The current logic in nicvf_change_mtu() writes the new MTU to netdev->mtu using WRITE_ONCE() before verifying if the hardware update succeeds. However on hardware update failure, it attempts to revert to the original MTU using a direct assignment (netdev->mtu = orig_mtu) which violates the intended of WRITE_ONCE protection introduced in commit 1eb2cded45b3 ("net: annotate writes on dev->mtu from ndo_change_mtu()") Additionally, WRITE_ONCE(netdev->mtu, new_mtu) is unnecessarily performed even when the device is not running. Fix this by: Only writing netdev->mtu after successfully updating the hardware. Skipping hardware update when the device is down, and setting MTU directly. Remove unused variable orig_mtu. This ensures that all writes to netdev->mtu are consistent with WRITE_ONCE expectations and avoids unintended state corruption on failure paths. Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari --- v2 -> v3 https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250630111836.GE41770@horms.kernel.org/ Simplify code as suggested by Simon --- drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c | 12 +++--------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c index aebb9fef3f6eb..1be2dc40a1a63 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c @@ -1578,7 +1578,6 @@ int nicvf_open(struct net_device *netdev) static int nicvf_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu) { struct nicvf *nic = netdev_priv(netdev); - int orig_mtu = netdev->mtu; /* For now just support only the usual MTU sized frames, * plus some headroom for VLAN, QinQ. @@ -1589,15 +1588,10 @@ static int nicvf_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu) return -EINVAL; } - WRITE_ONCE(netdev->mtu, new_mtu); - - if (!netif_running(netdev)) - return 0; - - if (nicvf_update_hw_max_frs(nic, new_mtu)) { - netdev->mtu = orig_mtu; + if (netif_running(netdev) && nicvf_update_hw_max_frs(nic, new_mtu)) return -EINVAL; - } + + WRITE_ONCE(netdev->mtu, new_mtu); return 0; } -- 2.46.0