[PATCH] net: mscc: ocelot: add missing lock protection in ocelot_port_xmit()

From: Ziyi Guo

Date: Thu Jan 29 2026 - 21:13:16 EST


ocelot_port_xmit() calls ocelot_can_inject() and ocelot_port_inject_frame()
without holding ocelot->inj_lock. However, both functions have
lockdep_assert_held(&ocelot->inj_lock) indicating that callers must hold
this lock.

The correct caller felix_port_deferred_xmit() properly acquires the lock
using ocelot_lock_inj_grp() before calling these functions.

Add ocelot_lock_inj_grp()/ocelot_unlock_inj_grp() around the injection
code path in ocelot_port_xmit() to fix the missing lock protection.

Signed-off-by: Ziyi Guo <n7l8m4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_net.c | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_net.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_net.c
index 469784d3a1a6..da8579abea1e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_net.c
@@ -559,15 +559,22 @@ static netdev_tx_t ocelot_port_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
int port = priv->port.index;
u32 rew_op = 0;

- if (!static_branch_unlikely(&ocelot_fdma_enabled) &&
- !ocelot_can_inject(ocelot, 0))
- return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+ if (!static_branch_unlikely(&ocelot_fdma_enabled)) {
+ ocelot_lock_inj_grp(ocelot, 0);
+
+ if (!ocelot_can_inject(ocelot, 0)) {
+ ocelot_unlock_inj_grp(ocelot, 0);
+ return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+ }
+ }

/* Check if timestamping is needed */
if (ocelot->ptp && (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP)) {
struct sk_buff *clone = NULL;

if (ocelot_port_txtstamp_request(ocelot, port, skb, &clone)) {
+ if (!static_branch_unlikely(&ocelot_fdma_enabled))
+ ocelot_unlock_inj_grp(ocelot, 0);
kfree_skb(skb);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
@@ -582,6 +589,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ocelot_port_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
ocelot_fdma_inject_frame(ocelot, port, rew_op, skb, dev);
} else {
ocelot_port_inject_frame(ocelot, port, 0, rew_op, skb);
+ ocelot_unlock_inj_grp(ocelot, 0);

consume_skb(skb);
}
--
2.34.1