[PATCH] soc: fsl: qbman: fix race condition in qman_destroy_fq

[Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)]

Hi,

Le 02/02/2026 à 13:54, Richard GENOUD a écrit :
> Le 23/12/2025 à 08:25, Richard Genoud a écrit :
>> When QMAN_FQ_FLAG_DYNAMIC_FQID is set, there's a race condition between
>> fq_table[fq->idx] state and freeing/allocating from the pool and
>> WARN_ON(fq_table[fq->idx]) in qman_create_fq() gets triggered.
>>
>> Indeed, we can have:
>>           Thread A                             Thread B
>>      qman_destroy_fq()                    qman_create_fq()
>>        qman_release_fqid()
>>          qman_shutdown_fq()
>>          gen_pool_free()
>>             -- At this point, the fqid is available again --
>>                                             qman_alloc_fqid()
>>             -- so, we can get the just-freed fqid in thread B --
>>                                             fq->fqid = fqid;
>>                                             fq->idx = fqid * 2;
>>                                             WARN_ON(fq_table[fq->idx]);
>>                                             fq_table[fq->idx] = fq;
>>       fq_table[fq->idx] = NULL;
>>
>> And adding some logs between qman_release_fqid() and
>> fq_table[fq->idx] = NULL makes the WARN_ON() trigger a lot more.
>>
>> To prevent that, ensure that fq_table[fq->idx] is set to NULL before
>> gen_pool_free() is called by using smp_wmb().
>>
> 
> Tested on a LS1046A based board.
> With this patch, the warning is not triggered anymore.
> 
> Tested-by: CHAMPSEIX Thomas <thomas.champseix at alstomgroup.com>

This fix is now in linux-next. If everything goes well I will send a 
pull request for this fix in rc2 or rc3.

> 
>> Fixes: c535e923bb97 ("soc/fsl: Introduce DPAA 1.x QMan device driver")
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud at bootlin.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>   1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> NB: I'm not 100% sure of the need of a barrier here, since even without
>> it, the WARN_ON() wasn't triggered any more.
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c
>> index 6b392b3ad4b1..39a3e7aab6ff 100644
>> --- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c
>> +++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c
>> @@ -1827,6 +1827,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(qman_create_fq);
>>   void qman_destroy_fq(struct qman_fq *fq)
>>   {
>> +    int leaked;
>> +
>>       /*
>>        * We don't need to lock the FQ as it is a pre-condition that 
>> the FQ be
>>        * quiesced. Instead, run some checks.
>> @@ -1834,11 +1836,29 @@ void qman_destroy_fq(struct qman_fq *fq)
>>       switch (fq->state) {
>>       case qman_fq_state_parked:
>>       case qman_fq_state_oos:
>> -        if (fq_isset(fq, QMAN_FQ_FLAG_DYNAMIC_FQID))
>> -            qman_release_fqid(fq->fqid);
>> +        /*
>> +         * There's a race condition here on releasing the fqid,
>> +         * setting the fq_table to NULL, and freeing the fqid.
>> +         * To prevent it, this order should be respected:
>> +         */
>> +        if (fq_isset(fq, QMAN_FQ_FLAG_DYNAMIC_FQID)) {
>> +            leaked = qman_shutdown_fq(fq->fqid);
>> +            if (leaked)
>> +                pr_debug("FQID %d leaked\n", fq->fqid);
>> +        }
>>           DPAA_ASSERT(fq_table[fq->idx]);
>>           fq_table[fq->idx] = NULL;
>> +
>> +        if (fq_isset(fq, QMAN_FQ_FLAG_DYNAMIC_FQID) && !leaked) {
>> +            /*
>> +             * fq_table[fq->idx] should be set to null before
>> +             * freeing fq->fqid otherwise it could by allocated by
>> +             * qman_alloc_fqid() while still being !NULL
>> +             */
>> +            smp_wmb();
>> +            gen_pool_free(qm_fqalloc, fq->fqid | DPAA_GENALLOC_OFF, 1);
>> +        }
>>           return;
>>       default:
>>           break;
>>
>> base-commit: 9448598b22c50c8a5bb77a9103e2d49f134c9578
> 
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