FOR SIMILAR PATTERNS**

Record: `svm_range_add()` still does `last = start + size - 1UL`, but
only after this validator. Rejecting wrap/zero here closes that gate.
`kfd_ioctl_svm` already rejects byte `size == 0`; the new check covers
CRIU/`svm_range_*_attr` in page units.

---

## PHASE 6: CROSS-REFERENCING AGAINST THE LOCAL TREE

**Step 6.1: DOES THE BUGGY CODE EXIST IN THIS TREE?**

Record: Yes. `v6.18.53` `kfd_svm.c` still has `end = start + (size <<
PAGE_SHIFT)` at the old line 3424. Introduced 2020; in 6.18 from day
one.

**Step 6.2: CHECK FOR BACKPORT COMPLICATIONS**

Record: Clean apply. Same function signature (no later `mapped`
argument). No extra include. Surrounding SVM code matches.

**Step 6.3: CHECK IF RELATED FIXES ARE ALREADY HERE**

Record: No other overflow fix for `svm_range_is_valid` on `v6.18.53`.

---

## PHASE 7: SUBSYSTEM AND MAINTAINER CONTEXT

**Step 7.1: SUBSYSTEM AND CRITICALITY**

Record: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd` SVM. **IMPORTANT** for AMD GPU
compute (ROCm/HIP), not core mm/VFS. Config: `CONFIG_HSA_AMD_SVM`.

**Step 7.2: SUBSYSTEM ACTIVITY**

Record: Actively maintained; this helper itself has been stable since
~2021 aside from `vma_lookup` and `svm_range_check_vm` tweaks.

---

## PHASE 8: IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT

**Step 8.1: WHO IS AFFECTED**

Record: AMD GPU users with KFD SVM (unified/managed memory). Driver- and
config-specific, but a common production path.

**Step 8.2: TRIGGER CONDITIONS**

Record:
- Overflow: page-aligned `start_addr + size` wraps `uint64_t`. Easy to
  send; not a normal HIP range.
- Underflow: `size == 0` in pages (ioctl already blocks this;
  CRIU/internal callers may not).
- Unprivileged `/dev/kfd` users can hit the overflow path.

**Step 8.3: FAILURE MODE SEVERITY**

Record: Validation bypass after wrap: SVM may be applied to a range that
was never fully VMA-checked; interval-tree overlap can be skipped; GPU
mapping of the wrong host range or later crashes. Severity **HIGH**
(userspace-triggerable overflow in GPU VA validation). Not a proven
panic-on-boot, but more than a log-only issue.

**Step 8.4: RISK-BENEFIT RATIO**

Record:
- Benefit: HIGH for KFD SVM — closes wrap-around validation.
- Risk: VERY LOW — 7 lines, reject-only, maintainer-reviewed.
- Ratio: strongly favors backport.

---

## PHASE 9: FINAL SYNTHESIS

**Step 9.1: EVIDENCE**

FOR:
- Real wrap in `end = start + (size << PAGE_SHIFT)` on a userspace ioctl
- Wrap can make the VMA walk check the wrong range and still return 0
- `size == 0` underflows `last` (Philip Yang)
- 7-line, obviously correct `check_add_overflow` + zero check
- Reviewed by the SVM author; signed off by Deucher
- Bug present in this 6.18.y tree since original SVM
- Applies cleanly; no new API; no prerequisites

AGAINST:
- Terse commit message, no crash/CVE/syzbot
- Ioctl already rejects byte `size == 0` (overflow still open)
- Affects AMD KFD SVM, not every machine

UNRESOLVED:
- Exact post-bypass corruption vs. later `-EFAULT` not demonstrated with
  a repro
- lore.kernel.org/`b4 dig` failed; amd-gfx archive used instead
- No stable-list discussion found

**Step 9.2: STABLE RULES CHECKLIST**

1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — review + drm-next inclusion
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — ioctl-reachable
   overflow
3. Important (crash/security/corruption/deadlock)? **PASS** — HIGH,
   validation bypass
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — 8-line hunk, one function
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS**
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — present bug, clean apply on
   6.18.53

**Step 9.3: EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**

Record: Not a device ID/quirk/DT/docs case. Ordinary small overflow fix.

**Step 9.4: DECISION**

This belongs on 6.18.y: old bug, userspace-reachable, tiny fix,
maintainer-acked, applies as-is.

---

### What it solves for stable users

`svm_range_is_valid()` is the gate for `AMDKFD_IOC_SVM`. Without
overflow checks, a wrapping `start+size` can skip the intended VMA
coverage check and still proceed into SVM range insert/map. Zero size
underflows the last-page index. Both are closed with `-EINVAL` /
`-EOVERFLOW`.

### Risk vs benefit

Benefit is closing a GPU SVM validation hole on hardware this tree
already supports. Risk is rejecting inputs that were never valid.

---

### Verification

- [Phase 1] Tags: Eric Huang SOB, Philip Yang Reviewed-by, Alex Deucher
  SOB; no Fixes/Reported-by
- [Phase 2] Diff: +7/−1 in `svm_range_is_valid`; zero check +
  `check_add_overflow`
- [Phase 2] Pre-patch `v6.18.53` still uses `end = start + (size <<
  PAGE_SHIFT)`
- [Phase 3] Blame: `42de677f799997` (2020); ancestor of `v6.18.53` (exit
  0)
- [Phase 3] Fix not in `v6.18.53` (`merge-base --is-ancestor` of
  upstream SHA → not ancestor, exit 1)
- [Phase 3] No prior overflow fix in `kfd_svm.c` on this file’s 6.18.53
  history
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig` failed (lore error)
- [Phase 4] amd-gfx v1 146929; Philip asked for `size==0` on 146952;
  committed form 147065; R-b 147704
- [Phase 5] Callers: `svm_range_set_attr` / `svm_range_get_attr` from
  `svm_ioctl` and CRIU
- [Phase 5] `AMDKFD_IOC_SVM` registered with flags `0` (unprivileged vs
  CRIU)
- [Phase 5] `kfd_ioctl_svm` already rejects `!args->size` and unaligned
  size; overflow still possible
- [Phase 5] `interval_tree_iter_first` returns NULL when `last < start`
  (inverted range)
- [Phase 6] `check_add_overflow` available via hmm.h → mm.h →
  overflow.h; no extra include
- [Phase 6] `HSA_AMD` is 64-bit only — `unsigned long end` is 64-bit
- [Phase 7] Config `HSA_AMD_SVM`, AMD GPU compute
- [Phase 8] Failure: wrap → wrong VMA walk → possible validation bypass;
  HIGH
- UNVERIFIED: no crash repro; lore/stable search incomplete due to HTTP
  403

The patch is small, surgical, and meets the stable criteria for this
6.18.y tree.

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c
index 202ed1c456320..1b29dee7948d8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c
@@ -3421,7 +3421,13 @@ svm_range_is_valid(struct kfd_process *p, uint64_t start, uint64_t size)
 	unsigned long start_unchg = start;
 
 	start <<= PAGE_SHIFT;
-	end = start + (size << PAGE_SHIFT);
+
+	if (size == 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (check_add_overflow(start, size << PAGE_SHIFT, &end))
+		return -EOVERFLOW;
+
 	do {
 		vma = vma_lookup(p->mm, start);
 		if (!vma || (vma->vm_flags & device_vma))
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amdgpu/gfx11: set KMD_QUEUE for kernel gfx queues

[Sasha Levin]

From: Jesse Zhang <Jesse.Zhang@amd.com>

[ Upstream commit 8228688eb40cc116127e80394cb8157417854c70 ]

Set KMD_QUEUE in the GFX MQD and kernel ring control registers so CP
preserves kernel IB VMIDs instead of replacing them with the queue VMID.
Use prop->kernel_queue to distinguish kernel and user MQDs.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Zhang <Jesse.Zhang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
(cherry picked from commit 893642e0e3b2f5aa818e0ee4a49e2d401d541e3a)
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

I have the local-tree, history, and mailing-list evidence. Compiling the
nine-phase analysis and the backport verdict next.

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1:**
Record: `[drm/amdgpu/gfx11] [set] [program KMD_QUEUE on kernel GFX
MQDs/rings so CP keeps kernel IB VMIDs]`

**Step 1.2:**
Record: tags on the upstream commit
`893642e0e3b2f5aa818e0ee4a49e2d401d541e3a`:
- Signed-off-by: Jesse Zhang `<Jesse.Zhang@amd.com>` (author)
- Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher `<alexander.deucher@amd.com>` (amdgpu
  maintainer)
- Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher `<alexander.deucher@amd.com>`
- No Fixes:, Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Link:, or Cc: stable (absence
  expected)

Pipeline-only tags ignored: `[Upstream commit ...]`, Sasha Levin SOB,
cherry-pick marker.

**Step 1.3:**
Record:
- Bug: CP overwrites the VMID in kernel GFX IBs with the queue VMID
  unless `KMD_QUEUE` is set.
- Symptom/failure mode: IBs run in the wrong VM (queue VMID, typically
  0) instead of the IB VMID encoded by `gfx_v11_0_ring_emit_ib_gfx()`.
  That is a GPU page-fault / hang / wrong-address-space class failure.
- Version info: none in the message.
- Root cause (author): kernel GFX MQD and `CP_RB0_CNTL` never set
  `KMD_QUEUE`; `prop->kernel_queue` is the kernel-vs-user discriminator.

**Step 1.4:**
Record: Not a hidden cleanup. The subject uses “set”, but the body
describes a concrete CP mis-program. This is a hardware-programming
correctness fix.

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1:**
Record:
- File: `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c` (+2 / -0)
- Functions: `gfx_v11_0_cp_gfx_resume()`, `gfx_v11_0_gfx_mqd_init()`
- Scope: single-file surgical fix

**Step 2.2:**
Record:
- Hunk 1 (`gfx_v11_0_cp_gfx_resume`): `CP_RB0_CNTL` was built from 0
  (`RB_BUFSZ`/`RB_BLKSZ` only). After: `KMD_QUEUE=1` on the kernel GFX
  ring 0 path.
- Hunk 2 (`gfx_v11_0_gfx_mqd_init`): `CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL` started from
  `regCP_GFX_HQD_CNTL_DEFAULT` (0x00a00000). After:
  `KMD_QUEUE=prop->kernel_queue` (1 for kernel MQDs, 0 for user MQDs).
- Both are init/resume paths, not error paths.

**Step 2.3:**
Record:
- Category: hardware workaround / logic correctness (queue privilege
  bit).
- Mechanism: `KMD_QUEUE` is bit 29 of `CP_RB0_CNTL` / `CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL`
  (`0x20000000`). The default value `0x00a00000` does **not** include
  that bit. Compute kernel MQDs already set `KMD_QUEUE` when
  `prop->kernel_queue`; GFX MQDs only set `RB_NON_PRIV` for user queues
  and left kernel GFX `KMD_QUEUE` clear.

**Step 2.4:**
Record:
- Quality: obviously correct and minimal. Kernel rings
  (`amdgpu_ring_to_mqd_prop`) set `kernel_queue=true`; userq props are
  `kzalloc`’d so the bit stays 0.
- Regression risk: low. Same privilege bit already used for compute/KFD
  kernel queues. User MQDs are unchanged.
- Residual gap (not a reject): ring 1 (`CP_RB1_CNTL`) is not updated.
  That path is only `!amdgpu_async_gfx_ring && num_gfx_rings > 1`;
  default `amdgpu_async_gfx_ring=1`.

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1:**
Record:
- `CP_RB0_CNTL` programming: `3d879e81f0f9e` (“drm/amdgpu: add init
  support for GFX11 (v2)”, 2022-05-04).
- GFX MQD `CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL` setup: same commit; later `e27b36ea6ba5f2`
  switched the start value to `regCP_GFX_HQD_CNTL_DEFAULT`;
  `063d668320872` added `RB_NON_PRIV` for user queues.
- Bug is a long-standing omission on GFX11, present through v6.18.57.

**Step 3.2:**
Record: No `Fixes:` tag. Closest related change is `063d668320872` (“set
MQD as appriopriate for queue types”), already in v6.18.57. That commit
set compute `KMD_QUEUE` only for kernel queues and GFX `RB_NON_PRIV` for
user queues; it did not set GFX `KMD_QUEUE`.

**Step 3.3:**
Record: Recent `gfx_v11_0.c` on this tree includes KGQ reset/wptr fixes
and a gfx11 userq firmware-version bump (`b7cb1b6696137`). Sibling:
`53db34aed3716` (gfx12, same author/intent; pipeline-applied, ignored
for selection). This commit is standalone at the code level.

**Step 3.4:**
Record: Jesse Zhang is a regular amdgpu contributor (reset/userq/MQD).
Alex Deucher (maintainer) reviewed and applied it.

**Step 3.5:**
Record: Needs `prop->kernel_queue` (`284d4dfe850e6`, in v6.18.57),
`gfx_v11_0_gfx_mqd_init`, and `KMD_QUEUE` masks in gc_11 headers — all
present. No new helpers. Can apply standalone.

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external research

**Step 4.1:**
Record:
- `b4 dig -c 893642e0e3b2…` and `8228688eb40cc…`: lore.kernel.org
  returned errors; no b4 match.
- Found original series: [PATCH 10/21]
  https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-September/153407.html
- Sibling [PATCH 09/21] gfx12:
  https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-September/153406.html
- No 00/21 cover letter; series starts at 01/21 (`detect_hung_queue`).
- This is patches 09/10 of a 21-patch gfx pipe-reset / hung-queue series
  (Sep 21, 2026).
- No v2 of this hunk; committed text matches the mailed diff.
- No NAK on 09/10. No reviewer `Cc: stable` on this patch.

**Step 4.2:**
Record: Posted to amd-gfx. Alex Deucher reviewed the **entire series**
(https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
gfx/2026-September/153488.html): “Patches 11 and 12 look like bug fixes.
Maybe move them to the start… Other than that, the series is: Reviewed-
by: Alex Deucher”. He did **not** call 09/10 out as the urgent
standalone fixes.

**Step 4.3:**
Record: No bugzilla/syzbot/user crash report attached. Severity is
inferred from the CP VMID description, not from a reproducer.

**Step 4.4:**
Record: Series is pipe-reset enablement (`detect_hung_queue`, MES
collateral restore, userq VMID for MMIO reset, pipe reset helpers).
Those later patches are **not** in this 6.18.57 tree
(`detect_hung_queue` / `amdgpu_gfx_mqd_reset_restore` grep: no matches).
This 2-line hunk does not implement pipe reset; it only programs
`KMD_QUEUE`.

**Step 4.5:**
Record: UNVERIFIED — lore.kernel.org/stable search returned 403. No
local evidence this was discussed on stable@.

## Phase 5: Code semantic analysis

**Step 5.1:**
Record: `gfx_v11_0_cp_gfx_resume`, `gfx_v11_0_gfx_mqd_init`.

**Step 5.2:**
Record:
- `gfx_v11_0_cp_gfx_resume`: called from CP resume when
  `!amdgpu_async_gfx_ring`. Default `amdgpu_async_gfx_ring=1`
  (`amdgpu_drv.c`), so this is the uncommon path.
- `gfx_v11_0_gfx_mqd_init`: registered as
  `adev->mqds[AMDGPU_HW_IP_GFX].init_mqd`. Callers:
  - `amdgpu_ring_init_mqd()` ← `gfx_v11_0_kgq_init_queue()` (default
    async KGQ resume)
  - `mes_userq_mqd_create()` ← userqueue create (`AMDGPU_USERQ` ioctl)

**Step 5.3:**
Record: Callees are `REG_SET_FIELD` / `WREG32_SOC15`. No alloc, no locks
added.

**Step 5.4:**
Record: Reachable from GPU init (every GFX11 device) and from userq
create. `gfx_v11_0_ring_emit_ib_gfx()` writes `vmid << 24` into
`PACKET3_INDIRECT_BUFFER`. That is the VMID the commit says CP will
replace without `KMD_QUEUE`. Userspace command submission uses this
path.

**Step 5.5:**
Record: Same bit already set for gfx11 compute kernel MQDs, MES v11/v12,
gfx7–10 compute, and KFD MQD managers. GFX11/12 GFX HQD was the missing
counterpart. Sibling gfx12 patch is the same change.

## Phase 6: Cross-reference against this tree

**Step 6.1:**
Record: Local tree is **6.18.57** (`make kernelversion`, `git describe
HEAD` → `v6.18.57-155-gcdf239ca885b2`).
v6.18.57 `gfx_v11_0.c` does **not** set `KMD_QUEUE` in either site.
GFX11 support and `prop->kernel_queue` are in this tree. The bug exists
here.

**Step 6.2:**
Record: Expected apply: **clean**. Context around both
`REG_SET_FIELD(..., RB_BLKSZ, ...)` sites matches the patch. Register
masks exist in `gc_11_*_sh_mask.h`.

**Step 6.3:**
Record: `063d668320872` is present (partial MQD privilege split). No
other commit in v6.18.57 sets GFX `KMD_QUEUE`. The checkout copy at
`7bb279e35c0e1` is the autosel candidate (Sasha Levin), ignored as
selection evidence.

## Phase 7: Subsystem context

**Step 7.1:**
Record: `[drm/amdgpu GFX11] [IMPORTANT]` — RDNA3 (RX 7000 / Phoenix /
etc.), not core mm/fs, but a very common GPU driver.

**Step 7.2:**
Record: Active. Recent 6.18 work includes KGQ reset, userq firmware
versions, MQD priority.

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1:**
Record: Driver-specific: amdgpu GFX11. Default 6.18 still uses kernel
GFX queues (`amdgpu_user_queue=-1` → `disable_uq=true`). User queues
exist and can be enabled (`user_queue=1/2`).

**Step 8.2:**
Record:
- Trigger: GFX11 init (MQD/KGQ) and any kernel GFX IB with a non-queue
  VMID.
- How common: every GFX11 boot programs the MQD; every gfx IB encodes a
  VMID.
- Unprivileged trigger: yes, via normal render/compute submit.
- Caveat: GFX11 has worked since ~5.19 without this bit, so either older
  CP/MES ignored it, or firmware already special-cased kernel queues.
  The bit becomes more important once user GFX queues share the same MQD
  path and newer FW consults `KMD_QUEUE`.

**Step 8.3:**
Record: Failure mode: CP forces IB VMID = queue VMID → GPUVM fault,
hang/reset, or execution in the wrong VM. Severity: **HIGH** when it
fires (GPU hang / possible wrong-VM access). Everyday 6.18 default may
still appear fine if firmware papers over the missing bit.

**Step 8.4:**
Record:
- Benefit: medium-high — correct kernel-queue privilege on widely
  deployed GFX11, completes an already-stable MQD split, prevents wrong-
  VMID IBs.
- Risk: very low — two `REG_SET_FIELD` lines, no API/locking/data-
  structure change.
- Ratio: favorable.

## Phase 9: Final synthesis

**Step 9.1:**
Evidence FOR:
- Real CP programming bug: missing `KMD_QUEUE` lets CP replace kernel IB
  VMIDs.
- Two-line, obviously correct, applies cleanly to v6.18.57.
- All prerequisites exist (`kernel_queue`, GFX11 MQD, register masks).
- Completes `063d668320872`, which already went to stable for kernel-vs-
  user MQD privileges.
- Compute/KFD already set this bit; GFX11 was inconsistent.
- Maintainer Reviewed-by.
- Wrong VMID is hang/fault/wrong-VM — important if triggered.
- Hardware-programming / quirk-like change, not a feature.

Evidence AGAINST:
- Landed as 10/21 of a pipe-reset series; later patches are not in
  6.18.57.
- Alex called out 11/12 as the “bug fixes,” not this one.
- No user report, syzbot, Fixes, or crash log.
- Omission dates to 2022; default 6.18 GFX11 is usable without the bit.
- Ring 1 `CP_RB1_CNTL` left unchanged (rare path).

Unresolved:
- Exact firmware versions that started replacing IB VMIDs (UNVERIFIED).
- Whether MES already ORs `KMD_QUEUE` when mapping KGQ (UNVERIFIED).
- stable@ discussion (lore 403 / b4 failed).

**Step 9.2: Stable rules**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — 2 lines, maintainer
   reviewed, matches existing compute/KFD pattern.
2. Fixes a real bug that affects users? **PASS** — missing privilege bit
   on kernel GFX queues; CP VMID overwrite is a real HW behavior the
   author states.
3. Important issue? **PASS** — wrong VMID is GPU fault/hang / wrong
   address space (HIGH), not a style cleanup.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — +2 lines, one file.
5. No new features or APIs? **PASS** — only sets an existing register
   field.
6. Can apply to the local tree? **PASS** — v6.18.57 has the buggy sites
   and dependencies.

**Step 9.3:**
Record: Fits the **hardware workaround / register programming**
exception. Not a new driver or API.

**Step 9.4:**
This is a self-contained GFX11 hardware-programming fix. The local
6.18.57 tree has the buggy code and the `kernel_queue` split, and the
patch applies cleanly. Being mailed inside a pipe-reset series does not
make the two lines a feature: they do not enable pipe reset, and they
correct kernel GFX MQD privilege that compute already had. Benefit vs
risk favors backport.

### What the commit solves for this tree
On GFX11, kernel GFX IBs put a process VMID in
`PACKET3_INDIRECT_BUFFER`. Without `KMD_QUEUE`, CP is specified to
replace that with the queue VMID (0). This tree already distinguishes
user vs kernel MQDs for compute/`RB_NON_PRIV` but never sets GFX
`KMD_QUEUE`. That is a real, small correctness hole on a widely used GPU
generation.

### Risk vs benefit
Two register-field writes; user MQDs stay 0; no API change. Residual
risk is a firmware-specific privilege change, which is the intended
kernel-queue behavior already used on compute.

### Concerns
No public reproducer; later pipe-reset patches are not in 6.18.57; ring1
legacy path not updated. None of those block a clean 2-line apply.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed tags: author Jesse Zhang; Reviewed-by/SOB Alex
  Deucher; no Fixes/Reported-by/Link/Cc:stable
- [Phase 2] Diff: +2 lines in `gfx_v11_0_cp_gfx_resume` and
  `gfx_v11_0_gfx_mqd_init`
- [Phase 2] `regCP_GFX_HQD_CNTL_DEFAULT=0x00a00000`; `KMD_QUEUE` mask
  `0x20000000` — default does not set the bit
- [Phase 3] Blame: GFX11 init `3d879e81f0f9e` (2022); `063d668320872`
  and `284d4dfe850e6` are ancestors of v6.18.57
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 893642e0e3b2… v6.18.57` → not
  ancestor (fix not in 6.18.57)
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig` failed (lore server error)
- [Phase 4] lore URL: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-September/153407.html (10/21)
- [Phase 4] Alex series review:
  https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-
  gfx/2026-September/153488.html
- [Phase 5] Callers: KGQ `amdgpu_ring_init_mqd`; userq
  `mes_userq_mqd_create`; IB VMID in `gfx_v11_0_ring_emit_ib_gfx`
- [Phase 5] semcode unavailable; used grep/read
- [Phase 6] `make kernelversion` / `git describe`: 6.18.57 /
  `v6.18.57-155-gcdf239ca885b2`
- [Phase 6] v6.18.57 file confirmed missing both `KMD_QUEUE` assignments
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: wrong IB VMID → GPU fault/hang; severity HIGH
  when triggered
- UNVERIFIED: firmware versions that require the bit; whether MES
  already sets it; stable@ history (lore 403)

**YES**

 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c
index a78e8f98f4d00..5ade48c8d43f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c
@@ -3737,6 +3737,7 @@ static int gfx_v11_0_cp_gfx_resume(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	rb_bufsz = order_base_2(ring->ring_size / 8);
 	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(0, CP_RB0_CNTL, RB_BUFSZ, rb_bufsz);
 	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_RB0_CNTL, RB_BLKSZ, rb_bufsz - 2);
+	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_RB0_CNTL, KMD_QUEUE, 1);
 	WREG32_SOC15(GC, 0, regCP_RB0_CNTL, tmp);
 
 	/* Initialize the ring buffer's write pointers */
@@ -4145,6 +4146,7 @@ static int gfx_v11_0_gfx_mqd_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev, void *m,
 	tmp = regCP_GFX_HQD_CNTL_DEFAULT;
 	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL, RB_BUFSZ, rb_bufsz);
 	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL, RB_BLKSZ, rb_bufsz - 2);
+	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL, KMD_QUEUE, prop->kernel_queue);
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
 	tmp = REG_SET_FIELD(tmp, CP_GFX_HQD_CNTL, BUF_SWAP, 1);
 #endif
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] fbdev: platinumfb: add error checking for ioremap calls

[Sasha Levin]

From: BingKun Yue <yuebingkun@kylinos.cn>

[ Upstream commit ba13226fc966004713aed47931db8922b84d1960 ]

The ioremap() and ioremap_wt() calls in platinumfb_probe() were not
checked for failure. If any of these mappings fail, the driver would
dereference NULL pointers, leading to a kernel panic.

Add proper error checking and use goto-based cleanup to avoid code
duplication across the error paths.

Signed-off-by: BingKun Yue <yuebingkun@kylinos.cn>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

## Phase 1: Commit message forensics

**Step 1.1 — Subject**
- Record: **[fbdev/platinumfb] [add] error checking for ioremap calls**
- Subsystem: `fbdev: platinumfb`. Action verb: **add** (defensive
  checks). Intent: stop using NULL mappings after failed `ioremap()` /
  `ioremap_wt()`.

**Step 1.2 — Tags**
- Record (committed message):
  - `Signed-off-by: BingKun Yue <yuebingkun@kylinos.cn>` (author)
  - `Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>` (fbdev maintainer)
- Ignored as pipeline noise: any `[Upstream commit ...]` / `Signed-off-
  by: Sasha Levin`.
- Not in the committed message, but present on the mailing-list v1/v2:
  `Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")`. Helge Deller dropped that
  tag as having no value (it points at the git epoch, not a real
  introducing change).
- No `Reported-by`, `Tested-by`, `Reviewed-by`, `Acked-by`, `Link:`, or
  `Cc: stable` in the committed message.
- Absence of `Cc: stable` / `Fixes:` is expected for this review and is
  not a negative signal.

**Step 1.3 — Body**
- Record:
  - **Bug:** `ioremap()` / `ioremap_wt()` in `platinumfb_probe()` are
    unchecked.
  - **Symptom:** NULL dereference → kernel panic.
  - **Root cause:** probe maps framebuffer, platinum registers, and cmap
    registers, then immediately writes through those pointers
    (`out_be32`, `fbuffer[0x100000] = ...`).
  - **Fix approach:** check each mapping, return `-ENOMEM`, goto-based
    cleanup to avoid duplicated teardown.
  - **Version info:** none in the body. Hardware is Apple “platinum” on
    PPC32 Power Mac.

**Step 1.4 — Hidden bug fix?**
- Record: **Yes, a real bug fix**, not style cleanup. The “goto cleanup”
  wording also **closes a pre-existing resource leak**: on
  `platinum_init_fb()` failure the old path `iounmap()`’d three mappings
  and called `framebuffer_release()` but never `release_mem_region()`
  for the framebuffer or cmap regions. `platinumfb_remove()` does
  release those regions, but `remove()` is not run after a failed probe.

---

## Phase 2: Diff analysis

**Step 2.1 — Inventory**
- Record:
  - File: `drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c` (~+23 / −8 in
    `platinumfb_probe()`; ~35 lines net as posted).
  - Function modified: **`platinumfb_probe()` only**.
  - Scope: **single-file surgical fix**.

**Step 2.2 — Code flow**
- Record:
  - **Hunk 1 (framebuffer):** `ioremap_wt(..., 0x400000)` was used
    unconditionally. After: if NULL, `rc = -ENOMEM`, `goto
    err_release_fb`.
  - **Hunk 2 (platinum regs):** `ioremap(..., 0x1000)` was used
    unconditionally. After: if NULL, `goto err_unmap_fb`.
  - **Hunk 3 (cmap regs):** `ioremap(..., 0x1000)` was used
    unconditionally. After: if NULL, `goto err_release_cmap`.
  - **Hunk 4 (init failure / cleanup):** old `platinum_init_fb()`
    failure only unmapped and released `fb_info`. After: shared labels
    unmap cmap → release cmap region → unmap platinum regs → unmap
    framebuffer → release framebuffer region → `framebuffer_release()`.
    Success path now `return 0` explicitly.

**Step 2.3 — Bug mechanism**
- Record:
  - **Category:** memory safety (NULL deref) + error-path resource leak.
  - **Mechanism:** failed `ioremap*` returns NULL; next statements
    dereference it (`out_be32(&pinfo->platinum_regs->...)`,
    `fbuffer[0x100000] = 0x34`, `out_8(&pinfo->cmap_regs->addr, ...)`).
  - **Cleanup:** goto chain matches acquisition order. Nathan Chancellor
    later had an unused `err_unmap_regs` label removed; the candidate
    diff is that folded version (no unused label).

**Step 2.4 — Fix quality**
- Record:
  - Obviously correct: each mapping is checked before use; unwind order
    is right.
  - Minimal: one probe function, no API/struct changes.
  - Regression risk: **low**. Same teardown operations already exist on
    the `platinum_init_fb()` error path and in `platinumfb_remove()`.
    Extra `release_mem_region()` on probe failure is the missing
    counterpart of `request_mem_region()`.
  - Pre-existing (unchanged): `request_mem_region()` for cmap is still
    unchecked; `dev_set_drvdata()` still happens before
    `platinum_init_fb()`. Not introduced by this patch.
  - `rc` is already declared in this tree and is set on every new goto
    path (`-ENOMEM`) or by `platinum_init_fb()`.

---

## Phase 3: Git history

**Step 3.1 — Blame**
- Record:
  - Unchecked `ioremap()` of platinum/cmap regs: present since
    `1da177e4c3f41` (Linux-2.6.12-rc2, 2005).
  - Framebuffer mapping: `cc5d0189b9ba95` (2005) then `e04e39507c3c3d`
    (2018, `__ioremap()` → `ioremap_wt()`), still unchecked.
  - Partial teardown on `platinum_init_fb()` failure: `2b7574da255fef`
    (2006, “ioremap balanced with iounmap”).
- The hole has been in this driver for the entire git history, including
  this 6.12 tree.

**Step 3.2 — Fixes: tag**
- Record: mailing-list `Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4` is the epoch commit, not a
  real regression. Helge dropped it. `1da177e4c3f41` **is** an ancestor
  of this tree (`git merge-base --is-ancestor` succeeded). The buggy
  code is here regardless of the tag.

**Step 3.3 — File history**
- Record: last change touching this file in-tree is `01ecc142ef7c8`
  (“fbdev: Switch back to struct platform_driver::remove()”). Recent
  platinumfb work is platform-remove/fb_ops/whitespace, not probe
  mapping. **Standalone**, not patch N/M.

**Step 3.4 — Author**
- Record: BingKun Yue has **no** other commits in this tree under
  `drivers/video/fbdev/`. Helge Deller is the fbdev maintainer and
  signed off. Nathan Chancellor (Clang/build) reviewed the applied
  version.

**Step 3.5 — Dependencies**
- Record: uses `ioremap_wt()`, `dev_err()`, `request_mem_region()`,
  `framebuffer_release()` — all present. **Can apply standalone.**
  Context in this checkout matches the “before” side of the diff
  exactly.

---

## Phase 4: Mailing list / external research

`b4 dig -c` was not used: the candidate is **not in this checkout**, so
there is no local SHA to feed it. Thread was recovered from
lore/openwall/patchew.

**Step 4.1 — Original discussion**
- Record:
  - v1 (duplicated cleanup, no gotos):
    `20260817055625.276500-1-yuebingkun@kylinos.cn`
  - v2 (goto cleanup, applied): `https://lists.openwall.net/linux-
    kernel/2026/08/17/346` — Message-ID
    `20260817063637.306865-1-yuebingkun@kylinos.cn`
  - Helge Deller: applied v2, dropped the epoch `Fixes:` line, asked for
    a real name on SOB.
  - Nathan Chancellor: unused label `err_unmap_regs` warning; suggested
    deleting it. Helge folded that in. Candidate diff matches the folded
    result (`err_release_cmap` falls through into
    `iounmap(platinum_regs)`).
  - A later “v3” wrongly changed `strscpy` → `strcpy` and reused this
    subject; reviewers called out the mismatch. **That v3 is not this
    candidate.**
  - Merged in Helge’s fbdev pull for **v7.3-rc1**.
- No NAK. No reviewer `Cc: stable`. No claim this was a production crash
  report.

**Step 4.2 — Recipients**
- Record: To Helge Deller; Cc `linux-fbdev`, `dri-devel`, `linux-
  kernel`. Right maintainer and list.

**Step 4.3 — Bug report**
- Record: **No user/syzbot report.** Static/code-review finding. Failure
  mode is still a panic if `ioremap*` fails.

**Step 4.4 — Series**
- Record: Standalone driver fix. Same family of Mac fbdev drivers:
  `controlfb.c` and `valkyriefb.c` **already** check ioremap failure in
  this tree. platinumfb is the outlier.

**Step 4.5 — Stable list**
- Record: lore.kernel.org/stable search returned **403**. **UNVERIFIED**
  whether this SHA was discussed on stable@. No evidence it was
  rejected.

---

## Phase 5: Semantic / call-chain

**Step 5.1 — Functions**
- Record: `platinumfb_probe()` only.

**Step 5.2 — Callers**
- Record: `.probe = platinumfb_probe` in `platinum_driver`. Called from
  platform/OF probe when the node name is `"platinum"`. Boot/device-bind
  path, not a syscall.

**Step 5.3 — Callees**
- Record: `ioremap_wt` / `ioremap`, `request_mem_region` /
  `release_mem_region`, `iounmap`, `platinum_init_fb()` (VRAM probe +
  `register_framebuffer()`), `framebuffer_release()`. After a successful
  map, probe immediately MMIO-writes the mapped addresses.

**Step 5.4 — Reachability**
- Record: Reachable only if `CONFIG_FB_PLATINUM=y` (`bool`, not
  tristate) on **PPC_PMAC && PPC32** with a `platinum` OF node. Not
  userspace-triggerable on other machines. If probe runs and `ioremap*`
  fails, panic is certain.

**Step 5.5 — Similar patterns**
- Record: `controlfb.c` already does `if (!p->cmap_regs ||
  !p->control_regs || !p->frame_buffer) goto error_out;`. `valkyriefb.c`
  already does a NULL check after the three ioremaps. Historical
  analogue: `13b7c0390a5d3` “video: imsttfb: check for ioremap()
  failures”.

---

## Phase 6: This tree (pending-6.12 / 6.12.111)

**Step 6.1 — Does the bug exist here?**
- Record: **Yes.** `drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c` lines 569, 574,
  578: three unchecked maps, then MMIO at 581–608. `make kernelversion`
  → **6.12.111**. `git describe HEAD` → `p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`.
  Subject grep on this file history: **commit not present**.

**Step 6.2 — Backport difficulty**
- Record: **Clean apply.** All four “before” contexts match this file
  byte-for-byte.

**Step 6.3 — Related fixes already here?**
- Record: **No** platinumfb ioremap-check. Sibling Mac drivers already
  have the check; this driver does not.

---

## Phase 7: Subsystem context

**Step 7.1**
- Record: **fbdev / Apple Platinum**. Criticality: **PERIPHERAL**
  (legacy PPC32 Power Mac only). Still a first-party in-tree driver, not
  staging.

**Step 7.2**
- Record: File is mature/quiet. Last platinumfb-specific functional
  change in this tree is older fbdev-ops/platform-remove work. Bug is
  long-standing, not a new-subsystem leftover.

---

## Phase 8: Impact and risk

**Step 8.1 — Who is affected**
- Record: **config- and platform-specific**: 32-bit Power Macintosh with
  platinum graphics (`CONFIG_FB_PLATINUM`). Tiny population, but those
  users take this path on every boot.

**Step 8.2 — Trigger**
- Record: Probe-time `ioremap*` failure (vmalloc/ioremap space
  exhaustion or mapping rejection). Unprivileged users cannot trigger it
  except by booting that machine. Uncommon, not theoretical in the “dead
  code” sense: the next instructions are unconditional dereferences.

**Step 8.3 — Failure mode**
- Record: **NULL deref → oops/panic during probe**. Severity: **HIGH**
  (crash), not a security hole. Secondary: mem-region leak if
  `platinum_init_fb()` fails after regions were requested.

**Step 8.4 — Risk/benefit**
- Record:
  - Benefit: avoid panic and leak on a real (if rare) probe failure;
    same check sibling drivers already have.
  - Risk: **very low** (~20 lines, error path only, maintainer-applied,
    unused-label already folded).
  - Ratio: favorable. Conservative stable policy still accepts small
    NULL-deref probe fixes in in-tree drivers.

---

## Phase 9: Synthesis

**Step 9.1 — Evidence**

For:
- Unchecked `ioremap*` then immediate dereference is a real panic.
- Bug is in **this** 6.12 tree and dates to 2.6.12-era code.
- Small, obviously correct, applies cleanly.
- Also releases mem regions on `platinum_init_fb()` failure (old path
  leaked them).
- Maintainer SOB; Nathan’s warning fix is already in the candidate.
- Sibling `controlfb` / `valkyriefb` already check this.

Against:
- No crash report, no syzbot, no `Cc: stable`.
- Hardware is ancient PPC32 Power Mac; ioremap failure is uncommon.
- Helge treated the epoch `Fixes:` as worthless (not a tracked
  regression).
- Mixed into a 7.3-rc1 “fixes and updates” pull with many cleanups.

Unresolved:
- Exact mainline SHA (not in this tree).
- Whether stable@ already discussed it (lore/stable 403).
- `b4 dig` not run (no local SHA).

**Step 9.2 — Stable rules**
1. Obviously correct and tested? **PASS** — logic is straightforward;
   maintainer applied it; unused-label fixed.
2. Real bug affecting users? **PASS** — NULL deref on failed map; probe
   is the only path this driver has.
3. Important (crash/security/corruption/deadlock)? **PASS** — kernel
   panic. User base is small; crash class still qualifies.
4. Small and contained? **PASS** — one function, one file.
5. No new features/APIs? **PASS**.
6. Applies to this tree? **PASS** — context matches; no missing prereqs.

**Step 9.3 — Exceptions**
- Record: none (not a device ID, quirk, DT, build, or docs patch).
  Ordinary crash-prevention fix.

**Step 9.4 — Decision**
This is a surgical NULL-deref/leak fix in code this tree actually runs
on PPC32 Power Mac. Sibling drivers already do the check. Benefit is a
avoided panic; risk is negligible. Meets stable rules for **this** 6.12
checkout.

---

### Problem for stable users
On Power Macs with Apple platinum graphics, `platinumfb_probe()` maps
the framebuffer and two register windows and then writes through those
pointers with no NULL check. A failed `ioremap*` panics instead of
failing probe. The new labels also `release_mem_region()` on
`platinum_init_fb()` failure, which the old error path skipped.

### Rules / risk
Small, maintainer-acked, applies cleanly to 6.12.111, no new API, no
extra dependencies. Regression risk is limited to probe error paths.

### Concerns
Rare hardware and no field report; Helge dropped the epoch `Fixes:` tag.
Those do not remove the panic if mapping fails, and they do not block
backport to this tree.

Verification:
- [Phase 1] Parsed committed tags: author + Helge Deller SOB only; no
  Reported-by/syzbot.
- [Phase 1] Openwall v2: original `Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4`; Helge dropped
  it as valueless.
- [Phase 2] Diff: three NULL checks + goto teardown in
  `platinumfb_probe()`; also `release_mem_region` on init failure.
- [Phase 2] Current probe (lines 569–633) dereferences maps with no
  checks; cleanup omits mem-region release.
- [Phase 3] `git blame`: unchecked ioremap since `1da177e4c3f41` /
  `cc5d0189b9ba95`; `ioremap_wt` from `e04e39507c3c3d`.
- [Phase 3] `git merge-base --is-ancestor 1da177e4c3f41 HEAD`: yes.
- [Phase 3] `git log --oneline --grep='add error checking for ioremap'
  -- drivers/video/fbdev/`: not in this tree.
- [Phase 3] Author search in fbdev: no other BingKun Yue commits here.
- [Phase 4] Thread: v2 applied by Helge; Nathan unused-label fold
  matches candidate; bogus v3 strcpy not this patch.
- [Phase 4] lore.kernel.org/stable: 403, UNVERIFIED.
- [Phase 4] `b4 dig`: UNVERIFIED (no local candidate SHA).
- [Phase 5] Only caller: `platinum_driver.probe`; Kconfig `FB_PLATINUM`
  depends on `PPC_PMAC && PPC32`, `bool`.
- [Phase 5] `controlfb.c` / `valkyriefb.c` already check ioremap NULL in
  this tree.
- [Phase 6] `git describe HEAD` = `p-6.12-3-gc504cf0baa3d8`; `make
  kernelversion` = 6.12.111.
- [Phase 6] Before-context of all four hunks matches this file.
- [Phase 8] Failure mode: NULL deref oops on probe, severity HIGH;
  trigger rare but on the only probe path.
- UNVERIFIED: mainline SHA; stable@ discussion.

**YES**

 drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c
index a08d955d9b439..81fdaa3541db9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/platinumfb.c
@@ -567,15 +567,30 @@ static int platinumfb_probe(struct platform_device* odev)
 	/* frame buffer - map only 4MB */
 	pinfo->frame_buffer_phys = pinfo->rsrc_fb.start;
 	pinfo->frame_buffer = ioremap_wt(pinfo->rsrc_fb.start, 0x400000);
+	if (!pinfo->frame_buffer) {
+		dev_err(&odev->dev, "failed to ioremap frame buffer\n");
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_release_fb;
+	}
 	pinfo->base_frame_buffer = pinfo->frame_buffer;
 
 	/* registers */
 	pinfo->platinum_regs_phys = pinfo->rsrc_reg.start;
 	pinfo->platinum_regs = ioremap(pinfo->rsrc_reg.start, 0x1000);
+	if (!pinfo->platinum_regs) {
+		dev_err(&odev->dev, "failed to ioremap registers\n");
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_unmap_fb;
+	}
 
 	pinfo->cmap_regs_phys = 0xf301b000;	/* XXX not in prom? */
 	request_mem_region(pinfo->cmap_regs_phys, 0x1000, "platinumfb cmap");
 	pinfo->cmap_regs = ioremap(pinfo->cmap_regs_phys, 0x1000);
+	if (!pinfo->cmap_regs) {
+		dev_err(&odev->dev, "failed to ioremap cmap registers\n");
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_release_cmap;
+	}
 
 	/* Grok total video ram */
 	out_be32(&pinfo->platinum_regs->reg[16].r, (unsigned)pinfo->frame_buffer_phys);
@@ -623,13 +638,21 @@ static int platinumfb_probe(struct platform_device* odev)
 	dev_set_drvdata(&odev->dev, info);
 
 	rc = platinum_init_fb(info);
-	if (rc != 0) {
-		iounmap(pinfo->frame_buffer);
-		iounmap(pinfo->platinum_regs);
-		iounmap(pinfo->cmap_regs);
-		framebuffer_release(info);
-	}
+	if (rc != 0)
+		goto err_unmap_cmap;
+
+	return 0;
 
+err_unmap_cmap:
+	iounmap(pinfo->cmap_regs);
+err_release_cmap:
+	release_mem_region(pinfo->cmap_regs_phys, 0x1000);
+	iounmap(pinfo->platinum_regs);
+err_unmap_fb:
+	iounmap(pinfo->frame_buffer);
+err_release_fb:
+	release_mem_region(pinfo->rsrc_fb.start, resource_size(&pinfo->rsrc_fb));
+	framebuffer_release(info);
 	return rc;
 }
 
-- 
2.53.0

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amdgpu: Validate ATIF buffer length before use

[sashiko-bot]

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] drm/amdgpu: unvalidated number_of_points in amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps()
--

commit a73a09a7b2fb3e5ffd26ffc3c59fb52e0414b2a7
Author: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>

drm/amdgpu: Validate ATIF buffer length before use

This commit adds a min_size parameter to amdgpu_atif_call() to validate that
the returned ACPI buffer is of type ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER, holds at least a u16
size field, does not claim more data than was actually returned, and meets
the minimum size required by each calling function.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c
> index 6c62e27b98002..5be40c781807a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -371,20 +383,14 @@ static int amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps(struct amdgpu_atif *atif)
>  
>  	info = amdgpu_atif_call(atif,
>  		ATIF_FUNCTION_QUERY_BRIGHTNESS_TRANSFER_CHARACTERISTICS,
> -		&params);
> +		&params, offsetof(struct atif_qbtc_output, data_points));
>  	if (!info) {
>  		err = -EIO;
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> -	size = *(u16 *) info->buffer.pointer;
> -	if (size < 10) {
> -		err = -EINVAL;
> -		goto out;
> -	}
> -
>  	memset(&characteristics, 0, sizeof(characteristics));
> -	size = min(sizeof(characteristics), size);
> +	size = min(sizeof(characteristics), (size_t)*(u16 *)info->buffer.pointer);
>  	memcpy(&characteristics, info->buffer.pointer, size);
>  
>  	atif->backlight_caps.caps_valid = true;

[Severity: High]
Should amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps() also validate
characteristics.number_of_points against ATIF_QBTC_MAX_DATA_POINTS and the
returned buffer size?

Right after this hunk in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acpi.c,
amdgpu_atif_query_backlight_caps() stores characteristics.number_of_points (a
u8) directly into atif->backlight_caps.data_points:

	atif->backlight_caps.data_points = characteristics.number_of_points;
	memcpy(atif->backlight_caps.luminance_data,
	       characteristics.data_points,
	       sizeof(atif->backlight_caps.luminance_data));

Because amdgpu_atif_call() only validates that the buffer is at least
offsetof(struct atif_qbtc_output, data_points) bytes, a malformed ATIF
response can report characteristics.number_of_points greater than
ATIF_QBTC_MAX_DATA_POINTS (99), or report more data points than are actually
present in the returned buffer size.

When backlight brightness is later updated via:

  amdgpu_dm_backlight_update_status() ->
    amdgpu_dm_backlight_set_level() ->
      convert_brightness_from_user() ->
        convert_custom_brightness()

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c:convert_custom_brightness()
uses caps->data_points to index caps->luminance_data[MAX_LUMINANCE_DATA_POINTS]
without clamping:

	left = 0;
	right = caps->data_points - 1;
	while (left <= right) {
		int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
		u8 signal = caps->luminance_data[mid].input_signal;

Could this read out of bounds of caps->luminance_data[] when
characteristics.number_of_points exceeds ATIF_QBTC_MAX_DATA_POINTS, or read
zero-padded entries if size is smaller than
offsetof(struct atif_qbtc_output, data_points) +
characteristics.number_of_points * sizeof(struct atif_qbtc_data_point)?

[ ... ]

-- 
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261019135441.1420968-55-sashal@kernel.org?part=1

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amd/pm: Validate legacy hwmgr PP table offsets

[sashiko-bot]

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 3 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] drm/amd/pm: unvalidated subtable offsets in init_clock_voltage_dependency()
- [High] drm/amd/pm: missing subtable bounds checks in pp_tables_initialize()
- [High] drm/amd/pm: weak clock info size and level checks in pp_tables_get_entry()
--

commit c5c1e3659fd69a3025883887b44b7fe3a2082d39
Author: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

drm/amd/pm: Validate legacy hwmgr PP table offsets

This commit adds bounds helpers to drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c
to validate offsets and entry sizes against hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size before
dereferencing variable-length PowerPlay subtables during hwmgr initialization
and table entry lookup.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c
> index f06b29e33ba45..f1009b2973574 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -104,10 +138,13 @@ static uint16_t get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table_offset(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
>  {
>  	uint16_t table_offset = get_vce_clock_info_array_offset(hwmgr,
>  							powerplay_table);
> +	u16 table_size;
>  
> -	if (table_offset > 0)
> -		return table_offset + get_vce_clock_info_array_size(hwmgr,
> -							powerplay_table);
> +	if (table_offset > 0) {
> +		table_size = get_vce_clock_info_array_size(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
> +		if (table_size)
> +			return table_offset + table_size;
> +	}
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }

[ ... ]

> @@ -206,10 +256,13 @@ static uint16_t get_uvd_clock_voltage_limit_table_offset(
>  {
>  	uint16_t table_offset = get_uvd_clock_info_array_offset(hwmgr,
>  						     powerplay_table);
> +	u16 table_size;
>  
> -	if (table_offset > 0)
> -		return table_offset +
> -			get_uvd_clock_info_array_size(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
> +	if (table_offset > 0) {
> +		table_size = get_uvd_clock_info_array_size(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
> +		if (table_size)
> +			return table_offset + table_size;
> +	}
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -218,21 +271,12 @@ static uint16_t get_samu_table_offset(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
>  			const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
>  {
>  	uint16_t samu_table_offset = 0;
> +	const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *extended_header;
>  
> -	if (le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usTableSize) >=
> -	    sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3)) {
> -		const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *powerplay_table3 =
> -			(const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *)powerplay_table;
> -		if (powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset > 0) {
> -			const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER  *extended_header =
> -				(const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *)
> -				(((unsigned long)powerplay_table3) +
> -				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset));
> -			if (le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usSize) >=
> -			    SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V4)
> -				samu_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usSAMUTableOffset);
> -		}
> -	}
> +	extended_header = get_extended_header(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
> +					      SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V4);
> +	if (extended_header)
> +		samu_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usSAMUTableOffset);
>  
>  	return samu_table_offset;
>  }
> @@ -254,21 +298,12 @@ static uint16_t get_acp_table_offset(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
>  				const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
>  {
>  	uint16_t acp_table_offset = 0;
> +	const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *extended_header;
>  
> -	if (le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usTableSize) >=
> -	    sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3)) {
> -		const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *powerplay_table3 =
> -			(const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *)powerplay_table;
> -		if (powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset > 0) {
> -			const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER  *pExtendedHeader =
> -				(const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *)
> -				(((unsigned long)powerplay_table3) +
> -				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset));
> -			if (le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usSize) >=
> -			    SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V6)
> -				acp_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usACPTableOffset);
> -		}
> -	}
> +	extended_header = get_extended_header(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
> +					      SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V6);
> +	if (extended_header)
> +		acp_table_offset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usACPTableOffset);
>  
>  	return acp_table_offset;
>  }
> @@ -290,21 +325,12 @@ static uint16_t get_cacp_tdp_table_offset(
>  				const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
>  {
>  	uint16_t cacTdpTableOffset = 0;
> +	const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *extended_header;
>  
> -	if (le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usTableSize) >=
> -	    sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3)) {
> -		const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *powerplay_table3 =
> -				(const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *)powerplay_table;
> -		if (powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset > 0) {
> -			const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER  *pExtendedHeader =
> -					(const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *)
> -					(((unsigned long)powerplay_table3) +
> -				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset));
> -			if (le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usSize) >=
> -			    SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V7)
> -				cacTdpTableOffset = le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usPowerTuneTableOffset);
> -		}
> -	}
> +	extended_header = get_extended_header(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
> +					      SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V7);
> +	if (extended_header)
> +		cacTdpTableOffset = le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usPowerTuneTableOffset);
>  
>  	return cacTdpTableOffset;
>  }
> @@ -341,22 +367,13 @@ static uint16_t get_sclk_vdd_gfx_table_offset(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
>  			const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table)
>  {
>  	uint16_t sclk_vdd_gfx_table_offset = 0;
> +	const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *extended_header;
>  
> -	if (le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usTableSize) >=
> -	    sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3)) {
> -		const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *powerplay_table3 =
> -				(const ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3 *)powerplay_table;
> -		if (powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset > 0) {
> -			const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER  *pExtendedHeader =
> -				(const ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER *)
> -				(((unsigned long)powerplay_table3) +
> -				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table3->usExtendendedHeaderOffset));
> -			if (le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usSize) >=
> -			    SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V8)
> -				sclk_vdd_gfx_table_offset =
> -					le16_to_cpu(pExtendedHeader->usSclkVddgfxTableOffset);
> -		}
> -	}
> +	extended_header = get_extended_header(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
> +					      SIZE_OF_ATOM_PPLIB_EXTENDEDHEADER_V8);
> +	if (extended_header)
> +		sclk_vdd_gfx_table_offset =
> +			le16_to_cpu(extended_header->usSclkVddgfxTableOffset);
>  
>  	return sclk_vdd_gfx_table_offset;
>  }

[Severity: High]
Can init_clock_voltage_dependency() still read past hwmgr->soft_pp_table
when using the offsets returned by these helpers?

In get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table_offset() and
get_uvd_clock_voltage_limit_table_offset(), the new check verifies that the
preceding VCEClockInfoArray or UVDClockInfoArray fits within
hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size, and then returns table_offset + table_size. If
that clock info array ends at hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size (or leaves fewer
bytes than the voltage limit table requires), the returned offset is
non-zero and points at or near the end of soft_pp_table.

When pp_tables_initialize() -> init_clock_voltage_dependency() uses those
offsets, it does not call get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table_size() or
pp_table_has_space():

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/processpptables.c:init_clock_voltage_dependency() {
	vce_clock_info_array_offset = get_vce_clock_info_array_offset(
						hwmgr, powerplay_table);
	table_offset = get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table_offset(hwmgr,
						powerplay_table);
	if (vce_clock_info_array_offset > 0 && table_offset > 0) {
		const VCEClockInfoArray *array = (const VCEClockInfoArray *)
				(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) +
				vce_clock_info_array_offset);
		const ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_Clock_Voltage_Limit_Table *table =
				(const ATOM_PPLIB_VCE_Clock_Voltage_Limit_Table *)
				(((unsigned long) powerplay_table) + table_offset);
		result = get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table(hwmgr,
				&hwmgr->dyn_state.vce_clock_voltage_dependency_table,
				table, array);
	}
}

Then get_vce_clock_voltage_limit_table() and
get_uvd_clock_voltage_limit_table() dereference table->numEntries and
table->entries[i] without bounds checks, and also index
array->entries[table->entries[i].ucVCEClockInfoIndex] and
array->entries[table->entries[i].ucUVDClockInfoIndex] without verifying
that the index is less than array->ucNumEntries.

Similarly, get_samu_table_offset(), get_acp_table_offset(),
get_cacp_tdp_table_offset(), and get_sclk_vdd_gfx_table_offset() now
validate the extended header via get_extended_header(), but neither those
helpers nor their sole caller init_clock_voltage_dependency() verify that
the returned subtable offsets and their entry arrays fit within
hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size before dereferencing them.

[ ... ]

> @@ -896,49 +940,128 @@ int pp_tables_get_entry(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
>  	const NonClockInfoArray *pnon_clock_arrays;
>  
>  	const ATOM_PPLIB_STATE *pstate_entry;
> +	u16 state_array_offset;
> +	u16 clock_info_array_offset;
> +	u16 non_clock_info_array_offset;
> +	size_t clock_info_offset;
> +	size_t non_clock_info_offset;
> +	size_t state_entry_offset;
>  
>  	if (powerplay_table == NULL)
>  		return -1;
> +	if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, 0, sizeof(*powerplay_table)))
> +		return -1;
>  
>  	ps->classification.bios_index = entry_index;
>  
>  	if (powerplay_table->sHeader.ucTableFormatRevision >= 6) {
> +		state_array_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset);
> +		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, state_array_offset,
> +					sizeof(pstate_arrays->ucNumEntries)))
> +			return -1;
> +
>  		pstate_arrays = (StateArray *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
> -					le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset));
> +					state_array_offset);
> +
> +		if (entry_index >= pstate_arrays->ucNumEntries)
> +			return -1;
>  
> -		if (entry_index > pstate_arrays->ucNumEntries)
> +		pstate_entry_v2 = get_state_entry_v2(hwmgr, pstate_arrays,
> +						     state_array_offset,
> +						     entry_index);
> +		if (!pstate_entry_v2)
> +			return -1;
> +
> +		clock_info_array_offset =
> +			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usClockInfoArrayOffset);
> +		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, clock_info_array_offset,
> +					sizeof(*pclock_arrays)))
>  			return -1;
>  
> -		pstate_entry_v2 = get_state_entry_v2(pstate_arrays, entry_index);
>  		pclock_arrays = (ClockInfoArray *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
> -					le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usClockInfoArrayOffset));
> +					clock_info_array_offset);
> +		if (!pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize)
> +			return -1;
> +
> +		non_clock_info_array_offset =
> +			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usNonClockInfoArrayOffset);
> +		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, non_clock_info_array_offset,
> +					sizeof(*pnon_clock_arrays)))
> +			return -1;
>  
>  		pnon_clock_arrays = (NonClockInfoArray *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
> -						le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usNonClockInfoArrayOffset));
> +						non_clock_info_array_offset);
> +		if (!pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize ||
> +		    pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize < ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER1 ||
> +		    (pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize > ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER1 &&
> +		     pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize < ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER2) ||
> +		    pstate_entry_v2->nonClockInfoIndex >= pnon_clock_arrays->ucNumEntries)
> +			return -1;
>  
> +		non_clock_info_offset = non_clock_info_array_offset +
> +			offsetof(NonClockInfoArray, nonClockInfo) +
> +			pstate_entry_v2->nonClockInfoIndex * pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize;
> +		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, non_clock_info_offset,
> +					pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize))
> +			return -1;
>  		pnon_clock_info = (ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCK_INFO *)((unsigned long)(pnon_clock_arrays->nonClockInfo) +
>  					(pstate_entry_v2->nonClockInfoIndex * pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize));
>  
>  		result = init_non_clock_fields(hwmgr, ps, pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize, pnon_clock_info);
>  
>  		for (i = 0; i < pstate_entry_v2->ucNumDPMLevels; i++) {
> -			const void *pclock_info = (const void *)(
> -							(unsigned long)(pclock_arrays->clockInfo) +
> -							(pstate_entry_v2->clockInfoIndex[i] * pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize));
> +			const void *pclock_info;
> +
> +			if (pstate_entry_v2->clockInfoIndex[i] >=
> +			    pclock_arrays->ucNumEntries)
> +				return -1;
> +
> +			clock_info_offset = clock_info_array_offset +
> +				offsetof(ClockInfoArray, clockInfo) +
> +				pstate_entry_v2->clockInfoIndex[i] * pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize;
> +			if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, clock_info_offset,
> +						pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize))
> +				return -1;
> +
> +			pclock_info = (const void *)
> +					((unsigned long)(pclock_arrays->clockInfo) +
> +					(pstate_entry_v2->clockInfoIndex[i] *
> +					 pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize));
>  			res = func(hwmgr, &ps->hardware, i, pclock_info);
>  			if ((0 == result) && (0 != res))
>  				result = res;
>  		}
>  	} else {
> -		if (entry_index > powerplay_table->ucNumStates)
> +		if (entry_index >= powerplay_table->ucNumStates ||
> +		    !powerplay_table->ucStateEntrySize ||
> +		    !powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize ||
> +		    powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize < ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER1 ||
> +		    (powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize > ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER1 &&
> +		     powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize < ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER2) ||
> +		    !powerplay_table->ucClockInfoSize)
> +			return -1;
> +
> +		state_array_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset);
> +		state_entry_offset = state_array_offset +
> +			entry_index * powerplay_table->ucStateEntrySize;
> +		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, state_entry_offset,
> +					powerplay_table->ucStateEntrySize))
>  			return -1;
>  
>  		pstate_entry = (ATOM_PPLIB_STATE *)((unsigned long)powerplay_table +
> -						    le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset) +
> +						    state_array_offset +
>  						    entry_index * powerplay_table->ucStateEntrySize);
>  
> +		non_clock_info_array_offset =
> +			le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usNonClockInfoArrayOffset);
> +		non_clock_info_offset = non_clock_info_array_offset +
> +			pstate_entry->ucNonClockStateIndex * powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize;
> +		if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, non_clock_info_offset,
> +					powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize))
> +			return -1;
> +
>  		pnon_clock_info = (ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCK_INFO *)((unsigned long)powerplay_table +
> -						le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usNonClockInfoArrayOffset) +
> +						non_clock_info_array_offset +
>  						pstate_entry->ucNonClockStateIndex *
>  						powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize);
>  
> @@ -947,12 +1070,23 @@ int pp_tables_get_entry(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
>  							pnon_clock_info);
>  
>  		for (i = 0; i < powerplay_table->ucStateEntrySize-1; i++) {
> -			const void *pclock_info = (const void *)((unsigned long)powerplay_table +
> -						le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usClockInfoArrayOffset) +
> +			const void *pclock_info;
> +
> +			clock_info_array_offset =
> +				le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usClockInfoArrayOffset);
> +			clock_info_offset = clock_info_array_offset +
> +				pstate_entry->ucClockStateIndices[i] *
> +				powerplay_table->ucClockInfoSize;
> +			if (!pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, clock_info_offset,
> +						powerplay_table->ucClockInfoSize))
> +				return -1;
> +
> +			pclock_info = (const void *)((unsigned long)powerplay_table +
> +						clock_info_array_offset +
>  						pstate_entry->ucClockStateIndices[i] *
>  						powerplay_table->ucClockInfoSize);
>  
> -			int res = func(hwmgr, &ps->hardware, i, pclock_info);
> +			res = func(hwmgr, &ps->hardware, i, pclock_info);
>  
>  			if ((0 == result) && (0 != res))
>  					result = res;

[Severity: High]
Are the checks on pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize, powerplay_table->ucClockInfoSize,
and the DPM level loop counts in pp_tables_get_entry() sufficient to prevent
out-of-bounds accesses in the clock info callbacks?

Unlike pnon_clock_arrays->ucEntrySize and powerplay_table->ucNonClockSize
(which are checked against ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER1 and
ATOM_PPLIB_NONCLOCKINFO_VER2), pclock_arrays->ucEntrySize and
powerplay_table->ucClockInfoSize are only checked to be non-zero. If either
field is between 1 and 8 bytes at the end of hwmgr->soft_pp_table,
pp_table_has_space() succeeds, and when func is
smu7_get_pp_table_entry_callback_func_v0() in
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/smu7_hwmgr.c:

	const ATOM_PPLIB_CI_CLOCK_INFO *visland_clk_info = clock_info;
	...
	engine_clock = visland_clk_info->ucEngineClockHigh << 16 | visland_clk_info->usEngineClockLow;
	memory_clock = visland_clk_info->ucMemoryClockHigh << 16 | visland_clk_info->usMemoryClockLow;

it casts clock_info to const ATOM_PPLIB_CI_CLOCK_INFO * (9 bytes) and reads
up to 8 bytes past hwmgr->soft_pp_table.

In addition, the DPM level loops in pp_tables_get_entry() iterate i up to
pstate_entry_v2->ucNumDPMLevels or powerplay_table->ucStateEntrySize - 1
without bounding i against
hwmgr->platform_descriptor.hardwareActivityPerformanceLevels. When func is
smu8_dpm_get_pp_table_entry_callback() in
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/smu8_hwmgr.c:

	smu8_ps->levels[index].engineClock = table->entries[clock_info_index].clk;
	smu8_ps->levels[index].vddcIndex = (uint8_t)table->entries[clock_info_index].v;

or smu10_dpm_get_pp_table_entry_callback() in
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/smu10_hwmgr.c:

	smu10_ps->levels[index].engine_clock = 0;

	smu10_ps->levels[index].vddc_index = 0;
	smu10_ps->level = index + 1;

can an uncapped index overflow smu8_ps->levels[SMU8_MAX_HARDWARE_POWERLEVELS]
or smu10_ps->levels[SMU10_MAX_HARDWARE_POWERLEVELS] (both 8 entries)?

[ ... ]

> @@ -1705,6 +1888,10 @@ static int pp_tables_initialize(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
>  	hwmgr->need_pp_table_upload = true;
>  
>  	powerplay_table = get_powerplay_table(hwmgr);
> +	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((powerplay_table),
> +			    "Missing PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
> +	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE(pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, 0, sizeof(*powerplay_table)),
> +			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
>  
>  	result = init_powerplay_tables(hwmgr, powerplay_table);
>  

[Severity: High]
Does checking only sizeof(*powerplay_table) in pp_tables_initialize() leave
the remaining initialization helpers vulnerable to out-of-bounds reads when
powerplay_table->usTableSize or subtable offsets exceed
hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size?

After verifying pp_table_has_space(hwmgr, 0, sizeof(*powerplay_table)),
pp_tables_initialize() calls init_thermal_controller(),
init_overdrive_limits(), init_clock_voltage_dependency(),
init_dpm2_parameters(), and init_phase_shedding_table(). Those helpers check
powerplay_table->usTableSize against sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3),
sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE4), or sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE5)
without verifying that hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size is large enough for those
structures or their subtables:

1. init_thermal_controller() checks powerplay_table->usTableSize >=
sizeof(ATOM_PPLIB_POWERPLAYTABLE3) and dereferences
powerplay_table3->usFanTableOffset up to ATOM_PPLIB_FANTABLE5 without
calling pp_table_has_space().

2. init_overdrive_limits() -> init_overdrive_limits_V2_1() and
init_dpm2_parameters() bypass get_extended_header() and directly dereference
usExtendendedHeaderOffset (and usPPMTableOffset in init_dpm2_parameters())
without bounds checks.

3. init_clock_voltage_dependency(), init_dpm2_parameters(), and
init_phase_shedding_table() dereference usVddcDependencyOnSCLKOffset,
usVddciDependencyOnMCLKOffset, usVddcDependencyOnMCLKOffset,
usMaxClockVoltageOnDCOffset, usMvddDependencyOnMCLKOffset,
usCACLeakageTableOffset, and usVddcPhaseShedLimitsTableOffset, along with
their variable-length entries[] arrays, without checking
pp_table_has_space().

!

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/amd/pm: derive stable PPT limits from PPTable

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] drm/amd/pm: aldebaran_get_power_limit() sets non-zero default on secondary die
--

commit e12c0e27cabe98103b51eb24b3ca4cb7b2a3ede8
Author: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

drm/amd/pm: derive stable PPT limits from PPTable

This commit updates the power limit query handlers for Sienna Cichlid,
Navi10, Arcturus, and Aldebaran to derive platform default, minimum, and
maximum PPT limits from the driver PPTable rather than mutable PMFW
runtime state.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/aldebaran_ppt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/aldebaran_ppt.c
> index 18d5d07045098..9e67e57d70b75 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/aldebaran_ppt.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/aldebaran_ppt.c
> @@ -1281,8 +1281,12 @@ static int aldebaran_get_power_limit(struct smu_context *smu,
>  
>  	if (current_power_limit)
>  		*current_power_limit = power_limit;
> -	if (default_power_limit)
> -		*default_power_limit = power_limit;
> +	if (default_power_limit) {
> +		if (pptable)
> +			*default_power_limit = pptable->PptLimit;
> +		else
> +			*default_power_limit = power_limit;
> +	}

[Severity: Medium]
On Aldebaran multi-die GPUs, could this cause the secondary die to report a
non-zero default power limit in hwmon (power1_cap_default)?

Earlier in aldebaran_get_power_limit(), both the SMU_MSG_GetPptLimit query
and the pptable->PptLimit fallback are guarded by aldebaran_is_primary(smu)
(from commit 076f55a45e9e ("drm/amd/pm: Only primary die supports power
data")):

	/* Valid power data is available only from primary die.
	 * For secondary die show the value as 0.
	 */
	if (aldebaran_is_primary(smu)) {
		ret = smu_cmn_send_smc_msg(smu, SMU_MSG_GetPptLimit,
					   &power_limit);

		if (ret) {
			/* the last hope to figure out the ppt limit */
			if (!pptable) {
				dev_err(smu->adev->dev,
					"Cannot get PPT limit due to pptable missing!");
				return -EINVAL;
			}
			power_limit = pptable->PptLimit;
		}
	}

Similarly, aldebaran_set_power_limit() rejects changes on the secondary
die:

	/* Power limit can be set only through primary die */
	if (aldebaran_is_primary(smu))
		return smu_v13_0_set_power_limit(smu, limit_type, limit);

	return -EINVAL;

Because smu->smu_table.driver_pptable is allocated and populated on all
dies via aldebaran_init_smc_tables() -> smu_v13_0_init_smc_tables() and
aldebaran_store_powerplay_table(), pptable is non-NULL on the secondary
die.

When smu_late_init() -> smu_get_asic_power_limits() calls
aldebaran_get_power_limit(), *default_power_limit was previously set to
power_limit (0 on the secondary die), whereas now it will be set to
pptable->PptLimit without checking aldebaran_is_primary(smu). Should the
pptable->PptLimit assignment for default_power_limit also be gated on
aldebaran_is_primary(smu)?

>  
>  	if (max_power_limit) {
>  		if (pptable)

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] gpu: host1x: Wait for timeout worker completion on channel free

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] gpu: host1x: self-deadlock in cdma_timeout_destroy() from timeout worker
--

commit b332f714cbff777dfee1bb3478ceeef598654573
Author: Mikko Perttunen <mperttunen@nvidia.com>

gpu: host1x: Wait for timeout worker completion on channel free

This commit updates cdma_timeout_destroy() to use
cancel_delayed_work_sync() instead of cancel_delayed_work() so that any
running timeout handler finishes before CDMA teardown proceeds.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260609-b4-host1x-small-fixes-a-v1-1-7c1131c0b3ad@nvidia.com

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c b/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c
> index 3f3f0018eee0d..ab714d221120c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c
> @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static int cdma_timeout_init(struct host1x_cdma *cdma)
>  static void cdma_timeout_destroy(struct host1x_cdma *cdma)
>  {
>  	if (cdma->timeout.initialized)
> -		cancel_delayed_work(&cdma->timeout.wq);
> +		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cdma->timeout.wq);

[Severity: High]
Can calling cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cdma->timeout.wq) here self-deadlock
when invoked from within cdma_timeout_handler() itself?

Before taking cdma->lock, cdma_timeout_handler() runs without holding a
reference of its own on struct host1x_channel and calls
host1x_debug_dump():

drivers/gpu/host1x/hw/cdma_hw.c:cdma_timeout_handler() {
	...
	host1x_debug_dump(cdma_to_host1x(cdma));

	mutex_lock(&cdma->lock);
	...
}

host1x_debug_dump() calls show_all(), which iterates over all channels,
acquires a temporary kref via host1x_channel_get_index(), dumps the
channel, and drops that reference via host1x_channel_put():

drivers/gpu/host1x/debug.c:show_all() {
	...
	for (i = 0; i < m->info->nb_channels; ++i) {
		struct host1x_channel *ch = host1x_channel_get_index(m, i);

		if (ch) {
			show_channel(ch, o, show_fifo);
			host1x_channel_put(ch);
		}
	}
	...
}

If the channel owner closes the channel and calls host1x_channel_put()
while cdma_timeout_handler() is inside show_channel() holding that
temporary reference on its own channel, the owner's kref_put() decrements
ch->refcount from 2 to 1 and returns without releasing the channel.

When show_channel() finishes, the host1x_channel_put(ch) in show_all()
drops ch->refcount from 1 to 0 and synchronously calls release_channel()
from the cdma->timeout.wq worker context:

cdma_timeout_handler()
  -> host1x_debug_dump()
    -> show_all()
      -> host1x_channel_put()
        -> release_channel()
          -> host1x_hw_cdma_stop()
          -> host1x_cdma_deinit()
            -> host1x_hw_cdma_timeout_destroy()
              -> cdma_timeout_destroy()
                -> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cdma->timeout.wq)

At that point, if cdma->sync_queue is not yet empty, host1x_hw_cdma_stop()
blocks indefinitely waiting on CDMA_EVENT_SYNC_QUEUE_EMPTY; otherwise it
proceeds to cdma_timeout_destroy(), where cancel_delayed_work_sync() waits
for the currently executing cdma->timeout.wq work item to complete,
deadlocking the worker thread.

>  
>  	cdma->timeout.initialized = false;
>  }

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.15] drm/amd/pm: Validate Tonga PPTable subtable bounds

[sashiko-bot]

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 5 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] drm/amd/pm: NULL vdd_dep_on_sclk deref in get_pcie_table() and get_gpio_table()
- [Medium] drm/amd/pm: 1-byte OOB read in get_tonga_sclk_dependency_table() and PCIE
- [Medium] drm/amd/pm: missing PPTable and state array bounds in check_powerplay_tables()
- [Medium] drm/amd/pm: unchecked ppt_get_vce_state_table_entry_v1_0() error in get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0()
- [Medium] drm/amd/pm: memory leak in pp_tables_v1_0_initialize() on subtable error
--

commit f47b28bb12da9445f349f0b309395380a9db541f
Author: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

drm/amd/pm: Validate Tonga PPTable subtable bounds

This commit adds bounds validation helpers for Tonga PowerPlay subtables
to validate fixed subtable headers, dynamic entry arrays, and
revision-specific layouts before consuming VBIOS or user-supplied PPTable
data.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c
> index 6cfef1b295abb..a4cdae8ac73cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c
> @@ -150,6 +150,368 @@ static const void *get_powerplay_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
>  	return table_address;
>  }
>  
> +static bool tonga_pp_table_has_space(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, size_t offset,
> +				     size_t size)
> +{
> +	size_t table_size = hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size;
> +
> +	return offset <= table_size && size <= table_size - offset;
> +}

[Severity: Medium]
Can the new get_tonga_*_table() helpers and check_powerplay_tables() read
out of bounds past hwmgr->soft_pp_table when hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size is
smaller than sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE), or when usStateArrayOffset
and state_arrays->ucNumEntries exceed hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size?

In drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/process_pptables_v1_0.c,
get_powerplay_table() caches hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size from
smu_atom_get_data_table() without checking that it is at least
sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE):

	if (!table_address) {
		table_address = (ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *)
				smu_atom_get_data_table(hwmgr->adev,
						index, &size, &frev, &crev);
		hwmgr->soft_pp_table = table_address;	/*Cache the result in RAM.*/
		hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size = size;
	}

All of the new get_tonga_*_table() subtable helpers dereference offset
fields directly from powerplay_table (up to usGPIOTableOffset at the end
of ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE) before calling tonga_pp_table_has_space().

In addition, because the prerequisite Tonga state-array bounds validation
from the upstream series is not present on this branch,
check_powerplay_tables(), get_number_of_powerplay_table_entries_v1_0(), and
get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0() still compute and dereference state_arrays
without checking hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size:

static int check_powerplay_tables(
		struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table
		)
{
	const ATOM_Tonga_State_Array *state_arrays;

	state_arrays = (ATOM_Tonga_State_Array *)(((unsigned long)powerplay_table) +
		le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset));
	...
	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((0 != powerplay_table->usStateArrayOffset),
		"State table is not set!", return -1);
	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((0 < powerplay_table->sHeader.usStructureSize),
		"Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);
	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((0 < state_arrays->ucNumEntries),
		"Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -1);

Should the base ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE size and state_arrays bounds also
be validated against hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size before dereferencing them?

[ ... ]

> +static int get_tonga_sclk_dependency_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
> +		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
> +		const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header **sclk_dep_table)
> +{
> +	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *header;
> +	u16 table_offset;
> +	size_t entries_offset;
> +	size_t entry_size;
> +	u8 num_entries;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usSclkDependencyTableOffset);
> +	ret = get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
> +				 sizeof(*header), (const void **)&header);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (header->ucRevId < 1) {
> +		const ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *table =
> +			(const ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *)header;
> +
> +		entries_offset = offsetof(ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table, entries);
> +		entry_size = sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Record);
> +		num_entries = table->ucNumEntries;
> +	} else {
> +		const ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Table *table =
> +			(const ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Table *)header;
> +
> +		entries_offset = offsetof(ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Table, entries);
> +		entry_size = sizeof(ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Record);
> +		num_entries = table->ucNumEntries;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = validate_tonga_table_entries(hwmgr, table_offset, entries_offset,
> +					   num_entries, entry_size);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	*sclk_dep_table = header;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int get_tonga_pcie_table(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr,
> +		const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *powerplay_table,
> +		const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header **pcie_table)
> +{
> +	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *header;
> +	u16 table_offset;
> +	size_t entries_offset;
> +	size_t entry_size;
> +	u8 num_entries;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	table_offset = le16_to_cpu(powerplay_table->usPCIETableOffset);
> +	ret = get_tonga_subtable(hwmgr, powerplay_table, table_offset,
> +				 sizeof(*header), (const void **)&header);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (header->ucRevId < 1) {
> +		const ATOM_Tonga_PCIE_Table *table =
> +			(const ATOM_Tonga_PCIE_Table *)header;
> +
> +		entries_offset = offsetof(ATOM_Tonga_PCIE_Table, entries);
> +		entry_size = sizeof(ATOM_Tonga_PCIE_Record);
> +		num_entries = table->ucNumEntries;
> +	} else {
> +		const ATOM_Polaris10_PCIE_Table *table =
> +			(const ATOM_Polaris10_PCIE_Table *)header;
> +
> +		entries_offset = offsetof(ATOM_Polaris10_PCIE_Table, entries);
> +		entry_size = sizeof(ATOM_Polaris10_PCIE_Record);
> +		num_entries = table->ucNumEntries;
> +	}

[Severity: Medium]
Does reading table->ucNumEntries in get_tonga_sclk_dependency_table() and
get_tonga_pcie_table() cause a 1-byte out-of-bounds read past
hwmgr->soft_pp_table when table_offset equals hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size - 1?

In drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/pptable_v1_0.h,
PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header is only 1 byte:

typedef struct _PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header {
	UCHAR  ucRevId;
} PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header;

Both get_tonga_sclk_dependency_table() and get_tonga_pcie_table() pass
sizeof(*header) (1 byte) to get_tonga_subtable(), and then immediately
cast header to the concrete subtable type and read table->ucNumEntries at
table_offset + 1 before calling validate_tonga_table_entries().

If usSclkDependencyTableOffset or usPCIETableOffset is
hwmgr->soft_pp_table_size - 1, get_tonga_subtable() succeeds for the 1-byte
header and table->ucNumEntries reads 1 byte past the end of
hwmgr->soft_pp_table.

[ ... ]

> @@ -821,29 +1177,58 @@ static int init_clock_voltage_dependency(
>  	pp_table_information->pcie_table = NULL;
>  	pp_table_information->gpio_table = NULL;
>  
> -	if (powerplay_table->usMMDependencyTableOffset != 0)
> -		result = get_mm_clock_voltage_table(hwmgr,
> -		&pp_table_information->mm_dep_table, mm_dependency_table);
> +	if (powerplay_table->usMMDependencyTableOffset != 0) {
> +		result = get_tonga_mm_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
> +						       &mm_dependency_table);
> +		if (!result)
> +			result = get_mm_clock_voltage_table(hwmgr,
> +				&pp_table_information->mm_dep_table,
> +				mm_dependency_table);
> +	}
>  
> -	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usPowerTuneTableOffset != 0)
> -		result = get_cac_tdp_table(hwmgr,
> -		&pp_table_information->cac_dtp_table, pPowerTuneTable);
> +	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usPowerTuneTableOffset != 0) {
> +		result = get_tonga_power_tune_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
> +						    &pPowerTuneTable);
> +		if (!result)
> +			result = get_cac_tdp_table(hwmgr,
> +				&pp_table_information->cac_dtp_table,
> +				pPowerTuneTable);
> +	}
>  
> -	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usSclkDependencyTableOffset != 0)
> -		result = get_sclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
> -		&pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk, sclk_dep_table);
> +	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usSclkDependencyTableOffset != 0) {
> +		result = get_tonga_sclk_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
> +							 &sclk_dep_table);
> +		if (!result)
> +			result = get_sclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
> +				&pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk,
> +				sclk_dep_table);
> +	}
>  
> -	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usMclkDependencyTableOffset != 0)
> -		result = get_mclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
> -		&pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_mclk, mclk_dep_table);
> +	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usMclkDependencyTableOffset != 0) {
> +		result = get_tonga_mclk_dependency_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
> +							 &mclk_dep_table);
> +		if (!result)
> +			result = get_mclk_voltage_dependency_table(hwmgr,
> +				&pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_mclk,
> +				mclk_dep_table);
> +	}
>  
> -	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usPCIETableOffset != 0)
> -		result = get_pcie_table(hwmgr,
> -		&pp_table_information->pcie_table, pcie_table);
> +	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usPCIETableOffset != 0) {
> +		result = get_tonga_pcie_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
> +					      &pcie_table);
> +		if (!result)
> +			result = get_pcie_table(hwmgr,
> +				&pp_table_information->pcie_table, pcie_table);
> +	}
>  
> -	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usHardLimitTableOffset != 0)
> -		result = get_hard_limits(hwmgr,
> -		&pp_table_information->max_clock_voltage_on_dc, pHardLimits);
> +	if (result == 0 && powerplay_table->usHardLimitTableOffset != 0) {
> +		result = get_tonga_hard_limit_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
> +						    &pHardLimits);
> +		if (!result)
> +			result = get_hard_limits(hwmgr,
> +				&pp_table_information->max_clock_voltage_on_dc,
> +				pHardLimits);
> +	}
>  
>  	hwmgr->dyn_state.max_clock_voltage_on_dc.sclk =
>  		pp_table_information->max_clock_voltage_on_dc.sclk;
> @@ -864,9 +1249,13 @@ static int init_clock_voltage_dependency(
>  		result = get_valid_clk(hwmgr, &pp_table_information->valid_sclk_values,
>  		pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk);
>  
> -	if (!result && gpio_table)
> -		result = get_gpio_table(hwmgr, &pp_table_information->gpio_table,
> -				gpio_table);
> +	if (!result && powerplay_table->usGPIOTableOffset) {
> +		result = get_tonga_gpio_table(hwmgr, powerplay_table,
> +					      &gpio_table);
> +		if (!result)
> +			result = get_gpio_table(hwmgr,
> +				&pp_table_information->gpio_table, gpio_table);
> +	}
>  
>  	return result;
>  }

[Severity: High]
What happens in init_clock_voltage_dependency() if a malformed PPTable has
usSclkDependencyTableOffset == 0 while usPCIETableOffset != 0 or
usGPIOTableOffset != 0?

In init_clock_voltage_dependency(), pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk
is initialized to NULL and is only populated when
powerplay_table->usSclkDependencyTableOffset != 0 (as anticipated before
get_valid_clk(), which checks NULL != pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk).

However, when usPCIETableOffset != 0 or usGPIOTableOffset != 0,
get_pcie_table() and get_gpio_table() are called and unconditionally
dereference pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk->count:

get_pcie_table():
	pcie_count = (pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk->count) + 1;

get_gpio_table():
	if (pp_table_information->vdd_dep_on_sclk->count <
			atom_gpio_table->ucVRHotTriggeredSclkDpmIndex)

Can this trigger a NULL pointer dereference on a table with
usSclkDependencyTableOffset == 0?

[Severity: Medium]
Also in init_clock_voltage_dependency(), init_dpm_2_parameters(), and
init_thermal_controller(), if one of the new get_tonga_*() subtable bounds
checks fails after earlier subtables have been allocated, does
pp_tables_v1_0_initialize() leak hwmgr->pptable,
hwmgr->dyn_state.cac_dtp_table, and the already-allocated subtable arrays
in pp_table_information?

When pp_tables_v1_0_initialize() returns a non-zero result:

pp_tables_v1_0_initialize() {
	...
	result = init_clock_voltage_dependency(hwmgr, powerplay_table);

	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((result == 0),
			    "init_clock_voltage_dependency failed", return result);

	result = init_dpm_2_parameters(hwmgr, powerplay_table);

	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((result == 0),
			    "init_dpm_2_parameters failed", return result);
}

its caller hwmgr_hw_init() in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/hwmgr.c
jumps to err, bypassing err1 where pptable_fini()
(pp_tables_v1_0_uninitialize()) would otherwise free those allocations:

	ret = hwmgr->pptable_func->pptable_init(hwmgr);
	if (ret)
		goto err;
	...
err1:
	if (hwmgr->pptable_func->pptable_fini)
		hwmgr->pptable_func->pptable_fini(hwmgr);
err:
	return ret;

[ ... ]

> @@ -1290,13 +1683,15 @@ static int ppt_get_num_of_vce_state_table_entries_v1_0(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr)
>  {
>  	const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *pp_table = get_powerplay_table(hwmgr);
>  	const ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Table *vce_state_table;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  
>  	if (pp_table == NULL)
>  		return 0;
>  
> -	vce_state_table = (void *)pp_table +
> -			le16_to_cpu(pp_table->usVCEStateTableOffset);
> +	ret = get_tonga_vce_state_table(hwmgr, pp_table, &vce_state_table);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return 0;
>  
>  	return vce_state_table->ucNumEntries;
>  }
> @@ -1305,18 +1700,39 @@ static int ppt_get_vce_state_table_entry_v1_0(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, uint32_t i
>  		struct amd_vce_state *vce_state, void **clock_info, uint32_t *flag)
>  {
>  	const ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Record *vce_state_record;
> -	ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Record *sclk_dep_record;
> +	ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Record *sclk_dep_record = NULL;
> +	ATOM_Polaris_SCLK_Dependency_Record *polaris_sclk_dep_record = NULL;
>  	ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Record *mclk_dep_record;
>  	ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Record *mm_dep_record;
>  	const ATOM_Tonga_POWERPLAYTABLE *pptable = get_powerplay_table(hwmgr);
> -	const ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Table *vce_state_table = (ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Table *)(((unsigned long)pptable)
> -							  + le16_to_cpu(pptable->usVCEStateTableOffset));
> -	const ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *sclk_dep_table = (ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *)(((unsigned long)pptable)
> -							  + le16_to_cpu(pptable->usSclkDependencyTableOffset));
> -	const ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table *mclk_dep_table = (ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table *)(((unsigned long)pptable)
> -							  + le16_to_cpu(pptable->usMclkDependencyTableOffset));
> -	const ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table *mm_dep_table = (ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table *)(((unsigned long)pptable)
> -							  + le16_to_cpu(pptable->usMMDependencyTableOffset));
> +	const ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Table *vce_state_table;
> +	const PPTable_Generic_SubTable_Header *sclk_dep_table_header;
> +	const ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *sclk_dep_table;
> +	const ATOM_Tonga_MCLK_Dependency_Table *mclk_dep_table;
> +	const ATOM_Tonga_MM_Dependency_Table *mm_dep_table;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (!pptable)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	ret = get_tonga_vce_state_table(hwmgr, pptable, &vce_state_table);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	ret = get_tonga_sclk_dependency_table(hwmgr, pptable,
> +					      &sclk_dep_table_header);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +	sclk_dep_table = (const ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Table *)
> +		sclk_dep_table_header;
> +
> +	ret = get_tonga_mclk_dependency_table(hwmgr, pptable, &mclk_dep_table);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	ret = get_tonga_mm_dependency_table(hwmgr, pptable, &mm_dep_table);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  
>  	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((i < vce_state_table->ucNumEntries),
>  			 "Requested state entry ID is out of range!",
> @@ -1325,10 +1741,27 @@ static int ppt_get_vce_state_table_entry_v1_0(struct pp_hwmgr *hwmgr, uint32_t i
>  	vce_state_record = GET_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER_ADDR(
>  					ATOM_Tonga_VCE_State_Record,
>  					entries, vce_state_table, i);
> -	sclk_dep_record = GET_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER_ADDR(
> -					ATOM_Tonga_SCLK_Dependency_Record,
> -					entries, sclk_dep_table,
> -					vce_state_record->ucSCLKIndex);
> +	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((vce_state_record->ucSCLKIndex <
> +			     sclk_dep_table->ucNumEntries),
> +			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -EINVAL);
> +	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((vce_state_record->ucVCEClockIndex <
> +			     mm_dep_table->ucNumEntries),
> +			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -EINVAL);
> +	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((mclk_dep_table->ucNumEntries != 0),
> +			    "Invalid PowerPlay Table!", return -EINVAL);

[Severity: Medium]
When ppt_get_vce_state_table_entry_v1_0() returns early on one of these new
validation checks, how does the caller get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0()
handle the failure?

In get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0():

	hwmgr->num_vce_state_tables = i = ppt_get_num_of_vce_state_table_entries_v1_0(hwmgr);

	if ((i != 0) && (i <= AMD_MAX_VCE_LEVELS)) {
		for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
			ppt_get_vce_state_table_entry_v1_0(hwmgr, j, &(hwmgr->vce_states[j]), NULL, &flags);
	}

ppt_get_num_of_vce_state_table_entries_v1_0() only validates
get_tonga_vce_state_table() (and does not check ucNumEntries <=
AMD_MAX_VCE_LEVELS). If ppt_get_vce_state_table_entry_v1_0() fails on
get_tonga_sclk_dependency_table(), get_tonga_mclk_dependency_table(),
get_tonga_mm_dependency_table(), or the ucSCLKIndex / ucVCEClockIndex range
checks, its return value is ignored and hwmgr->num_vce_state_tables remains
set to i while hwmgr->vce_states[j] is left unpopulated or retains stale
data after a sysfs pp_table update.

Similarly, if i > AMD_MAX_VCE_LEVELS, the loop is skipped while
hwmgr->num_vce_state_tables remains set to i, which
pp_dpm_get_vce_clock_state() in
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/amd_powerplay.c then uses to bounds-check
hwmgr->vce_states[idx]:

	if (idx < hwmgr->num_vce_state_tables)
		return &hwmgr->vce_states[idx];

Should get_powerplay_table_entry_v1_0() check the return value of
ppt_get_vce_state_table_entry_v1_0() and reset hwmgr->num_vce_state_tables
to 0 when i > AMD_MAX_VCE_LEVELS or when entry parsing fails?

[ ... ]

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/msm: detach the ARM DMA mapping before attaching our own domain

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- [High] drm/msm: NULL dereference in __free_iova() via msm_iommu_new() detach
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commit 8a10d4b676f6bf2e4f498788e23c54cc872ffbc5
Author: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>

drm/msm: detach the ARM DMA mapping before attaching our own domain

This commit detaches and releases the default ARM32 DMA IOMMU mapping in
msm_iommu_new() before attaching the driver's own IOMMU domain so that
__iommu_attach_group() does not fail with -EBUSY on ARM32 platforms with
CONFIG_ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU enabled.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260730-fix-qcom-smmu-v2-3-18e0daf2d836@oss.qualcomm.com

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c
> index 82a172f21a3ec..41a4eaa1b8fd9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_iommu.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -746,6 +755,19 @@ struct msm_mmu *msm_iommu_new(struct device *dev, unsigned long quirks)
>  
>  	mutex_init(&iommu->init_lock);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * ARM32 attaches a DMA mapping domain to every IOMMU-backed device,
> +	 * which would make attaching our own domain fail with -EBUSY.
> +	 */
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU)) {
> +		struct dma_iommu_mapping *mapping = to_dma_iommu_mapping(dev);
> +
> +		if (mapping) {
> +			arm_iommu_detach_device(dev);
> +			arm_iommu_release_mapping(mapping);
> +		}
> +	}

[Severity: High]
Could backporting this patch without the rest of its upstream series cause a
NULL pointer dereference in __free_iova() when probing the GPU or display
controller on APQ8064?

Upstream commit 140b13475302 ("drm/msm: detach the ARM DMA mapping before
attaching our own domain") is patch 3/3 of the series at
20260730-fix-qcom-smmu-v2-3-18e0daf2d836@oss.qualcomm.com, alongside two
prerequisite fixes in drivers/iommu/msm_iommu.c:

  1/3: "iommu/msm: track a context master per device and IOMMU"
  2/3: "iommu/msm: use the IOMMU device for page table allocation"

Neither of those prerequisite patches is present in this tree.

During initial DMA setup in arm_setup_iommu_dma_ops(),
__arm_iommu_attach_device(dev, mapping) runs before set_dma_ops(dev,
&iommu_ops). Without patch 2/3, msm_iommu_attach_dev() and
msm_iommu_domain_config() set priv->cfg.iommu_dev to the client device (dev)
instead of the IOMMU hardware device:

drivers/iommu/msm_iommu.c:msm_iommu_domain_config() {
	priv->cfg = (struct io_pgtable_cfg) {
		.pgsize_bitmap = priv->domain.pgsize_bitmap,
		.ias = 32,
		.oas = 32,
		.tlb = &msm_iommu_flush_ops,
		.iommu_dev = priv->dev,
	};
}

When alloc_io_pgtable_ops() allocates the L1 page table in
__arm_v7s_alloc_table(), dev->dma_ops is still NULL, so dma_map_single() uses
direct DMA and returns the physical RAM address virt_to_phys(data->pgd)
without allocating an IOVA in mapping. Afterward, arm_setup_iommu_dma_ops()
sets dev->dma_ops = &iommu_ops.

When msm_iommu_new() now calls arm_iommu_detach_device(dev),
iommu_detach_device() runs while dev->dma_ops is still &iommu_ops:

arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c:arm_iommu_detach_device() {
	...
	iommu_detach_device(mapping->domain, dev);
	kref_put(&mapping->kref, release_iommu_mapping);
	to_dma_iommu_mapping(dev) = NULL;
	set_dma_ops(dev, NULL);
}

This triggers the following call chain:

  iommu_detach_device(mapping->domain, dev)
    -> msm_iommu_identity_attach()
      -> free_io_pgtable_ops(priv->iop)
        -> arm_v7s_free_pgtable()
          -> __arm_v7s_free_table()
            -> dma_unmap_single(cfg->iommu_dev, __arm_v7s_dma_addr(table), ...)
              -> arm_iommu_unmap_page()
                -> __free_iova(mapping, iova, len)

Because cfg->iommu_dev is the client device and dev->dma_ops is still
&iommu_ops, arm_iommu_unmap_page() treats the page table's physical RAM
address (for example >= 0x80000000 on APQ8064) as an IOVA handle in
mapping->domain, hits WARN_ON(!ARM_V7S_PTE_IS_VALID(pte[i])) in iommu_unmap(),
and passes that address to __free_iova():

arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c:__free_iova() {
	...
	spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->lock, flags);
	bitmap_clear(mapping->bitmaps[bitmap_index], start, count);
	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->lock, flags);
}

Since arm_iommu_create_mapping() initializes mapping with base = 0,
mapping_size = 128 MB, extensions = 32, and nr_bitmaps = 1 (leaving
mapping->bitmaps[1..31] NULL), a physical address >= 0x80000000 yields
bitmap_index >= 16 and dereferences a NULL mapping->bitmaps[bitmap_index] (or
hits BUG_ON(bitmap_index >= mapping->nr_bitmaps) if out of range).

In addition, this tree includes commit da33e87bd2bf ("iommu: Handle yet
another race around registration") without patch 1/3 ("iommu/msm: track a
context master per device and IOMMU"), so find_iommu_for_dev() and
msm_iommu_attach_dev() call list_first_entry(&iommu->ctx_list, ...) on IOMMU
instances whose ctx_list is still empty, and insert_iommu_master() does not
track per-IOMMU context masters for devices attached to two IOMMU instances
(gfx3d/gfx3d1 for the GPU and mdp_port0/mdp_port1 for MDP4).

Should patches 1/3 and 2/3 from the same series also be backported before
this change?

> +
>  	ret = iommu_attach_device(iommu->domain, dev);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		iommu_domain_free(domain);

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/rockchip: dw_hdmi: Use resume_early pm ops for system suspend

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] drm/rockchip: dw_hdmi: UAF in dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume_early() on stale drvdata
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commit c6209b9cde57945de5a9c2033ae8339d9c3026b8
Author: Jonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se>

drm/rockchip: dw_hdmi: Use resume_early pm ops for system suspend

This commit switches the dw-hdmi Rockchip glue driver to use the
resume_early PM callback so that dw_hdmi_resume() runs before
rockchip_drm_sys_resume() during system resume. It also adds a NULL check on
the driver data pointer in dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume_early().

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260518193748.2482823-12-jonas@kwiboo.se

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c
> index 727cdf768161a..ff34aeef3a6ff 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c
> @@ -635,17 +635,18 @@ static void dw_hdmi_rockchip_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	component_del(&pdev->dev, &dw_hdmi_rockchip_ops);
>  }
>  
> -static int __maybe_unused dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume(struct device *dev)
> +static int __maybe_unused dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume_early(struct device *dev)
>  {
>  	struct rockchip_hdmi *hdmi = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
>  
> -	dw_hdmi_resume(hdmi->hdmi);
> +	if (hdmi)
> +		dw_hdmi_resume(hdmi->hdmi);

[Severity: High]
Is checking if (hdmi) sufficient to guarantee that hdmi and hdmi->hdmi are
valid here?

In drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/dw_hdmi-rockchip.c, hdmi is allocated with
devm_kzalloc() inside dw_hdmi_rockchip_bind(), which runs inside the
component devres group opened by component_bind().

dw_hdmi_rockchip_bind() sets the driver data before calling dw_hdmi_bind(),
and does not clear it on failure:

	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, hdmi);

	hdmi->hdmi = dw_hdmi_bind(pdev, encoder, plat_data);

	if (IS_ERR(hdmi->hdmi)) {
		ret = PTR_ERR(hdmi->hdmi);
		goto err_bind;
	}

	return 0;

err_bind:
	drm_encoder_cleanup(encoder);

	return ret;

When dw_hdmi_bind() fails (for example with -EPROBE_DEFER when the DDC I2C
adapter is not ready), component_bind() calls devres_release_group(), which
frees hdmi and disables the devm-managed clocks and regulators while leaving
dev->driver_data as a non-NULL dangling pointer.

Similarly, dw_hdmi_rockchip_unbind() does not clear dev->driver_data before
component_unbind() calls devres_release_group():

static void dw_hdmi_rockchip_unbind(struct device *dev, struct device *master,
				    void *data)
{
	struct rockchip_hdmi *hdmi = dev_get_drvdata(dev);

	dw_hdmi_unbind(hdmi->hdmi);
	drm_encoder_cleanup(&hdmi->encoder.encoder);
}

If a system suspend/resume occurs after a failed bind or after component
unbind, wouldn't dev_get_drvdata(dev) in dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume_early()
return a non-NULL dangling pointer and pass a freed or ERR_PTR hdmi->hdmi to
dw_hdmi_resume() while the HDMI clocks and regulators are disabled?

>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static const struct dev_pm_ops dw_hdmi_rockchip_pm = {
> -	SET_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(NULL, dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume)
> +	SET_LATE_SYSTEM_SLEEP_PM_OPS(NULL, dw_hdmi_rockchip_resume_early)
>  };
>  
>  struct platform_driver dw_hdmi_rockchip_pltfm_driver = {

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/amdgpu: Gate debugfs MMIO access on kernel lockdown

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] drm/amdgpu: init-only lockdown check in amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init() bypassed
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commit d191beaf95739f7c453353f0fddff9c76024a56e
Author: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>

drm/amdgpu: Gate debugfs MMIO access on kernel lockdown

This commit skips creating hardware register debugfs nodes in
amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init() when kernel lockdown (LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS) is
active during initialization.

>     drm/amdgpu: Gate debugfs MMIO access on kernel lockdown
>     
>     [ Upstream commit 17ac73b24006700f50972d37e297dec1f523c14a ]
>     
>     amdgpu_regs, amdgpu_regs2, and related debugfs nodes allow
>     arbitrary MMIO read/write via RREG32/WREG32 without checking
>     security_locked_down(). On kernel_lockdown=integrity systems
>     this bypasses the same restrictions as /dev/mem and PCI config
>     space sysfs.
>     
>     Check LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS (matching pci-sysfs) at the entry of every
>     debugfs handler that performs direct register access.
>     
>     v2: Use consistent check as per previous check to use
>     LOCKDOWN_DEBUGFS(Lijo)
>     
>     v3: Do not create any entry from amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init() if
>     LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS is active and log once. (Lijo)
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Asad Kamal <asad.kamal@amd.com>
>     Reviewed-by: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
> index a70651050acff..5dac8f0f34143 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -1646,6 +1647,12 @@ int amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
>  	struct dentry *ent, *root = minor->debugfs_root;
>  	unsigned int i;
>  
> +	if (security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS)) {
> +		drm_info(adev_to_drm(adev),
> +			 "amdgpu: HW debugfs nodes disabled (kernel lockdown)\n");
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(debugfs_regs); i++) {
>  		ent = debugfs_create_file(debugfs_regs_names[i],
>  					  S_IFREG | 0400, root,

[Severity: Medium]
Can this lockdown check be bypassed when kernel lockdown is enabled at
runtime after the driver has already probed?

If amdgpu initializes before lockdown is enabled (for example, when built-in
or loaded from initramfs) and userspace later enables integrity or
confidentiality lockdown by writing to /sys/kernel/security/lockdown via
lockdown_write() -> lock_kernel_down(), amdgpu_debugfs_regs_init() has
already created the debugfs_regs files with mode 0400:

security/lockdown/lockdown.c:lockdown_write() {
	...
		if (label && !strcmp(state, label))
			err = lock_kernel_down("securityfs", level);
	...
}

Because amdgpu_regs, amdgpu_regs_didt, amdgpu_regs_pcie, amdgpu_regs_smc,
amdgpu_wave, and amdgpu_gpr have mode 0400 and their file_operations structs
do not define .unlocked_ioctl, .compat_ioctl, or .mmap, opening them with
O_RDONLY is permitted by debugfs_locked_down() without consulting
security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_DEBUGFS):

fs/debugfs/file.c:debugfs_locked_down() {
	if ((inode->i_mode & 07777 & ~0444) == 0 &&
	    !(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
	    (!real_fops ||
	     (!real_fops->unlocked_ioctl &&
	      !real_fops->compat_ioctl &&
	      !real_fops->mmap)))
		return 0;

	if (security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_DEBUGFS))
		return -EPERM;

	return 0;
}

Subsequent read() calls then reach amdgpu_debugfs_process_reg_op() and its
sibling handlers with no security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS) check,
allowing arbitrary RREG32() reads as well as MMIO writes to bank and index
selection registers such as GRBM_GFX_INDEX via amdgpu_gfx_select_se_sh() and
SRBM_GFX_CNTL via amdgpu_gfx_select_me_pipe_q(). In addition, any file
descriptor opened O_RDWR before lockdown was activated retains unrestricted
MMIO write and ioctl access (WREG32() / amdgpu_mm_wreg_mmio_rlc()) after
lockdown is enabled.

Also, the commit message body still states:

  "Check LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS (matching pci-sysfs) at the entry of every
   debugfs handler that performs direct register access."

Should security_locked_down(LOCKDOWN_PCI_ACCESS) also be checked in the
debugfs file operations handlers (or should the commit message be updated to
match the v3 implementation)?

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.15] drm/amd/pm: Guard VBIOS AC timing table walk

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] drm/amd/pm: unchecked index table walk in atomctrl_set_mc_reg_address_table()
--

commit a6c602ed4f05fc0e3395f511194128fee6bac1cc
Author: Xiang Liu <xiang.liu@amd.com>

drm/amd/pm: Guard VBIOS AC timing table walk

This commit rejects AC timing blocks with a stride smaller than a dword and
bounds the data-block and END marker reads in atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing() by
the returned VRAM_Info table size.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/ppatomctrl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/ppatomctrl.c
> index ce166a7f8e420..85bf1527c6f44 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/ppatomctrl.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/ppatomctrl.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -157,6 +170,7 @@ int atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table(
>  	}
>  
>  	if (0 == result) {
> +		table_end = (uint8_t *)vram_info + size;
>  		reg_block = (ATOM_INIT_REG_BLOCK *)
>  			((uint8_t *)vram_info + le16_to_cpu(vram_info->usMemClkPatchTblOffset));
>  		result = atomctrl_set_mc_reg_address_table(reg_block, table);
>  	}
>  
>  	if (0 == result) {
>  		result = atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing(module_index,
> -					reg_block, table);
> +					reg_block, table_end, table);
>  	}

[Severity: Medium]
The commit message notes that the reads are bounded by the returned VRAM_Info
table size so malformed index/data sizes do not push the timing walk past the
table.

However, in both atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table() and
atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table_v2_2(), table_end is only passed to
atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing(). Prior to that call, reg_block is computed from
vram_info->usMemClkPatchTblOffset and passed directly to
atomctrl_set_mc_reg_address_table() without checking whether reg_block or its
index table fits within table_end:

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/ppatomctrl.c:atomctrl_set_mc_reg_address_table() {
	uint8_t i = 0;
	uint8_t num_entries = (uint8_t)((le16_to_cpu(reg_block->usRegIndexTblSize))
			/ sizeof(ATOM_INIT_REG_INDEX_FORMAT));
	ATOM_INIT_REG_INDEX_FORMAT *format = &reg_block->asRegIndexBuf[0];

	num_entries--;        /* subtract 1 data end mark entry */

	PP_ASSERT_WITH_CODE((num_entries <= VBIOS_MC_REGISTER_ARRAY_SIZE),
			"Invalid VramInfo table.", return -1);

	/* ucPreRegDataLength bit6 = 1 is the end of memory clock AC timing registers */
	while ((!(format->ucPreRegDataLength & ACCESS_PLACEHOLDER)) &&
			(i < num_entries)) {
...
}

In atomctrl_set_mc_reg_address_table(), there are a few issues when handling a
malformed VBIOS table:

First, reg_block->usRegIndexTblSize is dereferenced and format->asRegIndexBuf
is walked without validating against table_end.

Second, the while loop condition evaluates format->ucPreRegDataLength before
checking i < num_entries, which reads one entry past num_entries when
ACCESS_PLACEHOLDER is not encountered earlier.

Third, casting le16_to_cpu(reg_block->usRegIndexTblSize) /
sizeof(ATOM_INIT_REG_INDEX_FORMAT) to uint8_t truncates the 16-bit entry count
before decrementing num_entries and comparing against
VBIOS_MC_REGISTER_ARRAY_SIZE.

Should reg_block and atomctrl_set_mc_reg_address_table() also be bounded by
table_end, and should i < num_entries be checked before dereferencing format?

>  
>  	return result;

[ ... ]

> @@ -198,6 +213,7 @@ int atomctrl_initialize_mc_reg_table_v2_2(
>  	}
>  
>  	if (0 == result) {
> +		table_end = (uint8_t *)vram_info + size;
>  		reg_block = (ATOM_INIT_REG_BLOCK *)
>  			((uint8_t *)vram_info + le16_to_cpu(vram_info->usMemClkPatchTblOffset));
>  		result = atomctrl_set_mc_reg_address_table(reg_block, table);
>  	}
>  
>  	if (0 == result) {
>  		result = atomctrl_retrieve_ac_timing(module_index,
> -					reg_block, table);
> +					reg_block, table_end, table);
>  	}
>  
>  	return result;

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.12] drm/amdgpu: Guard reads in pcie state readout

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] drm/amdgpu: uninitialized pcie_regs fields in aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state()
--

commit c0c47257f13eed1e55050aec0ca9d8906dd7cf73
Author: Lijo Lazar <lijo.lazar@amd.com>

drm/amdgpu: Guard reads in pcie state readout

This commit introduces a helper to verify and retrieve the GPU's internal
upstream switch port and guards the upstream port PCIe configuration reads in
aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state() to avoid a NULL pointer dereference in
passthrough environments.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c
> index f9e2edf5260bc..4529627d13c5d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/aqua_vanjaram.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -650,25 +673,27 @@ static ssize_t aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	ds_pdev = pci_upstream_bridge(adev->pdev);
> -	us_pdev = pci_upstream_bridge(ds_pdev);
> +	us_pdev = aqua_vanjaram_get_us_pdev(adev);
> +	if (us_pdev) {
> +		pcie_capability_read_word(us_pdev, PCI_EXP_DEVSTA,
> +					  &pcie_regs->device_status);
> +		pcie_capability_read_word(us_pdev, PCI_EXP_LNKSTA,
> +					  &pcie_regs->link_status);
> +
> +		aer_cap = pci_find_ext_capability(us_pdev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_ERR);
> +		if (aer_cap) {
> +			pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev,
> +					      aer_cap + PCI_ERR_COR_STATUS,
> +					      &pcie_regs->pcie_corr_err_status);
> +			pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev,
> +					      aer_cap + PCI_ERR_UNCOR_STATUS,
> +					      &pcie_regs->pcie_uncorr_err_status);
> +		}
>  
> -	pcie_capability_read_word(us_pdev, PCI_EXP_DEVSTA,
> -				  &pcie_regs->device_status);
> -	pcie_capability_read_word(us_pdev, PCI_EXP_LNKSTA,
> -				  &pcie_regs->link_status);
> -
> -	aer_cap = pci_find_ext_capability(us_pdev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_ERR);
> -	if (aer_cap) {
> -		pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev, aer_cap + PCI_ERR_COR_STATUS,
> -				      &pcie_regs->pcie_corr_err_status);
> -		pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev, aer_cap + PCI_ERR_UNCOR_STATUS,
> -				      &pcie_regs->pcie_uncorr_err_status);
> +		pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev, PCI_PRIMARY_BUS,
> +				      &pcie_regs->sub_bus_number_latency);
>  	}

[Severity: High]
When aqua_vanjaram_get_us_pdev(adev) returns NULL (or when aer_cap is 0), do
these skipped fields in pcie_regs leak uninitialized kernel heap memory to
userspace?

When userspace reads the world-readable (0444) reg_state sysfs binary
attribute at offset AMDGPU_SYS_REG_STATE_PCIE, the buffer is allocated with
kmalloc() without __GFP_ZERO and passed down without being zeroed:

kernfs_file_read_iter()
  buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
  sysfs_kf_bin_read()
    amdgpu_sysfs_reg_state_get()
      amdgpu_asic_get_reg_state()
        aqua_vanjaram_get_reg_state()
          aqua_vanjaram_read_pcie_state()

Previously, pcie_regs->device_status, pcie_regs->link_status, and
pcie_regs->sub_bus_number_latency were unconditionally written. With this
change, when us_pdev is NULL, those fields along with
pcie_regs->pcie_corr_err_status and pcie_regs->pcie_uncorr_err_status are
left completely uninitialized in buf while pcie_regs->inst_header.state is
set to AMDGPU_INST_S_OK, and kernfs_file_read_iter() copies szbuf bytes back
to userspace via copy_to_iter().

Should these fields (or pcie_regs) be zero-initialized before populating the
state?

>  
> -	pci_read_config_dword(us_pdev, PCI_PRIMARY_BUS,
> -			      &pcie_regs->sub_bus_number_latency);
> -
>  	pcie_reg_state->common_header.structure_size = szbuf;
>  	pcie_reg_state->common_header.format_revision = 1;
>  	pcie_reg_state->common_header.content_revision = 0;

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] drm/amdgpu/atomfirmware: WARN() rather than BUG()

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] drm/amdgpu: missing error return in amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info()
--

commit 26bf4f616a4482a2f511b593f7d62e14678802b1
Author: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>

drm/amdgpu/atomfirmware: WARN() rather than BUG()

This commit removes the BUG() call in amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info()
when encountering an unhandled VBIOS gfx_info table revision on CHIP_NAVI10
and newer ASICs.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atomfirmware.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atomfirmware.c
> index c7d32fb216e4e..ce2a4a15d5ecb 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atomfirmware.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atomfirmware.c
> @@ -806,8 +806,6 @@ int amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
>  				   (crev != 6)) {
>  				spll->reference_freq = le32_to_cpu(gfx_info->v22.rlc_gpu_timer_refclk);
>  				ret = 0;
> -			} else {
> -				BUG();
>  			}
>  		}
>  	}

[Severity: Medium]
The commit subject says "WARN() rather than BUG()" and the commit message
states "Just return an error", but simply removing the else branch neither
emits a warning nor returns an error.

Earlier in amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info(), parsing any of the
preceding VBIOS tables (firmwareinfo, smu_info, or umc_info) overwrites ret
from -EINVAL to 0:

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_atomfirmware.c:amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info() {
	...
	if (amdgpu_atom_parse_data_header(mode_info->atom_context, index, NULL,
				   &frev, &crev, &data_offset)) {
		...
		adev->pm.current_sclk = adev->clock.default_sclk;
		adev->pm.current_mclk = adev->clock.default_mclk;

		ret = 0;
	}
	...
}

When amdgpu_device_init() -> amdgpu_atomfirmware_get_clock_info() runs on an
ASIC with adev->asic_type >= CHIP_NAVI10 and the VBIOS gfx_info table has an
(frev, crev) combination other than frev == 3 or frev == 2 with crev >= 2,
won't this now silently return 0 to amdgpu_device_init() while leaving
adev->clock.spll.reference_freq unupdated from gfx_info?

Should the else branch be kept to call WARN() and set ret = -EINVAL (or
return -EINVAL) so amdgpu_device_init() detects the failure?

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/virtio: abort virtqueue wait on device removal to avoid hung task

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 3 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] drm/virtio: un-emitted fence on abort in virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs()
- [Medium] drm/virtio: leak of vbuf->objs on abort in virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs()
- [Medium] drm/virtio: unreclaimed vbufs in virtio_gpu_deinit() on device removal
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commit 81841bb63e995940f01c6fe877305de441ff0e80
Author: Ryosuke Yasuoka <ryasuoka@redhat.com>

drm/virtio: abort virtqueue wait on device removal to avoid hung task

This commit adds a vqs_released flag to struct virtio_gpu_device and wakes
up the control and cursor virtqueue wait queues during virtio_gpu_remove()
and virtio_gpu_shutdown() so that threads waiting for virtqueue space exit
their drm_dev_enter() critical sections and unblock drm_dev_unplug().

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260601-virtio-gpu_wait_event-v3-1-89530517a98a@redhat.com

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
> index d9556e1b67b10..78cc388b434d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
> @@ -118,10 +118,24 @@ static int virtio_gpu_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Release pending virtqueue waits so the drm_dev_enter/exit() critical
> + * sections complete before drm_dev_unplug() blocks on synchronize_srcu().
> + */
> +static void virtio_gpu_release_vqs(struct drm_device *dev)
> +{
> +	struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev = dev->dev_private;
> +
> +	vgdev->vqs_released = true;
> +	wake_up_all(&vgdev->ctrlq.ack_queue);
> +	wake_up_all(&vgdev->cursorq.ack_queue);
> +}
> +
>  static void virtio_gpu_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  {
>  	struct drm_device *dev = vdev->priv;
>  
> +	virtio_gpu_release_vqs(dev);
>  	drm_dev_unplug(dev);
>  
>  	if (drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_ATOMIC))

[Severity: Medium]
When virtio_gpu_release_vqs() wakes a thread blocked on a full virtqueue,
the virtqueue itself still contains all of the previously queued
struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer entries that the host stopped processing.

Once drm_dev_unplug() unblocks, virtio_gpu_remove() proceeds to
virtio_gpu_deinit() and drm_dev_put() -> virtio_gpu_release():

drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c:virtio_gpu_deinit() {
	flush_work(&vgdev->obj_free_work);
	flush_work(&vgdev->ctrlq.dequeue_work);
	flush_work(&vgdev->cursorq.dequeue_work);
	flush_work(&vgdev->config_changed_work);
	virtio_reset_device(vgdev->vdev);
	vgdev->vdev->config->del_vqs(vgdev->vdev);
}

drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c:virtio_gpu_release() {
	...
	virtio_gpu_modeset_fini(vgdev);
	virtio_gpu_free_vbufs(vgdev);
	...
}

Because flush_work() on dequeue_work only reclaims buffers that the host
placed into the used ring via virtqueue_get_buf(), the unconsumed vbufs
left in ctrlq.vq and cursorq.vq are never detached via
virtqueue_detach_unused_buf() and freed before del_vqs() and
virtio_gpu_free_vbufs() -> kmem_cache_destroy(vgdev->vbufs).

Will this leak those in-flight vbufs (along with their resp_buf, data_buf,
and vbuf->objs references) and trigger a "Objects remaining on
__kmem_cache_shutdown()" warning in kmem_cache_destroy()?

[ ... ]

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
> index 592ad4f9b100d..244a791ab915e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
> @@ -422,7 +422,19 @@ static int virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
>  	if (vq->num_free < elemcnt) {
>  		spin_unlock(&vgdev->ctrlq.qlock);
>  		virtio_gpu_notify(vgdev);
> -		wait_event(vgdev->ctrlq.ack_queue, vq->num_free >= elemcnt);
> +		wait_event(vgdev->ctrlq.ack_queue,
> +			   vq->num_free >= elemcnt || vgdev->vqs_released);
> +		/*
> +		 * Set by virtio_gpu_release_vqs() to unblock
> +		 * synchronize_srcu() wait in drm_dev_unplug().
> +		 */
> +		if (vgdev->vqs_released) {
> +			if (fence && vbuf->objs)
> +				virtio_gpu_array_unlock_resv(vbuf->objs);
> +			free_vbuf(vgdev, vbuf);
> +			drm_dev_exit(idx);
> +			return -ENODEV;
> +		}
>  		goto again;
>  	}

[Severity: Medium]
Does this abort path leak vbuf->objs and the GEM object references it
holds?

Callers that attach a struct virtio_gpu_object_array to vbuf->objs (such
as virtio_gpu_cmd_submit(), virtio_gpu_cmd_transfer_to_host_2d(),
virtio_gpu_cmd_transfer_to_host_3d(), virtio_gpu_cmd_resource_flush(), and
virtio_gpu_cmd_create_resource()) transfer ownership of objs to the vbuf
and ignore the return value of virtio_gpu_queue_fenced_ctrl_buffer() and
virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_buffer().

On normal completion in virtio_gpu_dequeue_ctrl_func(), vbuf->objs is
released before free_vbuf():

drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c:virtio_gpu_dequeue_ctrl_func() {
	...
	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, &reclaim_list, list) {
		if (entry->objs)
			virtio_gpu_array_put_free_delayed(vgdev, entry->objs);
		list_del(&entry->list);
		free_vbuf(vgdev, entry);
	}
	...
}

However, free_vbuf() only frees vbuf->resp_buf, vbuf->data_buf, and vbuf:

drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c:free_vbuf() {
	if (vbuf->resp_size > MAX_INLINE_RESP_SIZE)
		kfree(vbuf->resp_buf);
	kvfree(vbuf->data_buf);
	kmem_cache_free(vgdev->vbufs, vbuf);
}

When vgdev->vqs_released is true, virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs() unlocks the
reservations on vbuf->objs when fenced, but never calls
virtio_gpu_array_put_free() or virtio_gpu_array_put_free_delayed() on
vbuf->objs.

[Severity: High]
What happens to callers that pass a non-NULL fence when
virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs() aborts here before calling
virtio_gpu_fence_emit()?

Because virtio_gpu_queue_fenced_ctrl_buffer() and its callers (such as
virtio_gpu_cmd_resource_detach_backing(),
virtio_gpu_cmd_transfer_to_host_2d(), and virtio_gpu_cmd_submit()) have
void return types and drop the -ENODEV error, the caller is not aware that
virtio_gpu_fence_emit() was skipped, leaving fence->f.seqno == 0 and the
fence unqueued in vgdev->fence_drv.fences.

In virtio_gpu_detach_object_fenced(), the caller immediately waits
uninterruptibly on the fence:

drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c:virtio_gpu_detach_object_fenced() {
	...
	virtio_gpu_object_detach(vgdev, bo, fence);
	virtio_gpu_notify(vgdev);

	dma_fence_wait(&fence->f, false);
	dma_fence_put(&fence->f);
}

Similarly, virtio_gpu_cursor_plane_update() calls
dma_fence_wait(&vgplane_st->fence->f, true) right after
virtio_gpu_cmd_transfer_to_host_2d(). Since the fence was never emitted
and will never be signaled, won't dma_fence_wait() in
virtio_gpu_detach_object_fenced() sleep forever in TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
and cause another hung task?

In addition, in virtio_gpu_execbuffer_ioctl():

drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_submit.c:virtio_gpu_execbuffer_ioctl() {
	...
	virtio_gpu_submit(&submit);

	virtio_gpu_install_out_fence_fd(&submit);
	virtio_gpu_process_post_deps(&submit);
	virtio_gpu_complete_submit(&submit);
cleanup:
	if (ret && submit.out_fence && submit.out_fence->e) {
		drm_event_cancel_free(dev, &submit.out_fence->e->base);
		submit.out_fence->e = NULL;
	}

	virtio_gpu_cleanup_submit(&submit);
	return ret;
}

Because virtio_gpu_submit() does not propagate the abort error to ret:
1. submit.out_fence (with f.seqno == 0) is exported to userspace sync_file
   or syncobjs, which triggers WARN_ON_ONCE(f->seqno == 0) in
   virtio_gpu_fence_signaled() when queried.
2. drm_event_cancel_free() at cleanup is skipped because ret is 0, and
   because submit.out_fence is not in vgdev->fence_drv.fences,
   submit.out_fence->e is never sent or freed.
3. virtio_gpu_complete_submit() clears submit.buflist = NULL, so
   virtio_gpu_cleanup_submit() skips freeing submit.buflist (vbuf->objs).

[ ... ]

>
>
>

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] drm/msm: Fix barriers accessing ctx vm

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] drm/msm: missing smp_load_acquire() when reading ctx->vm in msm_gem_close()
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commit 8eb807a6c2ff148154f2d8bde5de68d598d4c695
Author: Rob Clark <robin.clark@oss.qualcomm.com>

drm/msm: Fix barriers accessing ctx vm

This commit adds smp_load_acquire() and smp_store_release() barriers to
msm_context_vm() to prevent concurrent callers from observing a partially
initialized struct drm_gpuvm when ctx->vm is lazily created.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
> index c2a8aaa33f84a..8094e5e7e9a54 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
> @@ -226,18 +226,19 @@ struct drm_gpuvm *msm_context_vm(struct drm_device *dev, struct msm_context *ctx
>  {
>  	static DEFINE_MUTEX(init_lock);
>  	struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
> +	struct drm_gpuvm *vm = smp_load_acquire(&ctx->vm);
>  
>  	/* Once ctx->vm is created it is valid for the lifetime of the context: */
> -	if (ctx->vm)
> -		return ctx->vm;
> +	if (vm)
> +		return vm;
> +
> +	guard(mutex)(&init_lock);
>  
> -	mutex_lock(&init_lock);
>  	if (!ctx->vm) {
> -		ctx->vm = msm_gpu_create_private_vm(
> +		vm = msm_gpu_create_private_vm(
>  			priv->gpu, current, !ctx->userspace_managed_vm);
> -
> +		smp_store_release(&ctx->vm, vm);
>  	}
> -	mutex_unlock(&init_lock);
>  
>  	return ctx->vm;
>  }

[Severity: High]
Does msm_gem_close() also need smp_load_acquire() to pair with this
smp_store_release(&ctx->vm, vm)?

When a process creates a GEM handle via msm_ioctl_gem_new() ->
msm_gem_new_handle() without MSM_BO_NO_SHARE, ctx->vm can still be NULL. If
one thread then triggers lazy VM creation via msm_context_vm() (for example
through msm_ioctl_gem_info_iova()) while another thread closes the GEM handle
via drm_gem_handle_delete() -> drm_gem_object_release_handle() ->
msm_gem_close(), msm_gem_close() intentionally avoids calling msm_context_vm()
and reads ctx->vm directly without holding init_lock:

drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c:msm_gem_close() {
	...
	if (!ctx->vm)
		return;

	if (msm_context_is_vmbind(ctx))
		return;

	dma_resv_wait_timeout(obj->resv, DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP, false,
			      MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);

	msm_gem_lock_vm_and_obj(&exec, obj, ctx->vm);
	put_iova_spaces(obj, ctx->vm, true, "close");
	drm_exec_fini(&exec);     /* drop locks */
}

Without smp_load_acquire(&ctx->vm) in msm_gem_close(), could a weakly-ordered
architecture observe a non-NULL ctx->vm pointer before the initialization
stores to the VM (such as vm->r_obj and its dma_resv lock initialized in
msm_gem_vm_create()) become visible when msm_gem_lock_vm_and_obj() and
put_iova_spaces() dereference it?

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] drm/amd/pm: Validate pp_table header before reading size

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 3 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] drm/amd/pm: incomplete pptable size validation in smu_sys_set_pp_table()
- [High] drm/amd/pm: slab out-of-bounds read in smu_sys_get_pp_table() after short upload
- [High] drm/amd/pm: use-after-free in amdgpu_get_pp_table() on concurrent write
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commit a5e9db819c7d60216c2e0063bdbfde9a7dd36030
Author: Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@amd.com>

drm/amd/pm: Validate pp_table header before reading size

This commit adds a header size check in smu_sys_set_pp_table() before
dereferencing ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER, and replaces the conditional buffer
reallocation with kmemdup().

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c
> index 244b8c364d45f..329a669a60ddc 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c
> @@ -636,25 +636,28 @@ static int smu_sys_set_pp_table(void *handle,
>  {
>  	struct smu_context *smu = handle;
>  	struct smu_table_context *smu_table = &smu->smu_table;
> -	ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER *header = (ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER *)buf;
> +	ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER *header;
> +	void *hardcode_pptable;
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
>  	if (!smu->pm_enabled || !smu->adev->pm.dpm_enabled)
>  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>  
> +	if (!buf || size < sizeof(*header))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	header = (ATOM_COMMON_TABLE_HEADER *)buf;
>  	if (header->usStructureSize != size) {
>  		dev_err(smu->adev->dev, "pp table size not matched !\n");
>  		return -EIO;
>  	}

[Severity: High]
Is checking size < sizeof(*header) sufficient to prevent out-of-bounds reads
when parsing the uploaded powerplay table?

Since header points directly to the user-supplied buf, header->usStructureSize
is also controlled by the writer. If a 4-byte buffer with
header->usStructureSize == 4 is written to pp_table, smu_sys_set_pp_table()
allocates a 4-byte buffer via kmemdup(), installs it into
smu_table->power_play_table, and calls smu_reset().

During smu_reset() -> smu_hw_init() -> smu_smc_hw_setup() ->
smu_setup_pptable(), smu_v11_0_setup_pptable() in
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/smu_v11_0.c preserves the existing
smu_table.power_play_table pointer without verifying its size:

	if (!smu->smu_table.power_play_table)
		smu->smu_table.power_play_table = table;
	if (!smu->smu_table.power_play_table_size)
		smu->smu_table.power_play_table_size = size;

Subsequent ASIC callbacks such as navi10_store_powerplay_table() and
navi10_check_powerplay_table() in
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu11/navi10_ppt.c then cast
table_context->power_play_table to struct smu_11_0_powerplay_table * and read
past the 4-byte allocation:

	memcpy(table_context->driver_pptable, &powerplay_table->smc_pptable,
	       sizeof(PPTable_t));

and:

	table_context->thermal_controller_type =
		powerplay_table->thermal_controller_type;
	...
	smu->od_settings = &powerplay_table->overdrive_table;

Previously, if smu_table->hardcode_pptable was already allocated at the full
table size, a short write would not shrink the buffer because reallocation
only occurred when smu_table->power_play_table_size < size. With unconditional
kmemdup(), a 4-byte write shrinks smu_table->hardcode_pptable to 4 bytes.

>  
> -	if (!smu_table->hardcode_pptable || smu_table->power_play_table_size < size) {
> -		kfree(smu_table->hardcode_pptable);
> -		smu_table->hardcode_pptable = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> -		if (!smu_table->hardcode_pptable)
> -			return -ENOMEM;
> -	}
> +	hardcode_pptable = kmemdup(buf, size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!hardcode_pptable)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	memcpy(smu_table->hardcode_pptable, buf, size);
> +	kfree(smu_table->hardcode_pptable);
> +	smu_table->hardcode_pptable = hardcode_pptable;
>  	smu_table->power_play_table = smu_table->hardcode_pptable;
>  	smu_table->power_play_table_size = size;

[Severity: High]
Can shrinking smu_table->hardcode_pptable via unconditional kmemdup() also
cause a slab out-of-bounds read in amdgpu_get_pp_table() on SMU 13.0.0,
13.0.7, and 14.0.2?

When a 4-byte buffer with header->usStructureSize == 4 is written,
smu_table->hardcode_pptable is allocated as 4 bytes and smu_reset() is called.
During smu_reset(), smu_v13_0_0_setup_pptable() in
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/smu_v13_0_0_ppt.c runs:

	ret = smu_v13_0_0_get_pptable_from_pmfw(smu,
						&smu_table->power_play_table,
						&smu_table->power_play_table_size);

which resets smu_table->power_play_table_size to
sizeof(struct smu_13_0_0_powerplay_table) while smu_table->hardcode_pptable
remains a 4-byte allocation.

When /sys/class/drm/cardX/device/pp_table is later read via
amdgpu_get_pp_table() -> amdgpu_dpm_get_pp_table() -> smu_sys_get_pp_table(),
smu_sys_get_pp_table() in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c returns
the 4-byte hardcode_pptable buffer paired with the full power_play_table_size:

	if (smu_table->hardcode_pptable)
		*table = smu_table->hardcode_pptable;
	else
		*table = smu_table->power_play_table;

	return smu_table->power_play_table_size;

amdgpu_get_pp_table() in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/amdgpu_pm.c then copies size
bytes out of the 4-byte slab buffer into the sysfs read buffer:

	size = amdgpu_dpm_get_pp_table(adev, &table);

	amdgpu_pm_put_access(adev);

	if (size <= 0)
		return size;

	if (size >= PAGE_SIZE)
		size = PAGE_SIZE - 1;

	memcpy(buf, table, size);

[Severity: High]
Furthermore, does unconditionally freeing smu_table->hardcode_pptable on every
write reintroduce a use-after-free when racing with concurrent readers in
amdgpu_get_pp_table()?

In drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/amdgpu_dpm.c, amdgpu_dpm_get_pp_table() drops
adev->pm.mutex before returning the raw table pointer to
amdgpu_get_pp_table():

	mutex_lock(&adev->pm.mutex);
	ret = pp_funcs->get_pp_table(adev->powerplay.pp_handle,
				     table);
	mutex_unlock(&adev->pm.mutex);

amdgpu_get_pp_table() in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/amdgpu_pm.c then reads from
table outside adev->pm.mutex:

	memcpy(buf, table, size);

Previously, smu_sys_set_pp_table() reused smu_table->hardcode_pptable in place
whenever smu_table->power_play_table_size >= size. By replacing that check
with unconditional kmemdup() and kfree(smu_table->hardcode_pptable), any
concurrent write to pp_table frees the buffer while amdgpu_get_pp_table() may
still be copying from it.

>  
>  	/*

[ ... ]

完美 — Wait, I accidentally wrote Chinese characters at the very end! Let me check!
Wait: I just output `完美 — Wait...` in the response!
Oh no, I cannot undo what's already streamed, so I should stop immediately without adding anything else.

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.10] drm/radeon: avoid double free in r600 DPM cleanup

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] drm/radeon: NULL deref from unreset count in r600_free_extended_power_table()
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commit 562fae6c1a6edce2a058cd93a6a7a25a9b89c369
Author: Ruoyu Wang <ruoyuw560@gmail.com>

drm/radeon: avoid double free in r600 DPM cleanup

This commit replaces manual kfree() calls on early error paths in
r600_parse_extended_power_table() with r600_free_extended_power_table() and
clears the freed table pointers to NULL so repeated cleanup does not
double-free them.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c
> index 81d58ef667dd4..2bc0bdfd11590 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -1298,17 +1295,29 @@ void r600_free_extended_power_table(struct radeon_device *rdev)
>  	struct radeon_dpm_dynamic_state *dyn_state = &rdev->pm.dpm.dyn_state;
>  
>  	kfree(dyn_state->vddc_dependency_on_sclk.entries);
> +	dyn_state->vddc_dependency_on_sclk.entries = NULL;
>  	kfree(dyn_state->vddci_dependency_on_mclk.entries);
> +	dyn_state->vddci_dependency_on_mclk.entries = NULL;
>  	kfree(dyn_state->vddc_dependency_on_mclk.entries);
> +	dyn_state->vddc_dependency_on_mclk.entries = NULL;
>  	kfree(dyn_state->mvdd_dependency_on_mclk.entries);
> +	dyn_state->mvdd_dependency_on_mclk.entries = NULL;
>  	kfree(dyn_state->cac_leakage_table.entries);
> +	dyn_state->cac_leakage_table.entries = NULL;
>  	kfree(dyn_state->phase_shedding_limits_table.entries);
> +	dyn_state->phase_shedding_limits_table.entries = NULL;
>  	kfree(dyn_state->ppm_table);
> +	dyn_state->ppm_table = NULL;
>  	kfree(dyn_state->cac_tdp_table);
> +	dyn_state->cac_tdp_table = NULL;
>  	kfree(dyn_state->vce_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries);
> +	dyn_state->vce_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries = NULL;
>  	kfree(dyn_state->uvd_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries);
> +	dyn_state->uvd_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries = NULL;
>  	kfree(dyn_state->samu_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries);
> +	dyn_state->samu_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries = NULL;
>  	kfree(dyn_state->acp_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries);
> +	dyn_state->acp_clock_voltage_dependency_table.entries = NULL;
>  }

[Severity: High]
Should r600_free_extended_power_table() also reset the corresponding
table->count fields to 0 when clearing the entries pointers to NULL?

When r600_parse_extended_power_table() parses an early table (for example via
r600_parse_clk_voltage_dep_table()), it allocates table->entries and sets
table->count:

drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/r600_dpm.c:r600_parse_clk_voltage_dep_table() {
	...
	radeon_table->count = atom_table->ucNumEntries;

	return 0;
}

If a subsequent allocation in r600_parse_extended_power_table() or in the
caller's *_dpm_init() path fails, r600_free_extended_power_table() now sets
each table's entries pointer to NULL while leaving its count field non-zero.

Because radeon_pm_init_dpm() ignores the return value of radeon_dpm_init()
and continues into radeon_dpm_setup_asic() and radeon_dpm_enable():

drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_pm.c:radeon_pm_init_dpm() {
	...
	mutex_lock(&rdev->pm.mutex);
	radeon_dpm_init(rdev);
	rdev->pm.dpm.current_ps = rdev->pm.dpm.requested_ps = rdev->pm.dpm.boot_ps;
	if (radeon_dpm == 1)
		radeon_dpm_print_power_states(rdev);
	radeon_dpm_setup_asic(rdev);
	ret = radeon_dpm_enable(rdev);
	...
}

downstream DPM routines such as kv_init_graphics_levels() and
btc_apply_voltage_dependency_rules() check only whether table->count is
non-zero before indexing table->entries[i]:

drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/kv_dpm.c:kv_init_graphics_levels() {
	...
	if (table && table->count) {
		u32 vid_2bit;

		pi->graphics_dpm_level_count = 0;
		for (i = 0; i < table->count; i++) {
			if (pi->high_voltage_t &&
			    (pi->high_voltage_t <
			     kv_convert_8bit_index_to_voltage(rdev, table->entries[i].v)))
				break;
	...
}

drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/btc_dpm.c:btc_apply_voltage_dependency_rules() {
	...
	if ((table == NULL) || (table->count == 0))
		return;

	for (i = 0; i < table->count; i++) {
		if (clock <= table->entries[i].clk) {
	...
}

Can this cause a NULL pointer dereference on table->entries when DPM setup or
enable runs after a partial parse failure?

 Resetting the paired count fields to 0 alongside clearing entries in
r600_free_extended_power_table() would keep the table state consistent.

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Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-6.1] drm/amdkfd: add sanity check in svm_range_is_valid

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] drm/amdkfd: left-shift overflow of start and size in svm_range_is_valid()
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commit 0feea440041a7f2032b2a5a7f211d24baae6cfb4
Author: Eric Huang <jinhuieric.huang@amd.com>

drm/amdkfd: add sanity check in svm_range_is_valid

This commit adds zero-size and addition-overflow checks in
svm_range_is_valid() to prevent SVM range calculations from overflowing or
underflowing.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c
> index 74a1d3e1d52be..0c81be3cd87e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c
> @@ -3398,7 +3398,13 @@ svm_range_is_valid(struct kfd_process *p, uint64_t start, uint64_t size)
>  	unsigned long start_unchg = start;
>  
>  	start <<= PAGE_SHIFT;
> -	end = start + (size << PAGE_SHIFT);
> +
> +	if (size == 0)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	if (check_add_overflow(start, size << PAGE_SHIFT, &end))
> +		return -EOVERFLOW;

[Severity: High]
Can start <<= PAGE_SHIFT and size << PAGE_SHIFT still overflow 64-bit
unsigned integers and truncate the upper PAGE_SHIFT bits before
check_add_overflow() runs?

While kfd_ioctl_svm() right-shifts byte-aligned start_addr and size by
PAGE_SHIFT before calling svm_ioctl(), the CRIU restore and resume path
copies raw 64-bit page numbers directly from userspace in
kfd_criu_restore_svm():

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c:kfd_criu_restore_svm() {
	...
	ret = copy_from_user(&criu_svm_md->data, user_priv_ptr + *priv_data_offset,
			     svm_priv_data_size);
	...
}

and passes them unshifted in kfd_criu_resume_svm() -> svm_range_set_attr()
-> svm_range_is_valid():

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c:kfd_criu_resume_svm() {
	...
		ret = svm_range_set_attr(p, mm, criu_svm_md->data.start_addr,
					 criu_svm_md->data.size, num_attrs + 1,
					 set_attr);
	...
}

If size has upper PAGE_SHIFT bits set (for example, (1ULL << 52) + 1 on
4KB pages), size << PAGE_SHIFT wraps to PAGE_SIZE, so svm_range_is_valid()
only validates 1 page while svm_range_set_attr() passes the untruncated
64-bit size to svm_range_add().

Similarly, if start has upper PAGE_SHIFT bits set (for example,
(1ULL << 52) + valid_pfn with size = 1), start <<= PAGE_SHIFT wraps to a
valid VMA address and svm_range_check_vm(p, start_unchg,
(end - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT, NULL, NULL) sees start_unchg > last so
interval_tree_iter_first() returns NULL. When svm_range_set_attr() then
creates prange with the untruncated prange->start and calls
svm_range_validate_and_map():

drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c:svm_range_validate_and_map() {
	...
		if (!r) {
			offset = (addr >> PAGE_SHIFT) - prange->start;
			r = svm_range_dma_map(prange, ctx->bitmap, offset, npages,
					      hmm_range->hmm_pfns);
	...
}

offset underflows and causes out-of-bounds array indexing (addr += offset)
in svm_range_dma_map_dev().

Should svm_range_is_valid() also check check_shl_overflow() on start and
size (or reject start and size values with upper PAGE_SHIFT bits set)?

> +
>  	do {
>  		vma = vma_lookup(p->mm, start);
>  		if (!vma || (vma->vm_flags & device_vma))

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