[PATCH] dma-buf: insert memory barrier before updating num_fences

Hyejeong Choi hjeong.choi at samsung.com
Tue May 13 02:06:38 UTC 2025


smp_store_mb() inserts memory barrier after storing operation.
It is different with what the comment is originally aiming so Null
pointer dereference can be happened if memory update is reordered.

Signed-off-by: Hyejeong Choi <hjeong.choi at samsung.com>
---
 drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c
index 5f8d010516f0..b1ef4546346d 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-resv.c
@@ -320,8 +320,9 @@ void dma_resv_add_fence(struct dma_resv *obj, struct dma_fence *fence,
 	count++;
 
 	dma_resv_list_set(fobj, i, fence, usage);
-	/* pointer update must be visible before we extend the num_fences */
-	smp_store_mb(fobj->num_fences, count);
+	/* fence update must be visible before we extend the num_fences */
+	smp_wmb();
+	fobj->num_fences = count;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_resv_add_fence);
 
-- 
2.31.1



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