Re: [PATCH v8 1/6] drm: amdgpu: Allow NULL pointers at amdgpu_vm_put_task_info()

From: Christian König
Date: Mon Jun 16 2025 - 14:28:27 EST




On 6/16/25 20:14, André Almeida wrote:
> Allow NULL pointers at amdgpu_vm_put_task_info() as it common practice
> for "put" or "free" functions. This avoid an extra check for NULL for
> callers.
>
> Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v8: New patch
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
> index 3911c78f8282..dadf5633476c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
> @@ -2447,6 +2447,9 @@ amdgpu_vm_get_vm_from_pasid(struct amdgpu_device *adev, u32 pasid)
> */
> void amdgpu_vm_put_task_info(struct amdgpu_task_info *task_info)
> {
> + if (unlikely(ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(task_info)))

Don't use ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR here, that is slab internal and not valid in this use case.

The usual code fragment used looks something like this

if (ptr)
kref_put(&ptr->refcount, func);

See dma_fence_put() for an example.

Regards,
Christian.

> + return;
> +
> kref_put(&task_info->refcount, amdgpu_vm_destroy_task_info);
> }
>