Re: [PATCH v2 net] octeontx2-af: fix PF/CGX debugfs PCI bus lookup

From: Ratheesh Kannoth

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 23:09:17 EST


On 2026-09-10 at 08:23:09, netdev-bot+sashiko@xxxxxxxxxx (netdev-bot+sashiko@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential
> issue(s) to consider:
>
> Critical: 0 · High: 1 (1) · Medium: 0 (1) · Low: 1
>
> - [High] Incomplete fix: the identical PF->PCI-device lookup in the
> sibling CGX debugfs file is left broken.
Concern is about a different function, which needs a fix of "domain" field.
Will address in seperate patch.

> - [Low] The recorded commit message describes only the bus-number change
> ('It assumed PF0 always sits on PCI bus 1 and derived other PF bus…
>
> Pre-existing issues:
> - [High] get_cpt_pf_num() (rvu_cpt.c:387-407) derives the RVU PF number
> from the PCI bus number using the assumption this patch declares…
> - [Medium] The inverse bus->PF translation in rvu_sdp_init() still
> hardcodes base bus 1 and is consumed from inside the function this…
Will take these up in seperate seperate patches
>
> --
>
> octeontx2-af: fix PF/CGX debugfs PCI bus lookup
>
> This changes rvu_dbg_rvu_pf_cgx_map_display() so that the PF-to-CGX map
> debugfs file derives the PCI domain and the base bus number from the AF
> device (rvu->pdev->bus) instead of assuming domain 2 and bus 1. Each PF
> lookup now uses pf + start.
>
> A few questions below.
>
> > Use rvu->pdev->bus->number as the base bus instead, so each PF lookup
> > uses pf + start on systems where RVU functions are on contiguous buses
> > but do not start at bus 1.
>
> [Severity: Low]
> The changelog only describes the bus-number change, but the diff also
> replaces domain = 2 with pci_domain_nr(rvu->pdev->bus), which is a second
> independent behaviour change for systems whose RVU devices are not in PCI
> domain 2.
>
> The only mention of it is the "v1 -> v2: Added fixes tag, and fixed domain
> number" note below the --- separator, which is dropped when the patch is
> applied.
>
> Since this carries a Fixes: tag, could the commit body also state the
> domain change so backporters can see the full scope?
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
> > index 22ee996768796..904374baae6f3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
> > @@ -829,19 +829,25 @@ static int rvu_dbg_rvu_pf_cgx_map_display(struct seq_file *filp, void *unused)
> > int pf, domain, blkid;
> > u8 cgx_id, lmac_id;
> > u16 pcifunc;
> > + u8 start;
> >
> > - domain = 2;
> > + domain = pci_domain_nr(rvu->pdev->bus);
> > mac_ops = get_mac_ops(rvu_first_cgx_pdata(rvu));
> > /* There can be no CGX devices at all */
> > if (!mac_ops)
> > return 0;
> > seq_printf(filp, "PCI dev\t\tRVU PF Func\tNIX block\t%s\tLMAC\tCHAN\n",
> > mac_ops->name);
> > +
> > + /* All the PF devices are on contiguous PCI bus numbers, but the PF0(AF)
> > + * may not start from 1 always. Hence get domain and bus from PCI device.
> > + */
> > + start = rvu->pdev->bus->number;
> > for (pf = 0; pf < rvu->hw->total_pfs; pf++) {
> > if (!is_pf_cgxmapped(rvu, pf))
> > continue;
> >
> > - pdev = pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot(domain, pf + 1, 0);
> > + pdev = pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot(domain, pf + start, 0);
> > if (!pdev)
> > continue;
>
> [Severity: High]
> The subject says "PF/CGX debugfs PCI bus lookup", but the sibling CGX
> debugfs lookup in the same file is left with the old assumptions.
> cgx_print_dmac_flt() still has:
>
> pf = cgxlmac_to_pf(rvu, cgx_get_cgxid(cgxd), lmac_id);
> domain = 2;
>
> pdev = pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot(domain, pf + 1, 0);
> if (!pdev)
> return 0;
>
> and it is reachable through a registered file:
>
> static int rvu_dbg_cgx_dmac_flt_display(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
> {
> return cgx_print_dmac_flt(s, rvu_dbg_derive_lmacid(s));
> }
>
> On the very systems this patch targets (AF not on bus 1, or not in domain
> 2), does reading the CGX dmac_filter file just produce empty output because
> of the "if (!pdev) return 0;" early exit, with no header and no error?
>
> And if the domain does happen to be 2 while the base bus differs, can the
> lookup resolve an unrelated PCI device at that bus/slot and print its
> dev_name() as the RVU PF?
>
> After this change the driver holds two contradictory rules for the same
> PF-to-BDF mapping. Would it make sense to convert cgx_print_dmac_flt() in
> the same patch?
>
> [Severity: High]
> This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but get_cpt_pf_num() in
> rvu_cpt.c has the same wrong bus base in a non-debugfs path. It reads the
> domain dynamically yet still probes bus i + 1:
>
> domain_nr = pci_domain_nr(rvu->pdev->bus);
> for (i = 0; i < rvu->hw->total_pfs; i++) {
> pdev = pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot(domain_nr, i + 1, 0);
> ...
> cpt_pf_num = i;
>
> With the AF at bus start != 1, either no CPT device is found and
> rvu->cpt_pf_num stays -1, or the device found at bus i + 1 is really RVU PF
> (i + 1 - start), so cpt_pf_num is shifted by (start - 1).
>
> Can that shift then deny the genuine CPT PF/VF, given is_cpt_pf() /
> is_cpt_vf() compare rvu_get_pf(pcifunc) against cpt_pf_num and gate
> CPT_RD_WR_REGISTER, CPT_STATS and CPT_RXC_TIME_CFG with
> CPT_AF_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED?
>
> if (rvu_get_pf(rvu->pdev, pcifunc) != cpt_pf_num)
> return false;
>
> And with cpt_pf_num == -1, does cpt_inline_inb_lf_cmd_send() index the mbox
> array out of bounds?
>
> req = (struct cpt_inst_lmtst_req *)
> otx2_mbox_alloc_msg_rsp(&rvu->afpf_wq_info.mbox_up,
> cpt_pf_num, sizeof(*req),
> sizeof(struct msg_rsp));
>
> otx2_mbox_alloc_msg_rsp() in mbox.c does not validate devid:
>
> struct otx2_mbox_dev *mdev = &mbox->dev[devid];
> ...
> spin_lock(&mdev->mbox_lock);
>
> This path is reached without any is_cpt_pf() gating on non-otx2 silicon:
>
> rvu_nix_lf_teardown() -> rvu_cpt_ctx_flush() ->
> cpt_inline_inb_lf_cmd_send()
>
> Should get_cpt_pf_num() also start its scan at rvu->pdev->bus->number, or
> at least should cpt_pf_num be validated before it is used as an mbox device
> index?
>
> [Severity: Medium]
> This is a pre-existing issue, but the inverse bus-to-PF translation in
> rvu_sdp_init() still encodes the base bus 1 that this patch declares
> invalid:
>
> /* The RVU PF number is one less than bus number */
> sdp_pf_num[i] = pdev->bus->number - 1;
> pfvf = &rvu->pf[sdp_pf_num[i]];
>
> Under this patch's premise, shouldn't the inverse be
> pdev->bus->number - rvu->pdev->bus->number?
>
> With a base bus start != 1, sdp_pf_num[] is offset by (start - 1), so
> is_sdp_pfvf() compares rvu_get_pf(pcifunc) against a wrong PF number. Can
> that make a non-SDP PF pick up SDP channel/ring parameters through
> pfvf->sdp_info while the real SDP PF is treated as an ordinary PF?
>
> This is also visible from the loop being changed here, since
> is_pf_cgxmapped() consults is_sdp_pf():
>
> return (pf >= PF_CGXMAP_BASE && pf <= rvu->cgx_mapped_pfs) &&
> !is_sdp_pf(rvu, rvu_make_pcifunc(rvu->pdev, pf, 0));
>
> Separately, the index is unchecked while rvu->pf is allocated with only
> hw->total_pfs entries in rvu_setup_hw_resources():
>
> rvu->pf = devm_kcalloc(rvu->dev, hw->total_pfs,
> sizeof(struct rvu_pfvf), GFP_KERNEL);
>
> If pdev->bus->number - 1 >= hw->total_pfs, does &rvu->pf[sdp_pf_num[i]] and
> the following pfvf->sdp_info assignment write past the array? I could not
> confirm from the tree that a shipping board combines a non-1 base bus with
> an SDP PF, so this part is unproven.
>
> Since the patch makes the two halves of the bus/PF convention openly
> contradictory, would it be reasonable to fix them together?
>
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