[PATCH v3 1/2] vfio: Fix unbalanced vfio_df_close call in no-iommu mode

From: Jacob Pan
Date: Wed Jun 18 2025 - 19:46:31 EST


For devices with no-iommu enabled in IOMMUFD VFIO compat mode, the group open
path skips vfio_df_open(), leaving open_count at 0. This causes a warning in
vfio_assert_device_open(device) when vfio_df_close() is called during group
close.

The correct behavior is to skip only the IOMMUFD bind in the device open path
for no-iommu devices. Commit 6086efe73498 omitted vfio_df_open(), which was
too broad. This patch restores the previous behavior, ensuring
the vfio_df_open is called in the group open path.

Fixes: 6086efe73498 ("vfio-iommufd: Move noiommu compat validation out of vfio_iommufd_bind()")
Suggested-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: Apply a concise fix from Alex
v2: Use a fix from Jason
---
drivers/vfio/group.c | 7 +++----
drivers/vfio/iommufd.c | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/group.c b/drivers/vfio/group.c
index c321d442f0da..c376a6279de0 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/group.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/group.c
@@ -192,11 +192,10 @@ static int vfio_df_group_open(struct vfio_device_file *df)
* implies they expected translation to exist
*/
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) ||
- vfio_iommufd_device_has_compat_ioas(device, df->iommufd))
+ vfio_iommufd_device_has_compat_ioas(device, df->iommufd)) {
ret = -EPERM;
- else
- ret = 0;
- goto out_put_kvm;
+ goto out_put_kvm;
+ }
}

ret = vfio_df_open(df);
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/iommufd.c b/drivers/vfio/iommufd.c
index c8c3a2d53f86..a38d262c6028 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/iommufd.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/iommufd.c
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ int vfio_df_iommufd_bind(struct vfio_device_file *df)

lockdep_assert_held(&vdev->dev_set->lock);

+ /* Returns 0 to permit device opening under noiommu mode */
+ if (vfio_device_is_noiommu(vdev))
+ return 0;
+
return vdev->ops->bind_iommufd(vdev, ictx, &df->devid);
}

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2.34.1