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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This is an AI-generated review of your patch. The human sending this email has considered the AI review valid, or at least plausible. Full review at: https://sashiko.dev ------ Patch [15]: [PATCH net-next 15/15] net/mlx5e: psp: Report PSP devregistration 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.cb/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.