From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Cc: robh@kernel.org, linux-clk@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org, wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com,
conor+dt@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 10/12] pmdomain: renesas: r8a78000: Add SCMI remapping support
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:47:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902114729.484BE1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3aa6baf625d49686b5a8baec400ef63612ba8288.1788338320.git.geert+renesas@glider.be>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 5 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] Unsafe lockless modification of a globally shared SCMI generic_pm_domain structure breaks SCMI consumers.
- [High] Use-After-Free of priv structure in r8a78000_mdlc_attach_dev() due to lockless access.
- [Medium] Memory leak of Open Firmware (OF) device nodes acquired via scmi_find_proto().
- [Medium] Resource leak of reset_control structures acquired via reset_control_get_from_provider_exclusive().
- [Low] Mixing goto-based error cleanup and scope-based cleanups in r8a78000_mdlc_attach_dev.
--
commit 61539c706c75d056855ecfa70e1aa4d445ba46bf
Author: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
pmdomain: renesas: r8a78000: Add SCMI remapping support
Extend the Module Controller driver for R-Car X5H with SCMI support, to
remap hardware power domain, module, and reset IDs to abstractions
(power domains, clocks, and resets) offered by the SCMI firmware.
> diff --git a/drivers/pmdomain/renesas/r8a78000-mdlc.c b/drivers/pmdomain/renesas/r8a78000-mdlc.c
> index 2668fc2ac9cbd..0238bf8c1e385 100644
> --- a/drivers/pmdomain/renesas/r8a78000-mdlc.c
> +++ b/drivers/pmdomain/renesas/r8a78000-mdlc.c
[ ... ]
> static int r8a78000_mdlc_attach_dev(struct generic_pm_domain *domain,
> struct device *dev)
> {
> + struct of_phandle_args pd_spec, scmi_spec;
> struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
> struct r8a78000_mdlc_priv *priv;
[ ... ]
> + scoped_guard(mutex, &r8a78000_mdlc_lock) {
> + hlist_for_each_entry(priv, &r8a78000_mdlc_list, link) {
> + if (priv->np == pd_spec.np)
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + if (!priv) {
> + dev_err(dev, "%s: MDLC %pOF not found\n", __func__, pd_spec.np);
> + of_node_put(pd_spec.np);
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> +
> + id = pd_spec.args[1];
> + of_node_put(pd_spec.np);
> +
> + map = mod_map_find(priv->mod_map, id);
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[Severity: High]
After scoped_guard() releases the lock, if the MDLC device is concurrently
unbound via sysfs, could r8a78000_mdlc_unlink() remove and free priv before
it is accessed here locklessly, resulting in a use-after-free?
[ ... ]
> + ret = pm_clk_create(dev);
> + if (ret)
> + goto fail_put;
> +
> + ret = pm_clk_add_clk(dev, clk);
> + if (ret)
> + goto fail_destroy;
> +
> return 0;
> +
> +fail_destroy:
> + pm_clk_destroy(dev);
> +fail_put:
> + clk_put(clk);
> + return ret;
> +}
[Severity: Low]
Since this function uses scoped_guard(), does mixing it with goto-based error
handling conflict with the cleanup guidelines, which recommend converting all
resources to scope-based cleanup or none of them within a given routine?
[ ... ]
> +static const struct power_map *fill_power_map(struct r8a78000_mdlc_priv *priv,
> + const struct power_map_in *map_in,
> + struct device_node *scmi_power_np)
> +{
> + struct of_phandle_args scmi_spec;
> + struct generic_pm_domain *genpd;
[ ... ]
> + genpd = of_genpd_get_from_provider(&scmi_spec);
> + if (IS_ERR(genpd))
> + return dev_err_cast_probe(dev, genpd,
> + "Failed to get SCMI power domain %u\n",
> + map[i].fw_id);
> +
> + dev_dbg(dev, "SCMI power domain %u is %s\n", map[i].fw_id,
> + genpd->name);
> +
> + map[i].genpd = genpd;
> +
> + /* Hook up clock domain support */
> + genpd->attach_dev = r8a78000_mdlc_attach_dev;
> + genpd->detach_dev = r8a78000_mdlc_detach_dev;
> + /* Setting flags this late has no impact, but does not hurt */
> + genpd->flags |= GENPD_FLAG_PM_CLK;
> + genpd->dev_ops.stop = pm_clk_suspend;
> + genpd->dev_ops.start = pm_clk_resume;
> + }
[Severity: High]
Does overwriting the callbacks on the external genpd structure owned by the
SCMI provider break native SCMI clients? If a client bypasses MDLC and
attaches directly to the SCMI domain, the core will invoke
r8a78000_mdlc_attach_dev(), which expects an MDLC node and returns -ENODEV,
potentially denying access.
[ ... ]
> +static const struct mod_map *fill_mod_map(struct r8a78000_mdlc_priv *priv,
> + const struct mod_map_in *map_in,
> + struct fwnode_handle *scmi_reset_fwnode)
> +{
> + struct fwnode_reference_args scmi_spec;
> + struct device *dev = priv->dev;
> + struct reset_control *rstc;
[ ... ]
> + scmi_spec.fwnode = scmi_reset_fwnode;
> + scmi_spec.nargs = 1;
> + scmi_spec.args[0] = map[i].fw_id;
> +
> + rstc = reset_control_get_from_provider_exclusive(&scmi_spec);
> + if (IS_ERR(rstc))
> + return dev_err_cast_probe(dev, rstc,
> + "Failed to get SCMI reset %u\n",
> + map[i].fw_id);
> +
> + map[i].rstc = rstc;
> + }
[Severity: Medium]
Does reset_control_get_from_provider_exclusive() return an unmanaged
reference that must be explicitly freed? If so, will returning an error on a
subsequent loop iteration leak the references acquired in earlier iterations?
There also appears to be no reset_control_put() cleanup during driver unbind.
[ ... ]
> static int r8a78000_mdlc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
> + struct device_node *scmi __free(device_node) = NULL;
> + struct device_node *scmi_power_np = NULL;
> + const struct mdlc_data *mdlc_data;
> + struct device_node *scmi_reset_np;
> + struct device_node *scmi_clk_np;
[ ... ]
> + scmi_power_np = scmi_find_proto(scmi, SCMI_PROTOCOL_POWER);
> + if (!scmi_power_np) {
> + dev_dbg(dev,
> + "Cannot find SCMI power domain management protocol\n");
> + goto fallback;
> + }
> +
> + scmi_clk_np = scmi_find_proto(scmi, SCMI_PROTOCOL_CLOCK);
> + if (!scmi_clk_np) {
> + dev_dbg(dev, "Cannot find SCMI clock management protocol\n");
> + goto fallback;
> + }
> +
> + scmi_reset_np = scmi_find_proto(scmi, SCMI_PROTOCOL_RESET);
> + if (!scmi_reset_np) {
> + dev_dbg(dev, "Cannot find SCMI reset management protocol\n");
> + goto fallback;
> + }
> +
> + ret = scmi_get_base_info(scmi, &version);
> + if (ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
> + return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "SCMI provider not ready\n");
[Severity: Medium]
Since scmi_find_proto() returns device nodes with an elevated reference count,
do these references leak on this -EPROBE_DEFER early return? Additionally,
they do not appear to be released with of_node_put() on the success path
either.
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/cover.1788338320.git.geert+renesas@glider.be?part=10
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 11:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 11:29 [PATCH v3 00/12] R-Car X5H Ironhide CPG/MDLC SCMI remapping support Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 01/12] dt-bindings: clock: renesas,r8a78000-cpg: Add renesas,scmi-firmware property Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 02/12] dt-bindings: power: renesas,r8a78000-mdlc: Add firmware property Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 03/12] firmware: arm_scmi: Add scmi_get_base_info() Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 04/12] of: property: fw_devlink: Add support for renesas,scmi-firmware Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 05/12] pmdomain: Make genpd_get_from_provider() public Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:40 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 06/12] reset: Extract __reset_control_get_from_provider() Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-03 8:55 ` Philipp Zabel
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 07/12] reset: Add reset_control_get_from_provider_exclusive() Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:38 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 11:44 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-03 10:03 ` Philipp Zabel
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 08/12] clk: renesas: r8a78000: Add clk_hw to clk_map Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 09/12] clk: renesas: r8a78000: Add SCMI remapping support Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:41 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 10/12] pmdomain: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:47 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 11/12] arm64: dts: renesas: ironhide: Enable SCMI devpd, sys, clock, and reset Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 12/12] arm64: dts: renesas: ironhide: Add CPG/MDLC renesas,scmi-firmware properties Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-09-02 11:40 ` sashiko-bot
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