[PATCH net v2] net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast
From: I Viswanath <hidden>
Date: 2025-09-20 18:19:22
Also in:
linux-kernel-mentees, linux-usb, lkml
Subsystem:
networking drivers, the rest, usb networking drivers, usb rtl8150 driver · Maintainers:
Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds, Petko Manolov
syzbot reported WARNING in rtl8150_start_xmit/usb_submit_urb.
This is the sequence of events that leads to the Warning:
CPU0 (in rtl8150_start_xmit) CPU1 (in rtl8150_start_xmit) CPU2 (in rtl8150_set_multicast)
netif_stop_queue();
netif_stop_queue();
usb_submit_urb();
netif_wake_queue(); <-- Wakes up TX queue before it's ready
netif_stop_queue();
usb_submit_urb(); <-- Warning
freeing urb
rtl8150_set_multicast is rtl8150's implementation of ndo_set_rx_mode and
should not be calling netif_stop_queue and notif_start_queue as these handle
TX queue synchronization.
The net core function dev_set_rx_mode handles the synchronization
for rtl8150_set_multicast making it safe to remove these locks.
Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+78cae3f37c62ad092caa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=78cae3f37c62ad092caa
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: I Viswanath <redacted>
---
v2:
- Add explanation why netif_stop_queue/netif_wake_queue can be safely removed
- Add the net prefix to the patch, designating it to the net tree
Relevant logs:
[ 65.779651][ T5648] About to enter stop queue ffff88805061e000, eth4
[ 65.779664][ T5648] After stop queue ffff88805061e000, eth4
[ 65.780296][ T5648] net eth4: eth name:eth4 SUBMIT: tx_urb=ffff888023219000, status=0, transfer_buffer_length=60, dev=ffff88805061ed80, netdev=ffff88805061e000, skb=ffff88804f907b80
[ 65.790962][ T760] About to enter stop queue ffff88805061e000, eth4
[ 65.790978][ T760] After stop queue ffff88805061e000, eth4
[ 65.791874][ T760] net eth4: We are inside Multicast dev:ffff88805061ed80, netdev:ffff88805061e000
[ 65.793259][ T760] About to enter netif_wake_queue ffff88805061e000, eth4
[ 65.793264][ T760] After netif_wake_queue ffff88805061e000, eth4
[ 65.822319][ T5829] About to enter stop queue ffff88805061e000, eth4
[ 65.823135][ T5829] After stop queue ffff88805061e000, eth4
[ 65.823739][ T5829] net eth4: eth name:eth4 SUBMIT: tx_urb=ffff888023219000, status=-115, transfer_buffer_length=90, dev=ffff88805061ed80, netdev=ffff88805061e000, skb=ffff88804b5363c0
drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
index ddff6f19ff98..92add3daadbb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c@@ -664,7 +664,6 @@ static void rtl8150_set_multicast(struct net_device *netdev) rtl8150_t *dev = netdev_priv(netdev); u16 rx_creg = 0x9e; - netif_stop_queue(netdev); if (netdev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) { rx_creg |= 0x0001; dev_info(&netdev->dev, "%s: promiscuous mode\n", netdev->name);
@@ -678,7 +677,6 @@ static void rtl8150_set_multicast(struct net_device *netdev) rx_creg &= 0x00fc; } async_set_registers(dev, RCR, sizeof(rx_creg), rx_creg); - netif_wake_queue(netdev); } static netdev_tx_t rtl8150_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
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