From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6C483C8C65; Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:40:11 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786974013; cv=none; b=EFQJhgSfAsezma2YDKGNdh1mgMKzxIb2SjkUEOnku3arKUzgqJXPIKHHISLnFhS81lFbJeOJ+czNygwOPO+8/JjJBuzmODobVmCDLK+qkhHcF+zv6Q0YOd18EeGhx3GxLtlV8Y0rU+3a/AINGCCIsFRdiWu19j4Mp/w9ikW3CcA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786974013; c=relaxed/simple; bh=75u/8/NNG7xqty1FE6H3soy930DD2qGdJKNRbDXOOzE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=pmhGCBGOyTlXbXmdpnoR7x4JFjXbj8A3bYjmiIY2TJY1JkiQuuJKGeEo7QX0um8vBw0LBvF3DVXFo3UuKOCqXB4P0NCRCj5MIj3pA+UWDsxVXcKKiPrb3tKZSpg1wsMbYRdIXscbDlVRNhG7uc57wBBevpMYO11cLTK/kn5dFuc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=C8doajIN; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="C8doajIN" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D4E0A1F000E9; Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:40:10 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1786974011; bh=Qir9jbXJULA24BG8YHACZ/BxiaBo9D3ysLK87kWH6IM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=C8doajINn2ic9JIPFpw4lbHtJ9N2FfRacAxxL6jHaam0lkoQMK+6p3ejty+h5BSLy cnWpOoMLW3BppXJrYsMOf9N7IW3Hl8hJElwEjmWEZatLFDTuISB0TsxcopZjDSrVGC U1XfflcTQVqC9F8qvJnjEvOUsc7K43m7YXEmlfy0= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Michael Guralnik , Shay Drori , Tariq Toukan , Jakub Kicinski , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 7.1 058/271] net/mlx5: fw_tracer, return NULL on create error Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:29:43 +0200 Message-ID: <20260817132539.134684528@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <20260817132536.752504388@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260817132536.752504388@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: patches@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 7.1-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Michael Guralnik [ Upstream commit af39eb111ce6b5eba9c08513b62c4868eb7e7fd5 ] Tracer creation can fail by returning either NULL or ERR_PTR. The return value is stored without a check on the device, and users treat ERR_PTR and NULL the same way. This also causes a crash in the core dump logic, which is missing the ERR_PTR check and ends up dereferencing it, as shown in the trace below. Switch tracer creation to return NULL on failure only, so callers only need a single NULL check. Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core ipv6 mlx5_core CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 6.19.7 #1 PREEMPT(none) Workqueue: mlx5_health0001:01:00.0 mlx5_fw_reporter_err_work [mlx5_core] pstate: a3400009 (NzCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : mlx5_fw_tracer_trigger_core_dump_general+0x58/0xe0 [mlx5_core] lr : mlx5_fw_tracer_trigger_core_dump_general+0x40/0xe0 [mlx5_core] sp : ffff800081cf3c40 x29: ffff800081cf3c90 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: ffff000080018828 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff000080304a05 x23: ffff800081cf3d80 x22: ffff0000847e01a0 x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffff0000847e01a0 x19: ffffffffffffffa1 x18: ffff80008310bbf0 x17: ffff800080119650 x16: ffff80008010df54 x15: ffff80008010d4ac x14: ffff800079c202e4 x13: ffff80008002fe60 x12: ffff800080119650 x11: ffff80008010df54 x10: ffff80008010d4ac x9 : ffff800079c203d8 x8 : ffff800081cf3c88 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000008 x3 : 0000000000000030 x2 : 0000000000000008 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000c5c4000e Call trace: mlx5_fw_tracer_trigger_core_dump_general+0x58/0xe0 [mlx5_core] (P) mlx5_fw_reporter_dump+0x30/0x2e0 [mlx5_core] devlink_health_do_dump+0x9c/0x160 devlink_health_report+0x1c0/0x288 mlx5_fw_reporter_err_work+0xac/0xc0 [mlx5_core] process_one_work+0x15c/0x3d8 worker_thread+0x18c/0x320 kthread+0x148/0x228 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Code: b9400000 5ac00800 7a401800 540003ca (3940a260) ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception SMP: stopping secondary CPUs Kernel Offset: disabled CPU features: 0x000000,00078031,75fce5a1,35fffe67 Memory Limit: none ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception ]--- Fixes: fd1483fe1f9f ("net/mlx5: Add support for FW reporter dump") Signed-off-by: Michael Guralnik Reviewed-by: Shay Drori Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729080402.2427184-1-tariqt@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c index adcc73e2a5b38..1493d8106c1a4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c @@ -1025,13 +1025,11 @@ struct mlx5_fw_tracer *mlx5_fw_tracer_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev) tracer = kvzalloc_obj(*tracer); if (!tracer) - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + return NULL; tracer->work_queue = create_singlethread_workqueue("mlx5_fw_tracer"); - if (!tracer->work_queue) { - err = -ENOMEM; + if (!tracer->work_queue) goto free_tracer; - } tracer->dev = dev; @@ -1073,7 +1071,7 @@ struct mlx5_fw_tracer *mlx5_fw_tracer_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev) destroy_workqueue(tracer->work_queue); free_tracer: kvfree(tracer); - return ERR_PTR(err); + return NULL; } static int fw_tracer_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, void *data); @@ -1084,7 +1082,7 @@ int mlx5_fw_tracer_init(struct mlx5_fw_tracer *tracer) struct mlx5_core_dev *dev; int err; - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tracer)) + if (!tracer) return 0; if (!tracer->str_db.loaded) @@ -1134,7 +1132,7 @@ int mlx5_fw_tracer_init(struct mlx5_fw_tracer *tracer) /* Stop tracer + Cleanup HW resources */ void mlx5_fw_tracer_cleanup(struct mlx5_fw_tracer *tracer) { - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tracer)) + if (!tracer) return; mutex_lock(&tracer->state_lock); @@ -1163,7 +1161,7 @@ void mlx5_fw_tracer_cleanup(struct mlx5_fw_tracer *tracer) /* Free software resources (Buffers, etc ..) */ void mlx5_fw_tracer_destroy(struct mlx5_fw_tracer *tracer) { - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tracer)) + if (!tracer) return; mlx5_core_dbg(tracer->dev, "FWTracer: Destroy\n"); @@ -1215,7 +1213,7 @@ int mlx5_fw_tracer_reload(struct mlx5_fw_tracer *tracer) struct mlx5_core_dev *dev; int err; - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tracer)) + if (!tracer) return 0; dev = tracer->dev; -- 2.53.0