[PATCH net 1/5] idpf: disable DIM work before freeing q_vectors
From: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Date: 2026-09-08 21:45:12
Also in:
stable
Subsystem:
intel ethernet drivers, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Tony Nguyen, Przemek Kitszel, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
From: Myeonghun Pak <redacted>
idpf never drains the Tx/Rx DIM works before freeing the memory they
live in. tx_dim and rx_dim are embedded in struct idpf_q_vector, they
are queued from the NAPI poll via net_dim(), and idpf_vport_intr_rel()
ends with kfree(rsrc->q_vectors). Nothing in the driver cancels them.
idpf_tx_dim_work() and idpf_rx_dim_work() then run on freed memory:
idpf_vport_intr_write_itr() writes the ITR register through
q_vector->intr_reg.tx_itr / rx_itr, void __iomem pointers loaded out of
the freed q_vector. No configuration is needed to get there --
IDPF_ITR_IS_DYNAMIC() is defined as (itr_mode) and idpf_vport_alloc()
initialises both modes to IDPF_ITR_DYNAMIC.
Draining after idpf_vport_intr_napi_dis_all() is not enough on its own.
idpf_net_dim() is called from inside the
"if (napi_complete_done(napi, work_done))" branch of the poll, and
napi_complete_done() has already cleared NAPIF_STATE_SCHED by then.
napi_disable_locked() waits only while (val & (NAPIF_STATE_SCHED |
NAPIF_STATE_NPSVC)), so napi_disable() can return while the poll tail is
still queueing the work, and a plain cancel_work_sync() would be
re-armed behind the drain.
Use disable_work_sync(): schedule_work() on a work with a non-zero
disable count is dropped by clear_pending_if_disabled() before
__queue_work() is reached.
Move idpf_init_dim() to idpf_vport_intr_alloc() so the works are
initialised on every path that can reach the drain -- the three
"goto intr_deinit" sites between idpf_vport_intr_init() and
idpf_vport_intr_ena() get there without the enable side having run.
Nothing re-enables them: rsrc->q_vectors is freed on every exit from
idpf_vport_open() and on every idpf_vport_stop(), so the count dies with
the object.
It is a race, not a deterministic failure -- net_dim() only schedules
once DIM_NEVENTS events have accumulated and the profile index changes.
A KASAN ifup/ifdown loop under load is the way to see it.
Fixes: c2d548cad150 ("idpf: add TX splitq napi poll support")
Fixes: 3a8845af66ed ("idpf: add RX splitq napi poll support")
Cc: <redacted> # see patch description, needs adjustments for <= 6.9
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <redacted>
Tested-by: Samuel Salin <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
index 24b91be25676..9ba9c2952d78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c@@ -4145,6 +4145,26 @@ static void idpf_vport_intr_ena_irq_all(struct idpf_vport *vport, writel(rsrc->noirq_dyn_ctl_ena, rsrc->noirq_dyn_ctl); } +/** + * idpf_vport_intr_dis_dim_all - Disable DIM work for all q_vectors + * @rsrc: pointer to queue and vector resources + * + * The DIM works are embedded in the q_vector array that + * idpf_vport_intr_rel() frees, and the poll arms them after + * napi_complete_done() has already cleared NAPI_STATE_SCHED. Disable + * rather than just cancel, so that a poll tail still running past + * napi_disable() cannot queue them again behind the drain. + */ +static void idpf_vport_intr_dis_dim_all(struct idpf_q_vec_rsrc *rsrc) +{ + for (u16 v_idx = 0; v_idx < rsrc->num_q_vectors; v_idx++) { + struct idpf_q_vector *q_vector = &rsrc->q_vectors[v_idx]; + + disable_work_sync(&q_vector->tx_dim.work); + disable_work_sync(&q_vector->rx_dim.work); + } +} + /** * idpf_vport_intr_deinit - Release all vector associations for the vport * @vport: main vport structure
@@ -4155,6 +4175,7 @@ void idpf_vport_intr_deinit(struct idpf_vport *vport, { idpf_vport_intr_dis_irq_all(rsrc); idpf_vport_intr_napi_dis_all(rsrc); + idpf_vport_intr_dis_dim_all(rsrc); idpf_vport_intr_napi_del_all(rsrc); idpf_vport_intr_rel_irq(vport, rsrc); }
@@ -4235,7 +4256,6 @@ static void idpf_vport_intr_napi_ena_all(struct idpf_q_vec_rsrc *rsrc) for (u16 q_idx = 0; q_idx < rsrc->num_q_vectors; q_idx++) { struct idpf_q_vector *q_vector = &rsrc->q_vectors[q_idx]; - idpf_init_dim(q_vector); napi_enable(&q_vector->napi); } }
@@ -4578,6 +4598,8 @@ int idpf_vport_intr_alloc(struct idpf_vport *vport, q_coal = &user_config->q_coalesce[v_idx]; q_vector->vport = vport; + idpf_init_dim(q_vector); + q_vector->tx_itr_value = q_coal->tx_coalesce_usecs; q_vector->tx_intr_mode = q_coal->tx_intr_mode; q_vector->tx_itr_idx = VIRTCHNL2_ITR_IDX_1;
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