[PATCH] soc: fsl: qbman: fix race condition in qman_destroy_fq
Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
chleroy at kernel.org
Wed Jan 7 05:29:00 AEDT 2026
Le 23/12/2025 à 08:25, Richard Genoud a écrit :
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>
> 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().
You dismantle/reimplement qman_release_fqid(). Is that the only possible
approach ?
Isn't it possible to just clear fq_table[fq->idx] _before_ calling
qman_release_fqid() ?
>
> 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
> --
> 2.47.3
>
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