Re: [PATCH net V2] net/mlx5e: Move representor vnic reporter to eswitch devlink port

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 23:12:00 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Sun, 6 Sep 2026 12:07:00 +0300 you wrote:
> From: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The representor vnic devlink health reporter is created and destroyed
> along the representor netdev (un)load path, which is not serialized by
> the devlink instance lock. Destroying the reporter from there triggers
> a devl_assert_locked() splat on driver unbind:
> WARNING: net/devlink/core.c:259 at devl_assert_locked+0x54/0x70, CPU#2: bash/3758
> Modules linked in: mlx5_vdpa vringh vdpa mlx5_ib mlx5_fwctl mlx5_core ...
> CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 3758 Comm: bash Tainted: G W 6.19.0+ #1 PREEMPT
> Tainted: [W]=WARN
> Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), ...
> RIP: 0010:devl_assert_locked+0x54/0x70
> Call Trace:
> <TASK>
> devl_health_reporter_destroy+0x3a/0x1b0
> mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0x12d/0x2b0 [mlx5_core]
> mlx5_eswitch_unregister_vport_reps+0x1b8/0x220 [mlx5_core]
> ? __esw_offloads_unload_rep+0x190/0x190 [mlx5_core]
> ? kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xc3/0xf0
> device_release_driver_internal+0x3b2/0x560
> unbind_store+0xce/0xf0
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net,V2] net/mlx5e: Move representor vnic reporter to eswitch devlink port
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/7f26a5e8040b

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