From: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> commit f8321fa75102246d7415a6af441872f6637c93ab upstream. After the commit bdacf3e34945 ("net: Use nested-BH locking for napi_alloc_cache.") was merged, the following warning began to appear: WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1 at net/core/skbuff.c:1451 napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0 __warn+0x12f/0x340 napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0 napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0 report_bug+0x165/0x370 handle_bug+0x3d/0x80 exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x50 asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 __free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510 napi_skb_cache_put+0x82/0x4b0 __free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510 __free_old_xmit+0x1c8/0x510 __pfx___free_old_xmit+0x10/0x10 The issue arises because virtio is assuming it's running in NAPI context even when it's not, such as in the netpoll case. To resolve this, modify virtnet_poll_tx() to only set NAPI when budget is available. Same for virtnet_poll_cleantx(), which always assumed that it was in a NAPI context. Fixes: df133f3f9625 ("virtio_net: bulk free tx skbs") Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Heng Qi <hengqi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240712115325.54175-1-leitao@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> [Shivani: Modified to apply on v4.19.y-v5.10.y] Signed-off-by: Shivani Agarwal <shivani.agarwal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ static bool is_xdp_raw_buffer_queue(stru return false; } -static void virtnet_poll_cleantx(struct receive_queue *rq) +static void virtnet_poll_cleantx(struct receive_queue *rq, int budget) { struct virtnet_info *vi = rq->vq->vdev->priv; unsigned int index = vq2rxq(rq->vq); @@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ static void virtnet_poll_cleantx(struct return; if (__netif_tx_trylock(txq)) { - free_old_xmit_skbs(sq, true); + free_old_xmit_skbs(sq, !!budget); __netif_tx_unlock(txq); } @@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ static int virtnet_poll(struct napi_stru unsigned int received; unsigned int xdp_xmit = 0; - virtnet_poll_cleantx(rq); + virtnet_poll_cleantx(rq, budget); received = virtnet_receive(rq, budget, &xdp_xmit); @@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ static int virtnet_poll_tx(struct napi_s txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(vi->dev, index); __netif_tx_lock(txq, raw_smp_processor_id()); virtqueue_disable_cb(sq->vq); - free_old_xmit_skbs(sq, true); + free_old_xmit_skbs(sq, !!budget); opaque = virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare(sq->vq); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from leitao@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.19/virtio_net-fix-napi_skb_cache_put-warning.patch