[PATCH] net: stmmac: close reset IRQ window and avoid double free

From: yangg9

Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 02:23:59 EST


From: yangg9 <yangg9@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

During reset, stmmac_reset_subtask() used to set STMMAC_DOWN before IRQs
were freed in __stmmac_release(). That leaves a window where interrupts can
still fire after the device is marked down, which may lead to interrupt
storms while the interface is transitioning.

Move stmmac_free_irq() earlier in the reset flow, before setting
STMMAC_DOWN, so the reset path no longer has that interrupt window.

Since IRQs are now released in stmmac_reset_subtask(), guard IRQ release in
__stmmac_release() with STMMAC_DOWN to avoid a second free_irq() during the
same reset sequence.

This removes the interrupt-storm window in reset and prevents double IRQ
release.

Signed-off-by: yangg9 <yangg9@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 124d7a00f9f0..99b661379d9c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -4212,8 +4212,9 @@ static void __stmmac_release(struct net_device *dev)

netif_tx_disable(dev);

- /* Free the IRQ lines */
- stmmac_free_irq(dev, REQ_IRQ_ERR_ALL, 0);
+ /* In reset flow IRQs can be freed before dev_close(). */
+ if (!test_bit(STMMAC_DOWN, &priv->state))
+ stmmac_free_irq(dev, REQ_IRQ_ERR_ALL, 0);

/* Stop TX/RX DMA and clear the descriptors */
stmmac_stop_all_dma(priv);
@@ -7331,6 +7332,8 @@ static void stmmac_reset_subtask(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
while (test_and_set_bit(STMMAC_RESETING, &priv->state))
usleep_range(1000, 2000);

+ stmmac_free_irq(priv->dev, REQ_IRQ_ERR_ALL, 0);
+
set_bit(STMMAC_DOWN, &priv->state);
dev_close(priv->dev);
dev_open(priv->dev, NULL);
--
2.43.0