Re: [PATCH net v2 1/1] net/mlx5: Clean up only new IRQ glue on request_irq() failure

[Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@gmail.com>]

On 27/10/2025 16:29, Pradyumn Rahar wrote:
> 
> On 23-09-2025 11:58, Pradyumn Rahar wrote:
>> The mlx5_irq_alloc() function can inadvertently free the entire rmap
>> and end up in a crash[1] when the other threads tries to access this,
>> when request_irq() fails due to exhausted IRQ vectors. This commit
>> modifies the cleanup to remove only the specific IRQ mapping that was
>> just added.
>>
>> This prevents removal of other valid mappings and ensures precise
>> cleanup of the failed IRQ allocation's associated glue object.
>>
>> Note: This error is observed when both fwctl and rds configs are enabled.
>>
>> [1]
>> mlx5_core 0000:05:00.0: Successfully registered panic handler for port 1
>> mlx5_core 0000:05:00.0: mlx5_irq_alloc:293:(pid 66740): Failed to
>> request irq. err = -28
>> infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_ib_test_wc:290:(pid 66740): Error -28 while
>> trying to test write-combining support
>> mlx5_core 0000:05:00.0: Successfully unregistered panic handler for 
>> port 1
>> mlx5_core 0000:06:00.0: Successfully registered panic handler for port 1
>> mlx5_core 0000:06:00.0: mlx5_irq_alloc:293:(pid 66740): Failed to
>> request irq. err = -28
>> infiniband mlx5_0: mlx5_ib_test_wc:290:(pid 66740): Error -28 while
>> trying to test write-combining support
>> mlx5_core 0000:06:00.0: Successfully unregistered panic handler for 
>> port 1
>> mlx5_core 0000:03:00.0: mlx5_irq_alloc:293:(pid 28895): Failed to
>> request irq. err = -28
>> mlx5_core 0000:05:00.0: mlx5_irq_alloc:293:(pid 28895): Failed to
>> request irq. err = -28
>> general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
>> 0xe277a58fde16f291: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
>>
>> RIP: 0010:free_irq_cpu_rmap+0x23/0x7d
>> Call Trace:
>>     <TASK>
>>     ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1d6/0x2f9
>>     ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1d6/0x2f9
>>     ? mlx5_irq_alloc.cold+0x5d/0xf3 [mlx5_core]
>>     ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xa
>>     ? die_addr+0x39/0x53
>>     ? exc_general_protection+0x1c4/0x3e9
>>     ? dev_vprintk_emit+0x5f/0x90
>>     ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x22/0x27
>>     ? free_irq_cpu_rmap+0x23/0x7d
>>     mlx5_irq_alloc.cold+0x5d/0xf3 [mlx5_core]
>>     irq_pool_request_vector+0x7d/0x90 [mlx5_core]
>>     mlx5_irq_request+0x2e/0xe0 [mlx5_core]
>>     mlx5_irq_request_vector+0xad/0xf7 [mlx5_core]
>>     comp_irq_request_pci+0x64/0xf0 [mlx5_core]
>>     create_comp_eq+0x71/0x385 [mlx5_core]
>>     ? mlx5e_open_xdpsq+0x11c/0x230 [mlx5_core]
>>     mlx5_comp_eqn_get+0x72/0x90 [mlx5_core]
>>     ? xas_load+0x8/0x91
>>     mlx5_comp_irqn_get+0x40/0x90 [mlx5_core]
>>     mlx5e_open_channel+0x7d/0x3c7 [mlx5_core]
>>     mlx5e_open_channels+0xad/0x250 [mlx5_core]
>>     mlx5e_open_locked+0x3e/0x110 [mlx5_core]
>>     mlx5e_open+0x23/0x70 [mlx5_core]
>>     __dev_open+0xf1/0x1a5
>>     __dev_change_flags+0x1e1/0x249
>>     dev_change_flags+0x21/0x5c
>>     do_setlink+0x28b/0xcc4
>>     ? __nla_parse+0x22/0x3d
>>     ? inet6_validate_link_af+0x6b/0x108
>>     ? cpumask_next+0x1f/0x35
>>     ? __snmp6_fill_stats64.constprop.0+0x66/0x107
>>     ? __nla_validate_parse+0x48/0x1e6
>>     __rtnl_newlink+0x5ff/0xa57
>>     ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x164/0x2ce
>>     rtnl_newlink+0x44/0x6e
>>     rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x2bb/0x362
>>     ? __netlink_sendskb+0x4c/0x6c
>>     ? netlink_unicast+0x28f/0x2ce
>>     ? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x150/0x146
>>     netlink_rcv_skb+0x5f/0x112
>>     netlink_unicast+0x213/0x2ce
>>     netlink_sendmsg+0x24f/0x4d9
>>     __sock_sendmsg+0x65/0x6a
>>     ____sys_sendmsg+0x28f/0x2c9
>>     ? import_iovec+0x17/0x2b
>>     ___sys_sendmsg+0x97/0xe0
>>     __sys_sendmsg+0x81/0xd8
>>     do_syscall_64+0x35/0x87
>>     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x0
>> RIP: 0033:0x7fc328603727
>> Code: c3 66 90 41 54 41 89 d4 55 48 89 f5 53 89 fb 48 83 ec 10 e8 0b ed
>> ff ff 44 89 e2 48 89 ee 89 df 41 89 c0 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00
>> f0 ff ff 77 35 44 89 c7 48 89 44 24 08 e8 44 ed ff ff 48
>> RSP: 002b:00007ffe8eb3f1a0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
>> RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000d RCX: 00007fc328603727
>> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffe8eb3f1f0 RDI: 000000000000000d
>> RBP: 00007ffe8eb3f1f0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
>> R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000000
>> R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007ffe8eb3f3c8 R15: 00007ffe8eb3f3bc
>>     </TASK>
>> ---[ end trace f43ce73c3c2b13a2 ]---
>> RIP: 0010:free_irq_cpu_rmap+0x23/0x7d
>> Code: 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 85 ff 74 6b 55 48 89 fd 53 66 83 7f 06 00
>> 74 24 31 db 48 8b 55 08 0f b7 c3 48 8b 04 c2 48 85 c0 74 09 <8b> 38 31
>> f6 e8 c4 0a b8 ff 83 c3 01 66 3b 5d 06 72 de b8 ff ff ff
>> RSP: 0018:ff384881640eaca0 EFLAGS: 00010282
>> RAX: e277a58fde16f291 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
>> RDX: ff2335e2e20b3600 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ff2335e2e20b3400
>> RBP: ff2335e2e20b3400 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
>> R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 00000000ffffffe4 R12: ff384881640ead88
>> R13: ff2335c3760751e0 R14: ff2335e2e1672200 R15: ff2335c3760751f8
>> FS:  00007fc32ac22480(0000) GS:ff2335e2d6e00000(0000)
>> knlGS:0000000000000000
>> CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
>> CR2: 00007f651ab54000 CR3: 00000029f1206003 CR4: 0000000000771ef0
>> DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
>> DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
>> PKRU: 55555554
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
>> Kernel Offset: 0x1dc00000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range:
>> 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff)
>> kvm-guest: disable async PF for cpu 0
>>
>> Fixes: 3354822cde5a ("net/mlx5: Use dynamic msix vectors allocation")
>> Signed-off-by: Mohith Kumar 
>> Thummaluru<mohith.k.kumar.thummaluru@oracle.com>
>> Tested-by: Mohith Kumar Thummaluru<mohith.k.kumar.thummaluru@oracle.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Moshe Shemesh<moshe@nvidia.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Pradyumn Rahar <pradyumn.rahar@oracle.com>
>> ---
>> v1->v2: removed unnecessary braces from if conditon.
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c | 6 ++----
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c b/ 
>> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
>> index 692ef9c2f729..82ada674f8e2 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
>> @@ -324,10 +324,8 @@ struct mlx5_irq *mlx5_irq_alloc(struct 
>> mlx5_irq_pool *pool, int i,
>>       free_irq(irq->map.virq, &irq->nh);
>>   err_req_irq:
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL
>> -    if (i && rmap && *rmap) {
>> -        free_irq_cpu_rmap(*rmap);
>> -        *rmap = NULL;
>> -    }
>> +    if (i && rmap && *rmap)
>> +        irq_cpu_rmap_remove(*rmap, irq->map.virq);
>>   err_irq_rmap:
>>   #endif
>>       if (i && pci_msix_can_alloc_dyn(dev->pdev))
> 
> Hi, this patch has been reviewed but hasn't been applied yet. Could you 
> please look into it?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 

I'll re-send it.

Thanks.