RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net] octeontx2-pf: Add missing mutex lock in otx2_get_pauseparam

From: Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta
Date: Tue Nov 28 2023 - 23:55:28 EST


Hi Simon,

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 10:51 PM
>To: Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta <sbhatta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net] octeontx2-pf: Add missing mutex lock in
>otx2_get_pauseparam
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>On Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 10:05:41PM +0530, Subbaraya Sundeep wrote:
>> All the mailbox messages sent to AF needs to be guarded by mutex lock.
>> Add the missing lock in otx2_get_pauseparam function.
>>
>> Fixes: 75f36270990c ("octeontx2-pf: Support to enable/disable pause
>> frames via ethtool")
>> Signed-off-by: Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Hi,
>
>I am wondering if the call to otx2_nix_config_bp() in otx2_dcbnl_ieee_setpfc()
>also needs to be protected by mbox.lock.
>
Correct. I will add lock around it and send v2 of this patch.

>And although not strictly related to this patch, while looking over this, I
>noticed that in otx2_init_hw_resources() it appears that &mbox->lock may be
>unlocked twice in some error paths.
>
>e.g.
> /* Init Auras and pools used by NIX RQ, for free buffer ptrs */
> err = otx2_rq_aura_pool_init(pf);
> if (err) {
> mutex_unlock(&mbox->lock);
> goto err_free_nix_lf;
> }
> ...
>err_free_nix_lf:
> mutex_lock(&mbox->lock);
> ...
>
>...
Will fix it and send it as another patch.

Thanks,
Sundeep