[PATCH net-next V2 6/7] net/mlx5: E-switch, load reps via work queue after registration

Tariq Toukan
2026-05-01T04:18:28Z

From: Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>

mlx5_eswitch_register_vport_reps() only installs representor callbacks and
marks the rep type as registered. If the E-Switch is already in switchdev
mode, the newly registered rep type must then be loaded for already enabled
vports.

That load path needs to run under the devlink lock, which is not held by
the auxiliary driver registration context. Queue the reload to the E-Switch
workqueue, whose handler acquires the devlink lock, and load the relevant
representors from there.

The unregister path is unchanged and still unloads representors
synchronously while tearing down the registered callbacks.

Signed-off-by: Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
.../mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 8f656253981b..f26d1652dd05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -4563,6 +4563,38 @@ mlx5_eswitch_register_vport_reps_blocked(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
}
}

+static void mlx5_eswitch_reload_reps_blocked(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
+{
+ struct mlx5_vport *vport;
+ unsigned long i;
+
+ if (esw->mode != MLX5_ESWITCH_OFFLOADS)
+ return;
+
+ if (mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_load(esw, MLX5_VPORT_UPLINK))
+ return;
+
+ mlx5_esw_for_each_vport(esw, i, vport) {
+ if (!vport)
+ continue;
+ if (!vport->enabled)
+ continue;
+ if (vport->vport == MLX5_VPORT_UPLINK)
+ continue;
+ if (!mlx5_eswitch_vport_has_rep(esw, vport->vport))
+ continue;
+
+ mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_load(esw, vport->vport);
+ }
+}
+
+static void mlx5_eswitch_reload_reps(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
+{
+ mlx5_esw_reps_block(esw);
+ mlx5_eswitch_reload_reps_blocked(esw);
+ mlx5_esw_reps_unblock(esw);
+}
+
static void
mlx5_eswitch_register_vport_reps_locked(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
const struct mlx5_eswitch_rep_ops *ops,
@@ -4574,6 +4606,8 @@ mlx5_eswitch_register_vport_reps_locked(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
mlx5_esw_reps_block(esw);
mlx5_eswitch_register_vport_reps_blocked(esw, ops, rep_type);
mlx5_esw_reps_unblock(esw);
+
+ mlx5_esw_add_work(esw, mlx5_eswitch_reload_reps);
}

void mlx5_eswitch_register_vport_reps(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
--
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