[PATCH 6.18 41/49] scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-13T13:54:46Z

From: Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>

commit 7adbd2b7809066c75f0433e5e2a8e114b429f30f upstream.

System crash seen during load/unload test in a loop,

[61110.449331] qla2xxx [0000:27:00.0]-0042:0: Disabled MSI-X.
[61110.467494] =============================================================================
[61110.467498] BUG qla2xxx_srbs (Tainted: G OE -------- --- ): Objects remaining in qla2xxx_srbs on __kmem_cache_shutdown()
[61110.467501] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[61110.467502] Slab 0x000000000ffc8162 objects=51 used=1 fp=0x00000000e25d3d85 flags=0x57ffffc0010200(slab|head|node=1|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
[61110.467509] CPU: 53 PID: 455206 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE -------- --- 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 #1
[61110.467513] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2/ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2, BIOS A42 08/17/2023
[61110.467515] Call Trace:
[61110.467516] <TASK>
[61110.467519] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x48
[61110.467526] slab_err.cold+0x53/0x67
[61110.467534] __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x16e/0x320
[61110.467540] kmem_cache_destroy+0x51/0x160
[61110.467544] qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx]
[61110.467607] ? __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x178/0x280
[61110.467613] ? syscall_trace_enter.constprop.0+0x145/0x1d0
[61110.467616] ? do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x90
[61110.467619] ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150
[61110.467622] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[61110.467626] </TASK>
[61110.467627] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[61110.467635] Object 0x0000000026f7e6e6 @offset=16000
[61110.467639] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[61110.467639] kmem_cache_destroy qla2xxx_srbs: Slab cache still has objects when called from qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx]
[61110.467659] WARNING: CPU: 53 PID: 455206 at mm/slab_common.c:520 kmem_cache_destroy+0x14d/0x160
[61110.467718] CPU: 53 PID: 455206 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G B OE -------- --- 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 #1
[61110.467720] Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2/ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus v2, BIOS A42 08/17/2023
[61110.467721] RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_destroy+0x14d/0x160
[61110.467724] Code: 99 7d 07 00 48 89 ef e8 e1 6a 07 00 eb b3 48 8b 55 60 48 8b 4c 24 20 48 c7 c6 70 fc 66 90 48 c7 c7 f8 ef a1 90 e8 e1 ed 7c 00 <0f> 0b eb 93 c3 cc cc cc cc 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 55 48 89
[61110.467725] RSP: 0018:ffffa304e489fe80 EFLAGS: 00010282
[61110.467727] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffc0d9a860 RCX: 0000000000000027
[61110.467729] RDX: ffff8fd5ff9598a8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff8fd5ff9598a0
[61110.467730] RBP: ffff8fb6aaf78700 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000100d863b7
[61110.467731] R10: ffffa304e489fd20 R11: ffffffff913bef48 R12: 0000000040002000
[61110.467731] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[61110.467733] FS: 00007f64c89fb740(0000) GS:ffff8fd5ff940000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[61110.467734] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[61110.467735] CR2: 00007f0f02bfe000 CR3: 00000020ad6dc005 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
[61110.467736] PKRU: 55555554
[61110.467737] Call Trace:
[61110.467738] <TASK>
[61110.467739] qla2x00_module_exit+0x93/0x99 [qla2xxx]
[61110.467755] ? __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x178/0x280

Free sp in the error path to fix the crash.

Fixes: f352eeb75419 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Add ability to use GPNFT/GNNFT for RSCN handling")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Nilesh Javali <njavali@marvell.com>
Reviewed-by: Himanshu Madhani <hmadhani2024@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251210101604.431868-9-njavali@marvell.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c
@@ -3532,8 +3532,8 @@ int qla_fab_async_scan(scsi_qla_host_t *
if (vha->scan.scan_flags & SF_SCANNING) {
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vha->work_lock, flags);
ql_dbg(ql_dbg_disc + ql_dbg_verbose, vha, 0x2012,
- "%s: scan active\n", __func__);
- return rval;
+ "%s: scan active for sp:%p\n", __func__, sp);
+ goto done_free_sp;
}
vha->scan.scan_flags |= SF_SCANNING;
if (!sp)