From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>,
Boris Pismenny <borisp@nvidia.com>,
Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>,
Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>,
"Gal Pressman" <gal@nvidia.com>,
Jeroen Massar <jmassar@nvidia.com>,
Jianbo Liu <jianbol@nvidia.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
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<linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>, Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>,
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Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>,
Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net V3 3/8] net/mlx5e: Take HCA devcom lock before esw->mode_lock
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 23:16:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105211637.1083978-4-tariqt@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105211637.1083978-1-tariqt@nvidia.com>
From: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Uplink ETH driver removal waits for any eswitch operation in progress
before removing REPs. Removal through mlx5_unregister_device() or
mlx5_detach_device() does this while holding the HCA devcom lock, which
is used by peer devices in the same group.
An E-Switch mode change can therefore race with a Socket Direct
secondary device removal:
T1: primary mode set T2: SD secondary dev removal
mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set()
sets operation in progress
mlx5_unregister_device()
mlx5_devcom_comp_lock(hca)
...
mlx5e_remove()
mlx5_sd_get_adev() -> T1 dev
mlx5_eswitch_safe_aux_devs_remove()
waits for T1's operation
esw_offloads_start()
esw_mode_change()
mlx5_devcom_comp_lock(hca)
waits for T2's lock
The timeout in mlx5_eswitch_safe_aux_devs_remove() makes this not a
deadlock, but representor removal is skipped in that case which is
incorrect.
This bug was found by Sashiko inspecting the next patch in the series,
which removes the timeout. It wasn't reproduced but the scenario seems
plausible, albeit unlikely. This was undetectable by lockdep because the
down_read_trylock() in mlx5_esw_hold() doesn't register as a lock edge,
and also because it can't see the wait on the flag as a lock edge.
Fix the lock order so the HCA devcom lock is taken in
mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set() before esw->mode_lock and held for the
duration of the mode change.
Expanding the HCA devcom lock critical section implies new lock edges
being added, but this is safe:
- mlx5_devlink_netdev_netns_immutable_set() adds HCA devcom -> RTNL, but
there's already a HCA devcom -> RTNL dependency in
mlx5_register_device() -..-> register_netdev()
- esw_offloads_disable/enable() -> esw devcom cleanup/init: adds HCA
devcom -> esw devcom. Nothing takes the HCA devcom lock while holding
the esw devcom lock.
Fixes: 2ae8c7edea87 ("net/mlx5: Fix Unbinding uplink-netdev in switchdev mode")
Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jianbo Liu <jianbol@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 7a0131e26ff0..4939e10336c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -2457,8 +2457,8 @@ void mlx5_esw_reps_unblock(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
static void esw_mode_change(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, u16 mode)
{
+ mlx5_devcom_comp_assert_locked(esw->dev->priv.hca_devcom_comp);
mlx5_esw_reps_unblock(esw);
- mlx5_devcom_comp_lock(esw->dev->priv.hca_devcom_comp);
if (esw->dev->priv.flags & MLX5_PRIV_FLAGS_DISABLE_IB_ADEV ||
mlx5_core_mp_enabled(esw->dev)) {
esw->mode = mode;
@@ -2471,7 +2471,6 @@ static void esw_mode_change(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, u16 mode)
esw->dev->priv.flags &= ~MLX5_PRIV_FLAGS_DISABLE_IB_ADEV;
out:
mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked(esw->dev);
- mlx5_devcom_comp_unlock(esw->dev->priv.hca_devcom_comp);
mlx5_esw_reps_block(esw);
}
@@ -4508,10 +4507,11 @@ int mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set(struct devlink *devlink, u16 mode,
return 0;
mlx5_lag_disable_change(esw->dev);
+ mlx5_devcom_comp_lock(esw->dev->priv.hca_devcom_comp);
err = mlx5_esw_try_lock(esw);
if (err < 0) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Can't change mode, E-Switch is busy");
- goto enable_lag;
+ goto unlock_hca;
}
cur_mlx5_mode = err;
err = 0;
@@ -4574,7 +4574,8 @@ int mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set(struct devlink *devlink, u16 mode,
esw->eswitch_operation_in_progress = false;
unlock:
mlx5_esw_unlock(esw);
-enable_lag:
+unlock_hca:
+ mlx5_devcom_comp_unlock(esw->dev->priv.hca_devcom_comp);
mlx5_lag_enable_change(esw->dev);
/* Shared FDB activation is creating LAG which is changing reps. */
if (!err)
--
2.44.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-05 21:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-05 21:16 [PATCH net V3 0/8] net/mlx5e: Fix offload lifetime and exclusion bugs Tariq Toukan
2026-11-05 21:16 ` [PATCH net V3 1/8] net/mlx5e: Release IPsec root table reference on RX setup failure Tariq Toukan
2026-11-05 21:16 ` [PATCH net V3 2/8] net/mlx5e: Serialize ipsec encap reservations with eswitch operations Tariq Toukan
2026-11-05 21:16 ` Tariq Toukan [this message]
2026-11-05 21:16 ` [PATCH net V3 4/8] net/mlx5e: Fix E-Switch races in uplink unbind Tariq Toukan
2026-11-05 21:16 ` [PATCH net V3 5/8] net/mlx5e: Fix ipsec core device access during profile changes Tariq Toukan
2026-11-05 21:16 ` [PATCH net V3 6/8] net/mlx5e: Block E-Switch mode changes during IPsec policy creation Tariq Toukan
2026-11-05 21:16 ` [PATCH net V3 7/8] net/mlx5e: Block E-Switch mode changes during IPsec state creation Tariq Toukan
2026-11-05 21:16 ` [PATCH net V3 8/8] net/mlx5e: Serialize TC and IPsec offload exclusion counters Tariq Toukan
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