[PATCH rc] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Fix smmu_domain->nr_ats_masters decrement

Jason Gunthorpe jgg at nvidia.com
Wed Aug 6 07:04:12 PDT 2025


On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 08:01:27PM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> The arm_smmu_attach_commit() updates master->ats_enabled before calling
> arm_smmu_remove_master_domain() that is supposed to clean up everything
> in the old domain, including the old domain's nr_ats_masters. So, it is
> supposed to use the old ats_enabled state of the device, not an updated
> state.
> 
> This isn't a problem if switching between two domains where:
>  - old ats_enabled = false; new ats_enabled = false
>  - old ats_enabled = true;  new ats_enabled = true
> but can fail cases where:
>  - old ats_enabled = false; new ats_enabled = true
>    (old domain should keep the counter but incorrectly decreased it)
>  - old ats_enabled = true;  new ats_enabled = false
>    (old domain needed to decrease the counter but incorrectly missed it)
> 
> Update master->ats_enabled after arm_smmu_remove_master_domain() to fix
> this.
> 
> Fixes: 7497f4211f4f ("iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Make changing domains be hitless for ATS")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc at nvidia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg at nvidia.com>

Jason



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