From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
stable@dpdk.org, Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@marvell.com>,
Pavel Belous <pavel.belous@aquantia.com>
Subject: [RFC 3/6] net/atlantic: fix mbox_mutex for multi-process
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:17:34 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260130052142.251649-4-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260130052142.251649-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>
The Atlantic driver supports secondary processes, as shown by the
explicit check in eth_atl_dev_init(). The mbox_mutex in aq_hw_s
is located in dev_private which is in shared memory accessible
by both primary and secondary processes.
However, the mutex is initialized without PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
attribute, which means synchronization between processes is
undefined behavior.
POSIX mutexes are by default private to the process creating them.
When a mutex protects data structures in shared memory that are
accessed by multiple processes, pthread_mutexattr_setpshared() must
be called with PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED.
Bugzilla ID: 662
Fixes: e9924638f5c9 ("net/atlantic: add FW mailbox guard mutex")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
drivers/net/atlantic/atl_ethdev.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/atlantic/atl_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/atlantic/atl_ethdev.c
index 2925dc2478..7282f9b691 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atlantic/atl_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/atlantic/atl_ethdev.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
*/
#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
#include <ethdev_pci.h>
#include <rte_alarm.h>
@@ -355,6 +356,17 @@ atl_disable_intr(struct aq_hw_s *hw)
hw_atl_itr_irq_msk_clearlsw_set(hw, 0xffffffff);
}
+static void
+atl_init_mutex(pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
+{
+ pthread_mutexattr_t attr;
+
+ pthread_mutexattr_init(&attr);
+ pthread_mutexattr_setpshared(&attr, PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED);
+ pthread_mutex_init(mutex, &attr);
+ pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&attr);
+}
+
static int
eth_atl_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
{
@@ -405,7 +417,7 @@ eth_atl_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
hw->aq_nic_cfg = &adapter->hw_cfg;
- pthread_mutex_init(&hw->mbox_mutex, NULL);
+ atl_init_mutex(&hw->mbox_mutex);
/* disable interrupt */
atl_disable_intr(hw);
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-30 5:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-30 5:17 [RFC 0/6] Fix pthread mutexes for multi-process support Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-30 5:17 ` [RFC 1/6] ethdev: fix flow_ops_mutex for multi-process Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-30 5:17 ` [RFC 2/6] net/failsafe: fix hotplug_mutex " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-30 5:17 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-01-30 5:17 ` [RFC 4/6] net/axgbe: fix mutexes " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-30 5:17 ` [RFC 5/6] net/bnxt: " Stephen Hemminger
2026-01-30 5:17 ` [RFC 6/6] net/hinic: " Stephen Hemminger
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