[PATCH v7 02/22] dma-pool: fix page leak in atomic_pool_expand() cleanup

Aneesh Kumar K.V aneesh.kumar at kernel.org
Mon Jul 13 20:35:25 PDT 2026


Jason Gunthorpe <jgg at ziepe.ca> writes:

> On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 11:19:06AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) wrote:
>> @@ -115,8 +116,10 @@ static int atomic_pool_expand(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t pool_size,
>>  	 */
>>  	ret = set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)page_to_virt(page),
>>  				   1 << order);
>> -	if (ret)
>> +	if (ret) {
>> +		leak_pages = true;
>>  		goto remove_mapping;
>> +	}
>
> Truely these _set_memory_decrypted() things are an insane API. So a if
> it fails to decrypt it can be in any messy state?
>

Yes, we could possibly try to encrypt the page again and, if that
succeeds, avoid leaking it. We might want to do that tree-wide in a
separate patch.

>
>> @@ -130,14 +133,15 @@ static int atomic_pool_expand(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t pool_size,
>>  				   1 << order);
>>  	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ret)) {
>>  		/* Decrypt succeeded but encrypt failed, purposely leak */
>> -		goto out;
>> +		leak_pages = true;
>
> At least this one makes some sense..
>
> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg at nvidia.com>
>
> Jason

-aneesh



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