Re: [PATCH net] bonding: fix slave_cnt leak on XDP error paths
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Date: 2026-09-02 07:31:46
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On 02/09/2026 08:21, Hangbin Liu wrote:
From: Hangbin Liu <redacted> When bond_enslave() succeeds up to the XDP setup stage, slave_cnt is already incremented. If XDP setup subsequently fails, the error paths jump directly to err_sysfs_del, bypassing the slave_cnt decrement. This causes slave_cnt to drift upward on each failed enslaving attempt, which would lead to unbalanced traffic distribution with round-robin and balance-xor mode.
I don't think it affects balance-xor, it's using usable_slaves->count which is incremented only for actual usable slaves
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Fixes: 9e2ee5c7e7c3 ("net, bonding: Add XDP support to the bonding driver") Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <redacted> --- drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c index 947d92a669b6..0305a017e327 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev, SLAVE_NL_ERR(bond_dev, slave_dev, extack, "Slave does not support XDP"); res = -EOPNOTSUPP; - goto err_sysfs_del; + goto err_slave_cnt; } } else if (bond->xdp_prog) { struct netdev_bpf xdp = {@@ -2319,14 +2319,14 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev, SLAVE_NL_ERR(bond_dev, slave_dev, extack, "Slave has XDP program loaded, please unload before enslaving"); res = -EOPNOTSUPP; - goto err_sysfs_del; + goto err_slave_cnt; } res = dev_xdp_propagate(slave_dev, &xdp); if (res < 0) { /* ndo_bpf() sets extack error message */ slave_dbg(bond_dev, slave_dev, "Error %d calling ndo_bpf\n", res); - goto err_sysfs_del; + goto err_slave_cnt; } if (bond->xdp_prog) bpf_prog_inc(bond->xdp_prog);@@ -2348,6 +2348,9 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev, return 0; /* Undo stages on error */ +err_slave_cnt: + WRITE_ONCE(bond->slave_cnt, bond->slave_cnt - 1); + err_sysfs_del: bond_sysfs_slave_del(new_slave);--- base-commit: 70f3995830d3f1e79faa14eb0605914f778feca9 change-id: 20260807-bond_slave_cnt-88e78c5f0ab9 Best regards,
I think we can just move the slave count inc after XDP setup when we can't fail anymore? I don't see anything using it before the slave array update. Cheers, Nik