[PATCH net V3 2/4] net/mlx5: SD, Keep multi-pf debugfs entries on primary

Tariq Toukan
2026-04-23T12:32:11Z

mlx5_sd_init() creates the "multi-pf" debugfs directory under the
primary device debugfs root, but stored the dentry in the calling
device's sd struct. When sd_cleanup() run on a different PF,
this leads to using the wrong sd->dfs for removing entries, which
results in memory leak and an error in when re-creating the SD.[1]

Fix it by explicitly storing the debugfs dentry in the primary
device sd struct and use it for all per-group files.

[1]
debugfs: 'multi-pf' already exists in '0000:08:00.1'

Fixes: 4375130bf527 ("net/mlx5: SD, Add debugfs")
Signed-off-by: Shay Drory <shayd@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c
index 96b4316f570e..897b0d81b27d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/sd.c
@@ -461,9 +461,13 @@ int mlx5_sd_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
if (err)
goto err_sd_unregister;

- sd->dfs = debugfs_create_dir("multi-pf", mlx5_debugfs_get_dev_root(primary));
- debugfs_create_x32("group_id", 0400, sd->dfs, &sd->group_id);
- debugfs_create_file("primary", 0400, sd->dfs, primary, &dev_fops);
+ primary_sd->dfs =
+ debugfs_create_dir("multi-pf",
+ mlx5_debugfs_get_dev_root(primary));
+ debugfs_create_x32("group_id", 0400, primary_sd->dfs,
+ &primary_sd->group_id);
+ debugfs_create_file("primary", 0400, primary_sd->dfs, primary,
+ &dev_fops);

mlx5_sd_for_each_secondary(i, primary, pos) {
char name[32];
@@ -473,7 +477,8 @@ int mlx5_sd_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
goto err_unset_secondaries;

snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "secondary_%d", i - 1);
- debugfs_create_file(name, 0400, sd->dfs, pos, &dev_fops);
+ debugfs_create_file(name, 0400, primary_sd->dfs, pos,
+ &dev_fops);

}

@@ -491,7 +496,8 @@ int mlx5_sd_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
mlx5_sd_for_each_secondary_to(i, primary, to, pos)
sd_cmd_unset_secondary(pos);
sd_cmd_unset_primary(primary);
- debugfs_remove_recursive(sd->dfs);
+ debugfs_remove_recursive(primary_sd->dfs);
+ primary_sd->dfs = NULL;
err_sd_unregister:
mlx5_devcom_comp_set_ready(sd->devcom, false);
mlx5_devcom_comp_unlock(sd->devcom);
@@ -520,7 +526,8 @@ void mlx5_sd_cleanup(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
mlx5_sd_for_each_secondary(i, primary, pos)
sd_cmd_unset_secondary(pos);
sd_cmd_unset_primary(primary);
- debugfs_remove_recursive(sd->dfs);
+ debugfs_remove_recursive(primary_sd->dfs);
+ primary_sd->dfs = NULL;

sd_info(primary, "group id %#x, uncombined\n", sd->group_id);
primary_sd->state = MLX5_SD_STATE_DOWN;
--
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