[lvc-project] [PATCH v2] nvme-apple: drop invalid put of admin queue reference count
Fedor Pchelkin
pchelkin at ispras.ru
Wed Apr 8 17:18:14 MSK 2026
Commit 03b3bcd319b3 ("nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime") moved the
admin queue reference ->put call into nvme_free_ctrl() - a controller
device release callback performed for every nvme driver doing
nvme_init_ctrl().
nvme-apple sets refcount of the admin queue to 1 at allocation during the
probe function and then puts it twice now:
nvme_free_ctrl()
blk_put_queue(ctrl->admin_q) // #1
->free_ctrl()
apple_nvme_free_ctrl()
blk_put_queue(anv->ctrl.admin_q) // #2
Note that there is a commit 941f7298c70c ("nvme-apple: remove an extra
queue reference") which intended to drop taking an extra admin queue
reference. Looks like at that moment it accidentally fixed a refcount
leak, which existed since the driver's introduction. There were two ->get
calls at driver's probe function and a single ->put inside
apple_nvme_free_ctrl().
However now after commit 03b3bcd319b3 ("nvme: fix admin request_queue
lifetime") the refcount is imbalanced again. Fix it by removing extra
->put call from apple_nvme_free_ctrl(). anv->dev and ctrl->dev point to
the same device, so use ctrl->dev directly for simplification. Compile
tested only.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).
Fixes: 03b3bcd319b3 ("nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin at ispras.ru>
---
v2: use ctrl->dev directly for simplification (Jens Axboe)
link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvme/20260403202701.991276-1-pchelkin@ispras.ru/
drivers/nvme/host/apple.c | 6 +-----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c b/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
index ed61b97fde59..423c9c628e7b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
@@ -1267,11 +1267,7 @@ static int apple_nvme_get_address(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, char *buf, int size)
static void apple_nvme_free_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
{
- struct apple_nvme *anv = ctrl_to_apple_nvme(ctrl);
-
- if (anv->ctrl.admin_q)
- blk_put_queue(anv->ctrl.admin_q);
- put_device(anv->dev);
+ put_device(ctrl->dev);
}
static const struct nvme_ctrl_ops nvme_ctrl_ops = {
--
2.53.0
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