On ma, 20 jan 2020 23:35:16 +0100, Oliver Hartkopp wrote: > Answering myself ... > > On 20/01/2020 23.02, Oliver Hartkopp wrote: > > > > >Added some code to check whether dev->ml_priv is NULL: > > > >~/linux$ git diff > >diff --git a/net/can/af_can.c b/net/can/af_can.c > >index 128d37a4c2e0..6fb4ae4c359e 100644 > >--- a/net/can/af_can.c > >+++ b/net/can/af_can.c > >@@ -463,6 +463,10 @@ int can_rx_register(struct net *net, struct > >net_device *dev, canid_t can_id, > > spin_lock_bh(&net->can.rcvlists_lock); > > > > dev_rcv_lists = can_dev_rcv_lists_find(net, dev); > >+ if (!dev_rcv_lists) { > >+ pr_err("dev_rcv_lists == NULL! %p\n", dev); > >+ goto out_unlock; > >+ } > > rcv_list = can_rcv_list_find(&can_id, &mask, dev_rcv_lists); > > > > rcv->can_id = can_id; > >@@ -479,6 +483,7 @@ int can_rx_register(struct net *net, struct net_device > >*dev, canid_t can_id, > > rcv_lists_stats->rcv_entries++; > > rcv_lists_stats->rcv_entries_max = > >max(rcv_lists_stats->rcv_entries_max, > > > >rcv_lists_stats->rcv_entries); > >+out_unlock: > > spin_unlock_bh(&net->can.rcvlists_lock); > > > > return err; > > > >And the output (after some time) is: > > > >[ 758.505841] netlink: 'crash': attribute type 1 has an invalid length. > >[ 758.508045] bond7148: (slave vxcan1): The slave device specified does > >not support setting the MAC address > >[ 758.508057] bond7148: (slave vxcan1): Error -22 calling dev_set_mtu > >[ 758.532025] bond10413: (slave vxcan1): The slave device specified does > >not support setting the MAC address > >[ 758.532043] bond10413: (slave vxcan1): Error -22 calling dev_set_mtu > >[ 758.532254] dev_rcv_lists == NULL! 000000006b9d257f > >[ 758.547392] netlink: 'crash': attribute type 1 has an invalid length. > >[ 758.549310] bond7145: (slave vxcan1): The slave device specified does > >not support setting the MAC address > >[ 758.549313] bond7145: (slave vxcan1): Error -22 calling dev_set_mtu > >[ 758.550464] netlink: 'crash': attribute type 1 has an invalid length. > >[ 758.552301] bond7146: (slave vxcan1): The slave device specified does > >not support setting the MAC address > > > >So we can see that we get a ml_priv pointer which is NULL which should not > >be possible due to this: > > > >https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/can/dev.c#n743 > > This reference doesn't point to the right code as vxcan has its own handling > do assign ml_priv in vxcan.c . > > >Btw. the variable 'size' is set two times at the top of alloc_candev_mqs() > >depending on echo_skb_max. This looks wrong. > > No. It looks right as I did not get behind the ALIGN() macro at first sight. > > But it is still open why dev->ml_priv is not set correctly in vxcan.c as all > the settings for .priv_size and in vxcan_setup look fine. Maybe I got completely lost: Shouldn't can_ml_priv and vxcan_priv not be similar? Where is the dev_rcv_lists in the vxcan case? > > Best regards, > Oliver