[PATCH v5 17/20] dma: swiotlb: free dynamic pools from process context
Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
aneesh.kumar at kernel.org
Thu May 21 21:28:12 PDT 2026
swiotlb_dyn_free() is used after removing a dynamic swiotlb pool from
RCU-protected lists. It can call swiotlb_free_tlb(), which may need to
restore the encryption state of an unencrypted pool with
set_memory_encrypted() before freeing the pages.
RCU callbacks run in atomic context, but set_memory_encrypted() is not
guaranteed to be atomic-safe on all architectures. For example, page
attribute updates may allocate page tables or take sleeping locks.
Use queue_rcu_work() for dynamic pool freeing instead. This keeps the RCU
grace period before freeing a published pool, while running the actual pool
teardown from workqueue context. Use the same helper for the transient-pool
error path, since that path may also be reached from atomic DMA mapping
context.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar at kernel.org>
---
include/linux/swiotlb.h | 4 ++--
kernel/dma/swiotlb.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/swiotlb.h b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
index 4dcbf3931be1..526f82e9da45 100644
--- a/include/linux/swiotlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ extern void __init swiotlb_update_mem_attributes(void);
* @areas: Array of memory area descriptors.
* @slots: Array of slot descriptors.
* @node: Member of the IO TLB memory pool list.
- * @rcu: RCU head for swiotlb_dyn_free().
+ * @dyn_free: RCU work item used to free the pool from process context.
* @transient: %true if transient memory pool.
*/
struct io_tlb_pool {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct io_tlb_pool {
struct io_tlb_slot *slots;
#ifdef CONFIG_SWIOTLB_DYNAMIC
struct list_head node;
- struct rcu_head rcu;
+ struct rcu_work dyn_free;
bool transient;
bool unencrypted;
#endif
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index f4e8b241a1c4..4c56f64602ea 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -774,13 +774,10 @@ static void swiotlb_dyn_alloc(struct work_struct *work)
add_mem_pool(mem, pool);
}
-/**
- * swiotlb_dyn_free() - RCU callback to free a memory pool
- * @rcu: RCU head in the corresponding struct io_tlb_pool.
- */
-static void swiotlb_dyn_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+static void swiotlb_dyn_free_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct io_tlb_pool *pool = container_of(rcu, struct io_tlb_pool, rcu);
+ struct io_tlb_pool *pool =
+ container_of(to_rcu_work(work), struct io_tlb_pool, dyn_free);
size_t slots_size = array_size(sizeof(*pool->slots), pool->nslabs);
size_t tlb_size = pool->end - pool->start;
@@ -789,6 +786,12 @@ static void swiotlb_dyn_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
kfree(pool);
}
+static void swiotlb_schedule_dyn_free(struct io_tlb_pool *pool)
+{
+ INIT_RCU_WORK(&pool->dyn_free, swiotlb_dyn_free_work);
+ queue_rcu_work(system_wq, &pool->dyn_free);
+}
+
/**
* __swiotlb_find_pool() - find the IO TLB pool for a physical address
* @dev: Device which has mapped the DMA buffer.
@@ -835,7 +838,7 @@ static void swiotlb_del_pool(struct device *dev, struct io_tlb_pool *pool)
list_del_rcu(&pool->node);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->dma_io_tlb_lock, flags);
- call_rcu(&pool->rcu, swiotlb_dyn_free);
+ swiotlb_schedule_dyn_free(pool);
}
#endif /* CONFIG_SWIOTLB_DYNAMIC */
@@ -1276,7 +1279,7 @@ static int swiotlb_find_slots(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t orig_addr,
index = swiotlb_search_pool_area(dev, pool, 0, orig_addr, tbl_dma_addr,
alloc_size, alloc_align_mask);
if (index < 0) {
- swiotlb_dyn_free(&pool->rcu);
+ swiotlb_schedule_dyn_free(pool);
return -1;
}
--
2.43.0
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