From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: mmc@linux.ibm.com
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, nnac123@linux.ibm.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 02/15] ibmveth: Prepare MQ RX adapter data structures
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:47:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260818014717.3853945-1-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260814073642.24630-3-mmc@linux.ibm.com>
This is an AI-generated review of your patch. The human sending this
email has considered the AI review valid, or at least plausible.
---
ibmveth: Prepare MQ RX adapter data structures
This converts the single-instance RX state in struct ibmveth_adapter (napi,
buffer_list_addr/dma, rx_queue, rx_buff_pool) into queue-indexed arrays sized
by a new IBMVETH_MAX_RX_QUEUES, and adds queue_handle[]/queue_irq[] plus
multi_queue/num_rx_queues bookkeeping. All existing references are
mechanically retargeted to index 0, and IBMVETH_MAX_RX_QUEUES is kept at 1 so
behaviour is unchanged.
No Link: tags are present in the commit header.
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
> index 73e051d26b9d8..7cb828b476c1b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -482,24 +486,24 @@ static int ibmveth_remove_buffer_from_pool(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter,
>
> mb();
>
> - atomic_dec(&(adapter->rx_buff_pool[pool].available));
> + atomic_dec(&adapter->rx_buff_pool[0][pool].available);
>
> return 0;
> }
[Severity: Low]
This isn't a bug, but the v5 change notes below the --- separator say the
"extra atomic_dec parentheses" nit from v4 was dropped, and that "this tip
patch keeps only the mechanical [0] retargeting".
The atomic_dec() in ibmveth_remove_buffer_from_pool() still drops the
redundant inner parentheses that the baseline had:
- atomic_dec(&(adapter->rx_buff_pool[pool].available));
+ atomic_dec(&adapter->rx_buff_pool[0][pool].available);
Should the changelog be adjusted, or the parentheses kept as-is so the hunk
really is index-only?
[ ... ]
> @@ -1876,6 +1886,10 @@ static int ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
> netdev->features |= NETIF_F_FRAGLIST;
> }
>
> + /* Initialize queue count - always 1 for now */
> + adapter->multi_queue = 0;
> + adapter->num_rx_queues = IBMVETH_DEFAULT_RX_QUEUES;
> +
[Severity: Low]
At this commit these two assignments in ibmveth_probe() are the only accesses
to multi_queue and num_rx_queues, and queue_handle[]/queue_irq[] have neither
a reader nor a writer anywhere in the driver.
Combined with IBMVETH_MAX_RX_QUEUES being 1U, every array conversion in this
patch is a pure layout change with no behavioural effect.
Is it worth mentioning in the commit message which later patch first consumes
each of these fields? Reading the rest of the series, queue_irq[] and
queue_handle[] get their first users in ibmveth_toggle_irq() and
ibmveth_register_logical_lan_queue(), num_rx_queues is read through
ibmveth_get_num_rx_queues(), and IBMVETH_MAX_RX_QUEUES becomes 16U in
"ibmveth: Enable multi-queue RX receive path", so nothing is broken here.
> if (ret == H_SUCCESS &&
> (ret_attr & IBMVETH_ILLAN_RX_MULTI_BUFF_SUPPORT)) {
> adapter->rx_buffers_per_hcall = IBMVETH_MAX_RX_PER_HCALL;
> @@ -1898,10 +1912,10 @@ static int ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
> memcpy(pool_count, pool_count_cmo, sizeof(pool_count));
>
> for (i = 0; i < IBMVETH_NUM_BUFF_POOLS; i++) {
> - struct kobject *kobj = &adapter->rx_buff_pool[i].kobj;
> + struct kobject *kobj = &adapter->rx_buff_pool[0][i].kobj;
> int error;
>
> - ibmveth_init_buffer_pool(&adapter->rx_buff_pool[i], i,
> + ibmveth_init_buffer_pool(&adapter->rx_buff_pool[0][i], i,
> pool_count[i], pool_size[i],
> pool_active[i]);
> error = kobject_init_and_add(kobj, &ktype_veth_pool,
[Severity: Low]
This is a pre-existing issue and is not introduced by this patch, which only
rewrites rx_buff_pool[i] to rx_buff_pool[0][i] on these lines.
The kobjects registered here live inside netdev_priv() memory, and the probe
failure paths after this loop call free_netdev() without a matching
kobject_del()/kobject_put():
rc = register_netdev(netdev);
if (rc) {
free_netdev(netdev);
return rc;
}
The only teardown loop is in ibmveth_remove():
for (i = 0; i < IBMVETH_NUM_BUFF_POOLS; i++)
kobject_put(&adapter->rx_buff_pool[0][i].kobj);
which a failed probe never reaches, so a netif_set_real_num_tx_queues() or
register_netdev() failure leaves live .../poolN sysfs directories backed by
freed storage.
Worth noting this is addressed later in the same series: "ibmveth: Enable
multi-queue RX receive path" adds ibmveth_probe_cleanup(), which calls
ibmveth_put_pool_kobjs() before free_netdev() on both probe failure paths.
[ ... ]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h
> index c0ef03cad9b9a..fc6a01e810c6e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h
> @@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ static inline long h_illan_attributes(unsigned long unit_address,
> #define IBMVETH_MAX_TX_BUF_SIZE (1024 * 64)
> #define IBMVETH_MAX_QUEUES 16U
> #define IBMVETH_DEFAULT_QUEUES 8U
> +#define IBMVETH_MAX_RX_QUEUES 1U
> +#define IBMVETH_DEFAULT_RX_QUEUES 1U
> #define IBMVETH_MAX_RX_PER_HCALL 8U
[ ... ]
> + struct ibmveth_rx_q rx_queue[IBMVETH_MAX_RX_QUEUES];
> + u64 queue_handle[IBMVETH_MAX_RX_QUEUES];
> + unsigned int queue_irq[IBMVETH_MAX_RX_QUEUES];
> + int multi_queue;
> + unsigned int num_rx_queues;
[ ... ]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-18 1:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-14 7:36 [PATCH net-next v5 00/15] ibmveth: Add multi-queue RX support Mingming Cao
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 01/15] ibmveth: Add MQ RX hypercall wrappers and call definitions Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 02/15] ibmveth: Prepare MQ RX adapter data structures Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 03/15] ibmveth: Refactor RX resource allocation for MQ RX bring-up Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 04/15] ibmveth: Refactor buffer pool management for per-queue MQ RX Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 05/15] ibmveth: Refactor RX interrupt control for MQ RX queues Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 06/15] ibmveth: Refactor TX resource allocation in open/close paths Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 07/15] ibmveth: Add RX queue register helpers for MQ Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 08/15] ibmveth: Add queue-aware RX buffer submit helper " Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 09/15] ibmveth: Harden RX poll path with helpers Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 10/15] ibmveth: Enable multi-queue RX receive path Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 11/15] ibmveth: Add per-queue RX and TX statistics collection Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 12/15] ibmveth: Report MQ-aware RX counts in ethtool get_channels Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 13/15] ibmveth: Expose per-queue buffer pool details via debugfs Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 14/15] ibmveth: Implement incremental MQ RX queue resize Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-08-14 7:36 ` [PATCH net-next v5 15/15] ibmveth: Wire ethtool set_channels to " Mingming Cao
2026-08-18 1:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
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