From: Leon Romanovsky Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:17:49 +0000 (+0300) Subject: net/mlx5e: Properly access RCU protected qdisc_sleeping variable X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2a601b2d35623065d31ebaf697b07502d54878c9;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git net/mlx5e: Properly access RCU protected qdisc_sleeping variable qdisc_sleeping variable is declared as "struct Qdisc __rcu" and as such needs proper annotation while accessing it. Without rtnl_dereference(), the following error is generated by sparse: drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c:377:40: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c:377:40: expected struct Qdisc *qdisc drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c:377:40: got struct Qdisc [noderef] __rcu *qdisc_sleeping Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski Link: https://patch.msgid.link/1752675472-201445-4-git-send-email-tariqt@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c index f0744a45db92..4e461cb03b83 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/qos.c @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ void mlx5e_reactivate_qos_sq(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u16 qid, struct netdev_que void mlx5e_reset_qdisc(struct net_device *dev, u16 qid) { struct netdev_queue *dev_queue = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, qid); - struct Qdisc *qdisc = dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping; + struct Qdisc *qdisc = rtnl_dereference(dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping); if (!qdisc) return;