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Re: [PATCH v20 net-next 09/10] net/nebula-matrix: add common/ctrl dev init/remove operation

From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Date: 2026-07-02 09:43:32
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net/nebula-matrix: add common/ctrl dev init/remove operation

This patch adds nbl_dev_setup_common_dev and nbl_dev_setup_ctrl_dev helpers,
plus matching teardown paths, and wires them into nbl_dev_init and
nbl_dev_remove.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nebula-matrix/nbl/nbl_core/nbl_dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nebula-matrix/nbl/nbl_core/nbl_dev.c
index 5deb21e35f8ef..8feae561d0f13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nebula-matrix/nbl/nbl_core/nbl_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nebula-matrix/nbl/nbl_core/nbl_dev.c
[ ... ]
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
@@ -38,11 +190,29 @@ int nbl_dev_init(struct nbl_adapter *adapter)
 	dev_mgt->chan_ops_tbl = chan_ops_tbl;
 	adapter->core.dev_mgt = dev_mgt;
 
[Severity: High]
Does this initialize the common device components before the chip is actually
initialized?

If nbl_dev_setup_common_dev() configures queues (which accesses hardware)
before the hardware is brought up via nbl_dev_setup_ctrl_dev(), could writing
to those queue registers cause hardware faults?
+	ret = nbl_dev_setup_common_dev(adapter);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (common->has_ctrl) {
+		ret = nbl_dev_setup_ctrl_dev(adapter);
+		if (ret)
+			goto setup_ctrl_dev_fail;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
+setup_ctrl_dev_fail:
+	nbl_dev_remove_common_dev(adapter);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void nbl_dev_remove(struct nbl_adapter *adapter)
 {
[Severity: High]
Are the teardown operations in the correct order here?

The comment in nbl_dev_remove_ctrl_dev() mentions that setting the driver
status to false triggers the firmware to clean up the qinfo registers.

If nbl_dev_remove_ctrl_dev() deinitializes the chip first, will the
subsequent call to nbl_dev_remove_common_dev() attempt to tear down the
queues by writing directly to those deactivated qinfo registers? 

Could this lead to PCIe master aborts or panics during driver unbind?
+	struct nbl_common_info *common = &adapter->common;
+
+	if (common->has_ctrl)
+		nbl_dev_remove_ctrl_dev(adapter);
+	nbl_dev_remove_common_dev(adapter);
 }
 
 /* ----------  Dev start process  ---------- */
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