netdev - Re: [patch net] mlxsw: spectrum: Prevent mirred-related crash on removal

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Date:   Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:43:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, yuvalm@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com,
        flokli@...kli.de, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net] mlxsw: spectrum: Prevent mirred-related crash on
 removal

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 08:50:53 +0200

> From: Yuval Mintz <yuvalm@...lanox.com>
> 
> When removing the offloading of mirred actions under
> matchall classifiers, mlxsw would find the destination port
> associated with the offloaded action and utilize it for undoing
> the configuration.
> 
> Depending on the order by which ports are removed, it's possible that
> the destination port would get removed before the source port.
> In such a scenario, when actions would be flushed for the source port
> mlxsw would perform an illegal dereference as the destination port is
> no longer listed.
> 
> Since the only item necessary for undoing the configuration on the
> destination side is the port-id and that in turn is already maintained
> by mlxsw on the source-port, simply stop trying to access the
> destination port and use the port-id directly instead.
> 
> Fixes: 763b4b70af ("mlxsw: spectrum: Add support in matchall mirror TC offloading")
> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalm@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.