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[PATCH net 1/5] net/mlx5: DR, Fix circular locking dependency in dump

From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Date: 2026-02-24 11:47:36
Also in: linux-rdma, lkml
Subsystem: mellanox mlx5 core vpi driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Saeed Mahameed, Leon Romanovsky, Tariq Toukan, Mark Bloch, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

From: Shay Drory <redacted>

Fix a circular locking dependency between dbg_mutex and the domain
rx/tx mutexes that could lead to a deadlock.

The dump path in dr_dump_domain_all() was acquiring locks in the order:
  dbg_mutex -> rx.mutex -> tx.mutex

While the table/matcher creation paths acquire locks in the order:
  rx.mutex -> tx.mutex -> dbg_mutex

This inverted lock ordering creates a circular dependency. Fix this by
changing dr_dump_domain_all() to acquire the domain lock before
dbg_mutex, matching the order used in mlx5dr_table_create() and
mlx5dr_matcher_create().

Lockdep splat:
 ======================================================
 WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
 6.19.0-rc6net_next_e817c4e #1 Not tainted
 ------------------------------------------------------
 sos/30721 is trying to acquire lock:
 ffff888102df5900 (&dmn->info.rx.mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at:
dr_dump_start+0x131/0x450 [mlx5_core]

 but task is already holding lock:
 ffff888102df5bc0 (&dmn->dump_info.dbg_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at:
dr_dump_start+0x10b/0x450 [mlx5_core]

 which lock already depends on the new lock.

 the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

 -> #2 (&dmn->dump_info.dbg_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
        __mutex_lock+0x91/0x1060
        mlx5dr_matcher_create+0x377/0x5e0 [mlx5_core]
        mlx5_cmd_dr_create_flow_group+0x62/0xd0 [mlx5_core]
        mlx5_create_flow_group+0x113/0x1c0 [mlx5_core]
        mlx5_chains_create_prio+0x453/0x2290 [mlx5_core]
        mlx5_chains_get_table+0x2e2/0x980 [mlx5_core]
        esw_chains_create+0x1e6/0x3b0 [mlx5_core]
        esw_create_offloads_fdb_tables.cold+0x62/0x63f [mlx5_core]
        esw_offloads_enable+0x76f/0xd20 [mlx5_core]
        mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x35a/0x500 [mlx5_core]
        mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x561/0x950 [mlx5_core]
        devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x67/0xe0
        genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe0/0x130
        genl_rcv_msg+0x188/0x290
        netlink_rcv_skb+0x4b/0xf0
        genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
        netlink_unicast+0x1ed/0x2c0
        netlink_sendmsg+0x210/0x450
        __sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60
        __sys_sendto+0x119/0x180
        __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30
        do_syscall_64+0x70/0xd00
        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

 -> #1 (&dmn->info.tx.mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
        __mutex_lock+0x91/0x1060
        mlx5dr_table_create+0x11d/0x530 [mlx5_core]
        mlx5_cmd_dr_create_flow_table+0x62/0x140 [mlx5_core]
        __mlx5_create_flow_table+0x46f/0x960 [mlx5_core]
        mlx5_create_flow_table+0x16/0x20 [mlx5_core]
        esw_create_offloads_fdb_tables+0x136/0x240 [mlx5_core]
        esw_offloads_enable+0x76f/0xd20 [mlx5_core]
        mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x35a/0x500 [mlx5_core]
        mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x561/0x950 [mlx5_core]
        devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x67/0xe0
        genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe0/0x130
        genl_rcv_msg+0x188/0x290
        netlink_rcv_skb+0x4b/0xf0
        genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
        netlink_unicast+0x1ed/0x2c0
        netlink_sendmsg+0x210/0x450
        __sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60
        __sys_sendto+0x119/0x180
        __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30
        do_syscall_64+0x70/0xd00
        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

 -> #0 (&dmn->info.rx.mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}:
        __lock_acquire+0x18b6/0x2eb0
        lock_acquire+0xd3/0x2c0
        __mutex_lock+0x91/0x1060
        dr_dump_start+0x131/0x450 [mlx5_core]
        seq_read_iter+0xe3/0x410
        seq_read+0xfb/0x130
        full_proxy_read+0x53/0x80
        vfs_read+0xba/0x330
        ksys_read+0x65/0xe0
        do_syscall_64+0x70/0xd00
        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

  Possible unsafe locking scenario:

        CPU0                    CPU1
        ----                    ----
   lock(&dmn->dump_info.dbg_mutex);
                                lock(&dmn->info.tx.mutex);
                                lock(&dmn->dump_info.dbg_mutex);
   lock(&dmn->info.rx.mutex);

                   *** DEADLOCK ***

Fixes: 9222f0b27da2 ("net/mlx5: DR, Add support for dumping steering info")
Signed-off-by: Shay Drory <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Yevgeny Kliteynik <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Alex Vesker <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_dbg.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_dbg.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_dbg.c
index 8803fa071c50..18362e9c3314 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_dbg.c
@@ -1051,8 +1051,8 @@ static int dr_dump_domain_all(struct seq_file *file, struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
 	struct mlx5dr_table *tbl;
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&dmn->dump_info.dbg_mutex);
 	mlx5dr_domain_lock(dmn);
+	mutex_lock(&dmn->dump_info.dbg_mutex);
 
 	ret = dr_dump_domain(file, dmn);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -1065,8 +1065,8 @@ static int dr_dump_domain_all(struct seq_file *file, struct mlx5dr_domain *dmn)
 	}
 
 unlock_mutex:
-	mlx5dr_domain_unlock(dmn);
 	mutex_unlock(&dmn->dump_info.dbg_mutex);
+	mlx5dr_domain_unlock(dmn);
 	return ret;
 }
 
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