As fput() calls the file->f_op->release op, where fault obj and ictx are
getting released, there is no need to release these two after fput() one
more time, which would result in imbalanced refcounts:
refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.
WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230
Call trace:
refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (P)
refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (L)
iommufd_fault_fops_release+0x9c/0xe0 [iommufd]
...
VFS: Close: file count is 0 (f_op=iommufd_fops [iommufd])
WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/open.c:1507 filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0
Call trace:
filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (P)
filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (L)
__arm64_sys_close+0x34/0x98
...
imbalanced put on file reference count
WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/file.c:74 __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138
Call trace:
__file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (P)
__file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (L)
__fput_sync+0x4c/0xd0
Drop those two lines to fix the warnings above.
Fixes: 07838f7fd529 ("iommufd: Add iommufd fault object")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
index 053b0e30f55a..1fe804e28a86 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
@@ -420,8 +420,6 @@ int iommufd_fault_alloc(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
put_unused_fd(fdno);
out_fput:
fput(filep);
- refcount_dec(&fault->obj.users);
- iommufd_ctx_put(fault->ictx);
out_abort:
iommufd_object_abort_and_destroy(ucmd->ictx, &fault->obj);
--
2.43.0
On 2024/12/3 16:02, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> As fput() calls the file->f_op->release op, where fault obj and ictx are
> getting released, there is no need to release these two after fput() one
> more time, which would result in imbalanced refcounts:
> refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.
> WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230
> Call trace:
> refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (P)
> refcount_warn_saturate+0x60/0x230 (L)
> iommufd_fault_fops_release+0x9c/0xe0 [iommufd]
> ...
> VFS: Close: file count is 0 (f_op=iommufd_fops [iommufd])
> WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/open.c:1507 filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0
> Call trace:
> filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (P)
> filp_flush+0x3c/0xf0 (L)
> __arm64_sys_close+0x34/0x98
> ...
> imbalanced put on file reference count
> WARNING: CPU: 48 PID: 2369 at fs/file.c:74 __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138
> Call trace:
> __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (P)
> __file_ref_put+0x100/0x138 (L)
> __fput_sync+0x4c/0xd0
>
> Drop those two lines to fix the warnings above.
>
> Fixes: 07838f7fd529 ("iommufd: Add iommufd fault object")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@nvidia.com>
> ---
> drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
> index 053b0e30f55a..1fe804e28a86 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/fault.c
> @@ -420,8 +420,6 @@ int iommufd_fault_alloc(struct iommufd_ucmd *ucmd)
> put_unused_fd(fdno);
> out_fput:
> fput(filep);
> - refcount_dec(&fault->obj.users);
> - iommufd_ctx_put(fault->ictx);
> out_abort:
> iommufd_object_abort_and_destroy(ucmd->ictx, &fault->obj);
>
Reviewed-by: Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@intel.com>
--
Regards,
Yi Liu
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