From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: prevent torn reads in netdev_tc_txq
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:54:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812085440.3917924-2-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260812085440.3917924-1-edumazet@google.com>
netdev_set_tc_queue() (and related helpers/drivers such as
netdev_bind_sb_channel_queue(), netdev_reset_tc(), and
netdev_unbind_sb_channel()) perform separate 16-bit writes to
dev->tc_to_txq[tc].count and dev->tc_to_txq[tc].offset.
Furthermore, memset() in netdev_reset_tc() and
netdev_unbind_sb_channel() provides no guarantee of performing
full 32-bit word stores.
Concurrent lockless readers (e.g. skb_tx_hash(), netdev_txq_to_tc(),
ixgbe_select_queue(), taprio, mqprio, FPE drivers) can observe torn
values where offset and count belong to inconsistent configurations.
Redefine struct netdev_tc_txq to embed count and offset inside a union
with a u32 combined field, allowing atomic manipulation via
READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE().
Update all lockless readers and writers across the kernel to use
READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() on the combined field.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c | 6 ++-
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 7 +--
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/tx.c | 8 +++-
drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/tx.c | 8 +++-
.../net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_fpe.c | 14 ++++--
include/linux/netdevice.h | 9 +++-
net/core/dev.c | 46 +++++++++++++------
net/sched/sch_mqprio.c | 4 +-
net/sched/sch_mqprio_lib.c | 7 ++-
net/sched/sch_taprio.c | 26 ++++++-----
11 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c
index 52de2bcbadbec7a4443e8754eb914fe8b892c71d..0c08650d3bb2d95f63529e9a950d6a00cd7d6eca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_tsn.c
@@ -183,13 +183,15 @@ static u32 igc_fpe_map_preempt_tc_to_queue(const struct igc_adapter *adapter,
u32 i, queue = 0;
for (i = 0; i < dev->num_tc; i++) {
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res;
u32 offset, count;
if (!(preemptible_tcs & BIT(i)))
continue;
- offset = dev->tc_to_txq[i].offset;
- count = dev->tc_to_txq[i].count;
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(dev->tc_to_txq[i].combined);
+ offset = res.offset;
+ count = res.count;
queue |= GENMASK(offset + count - 1, offset);
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 8873a8cc4a1851fc108cbf8d603f8b3e7ecc29a9..f91856498eb2d9e0e4173153c8c00bc2248bb708 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -9273,10 +9273,11 @@ static u16 ixgbe_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
if (sb_dev) {
u8 tc = netdev_get_prio_tc_map(dev, skb->priority);
struct net_device *vdev = sb_dev;
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res;
- txq = vdev->tc_to_txq[tc].offset;
- txq += reciprocal_scale(skb_get_hash(skb),
- vdev->tc_to_txq[tc].count);
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(vdev->tc_to_txq[tc].combined);
+ txq = res.offset;
+ txq += reciprocal_scale(skb_get_hash(skb), res.count);
return txq;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index ca3d7c6b5210e4b057ffb0becf6775a8f559247d..8a877891e690d4250ac0e610553d65a686a3ed4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -3247,7 +3247,7 @@ static int mlx5e_update_tc_and_tx_queues(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
old_num_txqs = netdev->real_num_tx_queues;
old_ntc = netdev->num_tc ? : 1;
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(old_tc_to_txq); i++)
- old_tc_to_txq[i] = netdev->tc_to_txq[i];
+ old_tc_to_txq[i].combined = READ_ONCE(netdev->tc_to_txq[i].combined);
nch = priv->channels.params.num_channels;
ntc = priv->channels.params.mqprio.num_tc;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/tx.c
index 9e18aaf44baddeab3e933eb8cad0b07ecb134b16..e4d47d26a87a09ada5c1b85da099ff9147a25fe6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/tx.c
@@ -439,8 +439,12 @@ int ef4_setup_tc(struct net_device *net_dev, enum tc_setup_type type,
return 0;
for (tc = 0; tc < num_tc; tc++) {
- net_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].offset = tc * efx->n_tx_channels;
- net_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].count = efx->n_tx_channels;
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res = {
+ .offset = tc * efx->n_tx_channels,
+ .count = efx->n_tx_channels,
+ };
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(net_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].combined, res.combined);
}
if (num_tc > net_dev->num_tc) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/tx.c
index 91e87594ed1eac18e8dbec04c9b29161a3ef0b54..1ce98f8fdaf81cffc0ff7d25e4cf3bb1f12acae3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/tx.c
@@ -380,8 +380,12 @@ int efx_siena_setup_tc(struct net_device *net_dev, enum tc_setup_type type,
return 0;
for (tc = 0; tc < num_tc; tc++) {
- net_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].offset = tc * efx->n_tx_channels;
- net_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].count = efx->n_tx_channels;
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res = {
+ .offset = tc * efx->n_tx_channels,
+ .count = efx->n_tx_channels,
+ };
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(net_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].combined, res.combined);
}
net_dev->num_tc = num_tc;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_fpe.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_fpe.c
index c54c702243517d502c1e14641cf859b35f508681..c889204a7aa5d2e74f7834ed1a22252e6c51ca36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_fpe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_fpe.c
@@ -217,8 +217,11 @@ int dwmac5_fpe_map_preemption_class(struct net_device *ndev,
* and is direct one-to-one mapping."
*/
for (u32 tc = 0; tc < num_tc; tc++) {
- count = ndev->tc_to_txq[tc].count;
- offset = ndev->tc_to_txq[tc].offset;
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res;
+
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(ndev->tc_to_txq[tc].combined);
+ count = res.count;
+ offset = res.offset;
if (pclass & BIT(tc))
preemptible_txqs |= GENMASK(offset + count - 1, offset);
@@ -275,8 +278,11 @@ int dwxgmac3_fpe_map_preemption_class(struct net_device *ndev,
* any of the scheduling algorithms."
*/
for (u32 tc = 0; tc < num_tc; tc++) {
- count = ndev->tc_to_txq[tc].count;
- offset = ndev->tc_to_txq[tc].offset;
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res;
+
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(ndev->tc_to_txq[tc].combined);
+ count = res.count;
+ offset = res.offset;
if (pclass & BIT(tc))
preemptible_txqs |= GENMASK(offset + count - 1, offset);
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index db9dce7f0aa65fbd3056425a8a3a4e26659d43b9..ccb3da375f193251fa177b8dbdb0073e8e906735 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -832,8 +832,13 @@ struct xps_dev_maps {
#define TC_BITMASK 15
/* HW offloaded queuing disciplines txq count and offset maps */
struct netdev_tc_txq {
- u16 count;
- u16 offset;
+ union {
+ struct {
+ u16 count;
+ u16 offset;
+ };
+ u32 combined;
+ };
};
#if defined(CONFIG_FCOE) || defined(CONFIG_FCOE_MODULE)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fd0b445f5d38c2a2087318f029c86ffdab38aad4..6fab5f3046f9a64573121796bf4889d8611f49ff 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2656,11 +2656,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_queue_xmit_nit);
*/
static void netif_setup_tc(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txq)
{
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res;
int i;
- struct netdev_tc_txq *tc = &dev->tc_to_txq[0];
+
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(dev->tc_to_txq[0].combined);
/* If TC0 is invalidated disable TC mapping */
- if (tc->offset + tc->count > txq) {
+ if (res.offset + res.count > txq) {
netdev_warn(dev, "Number of in use tx queues changed invalidating tc mappings. Priority traffic classification disabled!\n");
dev->num_tc = 0;
return;
@@ -2670,8 +2672,8 @@ static void netif_setup_tc(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txq)
for (i = 1; i < TC_BITMASK + 1; i++) {
int q = netdev_get_prio_tc_map(dev, i);
- tc = &dev->tc_to_txq[q];
- if (tc->offset + tc->count > txq) {
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(dev->tc_to_txq[q].combined);
+ if (res.offset + res.count > txq) {
netdev_warn(dev, "Number of in use tx queues changed. Priority %i to tc mapping %i is no longer valid. Setting map to 0\n",
i, q);
netdev_set_prio_tc_map(dev, i, 0);
@@ -2687,7 +2689,10 @@ int netdev_txq_to_tc(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txq)
/* walk through the TCs and see if it falls into any of them */
for (i = 0; i < TC_MAX_QUEUE; i++, tc++) {
- if ((txq - tc->offset) < tc->count)
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res;
+
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(tc->combined);
+ if ((txq - res.offset) < res.count)
return i;
}
@@ -3107,6 +3112,8 @@ static void netdev_unbind_all_sb_channels(struct net_device *dev)
void netdev_reset_tc(struct net_device *dev)
{
+ int i;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_XPS
netif_reset_xps_queues_gt(dev, 0);
#endif
@@ -3114,21 +3121,26 @@ void netdev_reset_tc(struct net_device *dev)
/* Reset TC configuration of device */
dev->num_tc = 0;
- memset(dev->tc_to_txq, 0, sizeof(dev->tc_to_txq));
+ for (i = 0; i < TC_MAX_QUEUE; i++)
+ WRITE_ONCE(dev->tc_to_txq[i].combined, 0);
memset(dev->prio_tc_map, 0, sizeof(dev->prio_tc_map));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_reset_tc);
int netdev_set_tc_queue(struct net_device *dev, u8 tc, u16 count, u16 offset)
{
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res = {
+ .count = count,
+ .offset = offset,
+ };
+
if (tc >= dev->num_tc)
return -EINVAL;
#ifdef CONFIG_XPS
netif_reset_xps_queues(dev, offset, count);
#endif
- dev->tc_to_txq[tc].count = count;
- dev->tc_to_txq[tc].offset = offset;
+ WRITE_ONCE(dev->tc_to_txq[tc].combined, res.combined);
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_set_tc_queue);
@@ -3152,11 +3164,13 @@ void netdev_unbind_sb_channel(struct net_device *dev,
struct net_device *sb_dev)
{
struct netdev_queue *txq = &dev->_tx[dev->num_tx_queues];
+ int i;
#ifdef CONFIG_XPS
netif_reset_xps_queues_gt(sb_dev, 0);
#endif
- memset(sb_dev->tc_to_txq, 0, sizeof(sb_dev->tc_to_txq));
+ for (i = 0; i < TC_MAX_QUEUE; i++)
+ WRITE_ONCE(sb_dev->tc_to_txq[i].combined, 0);
memset(sb_dev->prio_tc_map, 0, sizeof(sb_dev->prio_tc_map));
while (txq-- != &dev->_tx[0]) {
@@ -3179,8 +3193,12 @@ int netdev_bind_sb_channel_queue(struct net_device *dev,
return -EINVAL;
/* Record the mapping */
- sb_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].count = count;
- sb_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].offset = offset;
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res = {
+ .count = count,
+ .offset = offset,
+ };
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(sb_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].combined, res.combined);
/* Provide a way for Tx queue to find the tc_to_txq map or
* XPS map for itself.
@@ -3546,9 +3564,11 @@ static u16 skb_tx_hash(const struct net_device *dev,
if (dev->num_tc) {
u8 tc = netdev_get_prio_tc_map(dev, skb->priority);
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res;
- qoffset = sb_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].offset;
- qcount = sb_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].count;
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(sb_dev->tc_to_txq[tc].combined);
+ qoffset = res.offset;
+ qcount = res.count;
if (unlikely(!qcount)) {
net_warn_ratelimited("%s: invalid qcount, qoffset %u for tc %u\n",
sb_dev->name, qoffset, tc);
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
index ae991fc25b43f24efb3b53fce6f6b53718a9b774..6ced7008ef5c8413c76c3122c9d1d4b824702e99 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
@@ -679,12 +679,14 @@ static int mqprio_dump_class_stats(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned long cl,
rcu_read_lock();
if (cl >= TC_H_MIN_PRIORITY) {
struct net_device *dev = qdisc_dev(sch);
- struct netdev_tc_txq tc = dev->tc_to_txq[cl & TC_BITMASK];
+ struct netdev_tc_txq tc;
struct gnet_stats_queue qstats = {0};
struct gnet_stats_basic_sync bstats;
u32 qlen = 0;
int i;
+ tc.combined = READ_ONCE(dev->tc_to_txq[cl & TC_BITMASK].combined);
+
gnet_stats_basic_sync_init(&bstats);
for (i = tc.offset; i < tc.offset + tc.count; i++) {
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_mqprio_lib.c b/net/sched/sch_mqprio_lib.c
index b3a5572c167b719f96e2947fa4267f1f93077814..b60e130c70781479eed0ea5a02d01197f03f4895 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_mqprio_lib.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_mqprio_lib.c
@@ -108,8 +108,11 @@ void mqprio_qopt_reconstruct(struct net_device *dev, struct tc_mqprio_qopt *qopt
memcpy(qopt->prio_tc_map, dev->prio_tc_map, sizeof(qopt->prio_tc_map));
for (tc = 0; tc < num_tc; tc++) {
- qopt->count[tc] = dev->tc_to_txq[tc].count;
- qopt->offset[tc] = dev->tc_to_txq[tc].offset;
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res;
+
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(dev->tc_to_txq[tc].combined);
+ qopt->count[tc] = res.count;
+ qopt->offset[tc] = res.offset;
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mqprio_qopt_reconstruct);
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
index 299234a5f0fe60589ef9594a8e685bb8cf751e2d..7d5fe93a4c12434cc1c35594ea6de0e88ac67260 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_taprio.c
@@ -762,12 +762,13 @@ static struct sk_buff *taprio_dequeue_from_txq(struct Qdisc *sch, int txq,
static void taprio_next_tc_txq(struct net_device *dev, int tc, int *txq)
{
- int offset = dev->tc_to_txq[tc].offset;
- int count = dev->tc_to_txq[tc].count;
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res;
+
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(dev->tc_to_txq[tc].combined);
(*txq)++;
- if (*txq == offset + count)
- *txq = offset;
+ if (*txq == res.offset + res.count)
+ *txq = res.offset;
}
/* Prioritize higher traffic classes, and select among TXQs belonging to the
@@ -1441,15 +1442,14 @@ static u32 tc_map_to_queue_mask(struct net_device *dev, u32 tc_mask)
u32 i, queue_mask = 0;
for (i = 0; i < dev->num_tc; i++) {
- u32 offset, count;
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res;
if (!(tc_mask & BIT(i)))
continue;
- offset = dev->tc_to_txq[i].offset;
- count = dev->tc_to_txq[i].count;
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(dev->tc_to_txq[i].combined);
- queue_mask |= GENMASK(offset + count - 1, offset);
+ queue_mask |= GENMASK(res.offset + res.count - 1, res.offset);
}
return queue_mask;
@@ -1802,10 +1802,14 @@ static int taprio_mqprio_cmp(const struct net_device *dev,
if (!mqprio || mqprio->num_tc != dev->num_tc)
return -1;
- for (i = 0; i < mqprio->num_tc; i++)
- if (dev->tc_to_txq[i].count != mqprio->count[i] ||
- dev->tc_to_txq[i].offset != mqprio->offset[i])
+ for (i = 0; i < mqprio->num_tc; i++) {
+ struct netdev_tc_txq res;
+
+ res.combined = READ_ONCE(dev->tc_to_txq[i].combined);
+ if (res.count != mqprio->count[i] ||
+ res.offset != mqprio->offset[i])
return -1;
+ }
for (i = 0; i <= TC_BITMASK; i++)
if (dev->prio_tc_map[i] != mqprio->prio_tc_map[i])
--
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2026-08-12 8:54 [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: prevent lockless data races in net_device TC structures Eric Dumazet
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2026-08-12 8:54 ` [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations for dev->num_tc Eric Dumazet
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