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crypto: qat - use unmanaged allocation for dc_data
authorSuman Kumar Chakraborty <suman.kumar.chakraborty@intel.com>
Thu, 22 May 2025 08:21:41 +0000 (09:21 +0100)
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:26:16 +0000 (17:26 +0800)
commit4cc871ad0173e8bc22f80e3609e34d546d30ef1a
tree831937c241d4aaf697db4259f61a498bec85445e
parent9d50a25eeb05c45fef46120f4527885a14c84fb2
crypto: qat - use unmanaged allocation for dc_data

The dc_data structure holds data required for handling compression
operations, such as overflow buffers. In this context, the use of
managed memory allocation APIs (devm_kzalloc() and devm_kfree())
is not necessary, as these data structures are freed and
re-allocated when a device is restarted in adf_dev_down() and
adf_dev_up().

Additionally, managed APIs automatically handle memory cleanup when the
device is detached, which can lead to conflicts with manual cleanup
processes. Specifically, if a device driver invokes the adf_dev_down()
function as part of the cleanup registered with
devm_add_action_or_reset(), it may attempt to free memory that is also
managed by the device's resource management system, potentially leading
to a double-free.

This might result in a warning similar to the following when unloading
the device specific driver, for example qat_6xxx.ko:

    qat_free_dc_data+0x4f/0x60 [intel_qat]
    qat_compression_event_handler+0x3d/0x1d0 [intel_qat]
    adf_dev_shutdown+0x6d/0x1a0 [intel_qat]
    adf_dev_down+0x32/0x50 [intel_qat]
    devres_release_all+0xb8/0x110
    device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70
    device_release_driver_internal+0x1c1/0x200
    driver_detach+0x48/0x90
    bus_remove_driver+0x74/0xf0
    pci_unregister_driver+0x2e/0xb0

Use unmanaged memory allocation APIs (kzalloc_node() and kfree()) for
the dc_data structure. This ensures that memory is explicitly allocated
and freed under the control of the driver code, preventing manual
deallocation from interfering with automatic cleanup.

Fixes: 1198ae56c9a5 ("crypto: qat - expose deflate through acomp api for QAT GEN2")
Signed-off-by: Suman Kumar Chakraborty <suman.kumar.chakraborty@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/qat_compression.c