From: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@google.com>
Cc: "Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>, "David Wei" <dw@davidwei.uk>,
"Pavel Begunkov" <asml.silence@gmail.com>,
"Taehee Yoo" <ap420073@gmail.com>,
"Stanislav Fomichev" <sdf@fomichev.me>,
"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"Kaiyuan Zhang" <kaiyuanz@google.com>,
"Bobby Eshleman" <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
"Andrew Lunn" <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@kernel.org>,
"Simon Horman" <horms@kernel.org>,
"Shuah Khan" <shuah@kernel.org>,
"Sumit Semwal" <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>,
"Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>,
"Daniel Borkmann" <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
"Nikolay Aleksandrov" <razor@blackwall.org>,
"Tariq Toukan" <tariqt@nvidia.com>,
"Kaifeng Wang" <kaifengw@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v1 2/4] net: devmem: detach TX bindings on NETDEV_UNREGISTER
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:57:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <as0LL7IcZas6IPY2@devvm7509.cco0.facebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261010025532.839559-3-almasrymina@google.com>
On 10/10, Mina Almasry wrote:
> TX devmem bindings (NETDEV_CMD_BIND_TX) have no bound RX queues, so
> mp_dmabuf_devmem_uninstall() never runs when binding->dev or
> binding->vdev unregisters. As a result, binding->dev and binding->vdev
> dangle pointing to freed struct net_device memory, and the dma_buf
> remains attached and mapped after device removal.
>
> Closing the netlink socket after netdev unregistration dereferences the
> freed struct net_device in netdev_nl_sock_priv_destroy():
>
> BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff88824ca9b000
> Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
> RIP: 0010:netdev_nl_sock_priv_destroy+0xbd/0x1e0
> Call Trace:
> genl_release+0xf5/0x190
> netlink_release+0xd01/0x18d0
> __sock_release+0xb0/0x270
> sock_close+0x18/0x20
>
> Add net_devmem_dev_unregister() called on NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
> - When binding->dev (the physical DMA-capable device) unregisters,
> erase the binding ID, clear both binding->dev and binding->vdev, wait
> for in-flight RCU/TX readers via synchronize_net(), and unmap the
> dma_buf under binding->lock.
> - When only binding->vdev (virtual device) unregisters while
> binding->dev lives, only clear binding->vdev so no new TX sends match
> the virtual device while allowing in-flight TX packets on binding->dev
> to finish DMA safely.
>
> Fixes: bd61848900bf ("net: devmem: Implement TX path")
> Fixes: 1abe839b34ae ("net: devmem: support TX over NETMEM_TX_NO_DMA devices")
> Cc: Kaiyuan Zhang <kaiyuanz@google.com>
> Cc: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
> Cc: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>
> Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
> Cc: Kaifeng Wang <kaifengw@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@google.com>
> ---
> net/core/devmem.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> net/core/devmem.h | 5 +++++
> net/core/netdev-genl.c | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/core/devmem.c b/net/core/devmem.c
> index 5e4070b82df44..da7b3e8abaa13 100644
> --- a/net/core/devmem.c
> +++ b/net/core/devmem.c
> @@ -169,6 +169,51 @@ void net_devmem_unbind_dmabuf(struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *binding)
> percpu_ref_kill(&binding->ref);
> }
>
> +void net_devmem_dev_unregister(struct net_device *dev)
> +{
> + struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *binding;
> + unsigned long xa_idx;
> +
[..]
> + rcu_read_lock();
> + xa_for_each(&net_devmem_dmabuf_bindings, xa_idx, binding) {
> + if (!percpu_ref_tryget(&binding->ref))
> + continue;
> + rcu_read_unlock();
You use net_devmem_dmabuf_binding_put below but do not use
net_devmem_dmabuf_binding_get here.
Also, I feel like rcu_read_lock/rcu_read_unlock dance is confusing. bindings
are not following rcu lifetimes. Can we race with __net_devmem_dmabuf_binding_free
here? (xa_for_each returns a valid binding, then before we do try_get it
gets kfree'd)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-12 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-10 2:55 [PATCH net v1 0/4] net: devmem: fix RX and TX binding teardown on device unregistration Mina Almasry
2026-10-10 2:55 ` [PATCH net v1 1/4] net: devmem: unmap dma_buf synchronously on queue uninstall Mina Almasry
2026-10-10 14:02 ` Pavel Begunkov
2026-10-11 3:38 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-11 15:51 ` Mina Almasry
2026-10-10 2:55 ` [PATCH net v1 2/4] net: devmem: detach TX bindings on NETDEV_UNREGISTER Mina Almasry
2026-10-11 3:38 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-12 16:57 ` Stanislav Fomichev [this message]
2026-10-10 2:55 ` [PATCH net v1 3/4] netdevsim: support devmem RX and TX bindings Mina Almasry
2026-10-11 3:38 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-10 2:55 ` [PATCH net v1 4/4] selftests: net: add devmem RX and TX netdev unregister tests Mina Almasry
2026-10-11 3:38 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
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