[PATCH net-next 3/5] net/mlx5e: resize non-default RSS indirection tables on channel change

From: Tariq Toukan

Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 13:58:02 EST


From: Yael Chemla <ychemla@xxxxxxxxxx>

When the channel count changes and the RQT size changes with it, a
problem arise for non-default RSS contexts. The driver-side indirection
table grows actual_table_size without filling the new entries; stale
entries from a prior larger configuration may be re-exposed, causing
mlx5e_calc_indir_rqns() to WARN on an out-of-range index.

Replace mlx5e_rss_params_indir_modify_actual_size() with
mlx5e_rss_ctx_resize(), which fills new entries by replicating
the existing pattern, matching what ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize() does
for the same case. And restrict the loop to non-default contexts.

Call ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_can_resize() before acquiring state_lock to
validate that all non-default contexts can be resized, and
ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize() after releasing it to fold or unfold their
indirection tables. Both functions acquire rss_lock internally and
cannot be called under state_lock. RTNL, held by all set_channels
callers, serialises context creation and deletion making the pre-lock
check safe.

Guard both ethtool calls on mlx5e_rx_res_rss_cnt() > 1: skip the
validation and resize when no non-default contexts exist. This
naturally covers representors and IPoIB, which share
mlx5e_ethtool_set_channels() but cannot have non-default RSS contexts.

Signed-off-by: Yael Chemla <ychemla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Nimrod Oren <noren@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rss.c | 16 +++++++--
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rss.h | 3 +-
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rx_res.c | 15 ++++++--
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++--
4 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rss.c
index a2ec67a122d9..992a78580a40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rss.c
@@ -85,9 +85,21 @@ bool mlx5e_rss_get_inner_ft_support(struct mlx5e_rss *rss)
return rss->params.inner_ft_support;
}

-void mlx5e_rss_params_indir_modify_actual_size(struct mlx5e_rss *rss, u32 num_channels)
+void mlx5e_rss_set_indir_actual_size(struct mlx5e_rss *rss, u32 size)
{
- rss->indir.actual_table_size = mlx5e_rqt_size(rss->mdev, num_channels);
+ rss->indir.actual_table_size = size;
+}
+
+/* Handles non-default contexts, replicate existing pattern into new entries,
+ * matching what ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize() does.
+ */
+void mlx5e_rss_ctx_resize(struct mlx5e_rss *rss, u32 new_size)
+{
+ u32 old_size = rss->indir.actual_table_size;
+ u32 i;
+
+ for (i = old_size; i < new_size; i++)
+ rss->indir.table[i] = rss->indir.table[i % old_size];
}

int mlx5e_rss_params_indir_init(struct mlx5e_rss_params_indir *indir,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rss.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rss.h
index 17664757a561..e48070e02979 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rss.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rss.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct mlx5e_rss;
int mlx5e_rss_params_indir_init(struct mlx5e_rss_params_indir *indir,
u32 actual_table_size, u32 max_table_size);
void mlx5e_rss_params_indir_cleanup(struct mlx5e_rss_params_indir *indir);
-void mlx5e_rss_params_indir_modify_actual_size(struct mlx5e_rss *rss, u32 num_channels);
+void mlx5e_rss_ctx_resize(struct mlx5e_rss *rss, u32 new_size);
struct mlx5e_rss *
mlx5e_rss_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
const struct mlx5e_rss_params *params,
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ void mlx5e_rss_refcnt_dec(struct mlx5e_rss *rss);
unsigned int mlx5e_rss_refcnt_read(struct mlx5e_rss *rss);

bool mlx5e_rss_get_inner_ft_support(struct mlx5e_rss *rss);
+void mlx5e_rss_set_indir_actual_size(struct mlx5e_rss *rss, u32 size);
u32 mlx5e_rss_get_tirn(struct mlx5e_rss *rss, enum mlx5_traffic_types tt,
bool inner);
bool mlx5e_rss_valid_tir(struct mlx5e_rss *rss, enum mlx5_traffic_types tt, bool inner);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rx_res.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rx_res.c
index 92974b11ec75..d81a91eb7664 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rx_res.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rx_res.c
@@ -42,11 +42,20 @@ static u32 *get_vhca_ids(struct mlx5e_rx_res *res, int offset)

void mlx5e_rx_res_rss_update_num_channels(struct mlx5e_rx_res *res, u32 nch)
{
+ u32 new_size = mlx5e_rqt_size(res->mdev, nch);
int i;

- for (i = 0; i < MLX5E_MAX_NUM_RSS; i++) {
- if (res->rss[i])
- mlx5e_rss_params_indir_modify_actual_size(res->rss[i], nch);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(res->rss_active);
+
+ /* Default context */
+ mlx5e_rss_set_indir_actual_size(res->rss[0], new_size);
+
+ /* Non-default contexts */
+ for (i = 1; i < MLX5E_MAX_NUM_RSS; i++) {
+ if (res->rss[i]) {
+ mlx5e_rss_ctx_resize(res->rss[i], new_size);
+ mlx5e_rss_set_indir_actual_size(res->rss[i], new_size);
+ }
}
}

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index c483008e33e9..4462cf29e977 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -499,11 +499,15 @@ int mlx5e_ethtool_set_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
{
struct mlx5e_params *cur_params = &priv->channels.params;
unsigned int count = ch->combined_count;
+ int new_rqt_size, cur_rqt_size;
struct mlx5e_params new_params;
bool arfs_enabled;
+ bool has_rss_ctxs;
bool opened;
int err = 0;

+ ASSERT_RTNL();
+
if (!count) {
netdev_info(priv->netdev, "%s: combined_count=0 not supported\n",
__func__);
@@ -513,16 +517,33 @@ int mlx5e_ethtool_set_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
if (cur_params->num_channels == count)
return 0;

+ new_rqt_size = mlx5e_rqt_size(priv->mdev, count);
+ /* Validate that all non-default RSS contexts can be resized before
+ * committing to the channel count change.
+ * ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_can_resize() acquires rss_lock internally and
+ * cannot be called under state_lock (rss_lock -> state_lock ordering).
+ */
+ has_rss_ctxs = priv->rx_res && mlx5e_rx_res_rss_cnt(priv->rx_res) > 1;
+ if (has_rss_ctxs) {
+ err = ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_can_resize(priv->netdev, new_rqt_size);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ }
+
mutex_lock(&priv->state_lock);

+ if (!priv->rx_res) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ cur_rqt_size = mlx5e_rqt_size(priv->mdev, cur_params->num_channels);
+
/* If RXFH is configured, changing the channels number is allowed only if
* it does not require resizing the RSS table. This is because the previous
* configuration may no longer be compatible with the new RSS table.
*/
if (netif_is_rxfh_configured(priv->netdev)) {
- int cur_rqt_size = mlx5e_rqt_size(priv->mdev, cur_params->num_channels);
- int new_rqt_size = mlx5e_rqt_size(priv->mdev, count);
-
if (new_rqt_size != cur_rqt_size) {
err = -EINVAL;
netdev_err(priv->netdev,
@@ -577,6 +598,14 @@ int mlx5e_ethtool_set_channels(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
out:
mutex_unlock(&priv->state_lock);

+ /* After a successful channel count change that altered the RQT size,
+ * fold or unfold the indirection tables of all non-default RSS
+ * contexts. Must run after state_lock is released because
+ * ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize() acquires rss_lock internally.
+ */
+ if (!err && cur_rqt_size != new_rqt_size && has_rss_ctxs)
+ ethtool_rxfh_ctxs_resize(priv->netdev, new_rqt_size);
+
return err;
}

--
2.44.0