From: Gou Hao <gouhao@uniontech.com>
To: maddy@linux.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, npiggin@gmail.com,
chleroy@kernel.org, namcao@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org,
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Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
gouhaojake@163.com, kernel@uniontech.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/5] powerpc/xive: make xive IPI allocation NULL-safe
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:42:11 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260727104215.184786-2-gouhao@uniontech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727104215.184786-1-gouhao@uniontech.com>
__GFP_NOFAIL should not be used in new code [1]. xive_init_ipis()
allocates the xive_ipis array with __GFP_NOFAIL, which makes the
subsequent NULL check unreachable dead code.
Remove __GFP_NOFAIL so the allocation can fail, and make all xive_ipis
access paths NULL-safe:
- Return XIVE_BAD_IRQ from xive_ipi_cpu_to_irq() when xive_ipis is NULL.
- Set xive_ipis to NULL after kfree() in the error path to prevent
use-after-free.
- Guard xive_setup_cpu_ipi() and xive_cleanup_cpu_ipi() against
xive_ipi_irq == XIVE_BAD_IRQ to avoid dereferencing an uninitialized
or already-freed xive_ipis array.
No functional change when allocation succeeds.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260725202632.dcb325658896a470df91cf57@linux-foundation.org/ [1]
Fixes: 7dcc37b3eff9 ("powerpc/xive: Map one IPI interrupt per node")
Signed-off-by: Gou Hao <gouhao@uniontech.com>
Reviewed-by: Wentao Guan <guanwentao@uniontech.com>
Reviewed-by: jiazhenyuan <jiazhenyuan@uniontech.com>
Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Suggested-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>
Suggested-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) <mkchauras@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) <mkchauras@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
index dadd1f46ec93..86c78af1f68e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ static struct xive_ipi_desc {
*/
static unsigned int xive_ipi_cpu_to_irq(unsigned int cpu)
{
+ if (!xive_ipis)
+ return XIVE_BAD_IRQ;
return xive_ipis[early_cpu_to_node(cpu)].irq;
}
#endif
@@ -1132,8 +1134,7 @@ static int __init xive_init_ipis(void)
if (!ipi_domain)
goto out_free_fwnode;
- xive_ipis = kzalloc_objs(*xive_ipis, nr_node_ids,
- GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+ xive_ipis = kzalloc_objs(*xive_ipis, nr_node_ids, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!xive_ipis)
goto out_free_domain;
@@ -1158,6 +1159,7 @@ static int __init xive_init_ipis(void)
out_free_xive_ipis:
kfree(xive_ipis);
+ xive_ipis = NULL;
out_free_domain:
irq_domain_remove(ipi_domain);
out_free_fwnode:
@@ -1190,6 +1192,9 @@ static int xive_setup_cpu_ipi(unsigned int cpu)
pr_debug("Setting up IPI for CPU %d\n", cpu);
+ if (xive_ipi_irq == XIVE_BAD_IRQ)
+ return -EIO;
+
xc = per_cpu(xive_cpu, cpu);
/* Check if we are already setup */
@@ -1234,6 +1239,9 @@ noinstr static void xive_cleanup_cpu_ipi(unsigned int cpu, struct xive_cpu *xc)
/* Disable the IPI and free the IRQ data */
+ if (xive_ipi_irq == XIVE_BAD_IRQ)
+ return;
+
/* Already cleaned up ? */
if (xc->hw_ipi == XIVE_BAD_IRQ)
return;
--
2.20.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-27 10:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-27 10:42 [PATCH v3 0/5] powerpc/xive: remove __GFP_NOFAIL and fix IPI error handling Gou Hao
2026-07-27 10:42 ` Gou Hao [this message]
2026-07-27 10:42 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] powerpc/xive: add error return value to xive_smp_probe() Gou Hao
2026-07-27 10:42 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] powerpc/xive: propagate IPI init errors to prevent use-after-free Gou Hao
2026-07-28 2:47 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2026-07-28 10:26 ` Gou Hao
2026-07-27 10:42 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] powerpc/xive: defer setting cause_ipi until IPI init succeeds Gou Hao
2026-07-27 10:42 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] powerpc/smp: add NULL guard for cause_ipi in smp_muxed_ipi_message_pass Gou Hao
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