[PATCH net v2 0/4] net: devmem: fix RX and TX binding teardown on device unregistration

From: Mina Almasry

Date: Mon Oct 12 2026 - 13:46:39 EST


Fix two device-unregistration lifecycle bugs in devmem TCP bindings and
add netdevsim support plus selftests covering both RX and TX device
unregistration:

1. net: devmem: unmap dma_buf synchronously on queue uninstall
Synchronously unmap and detach binding->attachment under binding->lock
when the last RX queue is uninstalled in mp_dmabuf_devmem_uninstall(),
and unmap RX bindings that were already unbound on NETDEV_UNREGISTER,
preventing slab-use-after-free in dma_unmap_sg_attrs() when the binding
is freed after dma_dev.

2. net: devmem: detach TX bindings on NETDEV_UNREGISTER
Extend net_devmem_dev_unregister() to fully detach and unmap TX
bindings when binding->dev unregisters, or clear binding->vdev alone
when only a virtual device unregisters while binding->dev lives.

3. netdevsim: support devmem RX and TX bindings
Enable PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP | PP_FLAG_ALLOW_UNREADABLE_NETMEM, 64-bit DMA mask
on nsim_bus_dev, and NETMEM_TX_DMA on netdevsim so devmem RX/TX bindings
can be exercised in software selftests.

4. selftests: net: add devmem RX and TX netdev unregister tests
Add devmem_bind_rx_unregister_check and devmem_bind_tx_unregister_check
to tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py.

Cc: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kaifeng Wang <kaifengw@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
v2:
- 1/4: Don't unmap when a leased queue is unleased. Keep bindings in
net_devmem_dmabuf_bindings until freed, hidden from TX lookups by an
xarray mark, and unmap unbound RX bindings on NETDEV_UNREGISTER. Update
the binding->lock and binding->ref comments. (Sashiko)
- 2/4: Detach TX bindings from the same net_devmem_lock-protected walk,
which now also covers unbound TX bindings, and clear the LIVE mark
instead of erasing the ID. The walk no longer uses RCU or takes
binding references (Stanislav).
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261010025532.839559-1-almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx/

Mina Almasry (4):
net: devmem: unmap dma_buf synchronously on queue uninstall
net: devmem: detach TX bindings on NETDEV_UNREGISTER
netdevsim: support devmem RX and TX bindings
selftests: net: add devmem RX and TX netdev unregister tests

drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c | 1 +
drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c | 21 ++--
net/core/devmem.c | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++---
net/core/devmem.h | 10 +-
net/core/netdev-genl.c | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py | 108 +++++++++++++++++++-
6 files changed, 236 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)


base-commit: 4f6ac74fa594a918d41255c941256e1d51592d3b
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2.56.0.385.gd3acb90ef8-goog