Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx5: Fix error handling in mlx5_init_one_light()

From: Simon Horman
Date: Sat May 11 2024 - 10:23:24 EST


On Thu, May 09, 2024 at 02:00:18PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> If mlx5_query_hca_caps_light() fails then calling devl_unregister() or
> devl_unlock() is a bug. It's not registered and it's not locked. That
> will trigger a stack trace in this case because devl_unregister() checks
> both those things at the start of the function.
>
> If mlx5_devlink_params_register() fails then this code will call
> devl_unregister() and devl_unlock() twice which will again lead to a
> stack trace or possibly something worse as well.
>
> Fixes: bf729988303a ("net/mlx5: Restore mistakenly dropped parts in register devlink flow")
> Fixes: c6e77aa9dd82 ("net/mlx5: Register devlink first under devlink lock")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Dan,

I believe that after you posted this patch, a different fix for this was
added to net as:

3c453e8cc672 ("net/mlx5: Fix peer devlink set for SF representor devlink port")

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