Current init logic ignores the error code from register_netdev(), which will cause WARN_ON() on attempt to unregister it, if there was one, and there is no info for the user that the creation of the netdev failed.
WARNING: CPU: 89 PID: 6902 at net/core/dev.c:11512 unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x211/0x1a10 ... [ 3707.563641] unregister_netdev+0x1c/0x30 [ 3707.563656] idpf_vport_dealloc+0x5cf/0xce0 [idpf] [ 3707.563684] idpf_deinit_task+0xef/0x160 [idpf] [ 3707.563712] idpf_vc_core_deinit+0x84/0x320 [idpf] [ 3707.563739] idpf_remove+0xbf/0x780 [idpf] [ 3707.563769] pci_device_remove+0xab/0x1e0 [ 3707.563786] device_release_driver_internal+0x371/0x530 [ 3707.563803] driver_detach+0xbf/0x180 [ 3707.563816] bus_remove_driver+0x11b/0x2a0 [ 3707.563829] pci_unregister_driver+0x2a/0x250 Introduce an error check and log the vport number and error code. On removal make sure to check VPORT_REG_NETDEV flag prior to calling unregister and free on the netdev. Add local variables for idx, vport_config and netdev for readability. Fixes: 0fe45467a104 ("idpf: add create vport and netdev configuration") Suggested-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.ngu...@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tanti...@intel.com> --- Changelog: v2: - Refactored a bit to avoid >80 char lines. - Changed the netdev and flag check to allow for early continue in the max_vports loop, which also helps to reduce the identation. v1: https://lore.kernel.org/intel-wired-lan/20250211023851.21090-1-emil.s.tanti...@intel.com/ --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c | 31 +++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c index a3d6b8f198a8..a055a47449f1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c @@ -927,15 +927,19 @@ static int idpf_stop(struct net_device *netdev) static void idpf_decfg_netdev(struct idpf_vport *vport) { struct idpf_adapter *adapter = vport->adapter; + u16 idx = vport->idx; kfree(vport->rx_ptype_lkup); vport->rx_ptype_lkup = NULL; - unregister_netdev(vport->netdev); - free_netdev(vport->netdev); + if (test_and_clear_bit(IDPF_VPORT_REG_NETDEV, + adapter->vport_config[idx]->flags)) { + unregister_netdev(vport->netdev); + free_netdev(vport->netdev); + } vport->netdev = NULL; - adapter->netdevs[vport->idx] = NULL; + adapter->netdevs[idx] = NULL; } /** @@ -1536,13 +1540,22 @@ void idpf_init_task(struct work_struct *work) } for (index = 0; index < adapter->max_vports; index++) { - if (adapter->netdevs[index] && - !test_bit(IDPF_VPORT_REG_NETDEV, - adapter->vport_config[index]->flags)) { - register_netdev(adapter->netdevs[index]); - set_bit(IDPF_VPORT_REG_NETDEV, - adapter->vport_config[index]->flags); + struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdevs[index]; + struct idpf_vport_config *vport_config; + + vport_config = adapter->vport_config[index]; + + if (!netdev || + test_bit(IDPF_VPORT_REG_NETDEV, vport_config->flags)) + continue; + + err = register_netdev(netdev); + if (err) { + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register netdev for vport %d: %pe\n", + index, ERR_PTR(err)); + continue; } + set_bit(IDPF_VPORT_REG_NETDEV, vport_config->flags); } /* As all the required vports are created, clear the reset flag -- 2.17.2