Re: [PATCH net v2] veth: manage XDP program pointers during channel resize
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From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Date: 2026-09-23 09:31:39
On 9/22/26 7:18 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
veth_set_channels() tears down XDP resources for removed RX queues without clearing rq->xdp_prog. If the program is then detached or replaced, those queues keep the old pointer after bpf_prog_put(). A later channel increase can re-enable NAPI and run the freed program. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90000256048 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI RIP: veth_xdp_rcv_skb (include/linux/filter.h:779 include/net/xdp.h:696 drivers/net/veth.c:820) Call Trace: veth_xdp_rcv (drivers/net/veth.c:941) veth_poll (drivers/net/veth.c:986) __napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:7787) net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7850 net/core/dev.c:8007) handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:645) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt Fixes: 4752eeb3d891 ("veth: implement support for set_channel ethtool op") Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <redacted> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> --- v2: - different placement to avoid extra loops v1: https://lore.kernel.org/20260917153923.904124-3-bestswngs@gmail.com (local) --- drivers/net/veth.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c index 6ed3ee81153f..71227d0389aa 100644 --- a/drivers/net/veth.c +++ b/drivers/net/veth.c@@ -1054,6 +1054,7 @@ static int __veth_napi_enable_range(struct net_device *dev, int start, int end) for (i = start; i < end; i++) { struct veth_rq *rq = &priv->rq[i]; + rcu_assign_pointer(rq->xdp_prog, priv->_xdp_prog); napi_enable(&rq->xdp_napi); rcu_assign_pointer(priv->rq[i].napi, &priv->rq[i].xdp_napi); }@@ -1088,6 +1089,7 @@ static void veth_napi_del_range(struct net_device *dev, int start, int end) rcu_assign_pointer(priv->rq[i].napi, NULL); napi_disable(&rq->xdp_napi); + rcu_assign_pointer(rq->xdp_prog, NULL); __netif_napi_del(&rq->xdp_napi); } synchronize_net();
Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>