enic: match mailbox replies to request numbers

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The version-1 VF mailbox protocol identifies every message with a message
number, and a reply or acknowledgment echoes the number of the message it
answers.  ENIC instead generates a new number for outgoing replies and
accepts a VF reply by message type alone.

If a request times out, a delayed reply can therefore satisfy a subsequent
request of the same type and cause the VF to consume the result of the old
request.

Allow replies to reuse the initiating message number. Make the in-tree PF
handlers and the VF link-state acknowledgment echo that number. Record the
expected reply type and message number on the VF, and require both values
to match before accepting a reply.

Protect expected-reply state with a lock so reply acceptance and timeout
invalidation cannot race. Keep message numbers monotonic across an admin-
channel reopen so a delayed reply from an earlier channel generation cannot
match a new request.

Reply-number echo is part of the established version-1 protocol, so this
remains compatible with deployed V2-capable PF implementations that already
echo msg_num.

Fixes: 72b65c9405 ("enic: add MBOX VF handlers for capability, register and link state")
Signed-off-by: Satish Kharat <satishkh@cisco.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260830-b4-enic-v2-mbox-fixes-net-v1-2-23adf9bfd426@cisco.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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Satish Kharat 2026-08-30 15:22:53 -07:00 • committed by Jakub Kicinski

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drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic.h

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drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c

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drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_mbox.c

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