RE: [PATCH iwl-net 02/10] ice: fix IRQ freeing in ice_vsi_req_irq_msix() error path
From: Loktionov, Aleksandr
Date: Mon Oct 05 2026 - 06:25:59 EST
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> Subject: [PATCH iwl-net 02/10] ice: fix IRQ freeing in
> ice_vsi_req_irq_msix() error path
>
> The vectors are requested with the q_vector as dev_id, but the error
> path frees them with &vsi->q_vectors[vector], which is the address of
> the array slot. devm_free_irq() finds no matching devres entry, warns
> and leaves the IRQ requested. The unwind also tries to free vectors
> that the request loop skipped because they have no rings.
>
> Forcing request_irq to fail on the fourth vector during ndo_open
> gives:
>
> ice 0000:04:00.2 enp4s0f2np2: MSIX request_irq failed, error: -16
> WARNING: kernel/irq/devres.c:191 at devm_free_irq+0x30/0x40
> WARNING: kernel/irq/devres.c:191 at devm_free_irq+0x30/0x40
> WARNING: kernel/irq/devres.c:191 at devm_free_irq+0x30/0x40
>
> and the three IRQs stay registered in /proc/interrupts while the
> interface is down.
>
> Pass the q_vector as dev_id and skip the vectors without rings, which
> the request loop never requested.
>
> i40e fixed the same mistake in commit 915470e1b44e ("i40e: fix IRQ
> freeing in i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix error path").
>
> Fixes: cdedef59deb0 ("ice: Configure VSIs for Tx/Rx")
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Petr Oros <poros@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> index f2121e79fca993..d246cde36ae726 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> @@ -2582,8 +2582,12 @@ static int ice_vsi_req_irq_msix(struct ice_vsi
> *vsi, char *basename)
>
> free_q_irqs:
> while (vector--) {
> - irq_num = vsi->q_vectors[vector]->irq.virq;
> - devm_free_irq(dev, irq_num, &vsi->q_vectors[vector]);
> + struct ice_q_vector *q_vector = vsi->q_vectors[vector];
> +
> + if (!q_vector->tx.tx_ring && !q_vector->rx.rx_ring)
> + continue;
> +
> + devm_free_irq(dev, q_vector->irq.virq, q_vector);
> }
> return err;
> }
> --
> 2.55.0
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>