[PATCH net V4 3/4] net/mlx5e: SD, Fix missing cleanup on probe error

Tariq Toukan
2026-04-28T06:02:41Z

From: Shay Drory <shayd@nvidia.com>

When _mlx5e_probe() fails, the preceding successful mlx5_sd_init() is
not undone. Auxiliary bus probe failure skips binding, so mlx5e_remove()
is never called for that adev and the matching mlx5_sd_cleanup() never
runs - leaking the per-dev SD struct.

Call mlx5_sd_cleanup() on the probe error path to balance
mlx5_sd_init().

A similar gap exists on the resume path: mlx5_sd_init() and
mlx5_sd_cleanup() are currently bundled with both probe/remove and
suspend/resume, even though only the FW alias state actually needs to
follow the suspend/resume lifecycle - the sd struct allocation and
devcom membership are software state that should track the full bound
lifetime. As a result, a failed resume can leave a still-bound device
with sd == NULL, which mlx5_sd_get_adev() can't distinguish from a
non-SD device. Fixing this requires sd_suspend/resume APIs which will
only destroy FW resources and is left for a follow-up series.

Fixes: 381978d28317 ("net/mlx5e: Create single netdev per SD group")
Signed-off-by: Shay Drory <shayd@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 5a46870c4b74..e21affd0ffc4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -6775,8 +6775,8 @@ static int mlx5e_resume(struct auxiliary_device *adev)

actual_adev = mlx5_sd_get_adev(mdev, adev, edev->idx);
if (actual_adev)
- return _mlx5e_resume(actual_adev);
- return 0;
+ err = _mlx5e_resume(actual_adev);
+ return err;
}

static int _mlx5e_suspend(struct auxiliary_device *adev, bool pre_netdev_reg)
@@ -6912,9 +6912,16 @@ static int mlx5e_probe(struct auxiliary_device *adev,
return err;

actual_adev = mlx5_sd_get_adev(mdev, adev, edev->idx);
- if (actual_adev)
- return _mlx5e_probe(actual_adev);
+ if (actual_adev) {
+ err = _mlx5e_probe(actual_adev);
+ if (err)
+ goto sd_cleanup;
+ }
return 0;
+
+sd_cleanup:
+ mlx5_sd_cleanup(mdev);
+ return err;
}

static void _mlx5e_remove(struct auxiliary_device *adev)
--
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