RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 net] octeontx2-pf: Add missing mutex lock in otx2_get_pauseparam

[Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta]

Hi Simon,

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>Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 net] octeontx2-pf: Add missing mutex lock in
>otx2_get_pauseparam
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>On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 10:53:42AM +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>
>> ---
>> v2 changes:
>>  Added maintainers of AF driver too
>
>Hi Subbaraya,
>
>I was expecting an update to locking in otx2_dcbnl_ieee_setpfc() Am I missing
>something here?
>
I will send it as separate patch since both are unrelated and I have to write two Fixes
in commit description.

Thanks,
Sundeep

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>>
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c | 6 +++++-
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c
>> b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c
>> index 9efcec5..53f6258 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c
>> @@ -334,9 +334,12 @@ static void otx2_get_pauseparam(struct net_device
>*netdev,
>>  	if (is_otx2_lbkvf(pfvf->pdev))
>>  		return;
>>
>> +	mutex_lock(&pfvf->mbox.lock);
>>  	req = otx2_mbox_alloc_msg_cgx_cfg_pause_frm(&pfvf->mbox);
>> -	if (!req)
>> +	if (!req) {
>> +		mutex_unlock(&pfvf->mbox.lock);
>>  		return;
>> +	}
>>
>>  	if (!otx2_sync_mbox_msg(&pfvf->mbox)) {
>>  		rsp = (struct cgx_pause_frm_cfg *)
>> @@ -344,6 +347,7 @@ static void otx2_get_pauseparam(struct net_device
>*netdev,
>>  		pause->rx_pause = rsp->rx_pause;
>>  		pause->tx_pause = rsp->tx_pause;
>>  	}
>> +	mutex_unlock(&pfvf->mbox.lock);
>>  }
>>
>>  static int otx2_set_pauseparam(struct net_device *netdev,
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>