Re: [PATCH net v2 1/1] mlxbf_gige: Fix kernel panic at shutdown

["Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>]

On 6/7/2023 7:03 AM, Asmaa Mnebhi wrote:
> There is a race condition happening during shutdown due to pending napi transactions.
> Since mlxbf_gige_poll is still running, it tries to access a NULL pointer and as a
> result causes a kernel panic.
> To fix this during shutdown, invoke mlxbf_gige_remove to disable and dequeue napi.
> 
> Fixes: f92e1869d74e ("Add Mellanox BlueField Gigabit Ethernet driver")
> Signed-off-by: Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa@nvidia.com>
> ---
>   .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c    | 8 ++++----
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
> index 694de9513b9f..609d038b034e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxbf_gige/mlxbf_gige_main.c
> @@ -475,6 +475,9 @@ static int mlxbf_gige_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   {
>   	struct mlxbf_gige *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>   
> +	if (!priv)
> +		return 0;
> +
>   	unregister_netdev(priv->netdev);
>   	phy_disconnect(priv->netdev->phydev);
>   	mlxbf_gige_mdio_remove(priv);
> @@ -485,10 +488,7 @@ static int mlxbf_gige_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   
>   static void mlxbf_gige_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   {
> -	struct mlxbf_gige *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> -
> -	writeq(0, priv->base + MLXBF_GIGE_INT_EN);
> -	mlxbf_gige_clean_port(priv);
> +	mlxbf_gige_remove(pdev);
>   }

With this change, do you really need mlxbf_gige_shutdown() as a separate 
function as it is only calling mlxbf_gige_remove()?


>   
>   static const struct acpi_device_id __maybe_unused mlxbf_gige_acpi_match[] = {