When XSK pools are enabled after an XDP program has already been loaded, XSK pools are registered on pre-existing queues before queues are re-created with the XSK pool fully registered in DQ RDA mode. This can lead to a race condition between the RX NAPI and the control plane thread wherein a pre-existing queue sees the live XSK pool and attempts to use recycled buffers not backed by XSK buffs for AF_XDP ZC traffic. This causes the following kernel panic to occur when attempting to DMA map a NULL XSK buffer: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000050 ... RIP: 0010:gve_rx_post_buffers_dqo+0x99/0x190 [gve] ... Call Trace: gve_rx_poll_dqo+0x4d9/0xf10 [gve] gve_napi_poll_dqo+0x76/0x170 [gve] __napi_poll+0x28/0x160 net_rx_action+0x2a0/0x350 handle_softirqs+0xd4/0x280 ? sort_range+0x20/0x20 run_ksoftirqd+0x2d/0x40 smpboot_thread_fn+0xd5/0x1d0 kthread+0xd7/0x100 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 The XSK pool should only be registered with current queues if XSK buffers are allocated on-the-fly, as is the case in QPL mode. Fixes: c1fffc5d66a7 ("gve: implement DQO RX datapath and control path for AF_XDP zero-copy") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Jordan Rhee Reviewed-by: Tim Hostetler Signed-off-by: Joshua Washington --- drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c index e4d78ae52daf..453b304016b6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c @@ -1654,20 +1654,18 @@ static int gve_xsk_pool_enable(struct net_device *dev, if (!priv->xdp_prog || !netif_running(dev)) return 0; - err = gve_reg_xsk_pool(priv, dev, pool, qid); - if (err) - goto err_xsk_pool_dma_mapped; - - /* Stop and start RDA queues to repost buffers. */ - if (!gve_is_qpl(priv)) { + if (gve_is_qpl(priv)) { + err = gve_reg_xsk_pool(priv, dev, pool, qid); + if (err) + goto err_xsk_pool_dma_mapped; + } else { + /* Stop and start RDA queues to repost buffers. */ err = gve_configure_rings_xdp(priv, priv->rx_cfg.num_queues); if (err) - goto err_xsk_pool_registered; + goto err_xsk_pool_dma_mapped; } return 0; -err_xsk_pool_registered: - gve_unreg_xsk_pool(priv, qid); err_xsk_pool_dma_mapped: clear_bit(qid, priv->xsk_pools); xsk_pool_dma_unmap(pool, -- 2.55.0.691.gc56d675ccc-goog