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* [PATCH] ata: pata_pxa: Fix DMA channel leak on probe error
@ 2026-06-25 14:18 Wentao Liang
  2026-06-26 11:10 ` Niklas Cassel
  2026-06-26 21:44 ` Damien Le Moal
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Wentao Liang @ 2026-06-25 14:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dlemoal, cassel; +Cc: linux-ide, linux-kernel, Wentao Liang, stable

When dmaengine_slave_config() fails, the DMA channel acquired by
dma_request_chan() is not released before returning the error,
leaking the channel reference.

Fix by adding dma_release_channel() in the error path.

The ata_host_activate() error path already correctly releases the
DMA channel.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 88622d80af82 ("ata: pata_pxa: dmaengine conversion")
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
---
 drivers/ata/pata_pxa.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_pxa.c b/drivers/ata/pata_pxa.c
index 03dbaf4a13a7..9f63bdfb8576 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_pxa.c
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ static int pxa_ata_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ret = dmaengine_slave_config(data->dma_chan, &config);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "dma configuration failed: %d\n", ret);
+		dma_release_channel(data->dma_chan);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-- 
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)


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* Re: [PATCH] ata: pata_pxa: Fix DMA channel leak on probe error
  2026-06-25 14:18 [PATCH] ata: pata_pxa: Fix DMA channel leak on probe error Wentao Liang
@ 2026-06-26 11:10 ` Niklas Cassel
  2026-06-26 21:44 ` Damien Le Moal
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Niklas Cassel @ 2026-06-26 11:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Wentao Liang; +Cc: dlemoal, linux-ide, linux-kernel, stable

On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 10:18:37PM +0800, Wentao Liang wrote:
> When dmaengine_slave_config() fails, the DMA channel acquired by
> dma_request_chan() is not released before returning the error,
> leaking the channel reference.
> 
> Fix by adding dma_release_channel() in the error path.
> 
> The ata_host_activate() error path already correctly releases the
> DMA channel.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 88622d80af82 ("ata: pata_pxa: dmaengine conversion")
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/ata/pata_pxa.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_pxa.c b/drivers/ata/pata_pxa.c
> index 03dbaf4a13a7..9f63bdfb8576 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/pata_pxa.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/pata_pxa.c
> @@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ static int pxa_ata_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	ret = dmaengine_slave_config(data->dma_chan, &config);
>  	if (ret < 0) {
>  		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "dma configuration failed: %d\n", ret);
> +		dma_release_channel(data->dma_chan);
>  		return ret;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)
> 

Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>

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* Re: [PATCH] ata: pata_pxa: Fix DMA channel leak on probe error
  2026-06-25 14:18 [PATCH] ata: pata_pxa: Fix DMA channel leak on probe error Wentao Liang
  2026-06-26 11:10 ` Niklas Cassel
@ 2026-06-26 21:44 ` Damien Le Moal
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Damien Le Moal @ 2026-06-26 21:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Wentao Liang, cassel; +Cc: linux-ide, linux-kernel, stable

On 6/25/26 23:18, Wentao Liang wrote:
> When dmaengine_slave_config() fails, the DMA channel acquired by
> dma_request_chan() is not released before returning the error,
> leaking the channel reference.
> 
> Fix by adding dma_release_channel() in the error path.
> 
> The ata_host_activate() error path already correctly releases the
> DMA channel.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 88622d80af82 ("ata: pata_pxa: dmaengine conversion")
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>

Applied to for-7.2-fixes. Thanks!

-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research

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