dma: swiotlb: free dynamic pools from process context

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swiotlb_dyn_free() is used after removing a dynamic swiotlb pool from
RCU-protected lists. It can call swiotlb_free_tlb(), which may need to
restore the encryption state of an unencrypted pool with
set_memory_encrypted() before freeing the pages.

RCU callbacks run in atomic context, but set_memory_encrypted() is not
guaranteed to be atomic-safe on all architectures. For example, page
attribute updates may allocate page tables or take sleeping locks.

Use queue_rcu_work() for dynamic pool freeing instead. This keeps the RCU
grace period before freeing a published pool, while running the actual pool
teardown from workqueue context. Use the same helper for the transient-pool
error path, since that path may also be reached from atomic DMA mapping
context.

Tested-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>
Tested-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260717180442.110954-22-aneesh.kumar@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>

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Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) 2026-07-17 23:34:39 +05:30 • committed by Marek Szyprowski

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