Re: [PATCH] PCI: keystone: Fix host bridge device leak in ks_pcie_quirk()

From: Jan Kiszka

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 01:00:32 EST


On 17.09.26 15:20, Wentao Liang wrote:
> ks_pcie_quirk() obtains a reference to the host bridge device with
> pci_get_host_bridge_device() but never releases it. Every early exit
> from the AM654 PG1.0 workaround leaks the reference: when the bridge
> device or its parent is missing, when the parent has no driver data,
> and when the RTL revision is not AM6_PCI_PG1_RTL_VER. The quirk runs
> for every downstream PCI device, so the reference count grows without
> bound.
>
> Add a common out label that drops the reference with
> pci_put_host_bridge_device() before returning.
>
> Fixes: 86f271f22bbb ("PCI: keystone: Add workaround for Errata #i2037 (AM65x SR 1.0)")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c | 12 ++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
> index 278d2dba1db0..cc6739edd434 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
> @@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static void ks_pcie_quirk(struct pci_dev *dev)
> {
> struct pci_bus *bus = dev->bus;
> struct keystone_pcie *ks_pcie;
> - struct device *bridge_dev;
> + struct device *bridge_dev = NULL;
> struct pci_dev *bridge;
> u32 val;
>
> @@ -582,23 +582,27 @@ static void ks_pcie_quirk(struct pci_dev *dev)
> if (pci_match_id(am6_pci_devids, bridge)) {
> bridge_dev = pci_get_host_bridge_device(dev);
> if (!bridge_dev || !bridge_dev->parent)
> - return;
> + goto out;
>
> ks_pcie = dev_get_drvdata(bridge_dev->parent);
> if (!ks_pcie)
> - return;
> + goto out;
>
> val = ks_pcie_app_readl(ks_pcie, PID);
> val &= RTL;
> val >>= RTL_SHIFT;
> if (val != AM6_PCI_PG1_RTL_VER)
> - return;
> + goto out;
>
> if (pcie_get_readrq(dev) > 128) {
> dev_info(&dev->dev, "limiting MRRS to 128 bytes\n");
> pcie_set_readrq(dev, 128);
> }
> }
> +
> +out:
> + if (bridge_dev)
> + pci_put_host_bridge_device(bridge_dev);

I would pull this under the scope of pci_match_id.

> }
> DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_ENABLE(PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, ks_pcie_quirk);
>

Good catch, even more as it does not only affect the legacy silicon. But
I guess the leaking normally ends when all devices were probed and
enabled, and no one has a desire to unbind/rebind them.

Jan

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