Re: [PATCH] drm/xe: free madvise VMA array on L2 flush failure

[Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>]

On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 03:34:22PM +0800, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> xe_vm_madvise_ioctl() allocates madvise_range.vmas in get_vmas().
> After get_vmas() succeeds with at least one VMA, error paths must go
> through free_vmas so the array is released before the madvise details are
> destroyed.
> 
> The L2 flush validation path added for PAT madvise rejects some
> SVM/userptr ranges after get_vmas() has succeeded, but jumps directly to
> madv_fini. This skips kfree(madvise_range.vmas), leaking the VMA array on
> each failed ioctl.
> 
> Jump to free_vmas instead, matching the other validation failure paths
> after get_vmas() has succeeded.
> 
> Fixes: 4f39a194d41e ("drm/xe/xe3p_lpg: Restrict UAPI to enable L2 flush optimization")
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>

and pushed to drm-xe-next

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c
> index c4fb29004195..246fe1843142 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c
> @@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ int xe_vm_madvise_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *fil
>  				 xe_device_is_l2_flush_optimized(xe) &&
>  				 (pat_index != 19 && coh_mode != XE_COH_2WAY))) {
>  			err = -EINVAL;
> -			goto madv_fini;
> +			goto free_vmas;
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>