From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
edumazet@google.com, davem@davemloft.net,
aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Samuel.salin@intel.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
madhu.chittim@intel.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
milena.olech@intel.com, joshua.a.hay@intel.com
Subject: Re: [net-next,03/10] idpf: move queue resources to idpf_q_vec_rsrc structure
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 18:27:58 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260118022758.1106078-1-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260115234749.2365504-4-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
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idpf: move queue resources to idpf_q_vec_rsrc structure
This patch moves TX and RX queue resources from struct idpf_vport to
the newly introduced idpf_q_vec_rsrc structure as part of a refactoring
effort.
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
> index 48557c67dda8..25c15d2990d6 100644
[ ... ]
> @@ -438,9 +440,10 @@ static void idpf_rx_buf_rel_all(struct idpf_rx_queue *rxq)
> *
> * Free a specific rx queue resources
> */
> -static void idpf_rx_desc_rel(struct idpf_rx_queue *rxq, struct device *dev,
> - u32 model)
> +static void idpf_rx_desc_rel(struct idpf_rx_queue *rxq, u32 model)
> {
> + struct device *dev;
> +
> if (!rxq)
> return;
>
[ ... ]
> if (!rxq->desc_ring)
> return;
>
> + dev = &rxq->q_vector->vport->adapter->pdev->dev;
^^^^^^^^^
Is this safe when q_vector has not been initialized yet? Looking at
idpf_vport_open(), the call sequence is:
idpf_vport_queues_alloc() -> allocates desc_ring
idpf_vport_queue_ids_init() -> can fail, goes to queues_rel
idpf_vport_intr_init() -> sets q_vector via
idpf_vport_intr_map_vector_to_qs()
If idpf_vport_queue_ids_init() fails, the error path jumps to queues_rel
which calls idpf_vport_queues_rel() -> idpf_rx_desc_rel_all() ->
idpf_rx_desc_rel(). At this point desc_ring is allocated but q_vector
is still NULL, causing a NULL pointer dereference here.
The old code passed dev as a parameter derived from vport->adapter->pdev->dev
which was always valid.
> dmam_free_coherent(dev, rxq->size, rxq->desc_ring, rxq->dma);
> rxq->desc_ring = NULL;
> }
> @@ -467,9 +471,10 @@ static void idpf_rx_desc_rel(struct idpf_rx_queue *rxq, struct device *dev,
> * @bufq: buffer queue to clean the resources from
> * @dev: device to free DMA memory
> */
> -static void idpf_rx_desc_rel_bufq(struct idpf_buf_queue *bufq,
> - struct device *dev)
> +static void idpf_rx_desc_rel_bufq(struct idpf_buf_queue *bufq)
> {
> + struct device *dev;
> +
> if (!bufq)
> return;
>
[ ... ]
> if (!bufq->split_buf)
> return;
>
> + dev = &bufq->q_vector->vport->adapter->pdev->dev;
^^^^^^^^^
The same concern applies here. bufq->q_vector may be NULL if we reach
this cleanup path before idpf_vport_intr_init() has been called.
> dma_free_coherent(dev, bufq->size, bufq->split_buf, bufq->dma);
> bufq->split_buf = NULL;
> }
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-18 2:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-15 23:47 [PATCH net-next 00/10][pull request] refactor IDPF resource access Tony Nguyen
2026-01-15 23:47 ` [PATCH net-next 01/10] idpf: introduce local idpf structure to store virtchnl queue chunks Tony Nguyen
2026-01-18 2:25 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-01-20 19:36 ` Tony Nguyen
2026-01-15 23:47 ` [PATCH net-next 02/10] idpf: introduce idpf_q_vec_rsrc struct and move vector resources to it Tony Nguyen
2026-01-15 23:47 ` [PATCH net-next 03/10] idpf: move queue resources to idpf_q_vec_rsrc structure Tony Nguyen
2026-01-18 2:27 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-01-15 23:47 ` [PATCH net-next 04/10] idpf: move some iterator declarations inside for loops Tony Nguyen
2026-01-15 23:47 ` [PATCH net-next 05/10] idpf: reshuffle idpf_vport struct members to avoid holes Tony Nguyen
2026-01-15 23:47 ` [PATCH net-next 06/10] idpf: add rss_data field to RSS function parameters Tony Nguyen
2026-01-15 23:47 ` [PATCH net-next 07/10] idpf: remove vport pointer from queue sets Tony Nguyen
2026-01-15 23:47 ` [PATCH net-next 08/10] idpf: generalize send virtchnl message API Tony Nguyen
2026-01-18 2:28 ` [net-next,08/10] " Jakub Kicinski
2026-01-15 23:47 ` [PATCH net-next 09/10] idpf: avoid calling get_rx_ptypes for each vport Tony Nguyen
2026-01-15 23:47 ` [PATCH net-next 10/10] idpf: generalize mailbox API Tony Nguyen
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