> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <[email protected]> On Behalf
> Of Maciej Fijalkowski
> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2026 2:45 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; Karlsson, Magnus
> <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; Kitszel, Przemyslaw <[email protected]>;
> Keller, Jacob E <[email protected]>; Fijalkowski, Maciej
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v5 net 1/7] i40e: unregister netdev
> before clearing VSI on reinit failure
>
> i40e_vsi_reinit_setup() tears down the existing VSI queue/ring backing
> state before allocating replacement arrays and queue tracking. If one
> of these early allocations fails, the function jumps directly to
> err_vsi and calls i40e_vsi_clear().
>
> For a registered netdev, this frees the VSI while netdev_priv(netdev)-
> >vsi can still point at it, leaving the registered netdev with
> dangling private driver state.
>
> Split the error path so failures after destructive reinit teardown
> first unregister and free the netdev before clearing the VSI.
>
> Fixes: d2a69fefd756 ("i40e: Fix changing previously set
> num_queue_pairs for PFs")
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> index a04683004a56..471fa7f7b643 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
> @@ -14274,7 +14274,7 @@ static struct i40e_vsi
> *i40e_vsi_reinit_setup(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
> i40e_set_num_rings_in_vsi(vsi);
> ret = i40e_vsi_alloc_arrays(vsi, false);
> if (ret)
> - goto err_vsi;
> + goto err_netdev;
>
> alloc_queue_pairs = vsi->alloc_queue_pairs *
> (i40e_enabled_xdp_vsi(vsi) ? 2 : 1); @@ -
> 14284,7 +14284,7 @@ static struct i40e_vsi
> *i40e_vsi_reinit_setup(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
> dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev,
> "failed to get tracking for %d queues for VSI %d
> err %d\n",
> alloc_queue_pairs, vsi->seid, ret);
> - goto err_vsi;
> + goto err_netdev;
> }
> vsi->base_queue = ret;
>
> @@ -14309,6 +14309,7 @@ static struct i40e_vsi
> *i40e_vsi_reinit_setup(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
>
> err_rings:
> i40e_vsi_free_q_vectors(vsi);
> +err_netdev:
> if (vsi->netdev_registered) {
> vsi->netdev_registered = false;
> unregister_netdev(vsi->netdev);
> @@ -14318,7 +14319,6 @@ static struct i40e_vsi
> *i40e_vsi_reinit_setup(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
> if (vsi->type == I40E_VSI_MAIN)
> i40e_devlink_destroy_port(pf);
> i40e_aq_delete_element(&pf->hw, vsi->seid, NULL);
> -err_vsi:
> i40e_vsi_clear(vsi);
> return NULL;
> }
> --
> 2.43.0
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <[email protected]>
