From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	patches@lists.linux.dev,
	Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>,
	Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>,
	Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12 423/460] net/mlx5: qos: Restrict RTNL area to avoid a lock cycle
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:46:59 +0100
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6.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>

[ Upstream commit b7e3a5d9c0d66b7fb44f63aef3bd734821afa0c8 ]

A lock dependency cycle exists where:
1. mlx5_ib_roce_init -> mlx5_core_uplink_netdev_event_replay ->
mlx5_blocking_notifier_call_chain (takes notifier_rwsem) ->
mlx5e_mdev_notifier_event -> mlx5_netdev_notifier_register ->
register_netdevice_notifier_dev_net (takes rtnl)
=> notifier_rwsem -> rtnl

2. mlx5e_probe -> _mlx5e_probe ->
mlx5_core_uplink_netdev_set (takes uplink_netdev_lock) ->
mlx5_blocking_notifier_call_chain (takes notifier_rwsem)
=> uplink_netdev_lock -> notifier_rwsem

3: devlink_nl_rate_set_doit -> devlink_nl_rate_set ->
mlx5_esw_devlink_rate_leaf_tx_max_set -> esw_qos_devlink_rate_to_mbps ->
mlx5_esw_qos_max_link_speed_get (takes rtnl) ->
mlx5_esw_qos_lag_link_speed_get_locked ->
mlx5_uplink_netdev_get (takes uplink_netdev_lock)
=> rtnl -> uplink_netdev_lock
=> BOOM! (lock cycle)

Fix that by restricting the rtnl-protected section to just the necessary
part, the call to netdev_master_upper_dev_get and speed querying, so
that the last lock dependency is avoided and the cycle doesn't close.
This is safe because mlx5_uplink_netdev_get uses netdev_hold to keep the
uplink netdev alive while its master device is queried.

Use this opportunity to rename the ambiguously-named "hold_rtnl_lock"
argument to "take_rtnl" and remove the "_locked" suffix from
mlx5_esw_qos_lag_link_speed_get_locked.

Fixes: 6b4be64fd9fe ("net/mlx5e: Harden uplink netdev access against device unbind")
Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260316094603.6999-2-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c | 23 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
index d8c304427e2ab..8c2e1d881a1a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
@@ -713,24 +713,24 @@ int mlx5_esw_qos_set_vport_rate(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, struct mlx5_vport *vpo
 	return err;
 }
 
-static u32 mlx5_esw_qos_lag_link_speed_get_locked(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
+static u32 mlx5_esw_qos_lag_link_speed_get(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
+					   bool take_rtnl)
 {
 	struct ethtool_link_ksettings lksettings;
 	struct net_device *slave, *master;
 	u32 speed = SPEED_UNKNOWN;
 
-	/* Lock ensures a stable reference to master and slave netdevice
-	 * while port speed of master is queried.
-	 */
-	ASSERT_RTNL();
-
 	slave = mlx5_uplink_netdev_get(mdev);
 	if (!slave)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (take_rtnl)
+		rtnl_lock();
 	master = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(slave);
 	if (master && !__ethtool_get_link_ksettings(master, &lksettings))
 		speed = lksettings.base.speed;
+	if (take_rtnl)
+		rtnl_unlock();
 
 out:
 	mlx5_uplink_netdev_put(mdev, slave);
@@ -738,20 +738,15 @@ static u32 mlx5_esw_qos_lag_link_speed_get_locked(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 }
 
 static int mlx5_esw_qos_max_link_speed_get(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 *link_speed_max,
-					   bool hold_rtnl_lock, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+					   bool take_rtnl,
+					   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	int err;
 
 	if (!mlx5_lag_is_active(mdev))
 		goto skip_lag;
 
-	if (hold_rtnl_lock)
-		rtnl_lock();
-
-	*link_speed_max = mlx5_esw_qos_lag_link_speed_get_locked(mdev);
-
-	if (hold_rtnl_lock)
-		rtnl_unlock();
+	*link_speed_max = mlx5_esw_qos_lag_link_speed_get(mdev, take_rtnl);
 
 	if (*link_speed_max != (u32)SPEED_UNKNOWN)
 		return 0;
-- 
2.51.0