FAILED: patch "[PATCH] idpf: disable DIM work before freeing q_vectors" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 7dd4c829bac2916be98a3e34b41daaba7f42b4c4
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026091649-mourner-moonlit-9772@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 7dd4c829bac2916be98a3e34b41daaba7f42b4c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:58:46 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] idpf: disable DIM work before freeing q_vectors

idpf never drains the Tx/Rx DIM works before freeing the memory they
live in.  tx_dim and rx_dim are embedded in struct idpf_q_vector, they
are queued from the NAPI poll via net_dim(), and idpf_vport_intr_rel()
ends with kfree(rsrc->q_vectors).  Nothing in the driver cancels them.

idpf_tx_dim_work() and idpf_rx_dim_work() then run on freed memory:
idpf_vport_intr_write_itr() writes the ITR register through
q_vector->intr_reg.tx_itr / rx_itr, void __iomem pointers loaded out of
the freed q_vector.  No configuration is needed to get there --
IDPF_ITR_IS_DYNAMIC() is defined as (itr_mode) and idpf_vport_alloc()
initialises both modes to IDPF_ITR_DYNAMIC.

Draining after idpf_vport_intr_napi_dis_all() is not enough on its own.
idpf_net_dim() is called from inside the
"if (napi_complete_done(napi, work_done))" branch of the poll, and
napi_complete_done() has already cleared NAPIF_STATE_SCHED by then.
napi_disable_locked() waits only while (val & (NAPIF_STATE_SCHED |
NAPIF_STATE_NPSVC)), so napi_disable() can return while the poll tail is
still queueing the work, and a plain cancel_work_sync() would be
re-armed behind the drain.

Use disable_work_sync(): schedule_work() on a work with a non-zero
disable count is dropped by clear_pending_if_disabled() before
__queue_work() is reached.

Move idpf_init_dim() to idpf_vport_intr_alloc() so the works are
initialised on every path that can reach the drain -- the three
"goto intr_deinit" sites between idpf_vport_intr_init() and
idpf_vport_intr_ena() get there without the enable side having run.
Nothing re-enables them: rsrc->q_vectors is freed on every exit from
idpf_vport_open() and on every idpf_vport_stop(), so the count dies with
the object.

It is a race, not a deterministic failure -- net_dim() only schedules
once DIM_NEVENTS events have accumulated and the profile index changes.
A KASAN ifup/ifdown loop under load is the way to see it.

Fixes: c2d548cad150 ("idpf: add TX splitq napi poll support")
Fixes: 3a8845af66ed ("idpf: add RX splitq napi poll support")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # see patch description, needs adjustments for <= 6.9
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Samuel Salin <Samuel.salin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
index 24b91be25676..9ba9c2952d78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
@@ -4145,6 +4145,26 @@ static void idpf_vport_intr_ena_irq_all(struct idpf_vport *vport,
 	writel(rsrc->noirq_dyn_ctl_ena, rsrc->noirq_dyn_ctl);
 }
 
+/**
+ * idpf_vport_intr_dis_dim_all - Disable DIM work for all q_vectors
+ * @rsrc: pointer to queue and vector resources
+ *
+ * The DIM works are embedded in the q_vector array that
+ * idpf_vport_intr_rel() frees, and the poll arms them after
+ * napi_complete_done() has already cleared NAPI_STATE_SCHED.  Disable
+ * rather than just cancel, so that a poll tail still running past
+ * napi_disable() cannot queue them again behind the drain.
+ */
+static void idpf_vport_intr_dis_dim_all(struct idpf_q_vec_rsrc *rsrc)
+{
+	for (u16 v_idx = 0; v_idx < rsrc->num_q_vectors; v_idx++) {
+		struct idpf_q_vector *q_vector = &rsrc->q_vectors[v_idx];
+
+		disable_work_sync(&q_vector->tx_dim.work);
+		disable_work_sync(&q_vector->rx_dim.work);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * idpf_vport_intr_deinit - Release all vector associations for the vport
  * @vport: main vport structure
@@ -4155,6 +4175,7 @@ void idpf_vport_intr_deinit(struct idpf_vport *vport,
 {
 	idpf_vport_intr_dis_irq_all(rsrc);
 	idpf_vport_intr_napi_dis_all(rsrc);
+	idpf_vport_intr_dis_dim_all(rsrc);
 	idpf_vport_intr_napi_del_all(rsrc);
 	idpf_vport_intr_rel_irq(vport, rsrc);
 }
@@ -4235,7 +4256,6 @@ static void idpf_vport_intr_napi_ena_all(struct idpf_q_vec_rsrc *rsrc)
 	for (u16 q_idx = 0; q_idx < rsrc->num_q_vectors; q_idx++) {
 		struct idpf_q_vector *q_vector = &rsrc->q_vectors[q_idx];
 
-		idpf_init_dim(q_vector);
 		napi_enable(&q_vector->napi);
 	}
 }
@@ -4578,6 +4598,8 @@ int idpf_vport_intr_alloc(struct idpf_vport *vport,
 		q_coal = &user_config->q_coalesce[v_idx];
 		q_vector->vport = vport;
 
+		idpf_init_dim(q_vector);
+
 		q_vector->tx_itr_value = q_coal->tx_coalesce_usecs;
 		q_vector->tx_intr_mode = q_coal->tx_intr_mode;
 		q_vector->tx_itr_idx = VIRTCHNL2_ITR_IDX_1;