[PATCH] RDMA/bnxt_re: check create_singlethread_workqueue() in DCB setup

From: Linkai Gong

Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 05:12:20 EST


bnxt_re_init_dcb_wq() ignores a failed allocation. The async DCB
handler later calls queue_work() on the NULL pointer.

Fixes: 51dc5312dcd9 ("RDMA/bnxt_re: Add support to handle DCB_CONFIG_CHANGE event")
Signed-off-by: Linkai Gong <gonglinkai@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
index d25fdc458120..c2fa83eb0da5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
@@ -356,9 +356,13 @@ static int bnxt_re_update_qp1_tos_dscp(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
return bnxt_qplib_modify_qp(&rdev->qplib_res, &qp->qplib_qp);
}

-static void bnxt_re_init_dcb_wq(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
+static int bnxt_re_init_dcb_wq(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
{
rdev->dcb_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("bnxt_re_dcb_wq");
+ if (!rdev->dcb_wq)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ return 0;
}

static void bnxt_re_uninit_dcb_wq(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
@@ -2343,7 +2347,9 @@ static int bnxt_re_dev_init(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev, u8 op_type)

bnxt_re_debugfs_add_pdev(rdev);

- bnxt_re_init_dcb_wq(rdev);
+ rc = bnxt_re_init_dcb_wq(rdev);
+ if (rc)
+ goto fail;
bnxt_re_net_register_async_event(rdev);

if (!rdev->is_virtfn)
--
2.25.1