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 416853A901E; Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:27:12 +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=1769020032; cv=none; b=mOiQ4YhnInBwd2FHvYdviUp6OCF0JntlHUoxFGlu0stMMJNEtDvgUm7l1RM+wU1TKGIwWYTCqp2UZQEkZC1+aIhUPWXDt4AixQo97q+XS5WKUVCWEAFik3bvZ5/GbF0ELwKuxS2FZDC0T1qEZYf2NV5uPMsfHnNp5/vExp14snY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769020032; c=relaxed/simple; bh=NjgU90UxxGDxHGOQu+sFQ6OPpjU1HUSJA63Rnz7YUsM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=Etmb+teGcllpF5moO7/vemZMN6y1x5yuuunCeISzc3qhyC8068PHgpzeZNjTSq+UPNcnXvmO38W/afO/U/MwrAxma73mGiH0ifo4hfxx8UKZglQWXMbVhKK8pshUpIziEO13I9TUEKJ0G5+Kk+9I482Gqq03rHfWh90DRbakg8g= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=IfOCgwP2; 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="IfOCgwP2" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A3C1EC16AAE; Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:27:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1769020032; bh=NjgU90UxxGDxHGOQu+sFQ6OPpjU1HUSJA63Rnz7YUsM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=IfOCgwP2lloadCv4ly0YSbkKUWefGUVDstWPw7rVvCpP58ZWym0vd6Umw2dP7IK6o ykMmw/DlVn0hO0NarTtfzHUkjsV2Wtx7yxy4iOas67Gxyn1uIDbFSszmqO4omvheBr l5uwcZfmvf36MG24nbW3wq82tQTA4lsch4SdwyPE= 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 6.18 040/198] net/mlx5e: Dont store mlx5e_priv in mlx5e_dev devlink priv Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:14:28 +0100 Message-ID: <20260121181419.992282434@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.52.0 In-Reply-To: <20260121181418.537774329@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260121181418.537774329@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 6.18-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 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 cfdbeb21b61cf..bc1b343f89a25 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h @@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ 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 3850c267dfc02..dcf1cd3488709 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c @@ -6635,8 +6635,8 @@ 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; @@ -6682,10 +6682,11 @@ 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; @@ -6746,11 +6747,11 @@ 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; @@ -6813,7 +6814,8 @@ 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); @@ -6822,8 +6824,8 @@ 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