From: "Peter Chen (CIX)" <peter.chen@kernel.org>
To: Yongchao Wu <yongchao.wu@autochips.com>
Cc: Pawel Laszczak <pawell@cadence.com>,
Roger Quadros <rogerq@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: cdns3: gadget: fix resource leak on gadget init failure
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:52:29 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acoPnV8UX0wiIjnh@nchen-desktop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260328151551.61228-1-yongchao.wu@autochips.com>
On 26-03-28 23:15:50, Yongchao Wu wrote:
> When cdns3_gadget_start() fails, the DRD gadget is left in an
> initialized state, causing a resource leak. When switching to host
> mode, the stale state triggers a synchronous external abort in
> xhci_gen_setup(), leading to kernel panic:
>
> [ 1301.377716][ T5000][E] Internal error: synchronous external abort: 96000010 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
> [ 1301.382485][ T5000][I] pc : xhci_gen_setup+0xa4/0x408
> [ 1301.393391][ T5000][I] backtrace:
> ...
> xhci_gen_setup+0xa4/0x408 <-- CRASH
> xhci_plat_setup+0x44/0x58
> usb_add_hcd+0x284/0x678
> ...
> cdns_role_set+0x9c/0xbc <-- Role switch
>
> Fix by calling cdns_drd_gadget_off() in the error path to properly
> clean up the DRD gadget state. This prevents both the resource leak
> and the kernel panic during role switching.
>
Good catch.
I have two questions:
- What exactly resource is leaked?
- Do you call cdns_drd_host_on before setup host?
Besides, you may add Fixed-by tag and Cc to stable tree.
Peter
> Signed-off-by: Yongchao Wu <yongchao.wu@autochips.com>
> ---
> drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c b/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c
> index d59a60a16..4cc3f2ffb 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/cdns3/cdns3-gadget.c
> @@ -3428,6 +3428,7 @@ static int __cdns3_gadget_init(struct cdns *cdns)
> ret = cdns3_gadget_start(cdns);
> if (ret) {
> pm_runtime_put_sync(cdns->dev);
> + cdns_drd_gadget_off(cdns);
> return ret;
> }
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>
--
Best regards,
Peter
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2026-03-28 15:15 [PATCH] usb: cdns3: gadget: fix resource leak on gadget init failure Yongchao Wu
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