netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4 4/7] octeon_ep: add protective null checks in napi callbacks for cnxk cards

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Message-ID: <0545b4a3-8c71-4cc1-9678-51460ad8852b@linux.dev>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 18:01:01 +0000
From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>
To: Shinas Rasheed <srasheed@...vell.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: hgani@...vell.com, sedara@...vell.com, vimleshk@...vell.com,
 thaller@...hat.com, wizhao@...hat.com, kheib@...hat.com, egallen@...hat.com,
 konguyen@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org,
 Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@...vell.com>,
 Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4 4/7] octeon_ep: add protective null checks in napi
 callbacks for cnxk cards

On 13/11/2024 11:13, Shinas Rasheed wrote:
> During unload, at times the OQ parsed in the napi callbacks
> have been observed to be null, causing system crash.
> Add protective checks to avoid the same, for cnxk cards.
> 
> Fixes: 0807dc76f3bf ("octeon_ep: support Octeon CN10K devices")
> Signed-off-by: Shinas Rasheed <srasheed@...vell.com>
> ---
> V4:
>    - No Changes
> 
> V3: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241108074543.1123036-5-srasheed@marvell.com/
>    - Added back "Fixes" to the changelist
> 
> V2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241107132846.1118835-5-srasheed@marvell.com/
>    - Split into a separate patch
>    - Added more context
> 
> V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241101103416.1064930-3-srasheed@marvell.com/
> 
>   drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_cnxk_pf.c | 9 ++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_cnxk_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_cnxk_pf.c
> index 5de0b5ecbc5f..65a8dc1d492b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_cnxk_pf.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_cnxk_pf.c
> @@ -638,7 +638,14 @@ static irqreturn_t octep_rsvd_intr_handler_cnxk_pf(void *dev)
>   static irqreturn_t octep_ioq_intr_handler_cnxk_pf(void *data)
>   {
>   	struct octep_ioq_vector *vector = (struct octep_ioq_vector *)data;
> -	struct octep_oq *oq = vector->oq;
> +	struct octep_oq *oq;
> +
> +	if (!vector)
> +		return IRQ_HANDLED;

The same comment as for the previous patch - this can never happen, the
check is meaningless

> +	oq = vector->oq;
> +
> +	if (!oq || !(oq->napi))
> +		return IRQ_HANDLED;
>   
>   	napi_schedule_irqoff(oq->napi);
>   	return IRQ_HANDLED;