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cxl: Fix race of nvdimm_bus object when creating nvdimm objects
Found issue during running of cxl-translate.sh unit test. Adding a 3s sleep right before the test seems to make the issue reproduce fairly consistently. The cxl_translate module has dependency on cxl_acpi and causes orphaned nvdimm objects to reprobe after cxl_acpi is removed. The nvdimm_bus object is registered by the cxl_nvb object when cxl_acpi_probe() is called. With the nvdimm_bus object missing, __nd_device_register() will trigger NULL pointer dereference when accessing the dev->parent that points to &nvdimm_bus->dev. [ 192.884510] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000006c [ 192.895383] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS edk2-20250812-19.fc42 08/12/2025 [ 192.897721] Workqueue: cxl_port cxl_bus_rescan_queue [cxl_core] [ 192.899459] RIP: 0010:kobject_get+0xc/0x90 [ 192.924871] Call Trace: [ 192.925959] <TASK> [ 192.926976] ? pm_runtime_init+0xb9/0xe0 [ 192.929712] __nd_device_register.part.0+0x4d/0xc0 [libnvdimm] [ 192.933314] __nvdimm_create+0x206/0x290 [libnvdimm] [ 192.936662] cxl_nvdimm_probe+0x119/0x1d0 [cxl_pmem] [ 192.940245] cxl_bus_probe+0x1a/0x60 [cxl_core] [ 192.943349] really_probe+0xde/0x380 This patch also relies on the previous change where devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge() is called from drivers/cxl/pmem.c instead of drivers/cxl/core.c to ensure the dependency of cxl_acpi on cxl_pmem. 1. Set probe_type of cxl_nvb to PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS to ensure the driver is probed synchronously when add_device() is called. 2. Add a check in __devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge() to ensure that the cxl_nvb driver is attached during cxl_acpi_probe(). 3. Take the cxl_root uport_dev lock and the cxl_nvb->dev lock in devm_cxl_add_nvdimm() before checking nvdimm_bus is valid. 4. Set cxl_nvdimm flag to CXL_NVD_F_INVALIDATED so cxl_nvdimm_probe() will exit with -EBUSY. The removal of cxl_nvdimm devices should prevent any orphaned devices from probing once the nvdimm_bus is gone. [ dj: Fixed 0-day reported kdoc issue. ] [ dj: Fix cxl_nvb reference leak on error. Gregory (kreview-0811365) ] Suggested-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Fixes: 8fdcb17 ("cxl/pmem: Add initial infrastructure for pmem support") Tested-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com?> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260205001633.1813643-3-dave.jiang@intel.com Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
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drivers/cxl/core/pmem.c

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@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ static void unregister_nvb(void *_cxl_nvb)
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device_unregister(&cxl_nvb->dev);
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}
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static bool cxl_nvdimm_bridge_failed_attach(struct cxl_nvdimm_bridge *cxl_nvb)
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{
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struct device *dev = &cxl_nvb->dev;
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guard(device)(dev);
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/* If the device has no driver, then it failed to attach. */
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return dev->driver == NULL;
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}
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struct cxl_nvdimm_bridge *__devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge(struct device *host,
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struct cxl_port *port)
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{
@@ -138,6 +147,11 @@ struct cxl_nvdimm_bridge *__devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge(struct device *host,
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if (rc)
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goto err;
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if (cxl_nvdimm_bridge_failed_attach(cxl_nvb)) {
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unregister_nvb(cxl_nvb);
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return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
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}
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rc = devm_add_action_or_reset(host, unregister_nvb, cxl_nvb);
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if (rc)
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return ERR_PTR(rc);
@@ -248,6 +262,21 @@ int devm_cxl_add_nvdimm(struct device *host, struct cxl_port *port,
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if (!cxl_nvb)
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return -ENODEV;
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/*
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* Take the uport_dev lock to guard against race of nvdimm_bus object.
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* cxl_acpi_probe() registers the nvdimm_bus and is done under the
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* root port uport_dev lock.
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*
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* Take the cxl_nvb device lock to ensure that cxl_nvb driver is in a
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* consistent state. And the driver registers nvdimm_bus.
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*/
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guard(device)(cxl_nvb->port->uport_dev);
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guard(device)(&cxl_nvb->dev);
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if (!cxl_nvb->nvdimm_bus) {
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rc = -ENODEV;
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goto err_alloc;
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}
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cxl_nvd = cxl_nvdimm_alloc(cxl_nvb, cxlmd);
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if (IS_ERR(cxl_nvd)) {
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rc = PTR_ERR(cxl_nvd);

drivers/cxl/cxl.h

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@@ -574,11 +574,16 @@ struct cxl_nvdimm_bridge {
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#define CXL_DEV_ID_LEN 19
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enum {
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CXL_NVD_F_INVALIDATED = 0,
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};
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struct cxl_nvdimm {
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struct device dev;
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struct cxl_memdev *cxlmd;
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u8 dev_id[CXL_DEV_ID_LEN]; /* for nvdimm, string of 'serial' */
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u64 dirty_shutdowns;
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unsigned long flags;
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};
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struct cxl_pmem_region_mapping {

drivers/cxl/pmem.c

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static __read_mostly DECLARE_BITMAP(exclusive_cmds, CXL_MEM_COMMAND_ID_MAX);
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/**
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* __devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge() - add the root of a LIBNVDIMM topology
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* devm_cxl_add_nvdimm_bridge() - add the root of a LIBNVDIMM topology
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* @host: platform firmware root device
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* @port: CXL port at the root of a CXL topology
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*
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struct nvdimm *nvdimm;
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int rc;
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if (test_bit(CXL_NVD_F_INVALIDATED, &cxl_nvd->flags))
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return -EBUSY;
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set_exclusive_cxl_commands(mds, exclusive_cmds);
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rc = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, clear_exclusive, mds);
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if (rc)
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scoped_guard(device, dev) {
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if (dev->driver) {
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cxl_nvd = to_cxl_nvdimm(dev);
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if (cxl_nvd->cxlmd && cxl_nvd->cxlmd->cxl_nvb == data)
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if (cxl_nvd->cxlmd && cxl_nvd->cxlmd->cxl_nvb == data) {
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release = true;
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set_bit(CXL_NVD_F_INVALIDATED, &cxl_nvd->flags);
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}
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}
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}
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if (release)
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.probe = cxl_nvdimm_bridge_probe,
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.id = CXL_DEVICE_NVDIMM_BRIDGE,
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.drv = {
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.probe_type = PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS,
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.suppress_bind_attrs = true,
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},
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};

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