Re: [PATCH 1/6] dmaengine: idxd: Do not call destroy_workqueue with null idxd->wq
From: Vinicius Costa Gomes
Date: Tue Oct 13 2026 - 18:41:03 EST
Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 10/12/26 2:38 PM, Vinicius Costa Gomes wrote:
>> From: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> Error paths within idxd_pci_probe_alloc and related functions end up
>> calling destroy_workqueue with a null pointer, from
>> idxd_conf_device_release via put_device, because that allocation has
>> not yet occurred when the error is hit.
>>
>> This was encountered running in a kexec'd kdump kernel with reduced
>> resources, causing the "Device is HALTED!" branch in
>> idxd_device_init_reset to be taken.
>>
>> In idxd_conf_device_release, check that the workqueue has been
>> allocated before trying to destroy it.
>>
>> Fixes: 3d33de353b1f ("dmaengine: idxd: Fix not releasing workqueue on .release()")
>> Signed-off-by: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@xxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@xxxxxxxxx>
> ^ needs a sign off rather than an ack since you posted his patch?
>
Yeah, will add my sign off.
Cheers,
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Vinicius