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[PATCH net-next 2/3] net: rmnet: annotate data-races around mux_id

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Date: 2026-09-16 13:22:37
Subsystem: networking drivers, qualcomm rmnet driver, the rest · Maintainers: Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan, Sean Tranchetti, Linus Torvalds

priv->mux_id is written under RTNL from rmnet_vnd_newlink() and
rmnet_changelink(), but rmnet_egress_handler() reads it from the
transmit path without any lock.

Likewise ep->mux_id is written under RTNL from rmnet_changelink(),
while rmnet_get_endpoint() reads it from the receive path under
RCU only.

Add the missing READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations.

While at it, publish ep->mux_id before inserting the endpoint in
its new bucket in rmnet_changelink(). Otherwise a concurrent
rmnet_get_endpoint() walking the new bucket could find the
endpoint still carrying its old mux_id, and drop the packet.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subash.a.kasiviswanathan@oss.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Sean Tranchetti <sean.tranchetti@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_config.c   | 6 +++---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_handlers.c | 2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_vnd.c      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_config.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_config.c
index 59ef8b4ce5321ebbd1d416fd9da0a820e53ecf9e..248a9d822409b7cbf3739c085487644b7025dd37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_config.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_config.c
@@ -331,11 +331,11 @@ static int rmnet_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 			}
 
 			hlist_del_init_rcu(&ep->hlnode);
+			WRITE_ONCE(ep->mux_id, mux_id);
 			hlist_add_head_rcu(&ep->hlnode,
 					   &port->muxed_ep[mux_id]);
 
-			ep->mux_id = mux_id;
-			priv->mux_id = mux_id;
+			WRITE_ONCE(priv->mux_id, mux_id);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ struct rmnet_endpoint *rmnet_get_endpoint(struct rmnet_port *port, u8 mux_id)
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(ep, &port->muxed_ep[mux_id], hlnode,
 				 lockdep_rtnl_is_held()) {
-		if (ep->mux_id == mux_id)
+		if (READ_ONCE(ep->mux_id) == mux_id)
 			return ep;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_handlers.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_handlers.c
index d4fec2fff227cd93f14eb1802aff185e6d496786..aa5523f4618eb350ec3da20b7f085d955b3403a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_handlers.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_handlers.c
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ void rmnet_egress_handler(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	orig_dev = skb->dev;
 	priv = netdev_priv(orig_dev);
 	skb->dev = priv->real_dev;
-	mux_id = priv->mux_id;
+	mux_id = READ_ONCE(priv->mux_id);
 
 	port = rmnet_get_port_rcu(skb->dev);
 	if (!port)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_vnd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_vnd.c
index 4f0ddcedfa9790dc5843fdea85b2da4bc8329775..9594c97c918565e93ac70ac73340f705b391bd18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_vnd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_vnd.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ int rmnet_vnd_newlink(u8 id, struct net_device *rmnet_dev,
 
 		rmnet_dev->rtnl_link_ops = &rmnet_link_ops;
 
-		priv->mux_id = id;
+		WRITE_ONCE(priv->mux_id, id);
 
 		netdev_dbg(rmnet_dev, "rmnet dev created\n");
 	}
-- 
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