Subject: Re: [net-next v24 3/7] net: mtip: Add buffers management functions to the L2 switch driver

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 19:18:53 -0700

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net: mtip: Add buffers management functions to the L2 switch driver

This patch fills in mtip_alloc_buffers() and mtip_free_buffers() for the
MTIP L2 switch driver, replacing the previously empty stubs with real
page_pool setup/teardown and tx_bounce buffer allocation/free.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw.c
> index 1d1005a42306..5b5229ee411d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/mtipsw/mtipl2sw.c
> @@ -892,11 +892,101 @@ static void mtip_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
>  
>  static void mtip_free_buffers(struct net_device *dev)
>  {
> +	struct mtip_ndev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
> +	struct switch_enet_private *fep = priv->fep;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < RX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
> +		if (!fep->page[i])
> +			continue;
> +
> +		page_pool_put_full_page(fep->page_pool,
> +					fep->page[i], false);
> +		fep->page[i] = NULL;
> +	}
> +
> +	page_pool_destroy(fep->page_pool);
> +	fep->page_pool = NULL;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < TX_RING_SIZE; i++) {
> +		kfree(fep->tx_bounce[i]);
> +		fep->tx_bounce[i] = NULL;
> +	}
> +}

[High]
Now that mtip_free_buffers() is no longer an empty stub, can the
mtip_open() error path tear down buffers that another active port is
still using?

Looking at mtip_open():

	if (fep->usage_count == 0) {
		...
		ret = mtip_alloc_buffers(dev);
		if (ret)
			goto mtip_alloc_buffers_err;
	}
	...
	ret = mtip_mii_probe(dev);
	if (ret)
		goto mtip_mii_probe_err;
	...
 mtip_mii_probe_err:
	mtip_free_buffers(dev);
 mtip_alloc_buffers_err:
	if (fep->usage_count == 0) {
		netif_napi_del(&fep->napi);
		clk_disable(fep->clk_ipg);
	}
	return ret;

mtip_alloc_buffers() only runs when fep->usage_count == 0, so the
page_pool, fep->page[] and fep->tx_bounce[] are shared across switch
ports and only allocated on first open. mtip_close() reflects this and
only calls mtip_free_buffers() when fep->usage_count == 1.

When a second port is opened (fep->usage_count > 0) and mtip_mii_probe()
fails, the mtip_mii_probe_err label still calls mtip_free_buffers()
unconditionally, which destroys the page_pool and frees the tx_bounce
buffers that the first, still-active port is using.

Should the mtip_mii_probe_err teardown also be guarded by
fep->usage_count == 0 (or the labels reordered) so buffers are only
freed for the last user, similar to mtip_close()?

After this change the previously harmless call becomes a real teardown,
so the surviving port's NAPI path (mtip_switch_rx() and the later
mtip_update_cbd() refill) would dereference a freed fep->page_pool and
NULL fep->page[] / fep->tx_bounce[] entries whenever the second port's
PHY probe fails while the first port is up.

>  
> +static int mtip_create_page_pool(struct switch_enet_private *fep, int size)
> +{
[ ... ]
> +}
>  
>  static int mtip_alloc_buffers(struct net_device *dev)
>  {
[ ... ]
>  	return 0;
> +
> + err:
> +	mtip_free_buffers(dev);
> +	return -ENOMEM;
>  }
>