[PATCH net-next v2 1/4] net: mana: Fix potential deadlocks in mana napi ops

From: Erni Sri Satya Vennela
Date: Fri Jun 13 2025 - 07:20:58 EST


When net_shaper_ops are enabled for MANA, netdev_ops_lock
becomes active.

MANA VF setup/teardown by netvsc follows this call chain:

netvsc_vf_setup()
dev_change_flags()
...
__dev_open() OR __dev_close()

dev_change_flags() holds the netdev mutex via netdev_lock_ops.

Meanwhile, mana_create_txq() and mana_create_rxq() in mana_open()
path call NAPI APIs (netif_napi_add_tx(), netif_napi_add_weight(),
napi_enable()), which also try to acquire the same lock, risking
deadlock.

Similarly in the teardown path (mana_close()), netif_napi_disable()
and netif_napi_del(), contend for the same lock.

Switch to the _locked variants of these APIs to avoid deadlocks
when the netdev_ops_lock is held.

Fixes: d4c22ec680c8 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during ndo_open/ndo_stop")
Signed-off-by: Erni Sri Satya Vennela <ernis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Shradha Gupta <shradhagupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Saurabh Singh Sengar <ssengar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
* Use netdev_lock_ops_to_full() instead of if...else statements for napi
APIs.
* Edit commit message.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 30 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
index e68b8190bb7a..ca5e9c3d374b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c
@@ -1912,8 +1912,11 @@ static void mana_destroy_txq(struct mana_port_context *apc)
napi = &apc->tx_qp[i].tx_cq.napi;
if (apc->tx_qp[i].txq.napi_initialized) {
napi_synchronize(napi);
- napi_disable(napi);
- netif_napi_del(napi);
+ netdev_lock_ops_to_full(napi->dev);
+ napi_disable_locked(napi);
+ netif_napi_del_locked(napi);
+ netdev_unlock_full_to_ops(napi->dev);
apc->tx_qp[i].txq.napi_initialized = false;
}
mana_destroy_wq_obj(apc, GDMA_SQ, apc->tx_qp[i].tx_object);
@@ -2065,8 +2068,11 @@ static int mana_create_txq(struct mana_port_context *apc,

mana_create_txq_debugfs(apc, i);

- netif_napi_add_tx(net, &cq->napi, mana_poll);
- napi_enable(&cq->napi);
+ set_bit(NAPI_STATE_NO_BUSY_POLL, &cq->napi.state);
+ netdev_lock_ops_to_full(net);
+ netif_napi_add_locked(net, &cq->napi, mana_poll);
+ napi_enable_locked(&cq->napi);
+ netdev_unlock_full_to_ops(net);
txq->napi_initialized = true;

mana_gd_ring_cq(cq->gdma_cq, SET_ARM_BIT);
@@ -2102,9 +2108,11 @@ static void mana_destroy_rxq(struct mana_port_context *apc,
if (napi_initialized) {
napi_synchronize(napi);

- napi_disable(napi);
-
- netif_napi_del(napi);
+ netdev_lock_ops_to_full(napi->dev);
+ napi_disable_locked(napi);
+ netif_napi_del_locked(napi);
+ netdev_unlock_full_to_ops(napi->dev);
}
xdp_rxq_info_unreg(&rxq->xdp_rxq);

@@ -2355,14 +2363,18 @@ static struct mana_rxq *mana_create_rxq(struct mana_port_context *apc,

gc->cq_table[cq->gdma_id] = cq->gdma_cq;

- netif_napi_add_weight(ndev, &cq->napi, mana_poll, 1);
+ netdev_lock_ops_to_full(ndev);
+ netif_napi_add_weight_locked(ndev, &cq->napi, mana_poll, 1);
+ netdev_unlock_full_to_ops(ndev);

WARN_ON(xdp_rxq_info_reg(&rxq->xdp_rxq, ndev, rxq_idx,
cq->napi.napi_id));
WARN_ON(xdp_rxq_info_reg_mem_model(&rxq->xdp_rxq, MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL,
rxq->page_pool));

- napi_enable(&cq->napi);
+ netdev_lock_ops_to_full(ndev);
+ napi_enable_locked(&cq->napi);
+ netdev_unlock_full_to_ops(ndev);

mana_gd_ring_cq(cq->gdma_cq, SET_ARM_BIT);
out:
--
2.34.1