[PATCH net-next] net: sched: revert tx_queue_len on partial qdisc resize failure

From: Adriano Cordova

Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 10:30:05 EST


Pass the old length to dev_qdisc_change_tx_queue_len() and, when a queue
fails to resize, use it to restore the queues already handled.

Fixes: 48bfd55e7e41 ("net_sched: plug in qdisc ops change_tx_queue_len")
Signed-off-by: Adriano Cordova <adrianox@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/sch_generic.h | 2 +-
net/core/dev.c | 2 +-
net/sched/sch_generic.c | 15 +++++++++------
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index f35bd06a6bad..0ce97b4b2da1 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ void qdisc_class_hash_remove(struct Qdisc_class_hash *,
void qdisc_class_hash_grow(struct Qdisc *, struct Qdisc_class_hash *);
void qdisc_class_hash_destroy(struct Qdisc_class_hash *);

-int dev_qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *dev);
+int dev_qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int old_len);
void dev_qdisc_change_real_num_tx(struct net_device *dev,
unsigned int new_real_tx);
void dev_init_scheduler(struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index f660fccfc0db..57e1fa320d53 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10002,7 +10002,7 @@ int netif_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long new_len)
res = notifier_to_errno(res);
if (res)
goto err_rollback;
- res = dev_qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(dev);
+ res = dev_qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(dev, orig_len);
if (res)
goto err_rollback;
}
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 6f6a6f0d5eb0..8fd0fce23cc4 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -1422,13 +1422,14 @@ void dev_deactivate(struct net_device *dev, bool reset_needed)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_deactivate);

static int qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *dev,
- struct netdev_queue *dev_queue)
+ struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
+ unsigned int len)
{
struct Qdisc *qdisc = rtnl_dereference(dev_queue->qdisc_sleeping);
const struct Qdisc_ops *ops = qdisc->ops;

if (ops->change_tx_queue_len)
- return ops->change_tx_queue_len(qdisc, dev->tx_queue_len);
+ return ops->change_tx_queue_len(qdisc, len);
return 0;
}

@@ -1465,7 +1466,7 @@ void mq_change_real_num_tx(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned int new_real_tx)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mq_change_real_num_tx);

-int dev_qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *dev)
+int dev_qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int old_len)
{
bool up = dev->flags & IFF_UP;
unsigned int i;
@@ -1475,13 +1476,15 @@ int dev_qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *dev)
dev_deactivate(dev, false);

for (i = 0; i < dev->num_tx_queues; i++) {
- ret = qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(dev, &dev->_tx[i]);
-
- /* TODO: revert changes on a partial failure */
+ ret = qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(dev, &dev->_tx[i],
+ dev->tx_queue_len);
if (ret)
break;
}

+ while (ret && i--)
+ qdisc_change_tx_queue_len(dev, &dev->_tx[i], old_len);
+
if (up)
dev_activate(dev);
return ret;
--
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