This RFC builds on T.J. Mercier's earlier series [1] which added
a memory.stat counter for exported dma-bufs and a binder-backed
mechanism to transfer charges between cgroups.
The first commit is taken almost verbatim from TJ's series:
it introduces MEMCG_DMABUF as a dedicated per-cgroup stat, so that
the total exported dma-buf footprint is visible both system-wide
(via the root cgroup) and per-application (via per-process cgroups).
This avoids the overhead of DMABUF_SYSFS_STATS and integrates
naturally into the existing cgroup memory hierarchy.
The rest of the series departs from TJ's approach. While the first
commit introduces the memcg stat infrastructure for dmabufs, the
export-time charging it introduces in dma_buf_export() is then
superseded: we charge at dma_heap_ioctl_allocate() time, using a
new charge_pid_fd field in struct dma_heap_allocation_data. The
allocator opens a pidfd for its client (e.g., from binder's
sender_pid), passes it to the ioctl, and the kernel charges the
buffer directly to the client's cgroup at allocation time, so no
transfer step is needed.
This decouples the accounting path from binder entirely:
any allocator that knows its client's PID can use the pid_fd
mechanism regardless of the IPC transport in use.
The cross-cgroup charging capability requires access control.
Patches #3 and #4 add a generic LSM hook (security_dma_heap_alloc)
and an SELinux implementation based on a new dma_heap object class
with a charge_to permission, so policy authors can express which
domains are allowed to charge memory to another domain's cgroup.
Last patch adds some tests to verify the new charge_pid_fd field.
We are sending it as an RFC to spark broader discussion. It may or
may not be the right path forward, and we welcome feedback on the
trade-offs.
Collision note: Eric Chanudet's series [2] adds __GFP_ACCOUNT to
system_heap page allocations as an opt-in module parameter. That
approach charges pages to the allocator's own kmem, which overlaps with
MEMCG_DMABUF. This series explicitly removes __GFP_ACCOUNT from system
heap allocations and routes all accounting through the MEMCG_DMABUF
path to avoid double-counting.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/cgroups/20230109213809.418135-1-tjmercier@google.co…
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260113-dmabuf-heap-system-memcg-v2-0-e85722cc2f…
Signed-off-by: Albert Esteve <aesteve(a)redhat.com>
---
Albert Esteve (4):
dma-heap: charge dma-buf memory via explicit memcg
security: dma-heap: Add dma_heap_alloc LSM hook
selinux: Restrict cross-cgroup dma-heap charging
selftests/dmabuf-heaps: Add dma-buf memcg accounting tests
T.J. Mercier (1):
memcg: Track exported dma-buffers
Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 5 +
drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c | 7 +
drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c | 54 +++++-
drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c | 2 -
include/linux/dma-buf.h | 4 +
include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h | 1 +
include/linux/memcontrol.h | 37 ++++
include/linux/security.h | 7 +
include/uapi/linux/dma-heap.h | 6 +
mm/memcontrol.c | 19 ++
security/security.c | 16 ++
security/selinux/hooks.c | 7 +
security/selinux/include/classmap.h | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/Makefile | 2 +-
tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c | 143 +++++++++++++-
tools/testing/selftests/dmabuf-heaps/config | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/dmabuf-heaps/dmabuf-heap.c | 126 ++++++++++++-
tools/testing/selftests/dmabuf-heaps/vmtest.sh | 205 +++++++++++++++++++++
18 files changed, 633 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 74fe02ce122a6103f207d29fafc8b3a53de6abaf
change-id: 20260508-v2_20230123_tjmercier_google_com-f44fcfb16530
Best regards,
--
Albert Esteve <aesteve(a)redhat.com>
On Thu, 7 May 2026 11:02:26 +0200
Marcin Ślusarz <marcin.slusarz(a)arm.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 05, 2026 at 06:15:23PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > @@ -277,9 +286,21 @@ int panthor_device_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
> > > return ret;
> > > }
> > >
> > > + /* If a protected heap name is specified but not found, defer the probe until created */
> > > + if (protected_heap_name && strlen(protected_heap_name)) {
> >
> > Do we really need this strlen() > 0? Won't dma_heap_find() fail is the
> > name is "" already?
>
> If dma_heap_find() will fail, then the whole probe with fail too.
> This check prevents that.
Yeah, that's also a questionable design choice. I mean, we can
currently probe and boot the FW even though we never setup the
protected FW sections, so why should we defer the probe here? Can't we
just retry the next time a group with the protected bit is created and
fail if we can find a protected heap?
> I'm not sure why it's needed at all, but if
> it is really needed, then s/strlen(protected_heap_name)/protected_heap_name[0]/
> would simplify this.
It's not so much about how you do the test, and more about the case
you're trying to protect against. I guess here you assume that
panthor.protected_heap_name="" means "I don't have a protected heap for
you". If it's deemed acceptable, this should most certainly be
described somewhere.
>
> > > + ptdev->protm.heap = dma_heap_find(protected_heap_name);
> > > + if (!ptdev->protm.heap) {
> > > + drm_warn(&ptdev->base,
> > > + "Protected heap \'%s\' not (yet) available - deferring probe",
> > > + protected_heap_name);
> > > + ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
> > > + goto err_rpm_put;
> >
> > If you move the heap retrieval before the rpm enablement, you can get
> > rid of this goto err_rpm_put.
> >
> > > + }
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > ret = panthor_hw_init(ptdev);
> > > if (ret)
> > > - goto err_rpm_put;
> > > + goto err_dma_heap_put;
> > >
> > > ret = panthor_pwr_init(ptdev);
> > > if (ret)
Hi all,
This series is based on previous RFCs/discussions:
Tech topic: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iommu/20250918214425.2677057-1-amastro@fb.com/
RFCv1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260226202211.929005-1-mattev@meta.com/
RFCv2: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260312184613.3710705-1-mattev@meta.com/
The background/rationale is covered in more detail in the RFC cover
letters. The TL;DR is:
The goal is to enable userspace driver designs that use VFIO to export
DMABUFs representing subsets of PCI device BARs, and "vend" those
buffers from a primary process to other subordinate processes by fd.
These processes then mmap() the buffers and their access to the device
is isolated to the exported ranges. This is an improvement on sharing
the VFIO device fd to subordinate processes, which would allow
unfettered access .
This is achieved by enabling mmap() of vfio-pci DMABUFs. Second, a
new ioctl()-based revocation mechanism is added to allow the primary
process to forcibly revoke access to previously-shared BAR spans, even
if the subordinate processes haven't cleanly exited.
(The related topic of safe delegation of iommufd control to the
subordinate processes is not addressed here, and is follow-up work.)
As well as isolation and revocation, another advantage to accessing a
BAR through a VMA backed by a DMABUF is that it's straightforward to
create the buffer with access attributes, such as write-combining.
Notes on patches
================
Feedback from the RFCs requested that, instead of creating
DMABUF-specific vm_ops and .fault paths, to go the whole way and
migrate the existing VFIO PCI BAR mmap() to be backed by a DMABUF too,
resulting in a common vm_ops and fault handler for mmap()s of both the
VFIO device and explicitly-exported DMABUFs. This has been done for
vfio-pci, but not sub-drivers (nvgrace-gpu's special-case mappings are
unchanged).
vfio/pci: Fix vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup() double-put
A bug fix to a related are, whose context is a depdency for later
patches.
vfio/pci: Add a helper to look up PFNs for DMABUFs
vfio/pci: Add a helper to create a DMABUF for a BAR-map VMA
The first is for a DMABUF VMA fault handler to determine
arbitrary-sized PFNs from ranges in DMABUF. Secondly, refactor
DMABUF export for use by the existing export feature and a new
helper that creates a DMABUF corresponding to a VFIO BAR mmap()
request.
vfio/pci: Convert BAR mmap() to use a DMABUF
The vfio-pci core mmap() creates a DMABUF with the helper, and the
vm_ops fault handler uses the other helper to resolve the fault.
Because this depends on DMABUF structs/code, CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_CORE
needs to depend on CONFIG_DMA_SHARED_BUFFER. The
CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_DMABUF still conditionally enables the export
support code.
NOTE: The user mmap()s a device fd, but the resulting VMA's vm_file
becomes that of the DMABUF which takes ownership of the device and
puts it on release. This maintains the existing behaviour of a VMA
keeping the VFIO device open.
BAR zapping then happens via the existing vfio_pci_dma_buf_move()
path, which now needs to unmap PTEs in the DMABUF's address_space.
vfio/pci: Provide a user-facing name for BAR mappings
There was a request for decent debug naming in /proc/<pid>/maps
etc. comparable to the existing VFIO names: since the VMAs are
DMABUFs, they have a "dmabuf:" prefix and can't be 100% identical
to before. This is a user-visible change, but this patch at least
now gives us extra info on the BDF & BAR being mapped.
vfio/pci: Clean up BAR zap and revocation
In general (see NOTE!) the vfio_pci_zap_bars() is now obsolete,
since it unmaps PTEs in the VFIO device address_space which is now
unused. This consolidates all calls (e.g. around reset) with the
neighbouring vfio_pci_dma_buf_move()s into new functions, to
revoke-zap/unrevoke.
NOTE: the nvgrace-gpu driver continues to use its own private
vm_ops, fault handler, etc. for its special memregions, and these
DO still add PTEs to the VFIO device address_space. So, a
temporary flag, vdev->bar_needs_zap, maintains the old behaviour
for this use. At least this patch's consolidation makes it easy
to remove the remaining zap when this need goes away.
A FIXME is added: if nvgrace-gpu is converted to DMABUFs, remove
the flag and final zap.
vfio/pci: Support mmap() of a VFIO DMABUF
Adds mmap() for a DMABUF fd exported from vfio-pci.
It was a goal to keep the VFIO device fd lifetime behaviour
unchanged with respect to the DMABUFs. An application can close
all device fds, and this will revoke/clean up all DMABUFs; no
mappings or other access can be performed now. When enabling
mmap() of the DMABUFs, this means access through the VMA is also
revoked. This complicates the fault handler because whilst the
DMABUF exists, it has no guarantee that the corresponding VFIO
device is still alive. Adds synchronisation ensuring the vdev is
available before vdev->memory_lock is touched.
(I decided against the alternative of preventing cleanup by holding
the VFIO device open if any DMABUFs exist, because it's both a
change of behaviour and less clean overall.)
I've added a chonky comment in place, happy to clarify more if you
have ideas.
vfio/pci: Permanently revoke a DMABUF on request
By weight, this is mostly a rename of revoked to an enum, status.
There are now 3 states for a buffer, usable and revoked
temporary/permanent. A new VFIO device ioctl is added,
VFIO_DEVICE_PCI_DMABUF_REVOKE, which passes a DMABUF (exported from
that device) and permanently revokes it. Thus a userspace driver
can guarantee any downstream consumers of a shared fd are prevented
from accessing a BAR range, and that range can be reused.
The code doing revocation in vfio_pci_dma_buf_move() is moved,
unchanged, to a common function for use by _move() and the new
ioctl path.
Q: I can't think of a good reason to temporarily revoke/unrevoke
buffers from userspace, so didn't add a 'flags' field to the ioctl
struct. Easy to add if people think it's worthwhile for future
use.
vfio/pci: Add mmap() attributes to DMABUF feature
Reserves bits [31:28] in vfio_device_feature_dma_buf to allow a
(CPU) mapping attribute to be specified for an exported set of
ranges. The default is the current UC, and a new flag can specify
CPU access as WC.
Q: I've taken 4 bits; the intention is for this field to be a
scalar not a bitmap (i.e. mutually-exclusive access properties).
Perhaps 4 is a bit too many?
Testing
=======
(The [RFC ONLY] userspace test program, for QEMU edu-plus, has been
dropped, but can be found in the GitHub branch below.)
This code has been tested in mapping DMABUFs of single/multiple
ranges, aliasing mmap()s, aliasing ranges across DMABUFs, vm_pgoff >
0, revocation, shutdown/cleanup scenarios, and hugepage mappings seem
to work correctly. I've lightly tested WC mappings also (by observing
resulting PTEs as having the correct attributes...). No regressions
observed on the VFIO selftests, or on our internal vfio-pci
applications.
End
===
This is based on -next (next-20260414 but will merge earlier), as it
depends on Leon's series "vfio: Wait for dma-buf invalidation to
complete":
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iommu/20260205-nocturnal-poetic-chamois-f566a…
These commits are on GitHub, along with "[RFC ONLY] selftests: vfio: Add
standalone vfio_dmabuf_mmap_test":
https://github.com/metamev/linux/compare/next-20260414...metamev:linux:dev/…
Thanks for reading,
Matt
================================================================================
Change log:
v1:
- Cleanup of the common DMABUF-aware VMA vm_ops fault handler and
export code.
- Fixed a lot of races, particularly faults racing with DMABUF
cleanup (if the VFIO device fds close, for example).
- Added nicer human-readable names for VFIO mmap() VMAs
RFCv2: Respin based on the feedback/suggestions:
https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260312184613.3710705-1-mattev@meta.com/
- Transform the existing VFIO BAR mmap path to also use DMABUFs
behind the scenes, and then simply share that code for
explicitly-mapped DMABUFs. Jason wanted to go that direction to
enable iommufd VFIO type 1 emulation to pick up a DMABUF for an IO
mapping.
- Revoke buffers using a VFIO device fd ioctl
RFCv1:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260226202211.929005-1-mattev@meta.com/
Matt Evans (9):
vfio/pci: Fix vfio_pci_dma_buf_cleanup() double-put
vfio/pci: Add a helper to look up PFNs for DMABUFs
vfio/pci: Add a helper to create a DMABUF for a BAR-map VMA
vfio/pci: Convert BAR mmap() to use a DMABUF
vfio/pci: Provide a user-facing name for BAR mappings
vfio/pci: Clean up BAR zap and revocation
vfio/pci: Support mmap() of a VFIO DMABUF
vfio/pci: Permanently revoke a DMABUF on request
vfio/pci: Add mmap() attributes to DMABUF feature
drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig | 3 +-
drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile | 3 +-
drivers/vfio/pci/nvgrace-gpu/main.c | 5 +
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_config.c | 30 +-
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c | 224 ++++++++++---
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c | 500 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_priv.h | 49 ++-
include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h | 1 +
include/uapi/linux/vfio.h | 42 ++-
9 files changed, 690 insertions(+), 167 deletions(-)
--
2.47.3
virtio_gpu_cursor_plane_update() and virtio_gpu_resource_flush() lock
the framebuffer BO's dma_resv via virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv() and
ignore its return value. The function can fail with -EINTR from
dma_resv_lock_interruptible() (signal during lock wait) or with
-ENOMEM from dma_resv_reserve_fences() (fence slot allocation),
leaving the resv lock not held. The queue path then walks the object
array and calls dma_resv_add_fence(), which requires the lock held;
with lockdep enabled this trips dma_resv_assert_held():
WARNING: drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c:296 at dma_resv_add_fence+0x71e/0x840
Call Trace:
virtio_gpu_array_add_fence
virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_sgs
virtio_gpu_queue_fenced_ctrl_buffer
virtio_gpu_cursor_plane_update
drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes
drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail
commit_tail
drm_atomic_helper_commit
drm_atomic_commit
drm_atomic_helper_update_plane
__setplane_atomic
drm_mode_cursor_universal
drm_mode_cursor_common
drm_mode_cursor_ioctl
drm_ioctl
__x64_sys_ioctl
Beyond the WARN, mutating the dma_resv fence list without the lock
races with concurrent readers/writers and can corrupt the list.
Both call sites run inside the .atomic_update plane callback, which
DRM atomic helpers do not allow to fail (by the time it runs, the
commit has been signed off to userspace and there is no clean
rollback path). Moving the lock acquisition to .prepare_fb (v2) was
rejected because the broader lock scope deadlocks against other
BO locking paths in the same atomic commit.
Introduce virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv_uninterruptible() that uses
dma_resv_lock() instead of dma_resv_lock_interruptible() on the
nents==1 path. This eliminates the -EINTR failure mode -- the
realistic syzbot trigger -- without extending the lock hold across
the commit. Use it from both virtio_gpu_cursor_plane_update() and
virtio_gpu_resource_flush(); check the return value to handle the
remaining -ENOMEM case by freeing the objs and skipping the plane
update for that frame. The framebuffer BOs touched here are not
shared with other contexts and lock contention is expected to be
brief, so the loss of signal-interruptibility is acceptable.
Other callers of virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv() (the ioctl paths)
continue to use the interruptible variant.
The bug was reported by syzbot, triggered via fault injection
(fail_nth) on the DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CURSOR path, which forces the
-ENOMEM branch in dma_resv_reserve_fences().
Reported-by: syzbot+72bd3dd3a5d5f39a0271(a)syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=72bd3dd3a5d5f39a0271
Fixes: 5cfd31c5b3a3 ("drm/virtio: fix virtio_gpu_cursor_plane_update().")
Cc: stable(a)vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406(a)gmail.com>
---
v3: Per maintainer feedback on v2 (lockup caused by the broader
lock scope in prepare_fb conflicting with other BO locking in
the same atomic commit): drop the prepare_fb/cleanup_fb
approach, introduce an uninterruptible variant of
virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv(), and use it in both
virtio_gpu_cursor_plane_update() and virtio_gpu_resource_flush().
v2: Move resv lock acquisition from .atomic_update (which must not
fail) to .prepare_fb (which may), per maintainer review of v1.
The previous approach of silently skipping the cursor update on
lock failure violated the atomic-commit contract with userspace.
---
drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h | 1 +
drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_gem.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c | 10 ++++++++--
3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
index f17660a71a3e..43a7eb568e15 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.h
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ virtio_gpu_array_from_handles(struct drm_file *drm_file, u32 *handles, u32 nents
void virtio_gpu_array_add_obj(struct virtio_gpu_object_array *objs,
struct drm_gem_object *obj);
int virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv(struct virtio_gpu_object_array *objs);
+int virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv_uninterruptible(struct virtio_gpu_object_array *objs);
void virtio_gpu_array_unlock_resv(struct virtio_gpu_object_array *objs);
void virtio_gpu_array_add_fence(struct virtio_gpu_object_array *objs,
struct dma_fence *fence);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_gem.c
index f22dc5c21cd4..08c4b7ef8d44 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_gem.c
@@ -238,6 +238,30 @@ int virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv(struct virtio_gpu_object_array *objs)
return ret;
}
+int virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv_uninterruptible(struct virtio_gpu_object_array *objs)
+{
+ unsigned int i;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (objs->nents == 1) {
+ dma_resv_lock(objs->objs[0]->resv, NULL);
+ } else {
+ ret = drm_gem_lock_reservations(objs->objs, objs->nents,
+ &objs->ticket);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < objs->nents; ++i) {
+ ret = dma_resv_reserve_fences(objs->objs[i]->resv, 1);
+ if (ret) {
+ virtio_gpu_array_unlock_resv(objs);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
void virtio_gpu_array_unlock_resv(struct virtio_gpu_object_array *objs)
{
if (objs->nents == 1) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c
index a126d1b25f46..ef118cb4f0fa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c
@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@ static void virtio_gpu_resource_flush(struct drm_plane *plane,
if (!objs)
return;
virtio_gpu_array_add_obj(objs, vgfb->base.obj[0]);
- virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv(objs);
+ if (virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv_uninterruptible(objs)) {
+ virtio_gpu_array_put_free(objs);
+ return;
+ }
virtio_gpu_cmd_resource_flush(vgdev, bo->hw_res_handle, x, y,
width, height, objs,
vgplane_st->fence);
@@ -459,7 +462,10 @@ static void virtio_gpu_cursor_plane_update(struct drm_plane *plane,
if (!objs)
return;
virtio_gpu_array_add_obj(objs, vgfb->base.obj[0]);
- virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv(objs);
+ if (virtio_gpu_array_lock_resv_uninterruptible(objs)) {
+ virtio_gpu_array_put_free(objs);
+ return;
+ }
virtio_gpu_cmd_transfer_to_host_2d
(vgdev, 0,
plane->state->crtc_w,
--
2.43.0
I'm not sure exactly who to report this bug too. Probably the mm
devs?
drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c:499 system_heap_allocate()
warn: passing positive error code 's32min-(-1),1' to 'ERR_PTR'
drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
459 if (cc_shared) {
460 for_each_sgtable_sg(table, sg, i) {
461 ret = system_heap_set_page_decrypted(sg_page(sg));
462 if (ret)
463 goto free_pages;
It kind of looks like system_heap_set_page_decrypted() can return 1.
464 }
465 }
466
467 /* create the dmabuf */
468 exp_info.exp_name = dma_heap_get_name(heap);
469 exp_info.ops = &system_heap_buf_ops;
470 exp_info.size = buffer->len;
471 exp_info.flags = fd_flags;
472 exp_info.priv = buffer;
473 dmabuf = dma_buf_export(&exp_info);
474 if (IS_ERR(dmabuf)) {
475 ret = PTR_ERR(dmabuf);
476 goto free_pages;
477 }
478 return dmabuf;
479
480 free_pages:
481 for_each_sgtable_sg(table, sg, i) {
482 struct page *p = sg_page(sg);
483
484 /*
485 * Intentionally leak pages that cannot be re-encrypted
486 * to prevent shared memory from being reused.
487 */
488 if (buffer->cc_shared &&
489 system_heap_set_page_encrypted(p))
490 continue;
491 __free_pages(p, compound_order(p));
492 }
493 sg_free_table(table);
494 free_buffer:
495 list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp_page, &pages, lru)
496 __free_pages(page, compound_order(page));
497 kfree(buffer);
498
--> 499 return ERR_PTR(ret);
500 }
The problem is that add_to_pagemap() returns PM_END_OF_BUFFER (1)
which is used by pagemap_read() and nowhere else. The call tree
is:
system_heap_allocate()
system_heap_set_page_decrypted()
set_memory_decrypted()
realm_set_memory_decrypted()
__set_memory_enc_dec()
__change_memory_common()
update_range_prot()
walk_kernel_page_table_range_lockless()
walk_pgd_range()
pagemap_pte_hole()
add_to_pagemap()
This code seems sort of old and I guess no one has reported the bug
so maybe it's a false positive, but it feels like it's asking for
problems to return the PM_END_OF_BUFFER. There aren't any comments
on any of those functions above explaining what return values are
expected.
This email is a free service from the Smatch-CI project [smatch.sf.net].
regards,
dan carpenter
The kerneldoc comment on dma_fence_init() and dma_fence_init64() describe
the legacy reason to pass an external lock as a need to prevent multiple
fences "from signaling out of order". However, this wording is a bit
misleading: a shared spinlock does not (and cannot) prevent the signaler
from signaling out of order. Signaling order is the driver's responsibility
regardless of whether the lock is shared or per-fence.
What a shared lock actually provides is serialization of signaling and
observation across fences in a given context, so that observers never
see a later fence signaled while an earlier one is not.
Reword both comments to describe this more accurately.
Signed-off-by: Maíra Canal <mcanal(a)igalia.com>
---
v1 -> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20260411185756.1887119-4-mcanal@igalia.co…
- Be more explicit about not allowing new users to use an external lock.
- De-duplicate the explanation in dma_fence_init64() by pointing to the
dma_fence_init() documentation.
---
drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
index 1c1eaecaf1b0..63b349ba9a34 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
@@ -1102,9 +1102,11 @@ __dma_fence_init(struct dma_fence *fence, const struct dma_fence_ops *ops,
* context and seqno are used for easy comparison between fences, allowing
* to check which fence is later by simply using dma_fence_later().
*
- * It is strongly discouraged to provide an external lock because this couples
- * lock and fence life time. This is only allowed for legacy use cases when
- * multiple fences need to be prevented from signaling out of order.
+ * External locks are a relic from legacy use cases that needed a shared lock
+ * to serialize signaling and observation of fences within a context, so that
+ * observers never see a later fence signaled while an earlier one isn't. New
+ * users MUST NOT use external locks, as they force the issuer to outlive all
+ * fences that reference the lock.
*/
void
dma_fence_init(struct dma_fence *fence, const struct dma_fence_ops *ops,
@@ -1129,9 +1131,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_init);
* Context and seqno are used for easy comparison between fences, allowing
* to check which fence is later by simply using dma_fence_later().
*
- * It is strongly discouraged to provide an external lock because this couples
- * lock and fence life time. This is only allowed for legacy use cases when
- * multiple fences need to be prevented from signaling out of order.
+ * New users MUST NOT use external locks. Check the documentation in
+ * dma_fence_init() to understand the motives behind the legacy use cases.
*/
void
dma_fence_init64(struct dma_fence *fence, const struct dma_fence_ops *ops,
--
2.53.0
The AMDGPU_GEM_OP_GET_MAPPING_INFO branch of amdgpu_gem_op_ioctl()
holds three cleanup-tracked resources before calling kvcalloc():
the drm_gem_object reference from drm_gem_object_lookup(), the
drm_exec lock on the looked-up GEM via drm_exec_lock_obj(), and
the drm_exec lock on the per-process VM root page directory via
amdgpu_vm_lock_pd(). All three are released by the out_exec
label that every other error path in this function jumps to.
The kvcalloc() failure path returns -ENOMEM directly, skipping
out_exec and leaking all three.
The leaked per-process VM root PD dma_resv lock is the
load-bearing leak: any subsequent operation on the same VM
(further GEM ops, command-submission, eviction, TTM shrinker
callbacks) blocks on the held lock. DRM_IOCTL_AMDGPU_GEM_OP is
DRM_AUTH | DRM_RENDER_ALLOW, so this is an unprivileged-local
denial of service against the caller's GPU context, reachable
by any process with /dev/dri/renderD* access.
Route the failure through out_exec so drm_exec_fini() and
drm_gem_object_put() run.
Reproduced on stock 7.0.0-10, Ryzen 7 5700U / Radeon Vega
(Lucienne): the failing ioctl returns -ENOMEM and a second
GET_MAPPING_INFO on the same fd then blocks in
drm_exec_lock_obj() on the leaked dma_resv. SIGKILL on the
caller does not reap the task; the fd-release path during
process exit goes through amdgpu_gem_object_close() ->
drm_exec_prepare_obj() on the same lock, leaving the task in D
state until the box is rebooted. The patched kernel was not
rebuilt and re-tested on this hardware; the fix is mechanical.
Tested on a single Lucienne / Vega box only.
Ziyi Guo posted an independent INT_MAX-bound check for
args->num_entries in the same branch [1]; the two patches are
complementary and can land in either order.
Fixes: 4d82724f7f2b ("drm/amdgpu: Add mapping info option for GEM_OP ioctl")
Cc: stable(a)vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260208000255.4073363-1-n7l8m4@u.northwestern.… # [1]
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito(a)gmail.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7
---
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
index 9ef80bca4102..8224fb499fdf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
@@ -1091,8 +1091,10 @@ int amdgpu_gem_op_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
* be retried.
*/
vm_entries = kvcalloc(args->num_entries, sizeof(*vm_entries), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!vm_entries)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (!vm_entries) {
+ r = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_exec;
+ }
amdgpu_vm_bo_va_for_each_valid_mapping(bo_va, mapping) {
if (num_mappings < args->num_entries) {
--
2.53.0
This patchset enhances the LINFlexD UART driver and its device tree bindings to
support DMA transfers, configurable clock inputs, dynamic baudrate changes, and
termios features. It also includes a series of fixes and improvements to ensure
reliable operation across various modes and configurations.
The changes added can be summarized as follows:
1. Fixes with respect to FIFO handling, locking, interrupt related registers and
INITM mode transition.
2. Removal of the earlycon workaround, as proper FIFO handling and INITM
transitions now ensure stable behavior.
3. Support for configurable stop bits and dynamic baudrate changes based on
clock inputs and termios settings.
4. Optional DMA support for RX and TX paths, preventing character loss during
high-throughput operations like copy-paste. Cyclic DMA is used for RX to avoid
gaps between transactions.
Larisa Grigore (8):
serial: linflexuart: Clean SLEEP bit in LINCR1 after suspend
serial: linflexuart: Check FIFO full before writing
serial: linflexuart: Correctly clear UARTSR in buffer mode
serial: linflexuart: Update RXEN/TXEN outside INITM mode
serial: linflexuart: Ensure FIFO is empty when entering INITM
serial: linflexuart: Revert earlycon workaround
serial: linflexuart: Add support for configurable stop bits
serial: linflexuart: Add DMA support
Radu Pirea (5):
serial: linflexuart: Fix locking in set_termios
dt-bindings: serial: fsl-linflexuart: add clock input properties
dt-bindings: serial: fsl-linflexuart: add dma properties
serial: linflexuart: Add support for changing baudrate
serial: linflexuart: Avoid stopping DMA during receive operations
.../bindings/serial/fsl,s32-linflexuart.yaml | 31 +
drivers/tty/serial/fsl_linflexuart.c | 972 +++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 846 insertions(+), 157 deletions(-)
--
2.47.0