* [PATCH net] net/mlx5: Use unique names for software steering caches
@ 2026-07-15 8:22 Leon Romanovsky
2026-07-15 9:14 ` Kalesh Anakkur Purayil
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Leon Romanovsky @ 2026-07-15 8:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Saeed Mahameed, Leon Romanovsky, Tariq Toukan, Mark Bloch,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, Alex Vesker, Yevgeny Kliteynik
Cc: netdev, linux-rdma, linux-kernel, Christian Borntraeger
From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
Each software steering domain creates its own slab caches, but all
domains use the same names. When domains for two devices are alive at
once, the second kmem_cache_create() triggers the following splat:
WARNING: mm/slab_common.c:111 at __kmem_cache_create_args+0xca/0x480, CPU#18: devlink/331372
Modules linked in: act_mirred act_skbedit cls_matchall act_gact cls_flower sch_ingress
vhost_vdpa veth nfnetlink_cttimeout openvswitch macvtap macvlan vfio_ap kvm nf_nat_tftp
nf_conntrack_tftp nsh nf_conncount vfio_pci_core irqbypass scsi_debug vhost_net tap tun
vhost_vsock vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common vsock vhost nft_masq nft_reject_ipv4 act_csum
cls_u32 sch_htb smc_diag smc ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async crc_ccitt ppp_generic slhc loop
algif_hash af_alg nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4
nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4
nf_tables mlx5_vdpa vdpa mlx5_ib dm_service_time ib_uverbs_support vringh ib_core vhost_iotlb
mlx5_core s390_trng eadm_sch vfio_ccw mdev vfio_iommu_type1 vfio sch_fq_codel drm i2c_core
dm_multipath drm_panel_orientation_quirks uvdevice diag288_wdt watchdog hmac_s390 prng aes_s390
zfcp scsi_transport_fc pkey_pckmo pkey_cca pkey_ep11 zcrypt paes_s390 phmac_s390 rng_core
scsi_dh_alua pkey scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc crypto_engine autofs4 ecdsa_generic ecc sha512 [last unloaded: openvswitch]
CPU: 18 UID: 0 PID: 331372 Comm: devlink Tainted: G W 7.2.0-20260712.rc2.git0.e3321fa3034d.300.fc44.s390x+debug #1 PREEMPT
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: IBM 9175 ME1 701 (LPAR)
Krnl PSW : 0704c00180000000 0000038139a6771a (__kmem_cache_create_args+0xda/0x480)
R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:0 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
Krnl GPRS: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000003813b7de578 00000380b9eb8974
00000276c417f690 00000380b9eb8974 0000030144623348 00000277234a1660
0000000000000020 00000380b9eb8974 00000277234a1600 000003813b686d30
0000000000000000 00000380b9e9a810 0000038139a6771a 0000030144623238
Krnl Code: 0000038139a6770a: c02000ebb737 larl %r2,000003813b7de578
0000038139a67710: b9040039 lgr %r3,%r9
*0000038139a67714: c0e5006e2eb2 brasl %r14,000003813a82d478
>0000038139a6771a: a7390020 lghi %r3,32
0000038139a6771e: b9040029 lgr %r2,%r9
0000038139a67722: c0e5006cf98f brasl %r14,000003813a806a40
0000038139a67728: ec26018e007c cgij %r2,0,6,0000038139a67a44
0000038139a6772e: 58d0f0a4 l %r13,164(%r15)
Call Trace:
[<0000038139a6771a>] __kmem_cache_create_args+0xda/0x480
([<0000038139a676a2>] __kmem_cache_create_args+0x62/0x480)
[<00000380b9da1c70>] dr_domain_init_mem_resources+0x80/0x240 [mlx5_core]
[<00000380b9da226e>] dr_domain_init_resources.constprop.0+0x7e/0x2c0 [mlx5_core]
[<00000380b9da28b2>] mlx5dr_domain_create+0x132/0x250 [mlx5_core]
[<00000380b9dc1e20>] mlx5_cmd_dr_create_ns+0x30/0x90 [mlx5_core]
[<00000380b9cd8dbe>] mlx5_flow_namespace_set_mode+0x6e/0x130 [mlx5_core]
[<00000380b9d846ec>] esw_create_offloads_fdb_tables+0xac/0x5a0 [mlx5_core]
[<00000380b9d865b6>] esw_offloads_steering_init+0x1c6/0x480 [mlx5_core]
[<00000380b9d86e8e>] esw_offloads_enable+0x13e/0x410 [mlx5_core]
[<00000380b9d7b04a>] mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x36a/0x540 [mlx5_core]
[<00000380b9d84ff0>] esw_offloads_start+0x50/0x1d0 [mlx5_core]
[<00000380b9d8774a>] mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x35a/0x3f0 [mlx5_core]
[<000003813a791e68>] devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x88/0x120
[<000003813a5b93ea>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xea/0x150
[<000003813a5b95c2>] genl_family_rcv_msg+0x172/0x210
[<000003813a5b96c2>] genl_rcv_msg+0x62/0xc0
[<000003813a5b7cac>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x5c/0x120
[<000003813a5b8f0c>] genl_rcv+0x3c/0x50
[<000003813a5b74a4>] netlink_unicast+0x1f4/0x2b0
[<000003813a5b783c>] netlink_sendmsg+0x2dc/0x460
[<000003813a4c9764>] __sock_sendmsg+0x64/0xd0
[<000003813a4cc878>] __sys_sendto+0x108/0x160
[<000003813a4cdf50>] __do_sys_socketcall+0x350/0x460
[<000003813a8184d2>] __do_syscall+0x172/0x750
[<000003813a82d5d2>] system_call+0x72/0x90
Prefix each cache name with the device name to make it unique.
Fixes: fd785e5213f0 ("net/mlx5: DR, Allocate icm_chunks from their own slab allocator")
Fixes: fb628b71fb2a ("net/mlx5: DR, Allocate htbl from its own slab allocator")
Reported-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a3cea501-4d1f-47d5-b6d0-fcda9a0aab16@linux.ibm.com/
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_domain.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_domain.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_domain.c
index fedefb565a21..c9f20a9033eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_domain.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_domain.c
@@ -98,9 +98,12 @@ int mlx5dr_domain_get_recalc_cs_ft_addr(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn,
static int dr_domain_init_mem_resources(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
{
+ char name[80];
int ret;
- dmn->chunks_kmem_cache = kmem_cache_create("mlx5_dr_chunks",
+ snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s-mlx5_dr_chunks",
+ dev_name(dmn->mdev->device));
+ dmn->chunks_kmem_cache = kmem_cache_create(name,
sizeof(struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk), 0,
SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
if (!dmn->chunks_kmem_cache) {
@@ -108,7 +111,9 @@ static int dr_domain_init_mem_resources(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
return -ENOMEM;
}
- dmn->htbls_kmem_cache = kmem_cache_create("mlx5_dr_htbls",
+ snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s-mlx5_dr_htbls",
+ dev_name(dmn->mdev->device));
+ dmn->htbls_kmem_cache = kmem_cache_create(name,
sizeof(struct mlx5dr_ste_htbl), 0,
SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
if (!dmn->htbls_kmem_cache) {
---
base-commit: f8d04b0c74e989c515e0fa17bf779b730077f63e
change-id: 20260715-kmem-dupliate-name-b151167f5119
Best regards,
--
Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx5: Use unique names for software steering caches
2026-07-15 8:22 [PATCH net] net/mlx5: Use unique names for software steering caches Leon Romanovsky
@ 2026-07-15 9:14 ` Kalesh Anakkur Purayil
2026-07-15 9:19 ` Yevgeny Kliteynik
2026-07-16 6:57 ` Christian Borntraeger
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Kalesh Anakkur Purayil @ 2026-07-15 9:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Leon Romanovsky
Cc: Saeed Mahameed, Tariq Toukan, Mark Bloch, Andrew Lunn,
David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni,
Alex Vesker, Yevgeny Kliteynik, netdev, linux-rdma, linux-kernel,
Christian Borntraeger
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On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
>
> Each software steering domain creates its own slab caches, but all
> domains use the same names. When domains for two devices are alive at
> once, the second kmem_cache_create() triggers the following splat:
>
> WARNING: mm/slab_common.c:111 at __kmem_cache_create_args+0xca/0x480, CPU#18: devlink/331372
> Modules linked in: act_mirred act_skbedit cls_matchall act_gact cls_flower sch_ingress
> vhost_vdpa veth nfnetlink_cttimeout openvswitch macvtap macvlan vfio_ap kvm nf_nat_tftp
> nf_conntrack_tftp nsh nf_conncount vfio_pci_core irqbypass scsi_debug vhost_net tap tun
> vhost_vsock vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common vsock vhost nft_masq nft_reject_ipv4 act_csum
> cls_u32 sch_htb smc_diag smc ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async crc_ccitt ppp_generic slhc loop
> algif_hash af_alg nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4
> nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4
> nf_tables mlx5_vdpa vdpa mlx5_ib dm_service_time ib_uverbs_support vringh ib_core vhost_iotlb
> mlx5_core s390_trng eadm_sch vfio_ccw mdev vfio_iommu_type1 vfio sch_fq_codel drm i2c_core
> dm_multipath drm_panel_orientation_quirks uvdevice diag288_wdt watchdog hmac_s390 prng aes_s390
> zfcp scsi_transport_fc pkey_pckmo pkey_cca pkey_ep11 zcrypt paes_s390 phmac_s390 rng_core
> scsi_dh_alua pkey scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc crypto_engine autofs4 ecdsa_generic ecc sha512 [last unloaded: openvswitch]
> CPU: 18 UID: 0 PID: 331372 Comm: devlink Tainted: G W 7.2.0-20260712.rc2.git0.e3321fa3034d.300.fc44.s390x+debug #1 PREEMPT
> Tainted: [W]=WARN
> Hardware name: IBM 9175 ME1 701 (LPAR)
> Krnl PSW : 0704c00180000000 0000038139a6771a (__kmem_cache_create_args+0xda/0x480)
> R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:0 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
> Krnl GPRS: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000003813b7de578 00000380b9eb8974
> 00000276c417f690 00000380b9eb8974 0000030144623348 00000277234a1660
> 0000000000000020 00000380b9eb8974 00000277234a1600 000003813b686d30
> 0000000000000000 00000380b9e9a810 0000038139a6771a 0000030144623238
> Krnl Code: 0000038139a6770a: c02000ebb737 larl %r2,000003813b7de578
> 0000038139a67710: b9040039 lgr %r3,%r9
> *0000038139a67714: c0e5006e2eb2 brasl %r14,000003813a82d478
> >0000038139a6771a: a7390020 lghi %r3,32
> 0000038139a6771e: b9040029 lgr %r2,%r9
> 0000038139a67722: c0e5006cf98f brasl %r14,000003813a806a40
> 0000038139a67728: ec26018e007c cgij %r2,0,6,0000038139a67a44
> 0000038139a6772e: 58d0f0a4 l %r13,164(%r15)
> Call Trace:
> [<0000038139a6771a>] __kmem_cache_create_args+0xda/0x480
> ([<0000038139a676a2>] __kmem_cache_create_args+0x62/0x480)
> [<00000380b9da1c70>] dr_domain_init_mem_resources+0x80/0x240 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9da226e>] dr_domain_init_resources.constprop.0+0x7e/0x2c0 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9da28b2>] mlx5dr_domain_create+0x132/0x250 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9dc1e20>] mlx5_cmd_dr_create_ns+0x30/0x90 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9cd8dbe>] mlx5_flow_namespace_set_mode+0x6e/0x130 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d846ec>] esw_create_offloads_fdb_tables+0xac/0x5a0 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d865b6>] esw_offloads_steering_init+0x1c6/0x480 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d86e8e>] esw_offloads_enable+0x13e/0x410 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d7b04a>] mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x36a/0x540 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d84ff0>] esw_offloads_start+0x50/0x1d0 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d8774a>] mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x35a/0x3f0 [mlx5_core]
> [<000003813a791e68>] devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x88/0x120
> [<000003813a5b93ea>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xea/0x150
> [<000003813a5b95c2>] genl_family_rcv_msg+0x172/0x210
> [<000003813a5b96c2>] genl_rcv_msg+0x62/0xc0
> [<000003813a5b7cac>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x5c/0x120
> [<000003813a5b8f0c>] genl_rcv+0x3c/0x50
> [<000003813a5b74a4>] netlink_unicast+0x1f4/0x2b0
> [<000003813a5b783c>] netlink_sendmsg+0x2dc/0x460
> [<000003813a4c9764>] __sock_sendmsg+0x64/0xd0
> [<000003813a4cc878>] __sys_sendto+0x108/0x160
> [<000003813a4cdf50>] __do_sys_socketcall+0x350/0x460
> [<000003813a8184d2>] __do_syscall+0x172/0x750
> [<000003813a82d5d2>] system_call+0x72/0x90
>
> Prefix each cache name with the device name to make it unique.
>
> Fixes: fd785e5213f0 ("net/mlx5: DR, Allocate icm_chunks from their own slab allocator")
> Fixes: fb628b71fb2a ("net/mlx5: DR, Allocate htbl from its own slab allocator")
> Reported-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a3cea501-4d1f-47d5-b6d0-fcda9a0aab16@linux.ibm.com/
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
LGTM,
Reviewed-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com>
--
Regards,
Kalesh AP
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx5: Use unique names for software steering caches
2026-07-15 8:22 [PATCH net] net/mlx5: Use unique names for software steering caches Leon Romanovsky
2026-07-15 9:14 ` Kalesh Anakkur Purayil
@ 2026-07-15 9:19 ` Yevgeny Kliteynik
2026-07-16 6:57 ` Christian Borntraeger
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Yevgeny Kliteynik @ 2026-07-15 9:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Leon Romanovsky, Saeed Mahameed, Tariq Toukan, Mark Bloch,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, Alex Vesker
Cc: netdev, linux-rdma, linux-kernel, Christian Borntraeger
On 15-Jul-26 11:22, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
>
> Each software steering domain creates its own slab caches, but all
> domains use the same names. When domains for two devices are alive at
> once, the second kmem_cache_create() triggers the following splat:
>
> WARNING: mm/slab_common.c:111 at __kmem_cache_create_args+0xca/0x480, CPU#18: devlink/331372
> Modules linked in: act_mirred act_skbedit cls_matchall act_gact cls_flower sch_ingress
> vhost_vdpa veth nfnetlink_cttimeout openvswitch macvtap macvlan vfio_ap kvm nf_nat_tftp
> nf_conntrack_tftp nsh nf_conncount vfio_pci_core irqbypass scsi_debug vhost_net tap tun
> vhost_vsock vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common vsock vhost nft_masq nft_reject_ipv4 act_csum
> cls_u32 sch_htb smc_diag smc ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async crc_ccitt ppp_generic slhc loop
> algif_hash af_alg nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4
> nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4
> nf_tables mlx5_vdpa vdpa mlx5_ib dm_service_time ib_uverbs_support vringh ib_core vhost_iotlb
> mlx5_core s390_trng eadm_sch vfio_ccw mdev vfio_iommu_type1 vfio sch_fq_codel drm i2c_core
> dm_multipath drm_panel_orientation_quirks uvdevice diag288_wdt watchdog hmac_s390 prng aes_s390
> zfcp scsi_transport_fc pkey_pckmo pkey_cca pkey_ep11 zcrypt paes_s390 phmac_s390 rng_core
> scsi_dh_alua pkey scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc crypto_engine autofs4 ecdsa_generic ecc sha512 [last unloaded: openvswitch]
> CPU: 18 UID: 0 PID: 331372 Comm: devlink Tainted: G W 7.2.0-20260712.rc2.git0.e3321fa3034d.300.fc44.s390x+debug #1 PREEMPT
> Tainted: [W]=WARN
> Hardware name: IBM 9175 ME1 701 (LPAR)
> Krnl PSW : 0704c00180000000 0000038139a6771a (__kmem_cache_create_args+0xda/0x480)
> R:0 T:1 IO:1 EX:1 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:0 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
> Krnl GPRS: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000003813b7de578 00000380b9eb8974
> 00000276c417f690 00000380b9eb8974 0000030144623348 00000277234a1660
> 0000000000000020 00000380b9eb8974 00000277234a1600 000003813b686d30
> 0000000000000000 00000380b9e9a810 0000038139a6771a 0000030144623238
> Krnl Code: 0000038139a6770a: c02000ebb737 larl %r2,000003813b7de578
> 0000038139a67710: b9040039 lgr %r3,%r9
> *0000038139a67714: c0e5006e2eb2 brasl %r14,000003813a82d478
> >0000038139a6771a: a7390020 lghi %r3,32
> 0000038139a6771e: b9040029 lgr %r2,%r9
> 0000038139a67722: c0e5006cf98f brasl %r14,000003813a806a40
> 0000038139a67728: ec26018e007c cgij %r2,0,6,0000038139a67a44
> 0000038139a6772e: 58d0f0a4 l %r13,164(%r15)
> Call Trace:
> [<0000038139a6771a>] __kmem_cache_create_args+0xda/0x480
> ([<0000038139a676a2>] __kmem_cache_create_args+0x62/0x480)
> [<00000380b9da1c70>] dr_domain_init_mem_resources+0x80/0x240 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9da226e>] dr_domain_init_resources.constprop.0+0x7e/0x2c0 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9da28b2>] mlx5dr_domain_create+0x132/0x250 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9dc1e20>] mlx5_cmd_dr_create_ns+0x30/0x90 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9cd8dbe>] mlx5_flow_namespace_set_mode+0x6e/0x130 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d846ec>] esw_create_offloads_fdb_tables+0xac/0x5a0 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d865b6>] esw_offloads_steering_init+0x1c6/0x480 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d86e8e>] esw_offloads_enable+0x13e/0x410 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d7b04a>] mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x36a/0x540 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d84ff0>] esw_offloads_start+0x50/0x1d0 [mlx5_core]
> [<00000380b9d8774a>] mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x35a/0x3f0 [mlx5_core]
> [<000003813a791e68>] devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x88/0x120
> [<000003813a5b93ea>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xea/0x150
> [<000003813a5b95c2>] genl_family_rcv_msg+0x172/0x210
> [<000003813a5b96c2>] genl_rcv_msg+0x62/0xc0
> [<000003813a5b7cac>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x5c/0x120
> [<000003813a5b8f0c>] genl_rcv+0x3c/0x50
> [<000003813a5b74a4>] netlink_unicast+0x1f4/0x2b0
> [<000003813a5b783c>] netlink_sendmsg+0x2dc/0x460
> [<000003813a4c9764>] __sock_sendmsg+0x64/0xd0
> [<000003813a4cc878>] __sys_sendto+0x108/0x160
> [<000003813a4cdf50>] __do_sys_socketcall+0x350/0x460
> [<000003813a8184d2>] __do_syscall+0x172/0x750
> [<000003813a82d5d2>] system_call+0x72/0x90
>
> Prefix each cache name with the device name to make it unique.
>
> Fixes: fd785e5213f0 ("net/mlx5: DR, Allocate icm_chunks from their own slab allocator")
> Fixes: fb628b71fb2a ("net/mlx5: DR, Allocate htbl from its own slab allocator")
> Reported-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a3cea501-4d1f-47d5-b6d0-fcda9a0aab16@linux.ibm.com/
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_domain.c | 9 +++++++--
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_domain.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_domain.c
> index fedefb565a21..c9f20a9033eb 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_domain.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_domain.c
> @@ -98,9 +98,12 @@ int mlx5dr_domain_get_recalc_cs_ft_addr(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn,
>
> static int dr_domain_init_mem_resources(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
> {
> + char name[80];
> int ret;
>
> - dmn->chunks_kmem_cache = kmem_cache_create("mlx5_dr_chunks",
> + snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s-mlx5_dr_chunks",
> + dev_name(dmn->mdev->device));
> + dmn->chunks_kmem_cache = kmem_cache_create(name,
> sizeof(struct mlx5dr_icm_chunk), 0,
> SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
> if (!dmn->chunks_kmem_cache) {
> @@ -108,7 +111,9 @@ static int dr_domain_init_mem_resources(struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
>
> - dmn->htbls_kmem_cache = kmem_cache_create("mlx5_dr_htbls",
> + snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s-mlx5_dr_htbls",
> + dev_name(dmn->mdev->device));
> + dmn->htbls_kmem_cache = kmem_cache_create(name,
> sizeof(struct mlx5dr_ste_htbl), 0,
> SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
> if (!dmn->htbls_kmem_cache) {
>
> ---
> base-commit: f8d04b0c74e989c515e0fa17bf779b730077f63e
> change-id: 20260715-kmem-dupliate-name-b151167f5119
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
>
Reviewed-by: Yevgeny Kliteynik <kliteyn@nvidia.com>
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx5: Use unique names for software steering caches
2026-07-15 8:22 [PATCH net] net/mlx5: Use unique names for software steering caches Leon Romanovsky
2026-07-15 9:14 ` Kalesh Anakkur Purayil
2026-07-15 9:19 ` Yevgeny Kliteynik
@ 2026-07-16 6:57 ` Christian Borntraeger
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Christian Borntraeger @ 2026-07-16 6:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Leon Romanovsky, Saeed Mahameed, Tariq Toukan, Mark Bloch,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, Alex Vesker, Yevgeny Kliteynik
Cc: netdev, linux-rdma, linux-kernel
Am 15.07.26 um 10:22 schrieb Leon Romanovsky:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
>
> Each software steering domain creates its own slab caches, but all
> domains use the same names. When domains for two devices are alive at
> once, the second kmem_cache_create() triggers the following splat:
[...]
>
> Prefix each cache name with the device name to make it unique.
>
> Fixes: fd785e5213f0 ("net/mlx5: DR, Allocate icm_chunks from their own slab allocator")
> Fixes: fb628b71fb2a ("net/mlx5: DR, Allocate htbl from its own slab allocator")
> Reported-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a3cea501-4d1f-47d5-b6d0-fcda9a0aab16@linux.ibm.com/
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
Tested-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
error is gone in our CI when the patch is applied.
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