[PATCH 6.12 024/139] net/mlx5e: Dont store mlx5e_priv in mlx5e_dev devlink priv
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2026-01-21 18:20:16
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Subsystem:
mellanox ethernet driver (mlx5e), mellanox mlx5 core vpi driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Saeed Mahameed, Tariq Toukan, Mark Bloch, Leon Romanovsky, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
6.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
[ Upstream commit 123eda2e5b1638e298e3a66bb1e64a8da92de5e1 ]
mlx5e_priv is an unstable structure that can be memset(0) if profile
attaching fails, mlx5e_priv in mlx5e_dev devlink private is used to
reference the netdev and mdev associated with that struct. Instead,
store netdev directly into mlx5e_dev and get mdev from the containing
mlx5_adev aux device structure.
This fixes a kernel oops in mlx5e_remove when switchdev mode fails due
to change profile failure.
$ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:00:03.0 mode switchdev
Error: mlx5_core: Failed setting eswitch to offloads.
dmesg:
workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq "mlx5e": -EINTR
mlx5_core 0012:03:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6214:(pid 37199): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12
mlx5_core 0012:03:00.1 gpu3rdma1: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: new profile init failed, -12
workqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq "mlx5e": -EINTR
mlx5_core 0012:03:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6214:(pid 37199): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12
mlx5_core 0012:03:00.1 gpu3rdma1: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: failed to rollback to orig profile, -12
$ devlink dev reload pci/0000:00:03.0 ==> oops
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000520
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 521 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.18.0-rc5+ #117 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:mlx5e_remove+0x68/0x130
RSP: 0018:ffffc900034838f0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff88810283c380 RBX: ffff888101874400 RCX: ffffffff826ffc45
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff888102d789c0 R08: ffff8881007137f0 R09: ffff888100264e10
R10: ffffc90003483898 R11: ffffc900034838a0 R12: ffff888100d261a0
R13: ffff888100d261a0 R14: ffff8881018749a0 R15: ffff888101874400
FS: 00007f8565fea740(0000) GS:ffff88856a759000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000520 CR3: 000000010b11a004 CR4: 0000000000370ef0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
device_release_driver_internal+0x19c/0x200
bus_remove_device+0xc6/0x130
device_del+0x160/0x3d0
? devl_param_driverinit_value_get+0x2d/0x90
mlx5_detach_device+0x89/0xe0
mlx5_unload_one_devl_locked+0x3a/0x70
mlx5_devlink_reload_down+0xc8/0x220
devlink_reload+0x7d/0x260
devlink_nl_reload_doit+0x45b/0x5a0
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe8/0x140
Fixes: ee75f1fc44dd ("net/mlx5e: Create separate devlink instance for ethernet auxiliary device")
Fixes: c4d7eb57687f ("net/mxl5e: Add change profile method")
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260108212657.25090-3-saeed@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: 4ef8512e1427 ("net/mlx5e: Pass netdev to mlx5e_destroy_netdev instead of priv")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h | 2 +-
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 20 ++++++++++---------
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index 7c0420deb270c..084c68479f734 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ struct mlx5e_priv { }; struct mlx5e_dev { - struct mlx5e_priv *priv; + struct net_device *netdev; struct devlink_port dl_port; };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index af70025b129b7..4e2f985273a39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c@@ -6323,8 +6323,8 @@ static int _mlx5e_resume(struct auxiliary_device *adev) { struct mlx5_adev *edev = container_of(adev, struct mlx5_adev, adev); struct mlx5e_dev *mlx5e_dev = auxiliary_get_drvdata(adev); - struct mlx5e_priv *priv = mlx5e_dev->priv; - struct net_device *netdev = priv->netdev; + struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(mlx5e_dev->netdev); + struct net_device *netdev = mlx5e_dev->netdev; struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = edev->mdev; struct mlx5_core_dev *pos, *to; int err, i;
@@ -6370,10 +6370,11 @@ static int mlx5e_resume(struct auxiliary_device *adev) static int _mlx5e_suspend(struct auxiliary_device *adev, bool pre_netdev_reg) { + struct mlx5_adev *edev = container_of(adev, struct mlx5_adev, adev); struct mlx5e_dev *mlx5e_dev = auxiliary_get_drvdata(adev); - struct mlx5e_priv *priv = mlx5e_dev->priv; - struct net_device *netdev = priv->netdev; - struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev; + struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(mlx5e_dev->netdev); + struct net_device *netdev = mlx5e_dev->netdev; + struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = edev->mdev; struct mlx5_core_dev *pos; int i;
@@ -6434,11 +6435,11 @@ static int _mlx5e_probe(struct auxiliary_device *adev) goto err_devlink_port_unregister; } SET_NETDEV_DEVLINK_PORT(netdev, &mlx5e_dev->dl_port); + mlx5e_dev->netdev = netdev; mlx5e_build_nic_netdev(netdev); priv = netdev_priv(netdev); - mlx5e_dev->priv = priv; priv->profile = profile; priv->ppriv = NULL;
@@ -6501,7 +6502,8 @@ static void _mlx5e_remove(struct auxiliary_device *adev) { struct mlx5_adev *edev = container_of(adev, struct mlx5_adev, adev); struct mlx5e_dev *mlx5e_dev = auxiliary_get_drvdata(adev); - struct mlx5e_priv *priv = mlx5e_dev->priv; + struct net_device *netdev = mlx5e_dev->netdev; + struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev); struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = edev->mdev; mlx5_core_uplink_netdev_set(mdev, NULL);
@@ -6510,8 +6512,8 @@ static void _mlx5e_remove(struct auxiliary_device *adev) * if it's from legacy mode. If from switchdev mode, it * is already unregistered before changing to NIC profile. */ - if (priv->netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED) { - unregister_netdev(priv->netdev); + if (netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED) { + unregister_netdev(netdev); _mlx5e_suspend(adev, false); } else { struct mlx5_core_dev *pos;
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