This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled [PATCH 093/135] net/mlx5e: Don't modify CQ before it was created to the 4.4-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: 0093-net-mlx5e-Don-t-modify-CQ-before-it-was-created.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From f27c400e1e9704f855009d6f23cf4827bdb09055 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gal Pressman <galp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 00:13:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 093/135] net/mlx5e: Don't modify CQ before it was created [ Upstream commit 2fcb92fbd04eef26dfe7e67839da6262d83d6b65 ] Calling mlx5e_set_coalesce while the interface is down will result in modifying CQs that don't exist. Fixes: f62b8bb8f2d3 ('net/mlx5: Extend mlx5_core to support ConnectX-4 Ethernet functionality') Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <galp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c @@ -422,11 +422,15 @@ static int mlx5e_set_coalesce(struct net if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, cq_moderation)) return -ENOTSUPP; + mutex_lock(&priv->state_lock); priv->params.tx_cq_moderation_usec = coal->tx_coalesce_usecs; priv->params.tx_cq_moderation_pkts = coal->tx_max_coalesced_frames; priv->params.rx_cq_moderation_usec = coal->rx_coalesce_usecs; priv->params.rx_cq_moderation_pkts = coal->rx_max_coalesced_frames; + if (!test_bit(MLX5E_STATE_OPENED, &priv->state)) + goto out; + for (i = 0; i < priv->params.num_channels; ++i) { c = priv->channel[i]; @@ -442,6 +446,8 @@ static int mlx5e_set_coalesce(struct net coal->rx_max_coalesced_frames); } +out: + mutex_unlock(&priv->state_lock); return 0; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from galp@xxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.4/0093-net-mlx5e-Don-t-modify-CQ-before-it-was-created.patch queue-4.4/0092-net-mlx5e-Don-t-try-to-modify-CQ-moderation-if-it-is.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html