idpf: disable DIM work before freeing q_vectors

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idpf never drains the Tx/Rx DIM works before freeing the memory they
live in.  tx_dim and rx_dim are embedded in struct idpf_q_vector, they
are queued from the NAPI poll via net_dim(), and idpf_vport_intr_rel()
ends with kfree(rsrc->q_vectors).  Nothing in the driver cancels them.

idpf_tx_dim_work() and idpf_rx_dim_work() then run on freed memory:
idpf_vport_intr_write_itr() writes the ITR register through
q_vector->intr_reg.tx_itr / rx_itr, void __iomem pointers loaded out of
the freed q_vector.  No configuration is needed to get there --
IDPF_ITR_IS_DYNAMIC() is defined as (itr_mode) and idpf_vport_alloc()
initialises both modes to IDPF_ITR_DYNAMIC.

Draining after idpf_vport_intr_napi_dis_all() is not enough on its own.
idpf_net_dim() is called from inside the
"if (napi_complete_done(napi, work_done))" branch of the poll, and
napi_complete_done() has already cleared NAPIF_STATE_SCHED by then.
napi_disable_locked() waits only while (val & (NAPIF_STATE_SCHED |
NAPIF_STATE_NPSVC)), so napi_disable() can return while the poll tail is
still queueing the work, and a plain cancel_work_sync() would be
re-armed behind the drain.

Use disable_work_sync(): schedule_work() on a work with a non-zero
disable count is dropped by clear_pending_if_disabled() before
__queue_work() is reached.

Move idpf_init_dim() to idpf_vport_intr_alloc() so the works are
initialised on every path that can reach the drain -- the three
"goto intr_deinit" sites between idpf_vport_intr_init() and
idpf_vport_intr_ena() get there without the enable side having run.
Nothing re-enables them: rsrc->q_vectors is freed on every exit from
idpf_vport_open() and on every idpf_vport_stop(), so the count dies with
the object.

It is a race, not a deterministic failure -- net_dim() only schedules
once DIM_NEVENTS events have accumulated and the profile index changes.
A KASAN ifup/ifdown loop under load is the way to see it.

Fixes: c2d548cad1 ("idpf: add TX splitq napi poll support")
Fixes: 3a8845af66 ("idpf: add RX splitq napi poll support")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # see patch description, needs adjustments for <= 6.9
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Samuel Salin <Samuel.salin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>

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Myeonghun Pak 2026-07-20 22:58:46 +09:00 • committed by Tony Nguyen

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