[PATCH v2 0/6] fix process shared pthread mutexes
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Tue Apr 14 16:39:52 CEST 2026
Several drivers and the ethdev layer initialize pthread mutexes
in shared memory with default (process-private) attributes.
This is undefined behavior when secondary processes use them.
This series adds PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED to all affected mutexes.
All are on control paths (firmware mailbox, hotplug, flow ops,
PHY negotiation) where sleeping is acceptable.
See POSIX spec:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009696899/functions/pthread_mutexattr_getpshared.html
Bugzilla ID: 662
v2 - fix build on Windows which does not need this.
Stephen Hemminger (6):
ethdev: fix flow_ops_mutex for multi-process
net/failsafe: fix hotplug_mutex for multi-process
net/atlantic: fix mbox_mutex for multi-process
net/axgbe: fix mutexes for multi-process
net/bnxt: fix mutexes for multi-process
net/hinic: fix mutexes for multi-process
drivers/net/atlantic/atl_ethdev.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
drivers/net/axgbe/axgbe_ethdev.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c | 11 ++++++-----
drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_txq.c | 3 ++-
drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_util.c | 13 +++++++++++++
drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_util.h | 2 ++
drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/bnxt_ulp.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/bnxt_ulp_tf.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/bnxt/tf_ulp/bnxt_ulp_tfc.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
drivers/net/hinic/base/hinic_compat.h | 13 ++++++++++++-
lib/ethdev/ethdev_driver.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
12 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
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2.53.0
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