[PATCH 1/2] spi: atmel: fix resource leak on DMA buffer allocation failure

Felix Gu ustc.gu at gmail.com
Fri May 15 10:20:34 PDT 2026


The original code set use_dma to false when dma_alloc_coherent() fails,
so DMA channels allocated earlier were never freed, causing a resource
leak.

Fix by moving the bounce buffer allocation into
atmel_spi_configure_dma() and extending atmel_spi_release_dma() to
also free the bounce buffers. Any allocation failure in the DMA
configuration path now rolls back both channels and buffers through
the same release function.

Fixes: a9889ed62d06 ("spi: atmel: Implements transfers with bounce buffer")
Signed-off-by: Felix Gu <ustc.gu at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
index 25aa294631c8..e519a86a2b45 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
@@ -559,6 +559,34 @@ static int atmel_spi_dma_slave_config(struct atmel_spi *as, u8 bits_per_word)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static void atmel_spi_release_dma(struct spi_controller *host,
+				  struct atmel_spi *as)
+{
+	if (host->dma_rx) {
+		dma_release_channel(host->dma_rx);
+		host->dma_rx = NULL;
+	}
+	if (host->dma_tx) {
+		dma_release_channel(host->dma_tx);
+		host->dma_tx = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SOC_SAM_V4_V5)) {
+		if (as->addr_tx_bbuf) {
+			dma_free_coherent(&as->pdev->dev, SPI_MAX_DMA_XFER,
+					  as->addr_tx_bbuf,
+					  as->dma_addr_tx_bbuf);
+			as->addr_tx_bbuf = NULL;
+		}
+		if (as->addr_rx_bbuf) {
+			dma_free_coherent(&as->pdev->dev, SPI_MAX_DMA_XFER,
+					  as->addr_rx_bbuf,
+					  as->dma_addr_rx_bbuf);
+			as->addr_rx_bbuf = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static int atmel_spi_configure_dma(struct spi_controller *host,
 				   struct atmel_spi *as)
 {
@@ -569,7 +597,8 @@ static int atmel_spi_configure_dma(struct spi_controller *host,
 	if (IS_ERR(host->dma_tx)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(host->dma_tx);
 		dev_dbg(dev, "No TX DMA channel, DMA is disabled\n");
-		goto error_clear;
+		host->dma_tx = NULL;
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	host->dma_rx = dma_request_chan(dev, "rx");
@@ -580,12 +609,31 @@ static int atmel_spi_configure_dma(struct spi_controller *host,
 		 * requested tx channel.
 		 */
 		dev_dbg(dev, "No RX DMA channel, DMA is disabled\n");
-		goto error;
+		host->dma_rx = NULL;
+		goto err_release_dma;
 	}
 
 	err = atmel_spi_dma_slave_config(as, 8);
 	if (err)
-		goto error;
+		goto err_release_dma;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SOC_SAM_V4_V5)) {
+		as->addr_tx_bbuf = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, SPI_MAX_DMA_XFER,
+						      &as->dma_addr_tx_bbuf,
+						      GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
+		if (!as->addr_tx_bbuf) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_release_dma;
+		}
+
+		as->addr_rx_bbuf = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, SPI_MAX_DMA_XFER,
+						      &as->dma_addr_rx_bbuf,
+						      GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
+		if (!as->addr_rx_bbuf) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err_release_dma;
+		}
+	}
 
 	dev_info(&as->pdev->dev,
 			"Using %s (tx) and %s (rx) for DMA transfers\n",
@@ -593,13 +641,10 @@ static int atmel_spi_configure_dma(struct spi_controller *host,
 			dma_chan_name(host->dma_rx));
 
 	return 0;
-error:
-	if (!IS_ERR(host->dma_rx))
-		dma_release_channel(host->dma_rx);
-	if (!IS_ERR(host->dma_tx))
-		dma_release_channel(host->dma_tx);
-error_clear:
-	host->dma_tx = host->dma_rx = NULL;
+
+err_release_dma:
+	atmel_spi_release_dma(host, as);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -611,18 +656,6 @@ static void atmel_spi_stop_dma(struct spi_controller *host)
 		dmaengine_terminate_all(host->dma_tx);
 }
 
-static void atmel_spi_release_dma(struct spi_controller *host)
-{
-	if (host->dma_rx) {
-		dma_release_channel(host->dma_rx);
-		host->dma_rx = NULL;
-	}
-	if (host->dma_tx) {
-		dma_release_channel(host->dma_tx);
-		host->dma_tx = NULL;
-	}
-}
-
 /* This function is called by the DMA driver from tasklet context */
 static void dma_callback(void *data)
 {
@@ -1581,30 +1614,6 @@ static int atmel_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		as->use_pdc = true;
 	}
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SOC_SAM_V4_V5)) {
-		as->addr_rx_bbuf = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev,
-						      SPI_MAX_DMA_XFER,
-						      &as->dma_addr_rx_bbuf,
-						      GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
-		if (!as->addr_rx_bbuf) {
-			as->use_dma = false;
-		} else {
-			as->addr_tx_bbuf = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev,
-					SPI_MAX_DMA_XFER,
-					&as->dma_addr_tx_bbuf,
-					GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
-			if (!as->addr_tx_bbuf) {
-				as->use_dma = false;
-				dma_free_coherent(&pdev->dev, SPI_MAX_DMA_XFER,
-						  as->addr_rx_bbuf,
-						  as->dma_addr_rx_bbuf);
-			}
-		}
-		if (!as->use_dma)
-			dev_info(host->dev.parent,
-				 "  can not allocate dma coherent memory\n");
-	}
-
 	if (as->caps.has_dma_support && !as->use_dma)
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Atmel SPI Controller using PIO only\n");
 
@@ -1666,7 +1675,7 @@ static int atmel_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pm_runtime_set_suspended(&pdev->dev);
 
 	if (as->use_dma)
-		atmel_spi_release_dma(host);
+		atmel_spi_release_dma(host, as);
 
 	spi_writel(as, CR, SPI_BIT(SWRST));
 	spi_writel(as, CR, SPI_BIT(SWRST)); /* AT91SAM9263 Rev B workaround */
@@ -1689,15 +1698,7 @@ static void atmel_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* reset the hardware and block queue progress */
 	if (as->use_dma) {
 		atmel_spi_stop_dma(host);
-		atmel_spi_release_dma(host);
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SOC_SAM_V4_V5)) {
-			dma_free_coherent(&pdev->dev, SPI_MAX_DMA_XFER,
-					  as->addr_tx_bbuf,
-					  as->dma_addr_tx_bbuf);
-			dma_free_coherent(&pdev->dev, SPI_MAX_DMA_XFER,
-					  as->addr_rx_bbuf,
-					  as->dma_addr_rx_bbuf);
-		}
+		atmel_spi_release_dma(host, as);
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&as->lock);

-- 
2.43.0




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