[PATCH net] octeontx2-vf: fix workqueue and netdev race in probe/remove

From: Anshumali Gaur <redacted>

Initialize the VF workqueue before register_netdev() so ndo_set_rx_mode
does not queue work on a NULL workqueue. Unregister the netdev before
destroying the workqueue, and add proper probe error cleanup.

Fixes: cbc100aa2205 ("octeontx2-nicvf: add ndo_set_rx_mode support for multicast & promisc")
Signed-off-by: Nitin Shetty J <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Anshumali Gaur <redacted>
---
 .../ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c  | 20 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c
index b022f52c6845..fcdf891f90b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c

@@ -737,16 +737,16 @@ static int otx2vf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_ptp_destroy;
 
+	err = otx2_vf_wq_init(vf);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_ipsec_clean;
+
 	err = register_netdev(netdev);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Failed to register netdevice\n");
-		goto err_ipsec_clean;
+		goto err_wq_destroy;
 	}
 
-	err = otx2_vf_wq_init(vf);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_unreg_netdev;
-
 	otx2vf_set_ethtool_ops(netdev);
 
 	err = otx2vf_mcam_flow_init(vf);

@@ -789,6 +789,10 @@ static int otx2vf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	otx2_shutdown_tc(vf);
 err_unreg_netdev:
 	unregister_netdev(netdev);
+err_wq_destroy:
+	cancel_work_sync(&vf->reset_task);
+	cancel_work_sync(&vf->rx_mode_work);
+	destroy_workqueue(vf->otx2_wq);
 err_ipsec_clean:
 	cn10k_ipsec_clean(vf);
 err_ptp_destroy:

@@ -836,11 +840,13 @@ static void otx2vf_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	cancel_work_sync(&vf->reset_task);
 	otx2_unregister_dl(vf);
 	unregister_netdev(netdev);
-	if (vf->otx2_wq)
+	if (vf->otx2_wq) {
+		cancel_work_sync(&vf->reset_task);
+		cancel_work_sync(&vf->rx_mode_work);
 		destroy_workqueue(vf->otx2_wq);
+	}
 	cn10k_ipsec_clean(vf);
 	otx2_ptp_destroy(vf);
 	otx2_mcam_flow_del(vf);

-- 
2.48.1

On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 02:06:34PM +0530, nshettyj@marvell.com wrote:

From: Anshumali Gaur <redacted>

Initialize the VF workqueue before register_netdev() so ndo_set_rx_mode
does not queue work on a NULL workqueue. Unregister the netdev before
destroying the workqueue, and add proper probe error cleanup.

Fixes: cbc100aa2205 ("octeontx2-nicvf: add ndo_set_rx_mode support for multicast & promisc")
Signed-off-by: Nitin Shetty J <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Anshumali Gaur <redacted>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski [off-list ref]:

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:06:34 +0530 you wrote:

From: Anshumali Gaur <redacted>

Initialize the VF workqueue before register_netdev() so ndo_set_rx_mode
does not queue work on a NULL workqueue. Unregister the netdev before
destroying the workqueue, and add proper probe error cleanup.

Fixes: cbc100aa2205 ("octeontx2-nicvf: add ndo_set_rx_mode support for multicast & promisc")
Signed-off-by: Nitin Shetty J <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Anshumali Gaur <redacted>

[...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] octeontx2-vf: fix workqueue and netdev race in probe/remove
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/3ba97ff4f873

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