[PATCH] drm/xe/hw_engine_group: Avoid call kfree() for drmm_kzalloc()

Matthew Brost matthew.brost at intel.com
Thu Jul 24 19:51:21 UTC 2025


On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 07:38:55PM +0000, Shuicheng Lin wrote:
> Memory allocated with drmm_kzalloc() should not be freed using kfree(), as it
> is managed by the DRM subsystem. The memory will be automatically freed when
> the associated drm_device is released.
> These 3 group pointers are allocated using drmm_kzalloc() in hw_engine_group_alloc(),
> so they don't require manual deallocation.
> 
> Fixes: 67979060740f ("drm/xe/hw_engine_group: Fix potential leak")
> Cc: Michal Wajdeczko <michal.wajdeczko at intel.com>
> Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>

> Signed-off-by: Shuicheng Lin <shuicheng.lin at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_engine_group.c | 28 ++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_engine_group.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_engine_group.c
> index 87a6dcb1b4b5..c926f840c87b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_engine_group.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_hw_engine_group.c
> @@ -75,25 +75,18 @@ int xe_hw_engine_setup_groups(struct xe_gt *gt)
>  	enum xe_hw_engine_id id;
>  	struct xe_hw_engine_group *group_rcs_ccs, *group_bcs, *group_vcs_vecs;
>  	struct xe_device *xe = gt_to_xe(gt);
> -	int err;
>  
>  	group_rcs_ccs = hw_engine_group_alloc(xe);
> -	if (IS_ERR(group_rcs_ccs)) {
> -		err = PTR_ERR(group_rcs_ccs);
> -		goto err_group_rcs_ccs;
> -	}
> +	if (IS_ERR(group_rcs_ccs))
> +		return PTR_ERR(group_rcs_ccs);
>  
>  	group_bcs = hw_engine_group_alloc(xe);
> -	if (IS_ERR(group_bcs)) {
> -		err = PTR_ERR(group_bcs);
> -		goto err_group_bcs;
> -	}
> +	if (IS_ERR(group_bcs))
> +		return PTR_ERR(group_bcs);
>  
>  	group_vcs_vecs = hw_engine_group_alloc(xe);
> -	if (IS_ERR(group_vcs_vecs)) {
> -		err = PTR_ERR(group_vcs_vecs);
> -		goto err_group_vcs_vecs;
> -	}
> +	if (IS_ERR(group_vcs_vecs))
> +		return PTR_ERR(group_vcs_vecs);
>  
>  	for_each_hw_engine(hwe, gt, id) {
>  		switch (hwe->class) {
> @@ -116,15 +109,6 @@ int xe_hw_engine_setup_groups(struct xe_gt *gt)
>  	}
>  
>  	return 0;
> -
> -err_group_vcs_vecs:
> -	kfree(group_vcs_vecs);
> -err_group_bcs:
> -	kfree(group_bcs);
> -err_group_rcs_ccs:
> -	kfree(group_rcs_ccs);
> -
> -	return err;
>  }
>  
>  /**
> -- 
> 2.49.0
> 


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