Re: [PATCH net] bonding: fix slave_cnt leak on XDP error paths

[Nikolay Aleksandrov]

On 02/09/2026 08:21, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> From: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When bond_enslave() succeeds up to the XDP setup stage, slave_cnt is
> already incremented. If XDP setup subsequently fails, the error paths
> jump directly to err_sysfs_del, bypassing the slave_cnt decrement.
>
> This causes slave_cnt to drift upward on each failed enslaving attempt,
> which would lead to unbalanced traffic distribution with round-robin and
> balance-xor mode.

I don't think it affects balance-xor, it's using usable_slaves->count which is
incremented only for actual usable slaves

> Fixes: 9e2ee5c7e7c3 ("net, bonding: Add XDP support to the bonding driver")
> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 9 ++++++---
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> index 947d92a669b6..0305a017e327 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> @@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
>   			SLAVE_NL_ERR(bond_dev, slave_dev, extack,
>   				     "Slave does not support XDP");
>   			res = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> -			goto err_sysfs_del;
> +			goto err_slave_cnt;
>   		}
>   	} else if (bond->xdp_prog) {
>   		struct netdev_bpf xdp = {
> @@ -2319,14 +2319,14 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
>   			SLAVE_NL_ERR(bond_dev, slave_dev, extack,
>   				     "Slave has XDP program loaded, please unload before enslaving");
>   			res = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> -			goto err_sysfs_del;
> +			goto err_slave_cnt;
>   		}
>   
>   		res = dev_xdp_propagate(slave_dev, &xdp);
>   		if (res < 0) {
>   			/* ndo_bpf() sets extack error message */
>   			slave_dbg(bond_dev, slave_dev, "Error %d calling ndo_bpf\n", res);
> -			goto err_sysfs_del;
> +			goto err_slave_cnt;
>   		}
>   		if (bond->xdp_prog)
>   			bpf_prog_inc(bond->xdp_prog);
> @@ -2348,6 +2348,9 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
>   	return 0;
>   
>   /* Undo stages on error */
> +err_slave_cnt:
> +	WRITE_ONCE(bond->slave_cnt, bond->slave_cnt - 1);
> +
>   err_sysfs_del:
>   	bond_sysfs_slave_del(new_slave);
>   
>
> ---
> base-commit: 70f3995830d3f1e79faa14eb0605914f778feca9
> change-id: 20260807-bond_slave_cnt-88e78c5f0ab9
>
> Best regards,

I think we can just move the slave count inc after XDP setup when we can't fail anymore?
I don't see anything using it before the slave array update.

Cheers,
 Nik