* [PATCH net V2 1/4] net/mlx5e: ipsec: Block eswitch mode changes during policy creation
2026-09-30 12:11 [PATCH net V2 0/4] net/mlx5e: Fix offload lifetime and exclusion bugs Tariq Toukan
@ 2026-09-30 12:11 ` Tariq Toukan
2026-09-30 12:11 ` [PATCH net V2 2/4] net/mlx5e: ipsec: Block eswitch mode changes before accessing priv->ipsec Tariq Toukan
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From: Tariq Toukan @ 2026-09-30 12:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
netdev, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Andrea Parri, Boris Pismenny, Carolina Jubran, Cosmin Ratiu,
Dragos Tatulea, Fernando Fernandez Mancera, Gal Pressman,
Jianbo Liu, Kees Cook, Leon Romanovsky, open list, linux-rdma,
Mark Bloch, Parav Pandit, Patrisious Haddad, Raed Salem,
Roi Dayan, Saeed Mahameed, Steffen Klassert, Tariq Toukan
From: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Eswitch mode changes can tear down the IPsec context while policy
creation is accessing it. The mode-blocking reference acquired when
creating a flow table comes too late: the table lookup already accesses
the IPsec context before taking that reference.
Block mode changes before checking the IPsec context and validating the
policy. Release the temporary reference after successful setup, when the
flow table holds its own reference, or after unwinding on failure.
Unfortunately, simply using mlx5_eswitch_block_mode() for this would
introduce a regression where:
1. An offloaded inbound IPsec policy is added on the uplink.
2. A TC flower rule is added on a VF representor.
3. Another uplink IPsec policy using the same RX tables is added.
Before this change, the 3rd rule would reuse an existing RX/TX table
from 1 and would avoid an mlx5_eswitch_block_mode() check in
rx_get()/tx_get(). After this change, the temporary mode block added
would reject the 3rd rule because esw->user_count > 0.
To avoid that, I was forced to separate the mode blocking from the TC
check by introducing a check_users argument to
mlx5_eswitch_block_mode().
mlx5e_xfrm_add_state() has the same race, and will be fixed in the next
patch.
Fixes: a5b8ca9471d3 ("net/mlx5e: Add XFRM policy offload logic")
Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
.../mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c | 23 +++++++++++++++----
.../mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c | 6 ++---
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c | 11 +++++----
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h | 10 +++++---
.../mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c | 7 +++---
5 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c
index db260e3d1412..841ecdc2c4d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_state(struct net_device *dev,
goto err_xfrm;
}
- err = mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(priv->mdev);
+ err = mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(priv->mdev, true);
if (err)
goto unblock_ipsec;
@@ -1266,18 +1266,28 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_policy(struct xfrm_policy *x,
int err;
priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
+ /* Block esw mode changes until the policy holds its own block. */
+ err = mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(priv->mdev, false);
+ if (err) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Eswitch busy, can't add policy");
+ return err;
+ }
+
if (!priv->ipsec) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Device doesn't support IPsec packet offload");
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ goto unblock_mode;
}
err = mlx5e_xfrm_validate_policy(priv->mdev, x, extack);
if (err)
- return err;
+ goto unblock_mode;
pol_entry = kzalloc_obj(*pol_entry);
- if (!pol_entry)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (!pol_entry) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ goto unblock_mode;
+ }
pol_entry->x = x;
pol_entry->ipsec = priv->ipsec;
@@ -1293,6 +1303,7 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_policy(struct xfrm_policy *x,
goto err_fs;
x->xdo.offload_handle = (unsigned long)pol_entry;
+ mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(priv->mdev);
return 0;
err_fs:
@@ -1300,6 +1311,8 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_policy(struct xfrm_policy *x,
ipsec_busy:
kfree(pol_entry);
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Device failed to offload this policy");
+unblock_mode:
+ mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(priv->mdev);
return err;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c
index 8ffa8068e90a..cd7ff3613524 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ static int rx_get(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_ipsec *ipsec,
if (rx->ft.refcnt)
goto skip;
- err = mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(mdev);
+ err = mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(mdev, true);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ static int tx_get(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_ipsec *ipsec,
if (tx->ft.refcnt)
goto skip;
- err = mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(mdev);
+ err = mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(mdev, true);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -2581,7 +2581,7 @@ static int mlx5e_ipsec_block_tc_offload(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
int err = 0;
if (esw) {
- err = mlx5_esw_lock(esw);
+ err = mlx5_esw_lock(esw, false);
if (err)
return err;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
index fc197d1dc9df..69d922712048 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
@@ -3009,9 +3009,9 @@ void mlx5_esw_put(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
* Should be called by esw mode change routine.
*
* Return:
- * * 0 - esw mode if successfully locked and refcount is 0.
- * * -EBUSY - refcount is not 0.
- * * -EINVAL - In the middle of switching mode or lock is already held.
+ * * >= 0 - esw mode if successfully locked.
+ * * -EBUSY - mode change in progress or users exist.
+ * * -EINVAL - lock is already held.
*/
int mlx5_esw_try_lock(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
{
@@ -3027,11 +3027,12 @@ int mlx5_esw_try_lock(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
return esw->mode;
}
-int mlx5_esw_lock(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
+int mlx5_esw_lock(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, bool check_users)
{
down_write(&esw->mode_lock);
- if (esw->eswitch_operation_in_progress) {
+ if (esw->eswitch_operation_in_progress ||
+ (check_users && atomic64_read(&esw->user_count) > 0)) {
up_write(&esw->mode_lock);
return -EBUSY;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
index 8b1f93b13ea9..1200018ced7a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ void mlx5_esw_release(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
void mlx5_esw_get(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
void mlx5_esw_put(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
int mlx5_esw_try_lock(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw);
-int mlx5_esw_lock(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw);
+int mlx5_esw_lock(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, bool check_users);
void mlx5_esw_unlock(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw);
void esw_vport_change_handle_locked(struct mlx5_vport *vport);
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ bool mlx5_eswitch_is_peer(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
bool mlx5_eswitch_block_encap(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, bool from_fdb);
void mlx5_eswitch_unblock_encap(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
-int mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
+int mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, bool check_users);
void mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
static inline int mlx5_eswitch_num_vfs(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
@@ -1081,7 +1081,11 @@ static inline void mlx5_eswitch_unblock_encap(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
{
}
-static inline int mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev) { return 0; }
+static inline int mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
+ bool check_users)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
static inline void mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev) {}
static inline bool mlx5_eswitch_block_ipsec(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
{
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index eb74b6260168..95e856f8d834 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -4343,7 +4343,7 @@ static int esw_inline_mode_to_devlink(u8 mlx5_mode, u8 *mode)
return 0;
}
-int mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
+int mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, bool check_users)
{
struct mlx5_eswitch *esw = dev->priv.eswitch;
int err;
@@ -4351,9 +4351,8 @@ int mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
if (!mlx5_esw_allowed(esw))
return 0;
- /* Take TC into account */
- err = mlx5_esw_try_lock(esw);
- if (err < 0)
+ err = mlx5_esw_lock(esw, check_users);
+ if (err)
return err;
esw->offloads.num_block_mode++;
--
2.44.0
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* [PATCH net V2 2/4] net/mlx5e: ipsec: Block eswitch mode changes before accessing priv->ipsec
2026-09-30 12:11 [PATCH net V2 0/4] net/mlx5e: Fix offload lifetime and exclusion bugs Tariq Toukan
2026-09-30 12:11 ` [PATCH net V2 1/4] net/mlx5e: ipsec: Block eswitch mode changes during policy creation Tariq Toukan
@ 2026-09-30 12:11 ` Tariq Toukan
2026-09-30 12:11 ` [PATCH net V2 3/4] net/mlx5e: Serialize TC and IPsec offload exclusion counters Tariq Toukan
` (2 subsequent siblings)
4 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Tariq Toukan @ 2026-09-30 12:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
netdev, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Andrea Parri, Boris Pismenny, Carolina Jubran, Cosmin Ratiu,
Dragos Tatulea, Fernando Fernandez Mancera, Gal Pressman,
Jianbo Liu, Kees Cook, Leon Romanovsky, open list, linux-rdma,
Mark Bloch, Parav Pandit, Patrisious Haddad, Raed Salem,
Roi Dayan, Saeed Mahameed, Steffen Klassert, Tariq Toukan
From: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
mlx5e_xfrm_add_state() reads priv->ipsec and validates mode-dependent
capabilities before blocking eswitch mode changes. A concurrent profile
change can free the saved IPsec context and cause use-after-free.
Move the mode block before saving the IPsec context and validating the
state, and release it on all error paths. Retain an early availability
check to preserve software fallback when IPsec is unavailable, and check
the context again after taking the mode block. Keep the atomic
acquire-placeholder path exempt, since it creates no hardware state and
cannot take sleeping locks.
As in policy creation, do not check eswitch users when taking this
temporary mode block. This allows states to reuse existing IPsec tables
when TC rules exist on VF representors, instead of rejecting them
unconditionally. New RX/TX tables still check eswitch users, and the
TC/IPsec exclusion counters still reject conflicting packet offloads.
Fixes: 22239eb258bc ("net/mlx5e: Prevent tunnel reformat when tunnel mode not allowed")
Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
.../mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c | 50 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c
index 841ecdc2c4d9..cf721ef83d59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c
@@ -771,28 +771,44 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_state(struct net_device *dev,
struct xfrm_state *x,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
+ bool is_acq = x->xso.flags & XFRM_DEV_OFFLOAD_FLAG_ACQ;
struct mlx5e_ipsec_sa_entry *sa_entry = NULL;
bool allow_tunnel_mode = false;
+ struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev;
struct mlx5e_ipsec *ipsec;
struct mlx5e_priv *priv;
gfp_t gfp;
int err;
priv = netdev_priv(dev);
- if (!priv->ipsec)
+ mdev = priv->mdev;
+ if (!mdev || !priv->ipsec)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ if (!is_acq) {
+ err = mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(mdev, false);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ }
+
ipsec = priv->ipsec;
- gfp = (x->xso.flags & XFRM_DEV_OFFLOAD_FLAG_ACQ) ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL;
+ if (!ipsec) {
+ err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ goto unblock_mode;
+ }
+
+ gfp = is_acq ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL;
sa_entry = kzalloc_obj(*sa_entry, gfp);
- if (!sa_entry)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (!sa_entry) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ goto unblock_mode;
+ }
sa_entry->x = x;
sa_entry->dev = dev;
sa_entry->ipsec = ipsec;
/* Check if this SA is originated from acquire flow temporary SA */
- if (x->xso.flags & XFRM_DEV_OFFLOAD_FLAG_ACQ) {
+ if (is_acq) {
x->xso.offload_handle = (unsigned long)sa_entry;
return 0;
}
@@ -806,10 +822,6 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_state(struct net_device *dev,
goto err_xfrm;
}
- err = mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(priv->mdev, true);
- if (err)
- goto unblock_ipsec;
-
if (x->props.mode == XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL &&
x->xso.type == XFRM_DEV_OFFLOAD_PACKET) {
allow_tunnel_mode = mlx5e_ipsec_fs_tunnel_allowed(sa_entry);
@@ -817,7 +829,7 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_state(struct net_device *dev,
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
"Packet offload tunnel mode is disabled due to encap settings");
err = -EINVAL;
- goto unblock_mode;
+ goto unblock_ipsec;
}
}
@@ -876,7 +888,7 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_state(struct net_device *dev,
if (allow_tunnel_mode)
mlx5_eswitch_unblock_encap(priv->mdev);
- mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(priv->mdev);
+ mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(mdev);
return 0;
@@ -893,13 +905,14 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_state(struct net_device *dev,
unblock_encap:
if (allow_tunnel_mode)
mlx5_eswitch_unblock_encap(priv->mdev);
-unblock_mode:
- mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(priv->mdev);
unblock_ipsec:
mlx5_eswitch_unblock_ipsec(priv->mdev);
err_xfrm:
kfree(sa_entry);
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_WEAK_MOD(extack, "Device failed to offload this state");
+unblock_mode:
+ if (!is_acq)
+ mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(mdev);
return err;
}
@@ -1262,12 +1275,17 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_policy(struct xfrm_policy *x,
{
struct net_device *netdev = x->xdo.dev;
struct mlx5e_ipsec_pol_entry *pol_entry;
+ struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev;
struct mlx5e_priv *priv;
int err;
priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
+ mdev = priv->mdev;
+ if (!mdev)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
/* Block esw mode changes until the policy holds its own block. */
- err = mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(priv->mdev, false);
+ err = mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(mdev, false);
if (err) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Eswitch busy, can't add policy");
return err;
@@ -1303,7 +1321,7 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_policy(struct xfrm_policy *x,
goto err_fs;
x->xdo.offload_handle = (unsigned long)pol_entry;
- mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(priv->mdev);
+ mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(mdev);
return 0;
err_fs:
@@ -1312,7 +1330,7 @@ static int mlx5e_xfrm_add_policy(struct xfrm_policy *x,
kfree(pol_entry);
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Device failed to offload this policy");
unblock_mode:
- mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(priv->mdev);
+ mlx5_eswitch_unblock_mode(mdev);
return err;
}
--
2.44.0
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* [PATCH net V2 3/4] net/mlx5e: Serialize TC and IPsec offload exclusion counters
2026-09-30 12:11 [PATCH net V2 0/4] net/mlx5e: Fix offload lifetime and exclusion bugs Tariq Toukan
2026-09-30 12:11 ` [PATCH net V2 1/4] net/mlx5e: ipsec: Block eswitch mode changes during policy creation Tariq Toukan
2026-09-30 12:11 ` [PATCH net V2 2/4] net/mlx5e: ipsec: Block eswitch mode changes before accessing priv->ipsec Tariq Toukan
@ 2026-09-30 12:11 ` Tariq Toukan
2026-09-30 12:11 ` [PATCH net V2 4/4] net/mlx5e: tc: Tie esw & accel blocking refs to the flow's lifetime Tariq Toukan
2026-09-30 12:18 ` [PATCH net V2 0/4] net/mlx5e: Fix offload lifetime and exclusion bugs netdev-bot+sinfo
4 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Tariq Toukan @ 2026-09-30 12:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
netdev, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Andrea Parri, Boris Pismenny, Carolina Jubran, Cosmin Ratiu,
Dragos Tatulea, Fernando Fernandez Mancera, Gal Pressman,
Jianbo Liu, Kees Cook, Leon Romanovsky, open list, linux-rdma,
Mark Bloch, Parav Pandit, Patrisious Haddad, Raed Salem,
Roi Dayan, Saeed Mahameed, Steffen Klassert, Tariq Toukan
From: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
The counters enforcing TC and IPsec packet offload mutual exclusion are
not consistently serialized. The IPsec add path conditionally takes the
eswitch write lock, but neither release path takes it. The TC add path
only holds the eswitch read lock, and devices without an eswitch cannot
rely on that lock at all.
Concurrent read-modify-write operations on the same counter can lose an
update. A stale nonzero count can keep rejecting offload requests after
the last user has gone, while an undercount can allow conflicting
offloads to coexist.
Move the counters into mdev->offload_block and protect all checks,
increments and decrements with a dedicated mutex. Keep the
opposing-counter check and reservation in the same critical section,
independent of eswitch availability. Initialize the lock for the core
device lifetime and add warnings for unbalanced releases.
Fixes: c8e350e62fc5 ("net/mlx5e: Make TC and IPsec offloads mutually exclusive on a netdev")
Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
.../mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c | 43 ++++++-------------
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c | 18 +++++---
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c | 3 ++
include/linux/mlx5/driver.h | 7 ++-
4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c
index cd7ff3613524..1a4145d039ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c
@@ -2574,45 +2574,26 @@ void mlx5e_accel_ipsec_fs_read_stats(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, void *ipsec_stats)
}
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH
static int mlx5e_ipsec_block_tc_offload(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
{
- struct mlx5_eswitch *esw = mdev->priv.eswitch;
- int err = 0;
-
- if (esw) {
- err = mlx5_esw_lock(esw, false);
- if (err)
- return err;
- }
-
- if (mdev->num_block_ipsec) {
- err = -EBUSY;
- goto unlock;
- }
+ int ret = 0;
- mdev->num_block_tc++;
-
-unlock:
- if (esw)
- mlx5_esw_unlock(esw);
-
- return err;
-}
-#else
-static int mlx5e_ipsec_block_tc_offload(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
-{
- if (mdev->num_block_ipsec)
- return -EBUSY;
+ mutex_lock(&mdev->offload_block.lock);
+ if (mdev->offload_block.num_block_ipsec)
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ else
+ mdev->offload_block.num_block_tc++;
+ mutex_unlock(&mdev->offload_block.lock);
- mdev->num_block_tc++;
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
-#endif
static void mlx5e_ipsec_unblock_tc_offload(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
{
- mdev->num_block_tc--;
+ mutex_lock(&mdev->offload_block.lock);
+ if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!mdev->offload_block.num_block_tc))
+ mdev->offload_block.num_block_tc--;
+ mutex_unlock(&mdev->offload_block.lock);
}
int mlx5e_accel_ipsec_fs_add_rule(struct mlx5e_ipsec_sa_entry *sa_entry)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index b290beb4369a..3d2850e2d76e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -4833,16 +4833,19 @@ static bool is_tc_ipsec_order_check_needed(struct net_device *filter, struct mlx
static int mlx5e_tc_block_ipsec_offload(struct net_device *filter, struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
{
struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
+ int ret = 0;
if (!is_tc_ipsec_order_check_needed(filter, priv))
return 0;
- if (mdev->num_block_tc)
- return -EBUSY;
-
- mdev->num_block_ipsec++;
+ mutex_lock(&mdev->offload_block.lock);
+ if (mdev->offload_block.num_block_tc)
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ else
+ mdev->offload_block.num_block_ipsec++;
+ mutex_unlock(&mdev->offload_block.lock);
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
static void mlx5e_tc_unblock_ipsec_offload(struct net_device *filter, struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
@@ -4850,7 +4853,10 @@ static void mlx5e_tc_unblock_ipsec_offload(struct net_device *filter, struct mlx
if (!is_tc_ipsec_order_check_needed(filter, priv))
return;
- priv->mdev->num_block_ipsec--;
+ mutex_lock(&priv->mdev->offload_block.lock);
+ if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!priv->mdev->offload_block.num_block_ipsec))
+ priv->mdev->offload_block.num_block_ipsec--;
+ mutex_unlock(&priv->mdev->offload_block.lock);
}
int mlx5e_configure_flower(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 5f28d906c35b..46b34c80c458 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -1810,6 +1810,7 @@ int mlx5_mdev_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int profile_idx)
lockdep_register_key(&dev->lock_key);
mutex_init(&dev->intf_state_mutex);
lockdep_set_class(&dev->intf_state_mutex, &dev->lock_key);
+ mutex_init(&dev->offload_block.lock);
mutex_init(&dev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev_lock);
mutex_init(&dev->wc_state_lock);
@@ -1901,6 +1902,7 @@ int mlx5_mdev_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int profile_idx)
mutex_destroy(&priv->alloc_mutex);
mutex_destroy(&priv->bfregs.wc_head.lock);
mutex_destroy(&priv->bfregs.reg_head.lock);
+ mutex_destroy(&dev->offload_block.lock);
mutex_destroy(&dev->intf_state_mutex);
lockdep_unregister_key(&dev->lock_key);
return err;
@@ -1928,6 +1930,7 @@ void mlx5_mdev_uninit(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
mutex_destroy(&priv->bfregs.reg_head.lock);
mutex_destroy(&dev->wc_state_lock);
mutex_destroy(&dev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev_lock);
+ mutex_destroy(&dev->offload_block.lock);
mutex_destroy(&dev->intf_state_mutex);
lockdep_unregister_key(&dev->lock_key);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index 83d0a83bbfbc..4e207bf49c31 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -788,8 +788,11 @@ struct mlx5_core_dev {
u32 vsc_addr;
struct mlx5_hv_vhca *hv_vhca;
struct mlx5_hwmon *hwmon;
- u64 num_block_tc;
- u64 num_block_ipsec;
+ struct {
+ struct mutex lock;
+ u64 num_block_tc;
+ u64 num_block_ipsec;
+ } offload_block;
#ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_MACSEC
struct mlx5_macsec_fs *macsec_fs;
/* MACsec notifier chain to sync MACsec core and IB database */
--
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@ 2026-09-30 12:11 ` Tariq Toukan
2026-09-30 12:18 ` [PATCH net V2 0/4] net/mlx5e: Fix offload lifetime and exclusion bugs netdev-bot+sinfo
4 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Tariq Toukan @ 2026-09-30 12:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
netdev, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Andrea Parri, Boris Pismenny, Carolina Jubran, Cosmin Ratiu,
Dragos Tatulea, Fernando Fernandez Mancera, Gal Pressman,
Jianbo Liu, Kees Cook, Leon Romanovsky, open list, linux-rdma,
Mark Bloch, Parav Pandit, Patrisious Haddad, Raed Salem,
Roi Dayan, Saeed Mahameed, Steffen Klassert, Tariq Toukan
From: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
TC flow creation acquires an esw user ref and, where required, an
IPsec-blocking reference. mlx5e_delete_flower() releases these, but
bulk cleanup (mlx5e_tc_nic_cleanup -> _mlx5e_tc_del_flow) destroys the
remaining flows without releasing either.
When bulk cleanup runs during suspend, the core device survives with
stale counters, which can prevent subsequent eswitch mode changes and
IPsec offload.
For the same reason, two more bugs are that the refs are dropped in
mlx5e_delete_flower(), before the flow is actually freed, leaving a
window of time where:
- a racing esw mode change could pull the rug from underneath the
existing flow, leading to use after free.
- new IPsec objects might be installed, violating the restriction of
mutual exclusion between TC and IPsec.
To fix these issues, this patch moves the reference acquisitions in
mlx5e_alloc_flow(), before the HW objects are actually allocated, and
moves the reference dropping to mlx5e_tc_del_flow(), after the HW
objects are deallocated.
Bulk cleanup still bypasses flow reference counting and can free flows
that remain referenced by asynchronous workers. This pre-existing
lifetime issue requires changes to worker quiescing and resource
teardown ordering and is outside the scope of this patch.
Fixes: 7dc84de98bab ("net/mlx5: E-Switch, Protect changing mode while adding rules")
Fixes: c8e350e62fc5 ("net/mlx5e: Make TC and IPsec offloads mutually exclusive on a netdev")
Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c | 48 ++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 3d2850e2d76e..89463d18880c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -603,6 +603,10 @@ struct mlx5e_hairpin_entry {
static void mlx5e_tc_del_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow);
+static int mlx5e_tc_block_ipsec_offload(struct net_device *filter,
+ struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
+static void mlx5e_tc_unblock_ipsec_offload(struct net_device *filter,
+ struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
struct mlx5e_tc_flow *mlx5e_flow_get(struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow)
{
@@ -2158,13 +2162,16 @@ static void mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peers_flow(struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow)
static void mlx5e_tc_del_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow)
{
+ struct net_device *filter_dev = flow->attr->parse_attr->filter_dev;
+ bool peer = flow_flag_test(flow, PEER);
+
if (mlx5e_is_eswitch_flow(flow)) {
struct mlx5_devcom_comp_dev *devcom = flow->priv->mdev->priv.eswitch->devcom;
- if (flow_flag_test(flow, PEER) ||
+ if (peer ||
!mlx5_devcom_for_each_peer_begin(devcom)) {
mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_flow(priv, flow);
- return;
+ goto out;
}
mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peers_flow(flow);
@@ -2173,6 +2180,11 @@ static void mlx5e_tc_del_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
} else {
mlx5e_tc_del_nic_flow(priv, flow);
}
+out:
+ if (!peer) {
+ mlx5e_tc_unblock_ipsec_offload(filter_dev, flow->priv);
+ mlx5_esw_put(flow->priv->mdev);
+ }
}
static bool flow_requires_tunnel_mapping(u32 chain, struct flow_cls_offload *f)
@@ -4463,6 +4475,7 @@ mlx5_free_flow_attr_actions(struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow, struct mlx5_flow_attr *a
static int
mlx5e_alloc_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, int attr_size,
struct flow_cls_offload *f, unsigned long flow_flags,
+ struct net_device *filter_dev,
struct mlx5e_tc_flow_parse_attr **__parse_attr,
struct mlx5e_tc_flow **__flow)
{
@@ -4497,11 +4510,23 @@ mlx5e_alloc_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, int attr_size,
init_completion(&flow->init_done);
init_completion(&flow->del_hw_done);
+ parse_attr->filter_dev = filter_dev;
+ attr->parse_attr = parse_attr;
+ /* Non-peer flows own the reservations until final destruction. */
+ if (!flow_flag_test(flow, PEER)) {
+ err = mlx5e_tc_block_ipsec_offload(filter_dev, priv);
+ if (err)
+ goto err_free_attr;
+ mlx5_esw_get(priv->mdev);
+ }
+
*__flow = flow;
*__parse_attr = parse_attr;
return 0;
+err_free_attr:
+ kfree(attr);
err_free:
kfree(flow);
kvfree(parse_attr);
@@ -4558,11 +4583,10 @@ __mlx5e_add_fdb_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
flow_flags |= BIT(MLX5E_TC_FLOW_FLAG_ESWITCH);
attr_size = sizeof(struct mlx5_esw_flow_attr);
err = mlx5e_alloc_flow(priv, attr_size, f, flow_flags,
- &parse_attr, &flow);
+ filter_dev, &parse_attr, &flow);
if (err)
goto out;
- parse_attr->filter_dev = filter_dev;
mlx5e_flow_esw_attr_init(flow->attr,
priv, parse_attr,
f, in_rep, in_mdev);
@@ -4712,7 +4736,7 @@ mlx5e_add_fdb_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peers_flow(flow);
mlx5_devcom_for_each_peer_end(devcom);
clean_flow:
- mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_flow(priv, flow);
+ mlx5e_flow_put(priv, flow);
return err;
}
@@ -4739,11 +4763,10 @@ mlx5e_add_nic_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
flow_flags |= BIT(MLX5E_TC_FLOW_FLAG_NIC);
attr_size = sizeof(struct mlx5_nic_flow_attr);
err = mlx5e_alloc_flow(priv, attr_size, f, flow_flags,
- &parse_attr, &flow);
+ filter_dev, &parse_attr, &flow);
if (err)
goto out;
- parse_attr->filter_dev = filter_dev;
mlx5e_flow_attr_init(flow->attr, parse_attr, f);
err = parse_cls_flower(flow->priv, flow, &parse_attr->spec,
@@ -4871,12 +4894,6 @@ int mlx5e_configure_flower(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
if (!mlx5_esw_hold(priv->mdev))
return -EBUSY;
- err = mlx5e_tc_block_ipsec_offload(dev, priv);
- if (err)
- goto esw_release;
-
- mlx5_esw_get(priv->mdev);
-
rcu_read_lock();
flow = rhashtable_lookup(tc_ht, &f->cookie, tc_ht_params);
if (flow) {
@@ -4920,9 +4937,6 @@ int mlx5e_configure_flower(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
err_free:
mlx5e_flow_put(priv, flow);
out:
- mlx5e_tc_unblock_ipsec_offload(dev, priv);
- mlx5_esw_put(priv->mdev);
-esw_release:
mlx5_esw_release(priv->mdev);
return err;
}
@@ -4963,8 +4977,6 @@ int mlx5e_delete_flower(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
trace_mlx5e_delete_flower(f);
mlx5e_flow_put(priv, flow);
- mlx5e_tc_unblock_ipsec_offload(dev, priv);
- mlx5_esw_put(priv->mdev);
return 0;
errout:
--
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@ 2026-09-30 12:18 ` netdev-bot+sinfo
4 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: netdev-bot+sinfo @ 2026-09-30 12:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tariq Toukan
Cc: Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
netdev, Paolo Abeni, Andrea Parri, Boris Pismenny,
Carolina Jubran, Cosmin Ratiu, Dragos Tatulea,
Fernando Fernandez Mancera, Gal Pressman, Jianbo Liu, Kees Cook,
Leon Romanovsky, open list, linux-rdma, Mark Bloch, Parav Pandit,
Patrisious Haddad, Raed Salem, Roi Dayan, Saeed Mahameed,
Steffen Klassert
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