From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2521733E373; Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:20:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769019617; cv=none; b=uTSG+WQvdV3ABsHy+ffAxVZh1KijFg6FcG0bgicn2Y/EOJ5UfhejGvMt9HyWqBK71UA0fYG66ZKsHRx3DbCZ3Wv18iSWepZBDKx81iD+Q20uKMzX1Eh4E3ebGeyIov1lcM9lfww8ul1Lyk1mObH/yWIxvnfDS3Jo7u31tK5WImI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769019617; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Sqk4ho3zxvGa38dZJdns+dVUCVjtSkdGty206KWdBwg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=Ygn/cR7tYm1uRXL+fsDuvRhwPwIKDXeCpUs0rl0bEGGi8vOR2GZj/cyUujKWgX44THll9T6e4Xi9kDAlubaRe/FFznyFfftnMq5LmWJBGh7sW+iEVV50qLxUCCywltAebNSdoM/mDiHUNWPbMi7/WAPMosrlgYeoYdYjW/mPSrk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=UtxdiBWv; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="UtxdiBWv" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 249C2C4CEF1; Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:20:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1769019616; bh=Sqk4ho3zxvGa38dZJdns+dVUCVjtSkdGty206KWdBwg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=UtxdiBWvn3u9Pe/uDM5ze0R3zecFa4pmsGU2rw9wpF0benJm7eIek1d4W6egzv2UN VUW3BXFosQWOVCgI1R4/dK7atT8Gzn0ML9VeKIQfLyxsXSBO2/4OHOzDH/hL/GCz1g vCm/0Xl59mI+63W3J1Q5wrD7NZmZsmhRnfHQt/lk= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Saeed Mahameed , Jakub Kicinski , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 6.12 024/139] net/mlx5e: Dont store mlx5e_priv in mlx5e_dev devlink priv Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:14:32 +0100 Message-ID: <20260121181412.326806741@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.52.0 In-Reply-To: <20260121181411.452263583@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260121181411.452263583@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 6.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Saeed Mahameed [ Upstream commit 123eda2e5b1638e298e3a66bb1e64a8da92de5e1 ] mlx5e_priv is an unstable structure that can be memset(0) if profile attaching fails, mlx5e_priv in mlx5e_dev devlink private is used to reference the netdev and mdev associated with that struct. Instead, store netdev directly into mlx5e_dev and get mdev from the containing mlx5_adev aux device structure. This fixes a kernel oops in mlx5e_remove when switchdev mode fails due to change profile failure. $ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:00:03.0 mode switchdev Error: mlx5_core: Failed setting eswitch to offloads. dmesg: workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq "mlx5e": -EINTR mlx5_core 0012:03:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6214:(pid 37199): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12 mlx5_core 0012:03:00.1 gpu3rdma1: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: new profile init failed, -12 workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq "mlx5e": -EINTR mlx5_core 0012:03:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6214:(pid 37199): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12 mlx5_core 0012:03:00.1 gpu3rdma1: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: failed to rollback to orig profile, -12 $ devlink dev reload pci/0000:00:03.0 ==> oops BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000520 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 521 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.18.0-rc5+ #117 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:mlx5e_remove+0x68/0x130 RSP: 0018:ffffc900034838f0 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffff88810283c380 RBX: ffff888101874400 RCX: ffffffff826ffc45 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff888102d789c0 R08: ffff8881007137f0 R09: ffff888100264e10 R10: ffffc90003483898 R11: ffffc900034838a0 R12: ffff888100d261a0 R13: ffff888100d261a0 R14: ffff8881018749a0 R15: ffff888101874400 FS: 00007f8565fea740(0000) GS:ffff88856a759000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000520 CR3: 000000010b11a004 CR4: 0000000000370ef0 Call Trace: device_release_driver_internal+0x19c/0x200 bus_remove_device+0xc6/0x130 device_del+0x160/0x3d0 ? devl_param_driverinit_value_get+0x2d/0x90 mlx5_detach_device+0x89/0xe0 mlx5_unload_one_devl_locked+0x3a/0x70 mlx5_devlink_reload_down+0xc8/0x220 devlink_reload+0x7d/0x260 devlink_nl_reload_doit+0x45b/0x5a0 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe8/0x140 Fixes: ee75f1fc44dd ("net/mlx5e: Create separate devlink instance for ethernet auxiliary device") Fixes: c4d7eb57687f ("net/mxl5e: Add change profile method") Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260108212657.25090-3-saeed@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: 4ef8512e1427 ("net/mlx5e: Pass netdev to mlx5e_destroy_netdev instead of priv") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h | 2 +- .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 20 ++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h index 7c0420deb270c..084c68479f734 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h @@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ struct mlx5e_priv { }; struct mlx5e_dev { - struct mlx5e_priv *priv; + struct net_device *netdev; struct devlink_port dl_port; }; diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c index af70025b129b7..4e2f985273a39 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c @@ -6323,8 +6323,8 @@ static int _mlx5e_resume(struct auxiliary_device *adev) { struct mlx5_adev *edev = container_of(adev, struct mlx5_adev, adev); struct mlx5e_dev *mlx5e_dev = auxiliary_get_drvdata(adev); - struct mlx5e_priv *priv = mlx5e_dev->priv; - struct net_device *netdev = priv->netdev; + struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(mlx5e_dev->netdev); + struct net_device *netdev = mlx5e_dev->netdev; struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = edev->mdev; struct mlx5_core_dev *pos, *to; int err, i; @@ -6370,10 +6370,11 @@ static int mlx5e_resume(struct auxiliary_device *adev) static int _mlx5e_suspend(struct auxiliary_device *adev, bool pre_netdev_reg) { + struct mlx5_adev *edev = container_of(adev, struct mlx5_adev, adev); struct mlx5e_dev *mlx5e_dev = auxiliary_get_drvdata(adev); - struct mlx5e_priv *priv = mlx5e_dev->priv; - struct net_device *netdev = priv->netdev; - struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev; + struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(mlx5e_dev->netdev); + struct net_device *netdev = mlx5e_dev->netdev; + struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = edev->mdev; struct mlx5_core_dev *pos; int i; @@ -6434,11 +6435,11 @@ static int _mlx5e_probe(struct auxiliary_device *adev) goto err_devlink_port_unregister; } SET_NETDEV_DEVLINK_PORT(netdev, &mlx5e_dev->dl_port); + mlx5e_dev->netdev = netdev; mlx5e_build_nic_netdev(netdev); priv = netdev_priv(netdev); - mlx5e_dev->priv = priv; priv->profile = profile; priv->ppriv = NULL; @@ -6501,7 +6502,8 @@ static void _mlx5e_remove(struct auxiliary_device *adev) { struct mlx5_adev *edev = container_of(adev, struct mlx5_adev, adev); struct mlx5e_dev *mlx5e_dev = auxiliary_get_drvdata(adev); - struct mlx5e_priv *priv = mlx5e_dev->priv; + struct net_device *netdev = mlx5e_dev->netdev; + struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev); struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = edev->mdev; mlx5_core_uplink_netdev_set(mdev, NULL); @@ -6510,8 +6512,8 @@ static void _mlx5e_remove(struct auxiliary_device *adev) * if it's from legacy mode. If from switchdev mode, it * is already unregistered before changing to NIC profile. */ - if (priv->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED) { - unregister_netdev(priv->netdev); + if (netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED) { + unregister_netdev(netdev); _mlx5e_suspend(adev, false); } else { struct mlx5_core_dev *pos; -- 2.51.0