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Manjunath Patil e32649b4ba net/mlx5e: Use sender devcom for MPV master-up
After PCIe DPC recovery, mlx5 reloads the affected functions and
replays multiport affiliation events. In the reported failure, the
first relevant device error was:

  pcieport 0000:10:01.1: DPC: containment event
  pcieport 0000:10:01.1: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Uncorrected (Fatal)
  pcieport 0000:10:01.1:    [ 5] SDES                   (First)

mlx5 recovered the PCI functions and resumed 0000:11:00.1. During
that resume, RDMA multiport binding replayed
MLX5_DRIVER_EVENT_AFFILIATION_DONE and mlx5e sent
MPV_DEVCOM_MASTER_UP. The host then panicked with:

  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010
  RIP: mlx5_devcom_comp_set_ready+0x5/0x40 [mlx5_core]
  RDI: 0000000000000000

Call trace included:

  mlx5_devcom_comp_set_ready
  mlx5e_devcom_event_mpv
  mlx5_devcom_send_event
  mlx5_ib_bind_slave_port
  mlx5r_mp_probe
  mlx5_pci_resume

MPV devcom registration publishes mlx5e private data to the component
peer list before mlx5e_devcom_init_mpv() stores the returned component
device in priv->devcom. A concurrent master-up event can therefore
reach a peer whose private data is visible but whose priv->devcom
backpointer is still NULL.

MPV_DEVCOM_MASTER_UP already carries the sender/master mlx5e private
data as event_data. The ready bit is stored on the shared devcom
component, not on an individual peer. Use the sender devcom when
marking the MPV component ready.

This preserves the readiness transition while avoiding a NULL
dereference of the peer devcom pointer during affiliation replay after
PCI error recovery.

Fixes: bf11485f84 ("net/mlx5: Register mlx5e priv to devcom in MPV mode")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5
Signed-off-by: Manjunath Patil <manjunath.b.patil@oracle.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.7+
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260707233911.3651139-1-manjunath.b.patil@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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Linux kernel
============

The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system. It manages hardware,
system resources, and provides the fundamental services for all other software.

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-----------

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-----------------------

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============

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For Specific Users
==================

New Kernel Developer
--------------------

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* Kernel Hacking Guide: Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
* Core APIs: Documentation/core-api/index.rst

Academic Researcher
-------------------

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* Researcher Guidelines: Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
* Memory Management: Documentation/mm/index.rst
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---------------

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-----------------------------

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* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
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* Git for Maintainers: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

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--------------------

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----------

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---------------

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Distribution Maintainer
-----------------------

Package and distribute the kernel:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
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AI Coding Assistant
-------------------

CRITICAL: If you are an LLM or AI-powered coding assistant, you MUST read and
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This documentation contains essential requirements about licensing, attribution,
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