[PATCH v4] dmaengine: sun6i-dma: Fix memory leak in sun6i_dma_terminate_all

[PATCH v4] dmaengine: sun6i-dma: Fix memory leak in sun6i_dma_terminate_all

[Hongling Zeng]

When terminating DMA transfers, active descriptors are not properly
reclaimed. Only cyclic descriptors were handled, leaving non-cyclic
descriptors and their LLI chains to be permanently leaked.

Fix by using vchan_terminate_vdesc() which handles both cyclic and
non-cyclic descriptors by adding them to desc_terminated queue for
proper cleanup.

Add pchan->desc != pchan->done check to prevent double-adding completed
descriptors, which would corrupt the list.

Fixes: 555859308723 ("dmaengine: sun6i: Add driver for the Allwinner A31 DMA controller")
Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@kylinos.cn>
Acked-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Frank Li <Frank.li@oss.nxp.com>

---
 Change in v2;
 -Add pchan->desc != pchan->done check to prevent race condition
  where completed descriptors could be double-added to desc_completed
  list, causing list corruption
---
 Change in v3:
 -Fix by using vchan_terminate_vdesc() as suggested by Frank Li
---
 Change in v4:
 -Correct the commit message
---
 drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c | 13 +++++--------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
index 7a79f346250a..134ae840f176 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
@@ -946,16 +946,13 @@ static int sun6i_dma_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vchan->vc.lock, flags);
 
-	if (vchan->cyclic) {
-		vchan->cyclic = false;
-		if (pchan && pchan->desc) {
-			struct virt_dma_desc *vd = &pchan->desc->vd;
-			struct virt_dma_chan *vc = &vchan->vc;
-
-			list_add_tail(&vd->node, &vc->desc_completed);
-		}
+	if (pchan && pchan->desc && pchan->desc != pchan->done) {
+		struct virt_dma_desc *vd = &pchan->desc->vd;
+		
+		vchan_terminate_vdesc(vd);
 	}
 
+	vchan->cyclic = false;
 	vchan_get_all_descriptors(&vchan->vc, &head);
 
 	if (pchan) {
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH v4] dmaengine: sun6i-dma: Fix memory leak in sun6i_dma_terminate_all

[Frank Li]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 10:06:09AM +0800, Hongling Zeng wrote:
> When terminating DMA transfers, active descriptors are not properly
> reclaimed. Only cyclic descriptors were handled, leaving non-cyclic
> descriptors and their LLI chains to be permanently leaked.
>
> Fix by using vchan_terminate_vdesc() which handles both cyclic and
> non-cyclic descriptors by adding them to desc_terminated queue for
> proper cleanup.
>
> Add pchan->desc != pchan->done check to prevent double-adding completed
> descriptors, which would corrupt the list.
>
> Fixes: 555859308723 ("dmaengine: sun6i: Add driver for the Allwinner A31 DMA controller")
> Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@kylinos.cn>
> Acked-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>
> Suggested-by: Frank Li <Frank.li@oss.nxp.com>

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>

>
> ---
>  Change in v2;
>  -Add pchan->desc != pchan->done check to prevent race condition
>   where completed descriptors could be double-added to desc_completed
>   list, causing list corruption
> ---
>  Change in v3:
>  -Fix by using vchan_terminate_vdesc() as suggested by Frank Li
> ---
>  Change in v4:
>  -Correct the commit message
> ---
>  drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c | 13 +++++--------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
> index 7a79f346250a..134ae840f176 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/sun6i-dma.c
> @@ -946,16 +946,13 @@ static int sun6i_dma_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan)
>
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&vchan->vc.lock, flags);
>
> -	if (vchan->cyclic) {
> -		vchan->cyclic = false;
> -		if (pchan && pchan->desc) {
> -			struct virt_dma_desc *vd = &pchan->desc->vd;
> -			struct virt_dma_chan *vc = &vchan->vc;
> -
> -			list_add_tail(&vd->node, &vc->desc_completed);
> -		}
> +	if (pchan && pchan->desc && pchan->desc != pchan->done) {
> +		struct virt_dma_desc *vd = &pchan->desc->vd;
> +
> +		vchan_terminate_vdesc(vd);
>  	}
>
> +	vchan->cyclic = false;
>  	vchan_get_all_descriptors(&vchan->vc, &head);
>
>  	if (pchan) {
> --
> 2.25.1
>