The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 3d970eda003441f66551a91fda16478ac0711617 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to 'stable@vger.kernel.org' --in-reply-to '2026010559-clock-gore-94e2@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 3d970eda003441f66551a91fda16478ac0711617 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ankit Garg nktgrg@google.com Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:29:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] gve: defer interrupt enabling until NAPI registration

Currently, interrupts are automatically enabled immediately upon request. This allows interrupt to fire before the associated NAPI context is fully initialized and cause failures like below:

[ 0.946369] Call Trace: [ 0.946369] <IRQ> [ 0.946369] __napi_poll+0x2a/0x1e0 [ 0.946369] net_rx_action+0x2f9/0x3f0 [ 0.946369] handle_softirqs+0xd6/0x2c0 [ 0.946369] ? handle_edge_irq+0xc1/0x1b0 [ 0.946369] __irq_exit_rcu+0xc3/0xe0 [ 0.946369] common_interrupt+0x81/0xa0 [ 0.946369] </IRQ> [ 0.946369] <TASK> [ 0.946369] asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 [ 0.946369] RIP: 0010:pv_native_safe_halt+0xb/0x10

Use the `IRQF_NO_AUTOEN` flag when requesting interrupts to prevent auto enablement and explicitly enable the interrupt in NAPI initialization path (and disable it during NAPI teardown).

This ensures that interrupt lifecycle is strictly coupled with readiness of NAPI context.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 1dfc2e46117e ("gve: Refactor napi add and remove functions") Signed-off-by: Ankit Garg nktgrg@google.com Reviewed-by: Jordan Rhee jordanrhee@google.com Reviewed-by: Joshua Washington joshwash@google.com Signed-off-by: Harshitha Ramamurthy hramamurthy@google.com Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251219102945.2193617-1-hramamurthy@google.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni pabeni@redhat.com

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c index a7a088a77f37..7eb64e1e4d85 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static int gve_alloc_notify_blocks(struct gve_priv *priv) block->priv = priv; err = request_irq(priv->msix_vectors[msix_idx].vector, gve_is_gqi(priv) ? gve_intr : gve_intr_dqo, - 0, block->name, block); + IRQF_NO_AUTOEN, block->name, block); if (err) { dev_err(&priv->pdev->dev, "Failed to receive msix vector %d\n", i); diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_utils.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_utils.c index ace9b8698021..b53b7fcdcdaf 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_utils.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_utils.c @@ -112,11 +112,13 @@ void gve_add_napi(struct gve_priv *priv, int ntfy_idx,

netif_napi_add_locked(priv->dev, &block->napi, gve_poll); netif_napi_set_irq_locked(&block->napi, block->irq); + enable_irq(block->irq); }

void gve_remove_napi(struct gve_priv *priv, int ntfy_idx) { struct gve_notify_block *block = &priv->ntfy_blocks[ntfy_idx];

+ disable_irq(block->irq); netif_napi_del_locked(&block->napi); }