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| author | Chen Changcheng <chenchangcheng@kylinos.cn> | 2026-07-27 15:34:38 +0800 |
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| committer | Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) <mkp@kernel.org> | 2026-08-23 22:34:58 -0400 |
| commit | 12e67eb89eb2b9516685c744d3f7de0a2d1bd701 (patch) | |
| tree | 7f40bd18e91d541a2563016093e83038bb7a22a5 /include/uapi/linux/io_uring | |
| parent | df125bd16280b19835bfa2eef6504b505790f1f6 (diff) | |
scsi: snic: Fix SCSI host leak on workqueue allocation failure
In snic_add_host(), if scsi_add_host() succeeds but
alloc_ordered_workqueue() fails, the function returns -ENOMEM with
shost->work_q left as NULL. The caller's error path then calls
snic_del_host(), which returns early when !shost->work_q without calling
scsi_remove_host(). The Scsi_Host remains registered in sysfs as a zombie
device even after the probe has failed. This causes:
- The leaked host remains visible in /sys/class/scsi_host/ after probe
failure, with state "running".
- Subsequent SCSI host numbering is permanently shifted (the leaked host
ID from ida_alloc() is never reclaimed).
- Memory leak: the Scsi_Host allocation can never be freed because
device_add() took a reference that can only be released by device_del()
inside scsi_remove_host().
Fix by adding scsi_remove_host() in the workqueue allocation failure path
inside snic_add_host(), undoing the successful scsi_add_host() before
returning the error. This is cleaner than modifying snic_del_host() because
snic_del_host() is called from a shared error label that also serves paths
where snic_add_host() was never invoked.
Reproducer (requires no real SNIC hardware):
- Build CONFIG_SCSI_SNIC=y (built-in)
- Add snic.test_mode=1 snic.inject_wq_fail=1 to kernel cmdline
- Boot with a PCI device matching the snic driver (e.g. QEMU edu device,
PCI ID 0x1234:0x11e8, temporarily added to the driver's PCI ID table)
Before the fix:
# /sys/class/scsi_host/ contains a zombie host0:
$ cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/proc_name
snic_scsi
$ cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/state
running
# ata_piix gets host1, host2 (host0 stuck):
scsi host1: ata_piix
scsi host2: ata_piix
After the fix:
# host0 is properly freed and reused by ata_piix:
scsi host0: ata_piix
scsi host1: ata_piix
# No zombie host in /sys/class/scsi_host/
Signed-off-by: Chen Changcheng <chenchangcheng@kylinos.cn>
Acked-by: Narsimhulu Musini <nmusini@cisco.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260727073438.209673-1-chenchangcheng@kylinos.cn
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen (Oracle) <mkp@kernel.org>
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