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Re: [PATCH net-next 15/15] net/mlx5e: psp: Report PSP dev registration errors

From: Cosmin Ratiu <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-14 20:08:17
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On Tue, 2026-07-14 at 18:31 +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
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--- Patch [15]: [PATCH net-next 15/15] net/mlx5e: psp: Report PSP dev
registration errors ---
commit 76afe7de4d1e708e7c01d267ef1fb9cf946de937
Author: Cosmin Ratiu [off-list ref]

net/mlx5e: psp: Report PSP dev registration errors

This commit updates mlx5e_psp_register() to return an error code
instead
of void when psp_dev_create() fails. The caller, mlx5e_nic_enable(),
is
also updated to check this return value and abort if PSP registration
fails.
quoted
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -6199,7 +6199,9 @@ static int mlx5e_nic_enable(struct mlx5e_priv
*priv)
 
 	mlx5e_fs_init_l2_addr(priv->fs, netdev);
 	mlx5e_ipsec_init(priv);
-	mlx5e_psp_register(priv);
+	err = mlx5e_psp_register(priv);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_ipsec_cleanup;
[Severity: High]
Could propagating this error cause the entire network interface to
fail if
the optional PSP offload fails to register?

If psp_dev_create() fails (e.g., due to memory pressure or ID
exhaustion
in xa_alloc_cyclic), mlx5e_nic_enable() will now abort, resulting in
a
complete loss of networking capability for the device.

Notice how the code immediately following this handles MACsec
initialization
failures by logging the error and allowing the NIC to continue
operating:

	err = mlx5e_macsec_init(priv);
	if (err)
		mlx5_core_err(mdev, "MACsec initialization failed,
%d\n", err);

Should PSP registration failure fall back gracefully and allow the
core NIC
to function without the offload, similar to how MACsec is handled?
quoted
 
 	err = mlx5e_macsec_init(priv);
 	if (err)
 		mlx5_core_err(mdev, "MACsec initialization failed,
%d\n", err);
This is an intentional change, as discussed in this thread with Jakub:

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260417050201.192070-1-tariqt@nvidia.com/t/#u (local)

We carefully chose to fail device init on the very unlikely event PSP
dev creation fails.

Cosmin.
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