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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: [PATCH 3/6] net/atlantic: fix mbox_mutex for multi-process
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:14:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260413171836.123467-4-stephen@networkplumber.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260413171836.123467-1-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);
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-13 17:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-13 17:14 [PATCH 0/6] fix pthread mutexes for multi-process Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-13 17:14 ` [PATCH 1/6] ethdev: fix flow_ops_mutex " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-13 17:14 ` [PATCH 2/6] net/failsafe: fix hotplug_mutex " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-13 17:14 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2026-04-13 17:14 ` [PATCH 4/6] net/axgbe: fix mutexes " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-13 17:14 ` [PATCH 5/6] net/bnxt: " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-14 18:51   ` Kishore Padmanabha
2026-04-13 17:14 ` [PATCH 6/6] net/hinic: " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-14 14:39 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] fix process shared pthread mutexes Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-14 14:39   ` [PATCH v2 1/6] ethdev: fix flow_ops_mutex for multi-process Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-14 14:39   ` [PATCH v2 2/6] net/failsafe: fix hotplug_mutex " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-14 14:39   ` [PATCH v2 3/6] net/atlantic: fix mbox_mutex " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-14 14:39   ` [PATCH v2 4/6] net/axgbe: fix mutexes " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-14 14:39   ` [PATCH v2 5/6] net/bnxt: " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-14 14:39   ` [PATCH v2 6/6] net/hinic: " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-23 15:05   ` [PATCH v2 0/6] fix process shared pthread mutexes Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-23 17:29   ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-05-08 16:39   ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-15 14:51 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] af_packet: cleanup and test Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-15 14:51   ` [PATCH v3 1/2] net/af_packet: fix indentation Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-15 14:51   ` [PATCH v3 2/2] test: add test for af_packet Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-16 17:57 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] af_packet: cleanup and test Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-16 17:57   ` [PATCH v4 1/2] net/af_packet: fix indentation Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-16 17:57   ` [PATCH v4 2/2] test: add test for af_packet Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-29 18:46 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] fix use of pthread mutex between processes Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-29 18:46   ` [PATCH v3 1/7] eal: add helper to initialize process-shared mutex Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-29 18:46   ` [PATCH v3 2/7] ethdev: fix flow_ops_mutex for multi-process Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-29 18:46   ` [PATCH v3 3/7] net/failsafe: fix hotplug_mutex " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-29 18:46   ` [PATCH v3 4/7] net/atlantic: fix mbox_mutex " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-29 18:46   ` [PATCH v3 5/7] net/axgbe: fix mutexes " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-29 18:46   ` [PATCH v3 6/7] net/bnxt: " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-29 18:46   ` [PATCH v3 7/7] net/hinic: " Stephen Hemminger
2026-04-30 17:36   ` [PATCH v3 0/7] fix use of pthread mutex between processes Stephen Hemminger

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