[PATCH v7] wifi: ath11k: fix resource leak on error in ext IRQ setup

赵金明 zhaojinming at uniontech.com
Mon Jul 27 23:10:47 PDT 2026


Thanks for your review. 
Do you mean the Link tag should be placed in the changelog section (below ---) rather than in the commit message body? 
If so, I'll move it there. Or if b4 handles the tracking automatically, I can simply drop the Link tag.

Regards,
Zhao Jinming

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>On 7/28/2026 11:13 AM, ZhaoJinming wrote:



>> In ath11k_ahb_config_irq(), when a CE request_irq() fails, the function



>> returns the error immediately without freeing the CE IRQs that were



>> successfully registered in previous loop iterations. The probe error



>> path does not call ath11k_ahb_free_irq() either, so the previously



>> registered CE IRQ handlers remain attached to the interrupt lines and



>> are never released.



>> 



>> In ath11k_ahb_config_ext_irq(), when an external request_irq() fails,



>> the error is only logged and the loop continues. The function then



>> returns 0 indicating success, leaving the device in a partially



>> configured state where some external IRQs are not registered. This



>> causes enable_irq()/disable_irq()/free_irq() to be called on



>> unregistered IRQs during runtime and remove/shutdown, triggering



>> WARN_ON(!desc->action), and missing interrupt handlers lead to data



>> loss.



>> 



>> Additionally, if alloc_netdev_dummy() fails for a later IRQ group, the



>> function returns -ENOMEM without freeing the ext IRQs and napi_ndev



>> that were successfully set up for earlier groups.



>> 



>> Fix all three issues: propagate the error up to the caller and unwind



>> all successfully registered IRQs and allocated resources on failure.



>> Also move ab->irq_num[irq_idx] assignment after request_irq() succeeds



>> in the ext IRQ path to match the CE IRQ path and avoid storing a stale



>> IRQ number on failure.



>> 



>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b6903572-52cc-4c41-b9cf-5845e387c176@oss.qualcomm.com/



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>this is not the right way to track old versions. If want to do that the right place is in



>the changelog.



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>Note if you use b4 tool this tracking burden can be done automatically.



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>> Signed-off-by: ZhaoJinming <zhaojinming at uniontech.com>



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>> 



>> Changes in v7:



>> - Resend in a new thread. No content changes from v6.



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>I mean here.



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>> 



>> Changes in v6:



>> - Move ab->irq_num[irq_idx] = irq after request_irq() succeeds in the



>>?? ext IRQ path to match the CE IRQ logic and avoid storing a stale IRQ



>>?? number on failure.



>> 



>> Changes in v5:



>> - Resend as a fresh thread. No content changes from v4.



>> 



>> Changes in v4:



>> - Drop the napi_ndev NULL guard in ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq_grp() as it



>>?? is unreachable in all existing call paths. A silent guard against an



>>?? impossible condition hides bugs instead of exposing them.



>> 



>> Changes in v3:



>> - Extract ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq_grp() to handle per-group ext IRQ



>>?? cleanup and refactor ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq() to use it.



>> - On request_irq() failure in ath11k_ahb_config_ext_irq(), immediately



>>?? clean up the current group via ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq_grp() before



>>?? jumping to the error label to unwind earlier groups.



>> - Move u32 num_irq declaration before the irq_grp assignment to follow



>>?? declaration-before-statement ordering.



>> - Extract ath11k_ahb_free_ce_irqs() to handle partial/full CE IRQ cleanup



>>?? and refactor ath11k_ahb_free_irq() to use it, replacing the duplicated



>>?? err_ce_irq cleanup loop in ath11k_ahb_config_irq().



>> 



>> Changes in v2:



>> - Move `irq_grp` declaration from for-loop body to function scope to fix



>>?? compile error in err_request_irq error path.



>> - Set ret = -ENOMEM before goto err_request_irq on alloc_netdev_dummy()



>>?? failure to avoid returning uninitialized value.



>> - When ath11k_ahb_config_ext_irq() fails, unwind the already-registered



>>?? CE IRQs via a shared err_ce_irq cleanup path to avoid leaking them.



>> 



>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c



>> index 1e1dea485760..ec5bf5c9fd79 100644



>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c



>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/ahb.c



>> @@ -431,36 +431,44 @@ static void ath11k_ahb_init_qmi_ce_config(struct ath11k_base *ab)



>>? 	ab->qmi.service_ins_id = ab->hw_params.qmi_service_ins_id;



>>? }



>>? 



>> -static void ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq(struct ath11k_base *ab)



>> +static void ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq_grp(struct ath11k_base *ab,



>> +					struct ath11k_ext_irq_grp *irq_grp)



>>? {



>> -	int i, j;



>> -



>> -	for (i = 0; i < ATH11K_EXT_IRQ_GRP_NUM_MAX; i++) {



>> -		struct ath11k_ext_irq_grp *irq_grp = &ab->ext_irq_grp[i];



>> +	int j;



>>? 



>> -		for (j = 0; j < irq_grp->num_irq; j++)



>> -			free_irq(ab->irq_num[irq_grp->irqs[j]], irq_grp);



>> +	for (j = 0; j < irq_grp->num_irq; j++)



>> +		free_irq(ab->irq_num[irq_grp->irqs[j]], irq_grp);



>>? 



>> -		netif_napi_del(&irq_grp->napi);



>> -		free_netdev(irq_grp->napi_ndev);



>> -	}



>> +	netif_napi_del(&irq_grp->napi);



>> +	free_netdev(irq_grp->napi_ndev);



>>? }



>>? 



>> -static void ath11k_ahb_free_irq(struct ath11k_base *ab)



>> +static void ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq(struct ath11k_base *ab)



>>? {



>> -	int irq_idx;



>>? 	int i;



>>? 



>> -	if (ab->hw_params.hybrid_bus_type)



>> -		return ath11k_pcic_free_irq(ab);



>> +	for (i = 0; i < ATH11K_EXT_IRQ_GRP_NUM_MAX; i++)



>> +		ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq_grp(ab, &ab->ext_irq_grp[i]);



>> +}



>>? 



>> -	for (i = 0; i < ab->hw_params.ce_count; i++) {



>> +static void ath11k_ahb_free_ce_irqs(struct ath11k_base *ab, int max_idx)



>> +{



>> +	int irq_idx, i;



>> +



>> +	for (i = 0; i < max_idx; i++) {



>>? 		if (ath11k_ce_get_attr_flags(ab, i) & CE_ATTR_DIS_INTR)



>>? 			continue;



>>? 		irq_idx = ATH11K_IRQ_CE0_OFFSET + i;



>>? 		free_irq(ab->irq_num[irq_idx], &ab->ce.ce_pipe[i]);



>>? 	}



>> +}



>> +



>> +static void ath11k_ahb_free_irq(struct ath11k_base *ab)



>> +{



>> +	if (ab->hw_params.hybrid_bus_type)



>> +		return ath11k_pcic_free_irq(ab);



>>? 



>> +	ath11k_ahb_free_ce_irqs(ab, ab->hw_params.ce_count);



>>? 	ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq(ab);



>>? }



>>? 



>> @@ -524,20 +532,25 @@ static irqreturn_t ath11k_ahb_ext_interrupt_handler(int irq, void *arg)



>>? static int ath11k_ahb_config_ext_irq(struct ath11k_base *ab)



>>? {



>>? 	struct ath11k_hw_params *hw = &ab->hw_params;



>> +	struct ath11k_ext_irq_grp *irq_grp;



>>? 	int i, j;



>>? 	int irq;



>>? 	int ret;



>>? 



>>? 	for (i = 0; i < ATH11K_EXT_IRQ_GRP_NUM_MAX; i++) {



>> -		struct ath11k_ext_irq_grp *irq_grp = &ab->ext_irq_grp[i];



>>? 		u32 num_irq = 0;



>>? 



>> +		irq_grp = &ab->ext_irq_grp[i];



>> +



>>? 		irq_grp->ab = ab;



>>? 		irq_grp->grp_id = i;



>>? 



>>? 		irq_grp->napi_ndev = alloc_netdev_dummy(0);



>> -		if (!irq_grp->napi_ndev)



>> -			return -ENOMEM;



>> +		if (!irq_grp->napi_ndev) {



>> +			ret = -ENOMEM;



>> +			irq_grp->num_irq = 0;



>> +			goto err_request_irq;



>> +		}



>>? 



>>? 		netif_napi_add(irq_grp->napi_ndev, &irq_grp->napi,



>>? 			?????? ath11k_ahb_ext_grp_napi_poll);



>> @@ -585,14 +598,11 @@ static int ath11k_ahb_config_ext_irq(struct ath11k_base *ab)



>>? 				}



>>? 			}



>>? 		}



>> -		irq_grp->num_irq = num_irq;



>> -



>> -		for (j = 0; j < irq_grp->num_irq; j++) {



>> +		for (j = 0; j < num_irq; j++) {



>>? 			int irq_idx = irq_grp->irqs[j];



>>? 



>>? 			irq = platform_get_irq_byname(ab->pdev,



>>? 						????? irq_name[irq_idx]);



>> -			ab->irq_num[irq_idx] = irq;



>>? 			irq_set_status_flags(irq, IRQ_NOAUTOEN | IRQ_DISABLE_UNLAZY);



>>? 			ret = request_irq(irq, ath11k_ahb_ext_interrupt_handler,



>>? 					? IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING,



>> @@ -600,11 +610,24 @@ static int ath11k_ahb_config_ext_irq(struct ath11k_base *ab)



>>? 			if (ret) {



>>? 				ath11k_err(ab, "failed request_irq for %d\n",



>>? 					?? irq);



>> +				irq_grp->num_irq = j;



>> +				ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq_grp(ab, irq_grp);



>> +				goto err_request_irq;



>>? 			}



>> +			ab->irq_num[irq_idx] = irq;



>>? 		}



>> +



>> +		irq_grp->num_irq = num_irq;



>>? 	}



>>? 



>>? 	return 0;



>> +



>> +err_request_irq:



>> +	for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {



>> +		irq_grp = &ab->ext_irq_grp[i];



>> +		ath11k_ahb_free_ext_irq_grp(ab, irq_grp);



>> +	}



>> +	return ret;



>>? }



>>? 



>>? static int ath11k_ahb_config_irq(struct ath11k_base *ab)



>> @@ -629,16 +652,24 @@ static int ath11k_ahb_config_irq(struct ath11k_base *ab)



>>? 		ret = request_irq(irq, ath11k_ahb_ce_interrupt_handler,



>>? 				? IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING, irq_name[irq_idx],



>>? 				? ce_pipe);



>> -		if (ret)



>> +		if (ret) {



>> +			ath11k_err(ab, "failed request_irq for %d\n", irq);



>> +			ath11k_ahb_free_ce_irqs(ab, i);



>>? 			return ret;



>> +		}



>>? 



>>? 		ab->irq_num[irq_idx] = irq;



>>? 	}



>>? 



>>? 	/* Configure external interrupts */



>>? 	ret = ath11k_ahb_config_ext_irq(ab);



>> +	if (ret) {



>> +		ath11k_err(ab, "failed to configure ext irq: %d\n", ret);



>> +		ath11k_ahb_free_ce_irqs(ab, ab->hw_params.ce_count);



>> +		return ret;



>> +	}



>>? 



>> -	return ret;



>> +	return 0;



>>? }



>>? 



>>? static int ath11k_ahb_map_service_to_pipe(struct ath11k_base *ab, u16 service_id,



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