In the error path, both rxe_put(pd) and rxe_cleanup(mr) will drop pd's ref_cont. rxe_cleanup(mr) -> __rxe_cleanup -> rxe_put(mr->elem) -> rxe_mr_cleanup(mr) -> rxe_put(mr_pd(mr)) [342431.583189] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [342431.585051] refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. [342431.586677] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 660500 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xcd/0x120 [342431.605247] RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0xcd/0x120 [342431.661981] __rxe_cleanup+0x1c3/0x1e0 [rdma_rxe] [342431.663260] rxe_dealloc_pd+0x16/0x20 [rdma_rxe] [342431.664883] ib_dealloc_pd_user+0x95/0xd0 [ib_core] [342431.666803] destroy_hw_idr_uobject+0x46/0x90 [ib_uverbs] [342431.668514] uverbs_destroy_uobject+0xc8/0x360 [ib_uverbs] [342431.670232] __uverbs_cleanup_ufile+0x157/0x210 [ib_uverbs] [342431.671920] ? uverbs_destroy_uobject+0x360/0x360 [ib_uverbs] CC: Bob Pearson <rpearsonhpe@xxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 0d0e4b528c3b ("RDMA/rxe: Set pd early in mr alloc routines") Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- I have to say i made a mistake in previous review, I missed this WARN_ONCE messages. And the V6 patch that i had applied fix this problem in another way. --- drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c index 933277d67b7c..88825edc7dce 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c @@ -939,7 +939,6 @@ static struct ib_mr *rxe_reg_user_mr(struct ib_pd *ibpd, return &mr->ibmr; err3: - rxe_put(pd); rxe_cleanup(mr); err2: return ERR_PTR(err); @@ -974,7 +973,6 @@ static struct ib_mr *rxe_alloc_mr(struct ib_pd *ibpd, enum ib_mr_type mr_type, return &mr->ibmr; err2: - rxe_put(pd); rxe_cleanup(mr); err1: return ERR_PTR(err); -- 2.31.1