The Linux Kernel Mailing List
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, deepakraog <gaikwad.dcg@gmail.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 3/9] tracing: Fix resource leak on mmiotrace trace_pipe close
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:18:43 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260724231855.925138691@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260724231840.483353969@kernel.org

From: deepakraog <gaikwad.dcg@gmail.com>

The mmiotrace tracer was added May 12th 2008. At that time, resources
created in pipe_open() could not be freed because there was not
pipe_close function pointer of the tracer. The pipe_close function pointer
was added in December 7th, 2009, but the mmiotrace tracer was not updated.

mmio_pipe_open() allocates a header_iter and takes a pci_dev reference
when trace_pipe is opened. mmio_close() frees them, but it was only
wired to the tracer's .close callback.

tracing_release_pipe() invokes .pipe_close, not .close, when the
trace_pipe file is released. As a result, closing trace_pipe with the
mmiotrace tracer active leaked the header_iter allocation and left a
stale pci_dev reference.

Set .pipe_close to mmio_close, matching how function_graph wires both
callbacks to the same handler.

Note, if the trace_pipe is read to completion, it will clean up the
resources, but if one were to run:

  # head -n 1 /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe
 VERSION 20070824

Over and over again, it would trigger a massive leak.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: c521efd1700a8 ("tracing: Add pipe_close interface)
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715143604.14481-1-gaikwad.dcg@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: deepakraog <gaikwad.dcg@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
index 226cf66e0d68..20812e7f911f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ static void mmio_pipe_open(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 	iter->private = hiter;
 }
 
-/* XXX: This is not called when the pipe is closed! */
 static void mmio_close(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
 	struct header_iter *hiter = iter->private;
@@ -279,6 +278,7 @@ static struct tracer mmio_tracer __read_mostly =
 	.start		= mmio_trace_start,
 	.pipe_open	= mmio_pipe_open,
 	.close		= mmio_close,
+	.pipe_close	= mmio_close,
 	.read		= mmio_read,
 	.print_line	= mmio_print_line,
 	.noboot		= true,
-- 
2.53.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-24 23:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-24 23:18 [for-linus][PATCH 0/9] tracing: Fixes for 7.2 Steven Rostedt
2026-07-24 23:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 1/9] tracing/remotes: Fix page_va[] access before counter update in trace_remote_alloc_buffer() Steven Rostedt
2026-07-24 23:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 2/9] tracing: Propagate errors from remote event bulk updates Steven Rostedt
2026-07-24 23:18 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2026-07-24 23:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 4/9] tracing: Fix mmiotrace possible NULL dereferencing of hiter->dev Steven Rostedt
2026-07-24 23:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 5/9] tracing: Fix union collision of module and refcnt for dynamic events Steven Rostedt
2026-07-24 23:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 6/9] selftests/ftrace: Reset triggers at top level before instance loop Steven Rostedt
2026-07-24 23:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 7/9] tracing: Fix context switch counter truncation Steven Rostedt
2026-07-24 23:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 8/9] tracing: Fix use-after-free freeing trigger private data Steven Rostedt
2026-07-24 23:18 ` [for-linus][PATCH 9/9] tracing: Delay module ref count for "enable_event" trigger Steven Rostedt

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20260724231855.925138691@kernel.org \
    --to=rostedt@kernel.org \
    --cc=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
    --cc=gaikwad.dcg@gmail.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=mark.rutland@arm.com \
    --cc=mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com \
    --cc=mhiramat@kernel.org \
    --cc=stable@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox