* [PATCH] nvme-apple: drop invalid put of admin queue reference count
@ 2026-04-03 20:27 Fedor Pchelkin
2026-04-07 2:20 ` Jens Axboe
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Fedor Pchelkin @ 2026-04-03 20:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Keith Busch, Christoph Hellwig
Cc: Fedor Pchelkin, Sven Peter, Janne Grunau, Neal Gompa, Jens Axboe,
Sagi Grimberg, Hannes Reinecke, Ming Lei, Chaitanya Kulkarni,
Heyne, Maximilian, asahi, linux-arm-kernel, linux-nvme,
linux-kernel, lvc-project, stable
Commit 03b3bcd319b3 ("nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime") moved the
admin queue reference ->put call into nvme_free_ctrl() - a controller
device release callback performed for every nvme driver doing
nvme_init_ctrl().
nvme-apple sets refcount of the admin queue to 1 at allocation during the
probe function and then puts it twice now:
nvme_free_ctrl()
blk_put_queue(ctrl->admin_q) // #1
->free_ctrl()
apple_nvme_free_ctrl()
blk_put_queue(anv->ctrl.admin_q) // #2
Note that there is a commit 941f7298c70c ("nvme-apple: remove an extra
queue reference") which intended to drop having an extra admin queue
reference. Looks like at that moment it accidentally fixed a refcount
leak, which existed since the driver's introduction. There were an
initial ->set and an extra ->get call at driver's probe function, and only
a single ->put inside apple_nvme_free_ctrl().
However now after commit 03b3bcd319b3 ("nvme: fix admin request_queue
lifetime") the refcount is imbalanced again. Fix it by removing extra
->put call from apple_nvme_free_ctrl(). Compile tested only.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).
Fixes: 03b3bcd319b3 ("nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # depends on 941f7298c70c
Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru>
---
Also nvme-apple seems not to have a blk_mq_destroy_queue() call for
admin queue since introduction - if it's needed, the proper place would
be in apple_nvme_remove() just before calling nvme_uninit_ctrl(), I guess?
drivers/nvme/host/apple.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c b/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
index ed61b97fde59..1d82f0541b0b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
@@ -1269,8 +1269,6 @@ static void apple_nvme_free_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
{
struct apple_nvme *anv = ctrl_to_apple_nvme(ctrl);
- if (anv->ctrl.admin_q)
- blk_put_queue(anv->ctrl.admin_q);
put_device(anv->dev);
}
--
2.53.0
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* Re: [PATCH] nvme-apple: drop invalid put of admin queue reference count
2026-04-03 20:27 [PATCH] nvme-apple: drop invalid put of admin queue reference count Fedor Pchelkin
@ 2026-04-07 2:20 ` Jens Axboe
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jens Axboe @ 2026-04-07 2:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fedor Pchelkin, Keith Busch, Christoph Hellwig
Cc: Sven Peter, Janne Grunau, Neal Gompa, Sagi Grimberg,
Hannes Reinecke, Ming Lei, Chaitanya Kulkarni, Heyne, Maximilian,
asahi, linux-arm-kernel, linux-nvme, linux-kernel, lvc-project,
stable
On 4/3/26 2:27 PM, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
> Commit 03b3bcd319b3 ("nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime") moved the
> admin queue reference ->put call into nvme_free_ctrl() - a controller
> device release callback performed for every nvme driver doing
> nvme_init_ctrl().
>
> nvme-apple sets refcount of the admin queue to 1 at allocation during the
> probe function and then puts it twice now:
>
> nvme_free_ctrl()
> blk_put_queue(ctrl->admin_q) // #1
> ->free_ctrl()
> apple_nvme_free_ctrl()
> blk_put_queue(anv->ctrl.admin_q) // #2
>
> Note that there is a commit 941f7298c70c ("nvme-apple: remove an extra
> queue reference") which intended to drop having an extra admin queue
> reference. Looks like at that moment it accidentally fixed a refcount
> leak, which existed since the driver's introduction. There were an
> initial ->set and an extra ->get call at driver's probe function, and only
> a single ->put inside apple_nvme_free_ctrl().
>
> However now after commit 03b3bcd319b3 ("nvme: fix admin request_queue
> lifetime") the refcount is imbalanced again. Fix it by removing extra
> ->put call from apple_nvme_free_ctrl(). Compile tested only.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).
>
> Fixes: 03b3bcd319b3 ("nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # depends on 941f7298c70c
> Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru>
> ---
>
> Also nvme-apple seems not to have a blk_mq_destroy_queue() call for
> admin queue since introduction - if it's needed, the proper place would
> be in apple_nvme_remove() just before calling nvme_uninit_ctrl(), I guess?
>
> drivers/nvme/host/apple.c | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c b/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
> index ed61b97fde59..1d82f0541b0b 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
> @@ -1269,8 +1269,6 @@ static void apple_nvme_free_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
> {
> struct apple_nvme *anv = ctrl_to_apple_nvme(ctrl);
>
> - if (anv->ctrl.admin_q)
> - blk_put_queue(anv->ctrl.admin_q);
> put_device(anv->dev);
> }
Could this just be:
static void apple_nvme_free_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
{
put_device(ctrl->dev);
}
at this point?
--
Jens Axboe
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