[PATCH v2 04/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Publish link state after QP setup

From: Koichiro Den

Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 00:09:44 EST


ntb_transport_link_work() marks the transport link up before setting
up the QPs' MW and peer MSI state. A concurrent ntb_transport_link_up()
can then queue QP link work, which may enable RX and notify the client
before setup finishes.

Publish link_is_up with a release store after setting up all QPs,
and use acquire loads before queuing QP link work.

Fixes: fce8a7bb5b4b ("PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/anyKbq3mpLG4y7rb@SMW015318
Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- No changes.

drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
index c77b173dca01..75d4a2e021f4 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
@@ -922,6 +922,16 @@ static void ntb_qp_link_down_reset(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
qp->remote_rx_info->entry = qp->rx_max_entry - 1;
}

+static void ntb_transport_schedule_qp_link(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp,
+ unsigned long delay)
+{
+ struct ntb_transport_ctx *nt = qp->transport;
+
+ /* Pair with the link publication in ntb_transport_link_work(). */
+ if (smp_load_acquire(&nt->link_is_up))
+ schedule_delayed_work(&qp->link_work, delay);
+}
+
static void ntb_qp_link_cleanup(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
{
struct ntb_transport_ctx *nt = qp->transport;
@@ -941,13 +951,10 @@ static void ntb_qp_link_cleanup_work(struct work_struct *work)
struct ntb_transport_qp *qp = container_of(work,
struct ntb_transport_qp,
link_cleanup);
- struct ntb_transport_ctx *nt = qp->transport;

ntb_qp_link_cleanup(qp);
-
- if (nt->link_is_up)
- schedule_delayed_work(&qp->link_work,
- msecs_to_jiffies(NTB_LINK_DOWN_TIMEOUT));
+ ntb_transport_schedule_qp_link(qp,
+ msecs_to_jiffies(NTB_LINK_DOWN_TIMEOUT));
}

static void ntb_qp_link_down(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
@@ -1089,16 +1096,19 @@ static void ntb_transport_link_work(struct work_struct *work)
goto out1;
}

- nt->link_is_up = true;
-
for (i = 0; i < nt->qp_count; i++) {
- struct ntb_transport_qp *qp = &nt->qp_vec[i];
-
ntb_transport_setup_qp_mw(nt, i);
ntb_transport_setup_qp_peer_msi(nt, i);
+ }
+
+ /* Publish the link only after every QP has been set up. */
+ smp_store_release(&nt->link_is_up, true);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nt->qp_count; i++) {
+ struct ntb_transport_qp *qp = &nt->qp_vec[i];

if (qp->client_ready)
- schedule_delayed_work(&qp->link_work, 0);
+ ntb_transport_schedule_qp_link(qp, 0);
}

return;
@@ -1146,9 +1156,10 @@ static void ntb_qp_link_work(struct work_struct *work)

if (qp->active)
tasklet_schedule(&qp->rxc_db_work);
- } else if (nt->link_is_up)
- schedule_delayed_work(&qp->link_work,
- msecs_to_jiffies(NTB_LINK_DOWN_TIMEOUT));
+ } else {
+ ntb_transport_schedule_qp_link(qp,
+ msecs_to_jiffies(NTB_LINK_DOWN_TIMEOUT));
+ }
}

static int ntb_transport_init_queue(struct ntb_transport_ctx *nt,
@@ -2392,8 +2403,7 @@ void ntb_transport_link_up(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)

qp->client_ready = true;

- if (qp->transport->link_is_up)
- schedule_delayed_work(&qp->link_work, 0);
+ ntb_transport_schedule_qp_link(qp, 0);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ntb_transport_link_up);

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2.51.0