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From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
To: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@oss.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: airoha: npu: cancel wdt_work after releasing the WDT IRQ
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:42:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <arI_i_JpOBsXM3ln@lore-desk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <arI5OD8X2Eoz_Ojd@lore-desk>

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> > airoha_npu_remove() calls cancel_work_sync() on each core's wdt_work,
> > but the watchdog IRQ that queues it is requested with devm_request_irq()
> > and is freed only after .remove() returns.  airoha_npu_wdt_handler() can
> > therefore schedule_work() again once the cancel has returned.  struct
> > airoha_npu, which contains the work, is devm_kzalloc()'d and is freed in
> > that same unwind, so the late work dereferences freed memory.
> > 
> > Register the work with devm_work_autocancel() before devm_request_irq()
> > and drop .remove().  Devres runs in reverse order, so the IRQ is freed
> > before cancel_work_sync(), including when probe fails.  A cancel left in
> > .remove() cannot get that order.  Initializing the work first also stops
> > a pending watchdog interrupt from queuing an uninitialized work item.
> > Probe currently calls INIT_WORK() only after devm_request_irq().
> > 
> > This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research
> > while reviewing kernel code.
> > 
> > Fixes: 23290c7bc190 ("net: airoha: Introduce Airoha NPU support")
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.15+
> > Assisted-by: LLM
> > Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
> 
> I guess this is net-next material, it is just an optimization, not a real fix.
> Anyway:

Sorry I misread the commit message, this is actually for net, thx for fixing it.

Regards,
Lorenzo

> 
> Acked-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@oss.qualcomm.com>
> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c | 18 ++++++------------
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
> > index 5bb4817a898d..4d3195eb00f7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
> > @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
> >   */
> >  
> >  #include <linux/devcoredump.h>
> > +#include <linux/devm-helpers.h>
> >  #include <linux/firmware.h>
> >  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> >  #include <linux/of_net.h>
> > @@ -751,12 +752,15 @@ static int airoha_npu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  		if (irq < 0)
> >  			return irq;
> >  
> > +		err = devm_work_autocancel(dev, &core->wdt_work,
> > +					   airoha_npu_wdt_work);
> > +		if (err)
> > +			return err;
> > +
> >  		err = devm_request_irq(dev, irq, airoha_npu_wdt_handler,
> >  				       IRQF_SHARED, "airoha-npu-wdt", core);
> >  		if (err)
> >  			return err;
> > -
> > -		INIT_WORK(&core->wdt_work, airoha_npu_wdt_work);
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	/* wlan IRQ lines */
> > @@ -803,18 +807,8 @@ static int airoha_npu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > -static void airoha_npu_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > -{
> > -	struct airoha_npu *npu = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> > -	int i;
> > -
> > -	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(npu->cores); i++)
> > -		cancel_work_sync(&npu->cores[i].wdt_work);
> > -}
> > -
> >  static struct platform_driver airoha_npu_driver = {
> >  	.probe = airoha_npu_probe,
> > -	.remove = airoha_npu_remove,
> >  	.driver = {
> >  		.name = "airoha-npu",
> >  		.of_match_table = of_airoha_npu_match,
> > 
> > base-commit: 238650ef6c7c7cca08e032527329424c9fbd70e5
> > -- 
> > 2.53.0
> > 



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  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-22  8:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-22  0:09 [PATCH net] net: airoha: npu: cancel wdt_work after releasing the WDT IRQ Myeonghun Pak
2026-09-22  8:15 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
2026-09-22  8:42   ` Lorenzo Bianconi [this message]
2026-09-24  2:30 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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