> When multiple netdevs share a QDMA TX ring and one device is stopped,
> netdev_tx_reset_subqueue() zeroes that device's BQL counters while its
> pending skbs remain in the shared HW TX ring. When NAPI later completes
> those skbs via netdev_tx_completed_queue(), the already-zeroed
> dql->num_queued counter underflows.
> Moreover, in the airoha_remove() path, netdevs are unregistered
> sequentially while skbs from previously unregistered netdevs may still
> reference freed net_device memory via skb->dev, causing a use-after-free
> during BQL accounting.
> Fix both issues:
> - Remove netdev_tx_reset_subqueue() from airoha_dev_stop() so pending
>   skbs are completed naturally by NAPI with proper BQL accounting.
> - Add netdev_tx_completed_queue() in airoha_qdma_cleanup_tx_queue()
>   to properly account for skbs freed during queue teardown.
> - Introduce airoha_qdma_tx_disable() to stop TX on all registered
>   netdevs for a given QDMA instance under RTNL lock.
> - Move DMA engine start/stop into probe/remove and
>   airoha_qdma_cleanup(), ensuring TX queues are cleaned up while all
>   netdevs are still registered and skb->dev is valid.
> 
> Fixes: 6df0488dc9dd ("net: airoha: fix BQL accounting in airoha_qdma_cleanup_tx_queue()")

This Fixes tag is wrong, the proper one is the one below:
Fixes: a9c2ca61fec7 ("net: airoha: Support multiple net_devices for a single FE GDM port")

Regards,
Lorenzo

> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> index 64dde6464f3f..4d6a061cd779 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
> @@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ static int airoha_qdma_tx_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
>  
>  		e = &q->entry[index];
>  		skb = e->skb;
> +		e->skb = NULL;
>  
>  		dma_unmap_single(eth->dev, e->dma_addr, e->dma_len,
>  				 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
> @@ -1147,6 +1148,42 @@ static int airoha_qdma_init_tx(struct airoha_qdma *qdma)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static void airoha_qdma_tx_disable(struct airoha_qdma *qdma)
> +{
> +	struct airoha_eth *eth = qdma->eth;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	/* Protect netdev->reg_state and netif_tx_disable() calls. */
> +	rtnl_lock();
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eth->ports); i++) {
> +		struct airoha_gdm_port *port = eth->ports[i];
> +		int j;
> +
> +		if (!port)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_SIZE(port->devs); j++) {
> +			struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev = port->devs[j];
> +			struct net_device *netdev;
> +
> +			if (!dev)
> +				continue;
> +
> +			if (dev->qdma != qdma)
> +				continue;
> +
> +			netdev = netdev_from_priv(dev);
> +			if (netdev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
> +				continue;
> +
> +			netif_tx_disable(netdev);
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	rtnl_unlock();
> +}
> +
>  static void airoha_qdma_cleanup_tx_queue(struct airoha_queue *q)
>  {
>  	struct airoha_qdma *qdma = q->qdma;
> @@ -1158,13 +1195,20 @@ static void airoha_qdma_cleanup_tx_queue(struct airoha_queue *q)
>  	for (i = 0; i < q->ndesc; i++) {
>  		struct airoha_queue_entry *e = &q->entry[i];
>  		struct airoha_qdma_desc *desc = &q->desc[i];
> +		struct sk_buff *skb = e->skb;
>  
>  		if (!e->dma_addr)
>  			continue;
>  
>  		dma_unmap_single(eth->dev, e->dma_addr, e->dma_len,
>  				 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
> -		dev_kfree_skb_any(e->skb);
> +		if (skb) {
> +			struct netdev_queue *txq;
> +
> +			txq = skb_get_tx_queue(skb->dev, skb);
> +			netdev_tx_completed_queue(txq, 1, skb->len);
> +			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
> +		}
>  		e->dma_addr = 0;
>  		e->skb = NULL;
>  		list_add_tail(&e->list, &q->tx_list);
> @@ -1527,6 +1571,23 @@ static void airoha_qdma_cleanup(struct airoha_qdma *qdma)
>  {
>  	int i;
>  
> +	if (test_bit(DEV_STATE_INITIALIZED, &qdma->eth->state)) {
> +		u32 status;
> +
> +		airoha_qdma_tx_disable(qdma);
> +
> +		airoha_qdma_clear(qdma, REG_QDMA_GLOBAL_CFG,
> +				  GLOBAL_CFG_TX_DMA_EN_MASK |
> +				  GLOBAL_CFG_RX_DMA_EN_MASK);
> +		if (read_poll_timeout(airoha_qdma_rr, status,
> +				      !(status & (GLOBAL_CFG_TX_DMA_BUSY_MASK |
> +						  GLOBAL_CFG_RX_DMA_BUSY_MASK)),
> +				      USEC_PER_MSEC, 50 * USEC_PER_MSEC, true,
> +				      qdma, REG_QDMA_GLOBAL_CFG))
> +			dev_warn(qdma->eth->dev,
> +				 "QDMA DMA engine busy timeout\n");
> +	}
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(qdma->q_rx); i++) {
>  		if (!qdma->q_rx[i].ndesc)
>  			continue;
> @@ -1837,9 +1898,6 @@ static int airoha_dev_open(struct net_device *netdev)
>  	}
>  	port->users++;
>  
> -	airoha_qdma_set(qdma, REG_QDMA_GLOBAL_CFG,
> -			GLOBAL_CFG_TX_DMA_EN_MASK |
> -			GLOBAL_CFG_RX_DMA_EN_MASK);
>  	qdma->users++;
>  
>  	if (!airoha_is_lan_gdm_dev(dev) &&
> @@ -1880,12 +1938,9 @@ static int airoha_dev_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
>  	struct airoha_gdm_dev *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
>  	struct airoha_gdm_port *port = dev->port;
>  	struct airoha_qdma *qdma = dev->qdma;
> -	int i;
>  
>  	netif_tx_disable(netdev);
>  	airoha_set_vip_for_gdm_port(dev, false);
> -	for (i = 0; i < netdev->num_tx_queues; i++)
> -		netdev_tx_reset_subqueue(netdev, i);
>  
>  	if (--port->users)
>  		airoha_set_port_mtu(dev->eth, port);
> @@ -1893,19 +1948,7 @@ static int airoha_dev_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
>  		airoha_set_gdm_port_fwd_cfg(qdma->eth,
>  					    REG_GDM_FWD_CFG(port->id),
>  					    FE_PSE_PORT_DROP);
> -
> -	if (!--qdma->users) {
> -		airoha_qdma_clear(qdma, REG_QDMA_GLOBAL_CFG,
> -				  GLOBAL_CFG_TX_DMA_EN_MASK |
> -				  GLOBAL_CFG_RX_DMA_EN_MASK);
> -
> -		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(qdma->q_tx); i++) {
> -			if (!qdma->q_tx[i].ndesc)
> -				continue;
> -
> -			airoha_qdma_cleanup_tx_queue(&qdma->q_tx[i]);
> -		}
> -	}
> +	qdma->users--;
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> @@ -3413,8 +3456,12 @@ static int airoha_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (err)
>  		goto error_netdev_free;
>  
> -	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eth->qdma); i++)
> +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eth->qdma); i++) {
>  		airoha_qdma_start_napi(&eth->qdma[i]);
> +		airoha_qdma_set(&eth->qdma[i], REG_QDMA_GLOBAL_CFG,
> +				GLOBAL_CFG_TX_DMA_EN_MASK |
> +				GLOBAL_CFG_RX_DMA_EN_MASK);
> +	}
>  
>  	for_each_child_of_node(pdev->dev.of_node, np) {
>  		if (!of_device_is_compatible(np, "airoha,eth-mac"))
> @@ -3440,6 +3487,8 @@ static int airoha_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eth->qdma); i++)
>  		airoha_qdma_stop_napi(&eth->qdma[i]);
>  
> +	airoha_hw_cleanup(eth);
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eth->ports); i++) {
>  		struct airoha_gdm_port *port = eth->ports[i];
>  		int j;
> @@ -3461,7 +3510,6 @@ static int airoha_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		}
>  		airoha_metadata_dst_free(port);
>  	}
> -	airoha_hw_cleanup(eth);
>  error_netdev_free:
>  	free_netdev(eth->napi_dev);
>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
> @@ -3477,6 +3525,8 @@ static void airoha_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eth->qdma); i++)
>  		airoha_qdma_stop_napi(&eth->qdma[i]);
>  
> +	airoha_hw_cleanup(eth);
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(eth->ports); i++) {
>  		struct airoha_gdm_port *port = eth->ports[i];
>  		int j;
> @@ -3497,7 +3547,6 @@ static void airoha_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		}
>  		airoha_metadata_dst_free(port);
>  	}
> -	airoha_hw_cleanup(eth);
>  
>  	free_netdev(eth->napi_dev);
>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 7d8297e26b4e20b5d1c3c3fe51fe81a1c7fbc823
> change-id: 20260618-airoha-bql-fixes-f57b2d108573
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
>