Make sure that xdp_do_flush() is always executed before napi_complete_done(). This is important for two reasons. First, a redirect to an XSKMAP assumes that a call to xdp_do_redirect() from napi context X on CPU Y will be followed by a xdp_do_flush() from the same napi context and CPU. This is not guaranteed if the napi_complete_done() is executed before xdp_do_flush(), as it tells the napi logic that it is fine to schedule napi context X on another CPU. Details from a production system triggering this bug using the veth driver can be found in [1]. The second reason is that the XDP_REDIRECT logic in itself relies on being inside a single NAPI instance through to the xdp_do_flush() call for RCU protection of all in-kernel data structures. Details can be found in [2]. The drivers have only been compile-tested since I do not own any of the HW below. So if you are a maintainer, it would be great if you could take a quick look to make sure I did not mess something up. Note that these were the drivers I found that violated the ordering by running a simple script and manually checking the ones that came up as potential offenders. But the script was not perfect in any way. There might still be offenders out there, since the script can generate false negatives. v1 -> v2: * Added acks [Toke, Steen] * Corrected two spelling errors [Toke] [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221220185903.1105011-1-sbohrer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210624160609.292325-1-toke@xxxxxxxxxx/ Thanks: Magnus Magnus Karlsson (5): qede: execute xdp_do_flush() before napi_complete_done() lan966x: execute xdp_do_flush() before napi_complete_done() virtio-net: execute xdp_do_flush() before napi_complete_done() dpaa_eth: execute xdp_do_flush() before napi_complete_done() dpaa2-eth: execute xdp_do_flush() before napi_complete_done() drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c | 6 +++--- drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c | 9 ++++++--- drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_fdma.c | 6 +++--- drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c | 7 ++++--- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 6 +++--- 5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) base-commit: 2a48216cff7a2e3964fbed16f84d33f68b3e5e42 -- 2.34.1