This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled RDMA/device: Return error earlier if port in not valid to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: rdma-device-return-error-earlier-if-port-in-not-vali.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit fc0120ece45d733fee2f5d43dfd872b6697bc98a Author: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Jun 24 16:24:32 2024 +0300 RDMA/device: Return error earlier if port in not valid [ Upstream commit 917918f57a7b139c043e78c502876f2c286f4f0a ] There is no need to allocate port data if port provided is not valid. Fixes: c2261dd76b54 ("RDMA/device: Add ib_device_set_netdev() as an alternative to get_netdev") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/022047a8b16988fc88d4426da50bf60a4833311b.1719235449.git.leon@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c index db0a58c82838d..d1b5908c70cdc 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c @@ -2146,6 +2146,9 @@ int ib_device_set_netdev(struct ib_device *ib_dev, struct net_device *ndev, unsigned long flags; int ret; + if (!rdma_is_port_valid(ib_dev, port)) + return -EINVAL; + /* * Drivers wish to call this before ib_register_driver, so we have to * setup the port data early. @@ -2154,9 +2157,6 @@ int ib_device_set_netdev(struct ib_device *ib_dev, struct net_device *ndev, if (ret) return ret; - if (!rdma_is_port_valid(ib_dev, port)) - return -EINVAL; - pdata = &ib_dev->port_data[port]; spin_lock_irqsave(&pdata->netdev_lock, flags); old_ndev = rcu_dereference_protected(