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[v4,for-rc] RDMA/rxe: Fix panic when calling kmem_cache_create()

Message ID 20200825151725.254046-1-kamalheib1@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Jason Gunthorpe
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Series [v4,for-rc] RDMA/rxe: Fix panic when calling kmem_cache_create() | expand

Commit Message

Kamal Heib Aug. 25, 2020, 3:17 p.m. UTC
To avoid the following kernel panic when calling kmem_cache_create()
with a NULL pointer from pool_cache(), Block the rxe_param_set_add()
from running if the rdma_rxe module is not initialized.

 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000b
 PGD 0 P4D 0
 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
 CPU: 4 PID: 8512 Comm: modprobe Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0-231.el8.x86_64 #1
 Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10/ProLiant DL385 Gen10, BIOS A40 10/02/2018
 RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_alloc+0xd1/0x1b0
 Code: 8b 57 18 45 8b 77 1c 48 8b 5c 24 30 0f 1f 44 00 00 5b 48 89 e8 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 81 e3 00 00 10 00 75 0e 4d 89 fe <41> f6 47 0b 04 0f 84 6c ff ff ff 4c 89 ff e8 cc da 01 00 49 89 c6
 RSP: 0018:ffffa2b8c773f9d0 EFLAGS: 00010246
 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000005
 RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 00000000006080c0 RDI: 0000000000000000
 RBP: ffff8ea0a8634fd0 R08: ffffa2b8c773f988 R09: 00000000006000c0
 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000230 R12: 00000000006080c0
 R13: ffffffffc0a97fc8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
 FS:  00007f9138ed9740(0000) GS:ffff8ea4ae800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: 000000000000000b CR3: 000000046d59a000 CR4: 00000000003406e0
 Call Trace:
  rxe_alloc+0xc8/0x160 [rdma_rxe]
  rxe_get_dma_mr+0x25/0xb0 [rdma_rxe]
  __ib_alloc_pd+0xcb/0x160 [ib_core]
  ib_mad_init_device+0x296/0x8b0 [ib_core]
  add_client_context+0x11a/0x160 [ib_core]
  enable_device_and_get+0xdc/0x1d0 [ib_core]
  ib_register_device+0x572/0x6b0 [ib_core]
  ? crypto_create_tfm+0x32/0xe0
  ? crypto_create_tfm+0x7a/0xe0
  ? crypto_alloc_tfm+0x58/0xf0
  rxe_register_device+0x19d/0x1c0 [rdma_rxe]
  rxe_net_add+0x3d/0x70 [rdma_rxe]
  ? dev_get_by_name_rcu+0x73/0x90
  rxe_param_set_add+0xaf/0xc0 [rdma_rxe]
  parse_args+0x179/0x370
  ? ref_module+0x1b0/0x1b0
  load_module+0x135e/0x17e0
  ? ref_module+0x1b0/0x1b0
  ? __do_sys_init_module+0x13b/0x180
  __do_sys_init_module+0x13b/0x180
  do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca
 RIP: 0033:0x7f9137ed296e

Fixes: 8700e3e7c485 ("Soft RoCE driver")
Signed-off-by: Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c       | 4 ++++
 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h       | 2 ++
 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_sysfs.c | 5 +++++
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

Comments

Jason Gunthorpe Aug. 27, 2020, 12:18 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 06:17:25PM +0300, Kamal Heib wrote:
> To avoid the following kernel panic when calling kmem_cache_create()
> with a NULL pointer from pool_cache(), Block the rxe_param_set_add()
> from running if the rdma_rxe module is not initialized.
> 
>  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000b
>  PGD 0 P4D 0
>  Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
>  CPU: 4 PID: 8512 Comm: modprobe Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0-231.el8.x86_64 #1
>  Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10/ProLiant DL385 Gen10, BIOS A40 10/02/2018
>  RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_alloc+0xd1/0x1b0
>  Code: 8b 57 18 45 8b 77 1c 48 8b 5c 24 30 0f 1f 44 00 00 5b 48 89 e8 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 81 e3 00 00 10 00 75 0e 4d 89 fe <41> f6 47 0b 04 0f 84 6c ff ff ff 4c 89 ff e8 cc da 01 00 49 89 c6
>  RSP: 0018:ffffa2b8c773f9d0 EFLAGS: 00010246
>  RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000005
>  RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 00000000006080c0 RDI: 0000000000000000
>  RBP: ffff8ea0a8634fd0 R08: ffffa2b8c773f988 R09: 00000000006000c0
>  R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000230 R12: 00000000006080c0
>  R13: ffffffffc0a97fc8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
>  FS:  00007f9138ed9740(0000) GS:ffff8ea4ae800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
>  CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
>  CR2: 000000000000000b CR3: 000000046d59a000 CR4: 00000000003406e0
>  Call Trace:
>   rxe_alloc+0xc8/0x160 [rdma_rxe]
>   rxe_get_dma_mr+0x25/0xb0 [rdma_rxe]
>   __ib_alloc_pd+0xcb/0x160 [ib_core]
>   ib_mad_init_device+0x296/0x8b0 [ib_core]
>   add_client_context+0x11a/0x160 [ib_core]
>   enable_device_and_get+0xdc/0x1d0 [ib_core]
>   ib_register_device+0x572/0x6b0 [ib_core]
>   ? crypto_create_tfm+0x32/0xe0
>   ? crypto_create_tfm+0x7a/0xe0
>   ? crypto_alloc_tfm+0x58/0xf0
>   rxe_register_device+0x19d/0x1c0 [rdma_rxe]
>   rxe_net_add+0x3d/0x70 [rdma_rxe]
>   ? dev_get_by_name_rcu+0x73/0x90
>   rxe_param_set_add+0xaf/0xc0 [rdma_rxe]
>   parse_args+0x179/0x370
>   ? ref_module+0x1b0/0x1b0
>   load_module+0x135e/0x17e0
>   ? ref_module+0x1b0/0x1b0
>   ? __do_sys_init_module+0x13b/0x180
>   __do_sys_init_module+0x13b/0x180
>   do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
>   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca
>  RIP: 0033:0x7f9137ed296e
> 
> Fixes: 8700e3e7c485 ("Soft RoCE driver")
> Signed-off-by: Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c       | 4 ++++
>  drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h       | 2 ++
>  drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_sysfs.c | 5 +++++
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

Can you send a PR to rdma-core to delete rxe_cfg as well? In
preperation to remove the module parameters

Applied to for-rc

Thanks,
Jason
Kamal Heib Aug. 27, 2020, 2:29 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 09:18:22AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 06:17:25PM +0300, Kamal Heib wrote:
> > To avoid the following kernel panic when calling kmem_cache_create()
> > with a NULL pointer from pool_cache(), Block the rxe_param_set_add()
> > from running if the rdma_rxe module is not initialized.
> > 
> >  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000b
> >  PGD 0 P4D 0
> >  Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
> >  CPU: 4 PID: 8512 Comm: modprobe Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0-231.el8.x86_64 #1
> >  Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10/ProLiant DL385 Gen10, BIOS A40 10/02/2018
> >  RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_alloc+0xd1/0x1b0
> >  Code: 8b 57 18 45 8b 77 1c 48 8b 5c 24 30 0f 1f 44 00 00 5b 48 89 e8 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 81 e3 00 00 10 00 75 0e 4d 89 fe <41> f6 47 0b 04 0f 84 6c ff ff ff 4c 89 ff e8 cc da 01 00 49 89 c6
> >  RSP: 0018:ffffa2b8c773f9d0 EFLAGS: 00010246
> >  RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000005
> >  RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 00000000006080c0 RDI: 0000000000000000
> >  RBP: ffff8ea0a8634fd0 R08: ffffa2b8c773f988 R09: 00000000006000c0
> >  R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000230 R12: 00000000006080c0
> >  R13: ffffffffc0a97fc8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
> >  FS:  00007f9138ed9740(0000) GS:ffff8ea4ae800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> >  CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> >  CR2: 000000000000000b CR3: 000000046d59a000 CR4: 00000000003406e0
> >  Call Trace:
> >   rxe_alloc+0xc8/0x160 [rdma_rxe]
> >   rxe_get_dma_mr+0x25/0xb0 [rdma_rxe]
> >   __ib_alloc_pd+0xcb/0x160 [ib_core]
> >   ib_mad_init_device+0x296/0x8b0 [ib_core]
> >   add_client_context+0x11a/0x160 [ib_core]
> >   enable_device_and_get+0xdc/0x1d0 [ib_core]
> >   ib_register_device+0x572/0x6b0 [ib_core]
> >   ? crypto_create_tfm+0x32/0xe0
> >   ? crypto_create_tfm+0x7a/0xe0
> >   ? crypto_alloc_tfm+0x58/0xf0
> >   rxe_register_device+0x19d/0x1c0 [rdma_rxe]
> >   rxe_net_add+0x3d/0x70 [rdma_rxe]
> >   ? dev_get_by_name_rcu+0x73/0x90
> >   rxe_param_set_add+0xaf/0xc0 [rdma_rxe]
> >   parse_args+0x179/0x370
> >   ? ref_module+0x1b0/0x1b0
> >   load_module+0x135e/0x17e0
> >   ? ref_module+0x1b0/0x1b0
> >   ? __do_sys_init_module+0x13b/0x180
> >   __do_sys_init_module+0x13b/0x180
> >   do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
> >   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca
> >  RIP: 0033:0x7f9137ed296e
> > 
> > Fixes: 8700e3e7c485 ("Soft RoCE driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c       | 4 ++++
> >  drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h       | 2 ++
> >  drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_sysfs.c | 5 +++++
> >  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> Can you send a PR to rdma-core to delete rxe_cfg as well? In
> preperation to remove the module parameters
>

Someone already did that :-)

commit 0d2ff0e1502ebc63346bc9ffd37deb3c4fd0dbc9
Author: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Date:   Tue Jan 28 15:53:07 2020 -0400

    rxe: Remove rxe_cfg

    This is obsoleted by iproute2's 'rdma link add' command.

    Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>

Thanks,
Kamal

> Applied to for-rc
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason
Zhu Yanjun Aug. 27, 2020, 2:39 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 10:31 PM Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 09:18:22AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 06:17:25PM +0300, Kamal Heib wrote:
> > > To avoid the following kernel panic when calling kmem_cache_create()
> > > with a NULL pointer from pool_cache(), Block the rxe_param_set_add()
> > > from running if the rdma_rxe module is not initialized.
> > >
> > >  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000b
> > >  PGD 0 P4D 0
> > >  Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
> > >  CPU: 4 PID: 8512 Comm: modprobe Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0-231.el8.x86_64 #1
> > >  Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10/ProLiant DL385 Gen10, BIOS A40 10/02/2018
> > >  RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_alloc+0xd1/0x1b0
> > >  Code: 8b 57 18 45 8b 77 1c 48 8b 5c 24 30 0f 1f 44 00 00 5b 48 89 e8 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 81 e3 00 00 10 00 75 0e 4d 89 fe <41> f6 47 0b 04 0f 84 6c ff ff ff 4c 89 ff e8 cc da 01 00 49 89 c6
> > >  RSP: 0018:ffffa2b8c773f9d0 EFLAGS: 00010246
> > >  RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000005
> > >  RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 00000000006080c0 RDI: 0000000000000000
> > >  RBP: ffff8ea0a8634fd0 R08: ffffa2b8c773f988 R09: 00000000006000c0
> > >  R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000230 R12: 00000000006080c0
> > >  R13: ffffffffc0a97fc8 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
> > >  FS:  00007f9138ed9740(0000) GS:ffff8ea4ae800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> > >  CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> > >  CR2: 000000000000000b CR3: 000000046d59a000 CR4: 00000000003406e0
> > >  Call Trace:
> > >   rxe_alloc+0xc8/0x160 [rdma_rxe]
> > >   rxe_get_dma_mr+0x25/0xb0 [rdma_rxe]
> > >   __ib_alloc_pd+0xcb/0x160 [ib_core]
> > >   ib_mad_init_device+0x296/0x8b0 [ib_core]
> > >   add_client_context+0x11a/0x160 [ib_core]
> > >   enable_device_and_get+0xdc/0x1d0 [ib_core]
> > >   ib_register_device+0x572/0x6b0 [ib_core]
> > >   ? crypto_create_tfm+0x32/0xe0
> > >   ? crypto_create_tfm+0x7a/0xe0
> > >   ? crypto_alloc_tfm+0x58/0xf0
> > >   rxe_register_device+0x19d/0x1c0 [rdma_rxe]
> > >   rxe_net_add+0x3d/0x70 [rdma_rxe]
> > >   ? dev_get_by_name_rcu+0x73/0x90
> > >   rxe_param_set_add+0xaf/0xc0 [rdma_rxe]
> > >   parse_args+0x179/0x370
> > >   ? ref_module+0x1b0/0x1b0
> > >   load_module+0x135e/0x17e0
> > >   ? ref_module+0x1b0/0x1b0
> > >   ? __do_sys_init_module+0x13b/0x180
> > >   __do_sys_init_module+0x13b/0x180
> > >   do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
> > >   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca
> > >  RIP: 0033:0x7f9137ed296e
> > >
> > > Fixes: 8700e3e7c485 ("Soft RoCE driver")
> > > Signed-off-by: Kamal Heib <kamalheib1@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c       | 4 ++++
> > >  drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h       | 2 ++
> > >  drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_sysfs.c | 5 +++++
> > >  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >
> > Can you send a PR to rdma-core to delete rxe_cfg as well? In
> > preperation to remove the module parameters
> >
>
> Someone already did that :-)
>
> commit 0d2ff0e1502ebc63346bc9ffd37deb3c4fd0dbc9
> Author: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
> Date:   Tue Jan 28 15:53:07 2020 -0400
>
>     rxe: Remove rxe_cfg

Now rdma link add is the only choice.

>
>     This is obsoleted by iproute2's 'rdma link add' command.
>
>     Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
>
> Thanks,
> Kamal
>
> > Applied to for-rc
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
Jason Gunthorpe Aug. 27, 2020, 2:54 p.m. UTC | #4
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 05:29:55PM +0300, Kamal Heib wrote:
> > Can you send a PR to rdma-core to delete rxe_cfg as well? In
> > preperation to remove the module parameters
> >
> 
> Someone already did that :-)
> 
> commit 0d2ff0e1502ebc63346bc9ffd37deb3c4fd0dbc9
> Author: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
> Date:   Tue Jan 28 15:53:07 2020 -0400
> 
>     rxe: Remove rxe_cfg
> 
>     This is obsoleted by iproute2's 'rdma link add' command.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>

Oh! Lets drop the kernel side of this in Jan 2021 then?

Jason
Bart Van Assche Aug. 27, 2020, 4:22 p.m. UTC | #5
On 2020-08-27 07:54, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 05:29:55PM +0300, Kamal Heib wrote:
>>> Can you send a PR to rdma-core to delete rxe_cfg as well? In
>>> preperation to remove the module parameters
>>>
>>
>> Someone already did that :-)
>>
>> commit 0d2ff0e1502ebc63346bc9ffd37deb3c4fd0dbc9
>> Author: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
>> Date:   Tue Jan 28 15:53:07 2020 -0400
>>
>>     rxe: Remove rxe_cfg
>>
>>     This is obsoleted by iproute2's 'rdma link add' command.
>>
>>     Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
> 
> Oh! Lets drop the kernel side of this in Jan 2021 then?

I think the person who wants to remove the kernel side of this is responsible
for modifying blktests such that blktests does not break. From the blktests
source code:

                modprobe rdma_rxe || return $?
                (
                        cd /sys/class/net &&
                                for i in *; do
                                        if [ -e "$i" ] && ! has_rdma_rxe "$i"; then
                                                echo "$i" > /sys/module/rdma_rxe/parameters/add ||
                                                        echo "Failed to bind the rdma_rxe driver to $i"
                                        fi
                                done
                )

Thanks,

Bart.
Jason Gunthorpe Aug. 27, 2020, 4:29 p.m. UTC | #6
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 09:22:56AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 2020-08-27 07:54, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 05:29:55PM +0300, Kamal Heib wrote:
> >>> Can you send a PR to rdma-core to delete rxe_cfg as well? In
> >>> preperation to remove the module parameters
> >>>
> >>
> >> Someone already did that :-)
> >>
> >> commit 0d2ff0e1502ebc63346bc9ffd37deb3c4fd0dbc9
> >> Author: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
> >> Date:   Tue Jan 28 15:53:07 2020 -0400
> >>
> >>     rxe: Remove rxe_cfg
> >>
> >>     This is obsoleted by iproute2's 'rdma link add' command.
> >>
> >>     Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
> > 
> > Oh! Lets drop the kernel side of this in Jan 2021 then?
> 
> I think the person who wants to remove the kernel side of this is responsible
> for modifying blktests such that blktests does not break. From the blktests
> source code:

Just replace the whole thing with rdma link add - it does module
autoloading and everything.

Jason
Kamal Heib Sept. 2, 2020, 5:33 a.m. UTC | #7
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 11:54:50AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 05:29:55PM +0300, Kamal Heib wrote:
> > > Can you send a PR to rdma-core to delete rxe_cfg as well? In
> > > preperation to remove the module parameters
> > >
> > 
> > Someone already did that :-)
> > 
> > commit 0d2ff0e1502ebc63346bc9ffd37deb3c4fd0dbc9
> > Author: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
> > Date:   Tue Jan 28 15:53:07 2020 -0400
> > 
> >     rxe: Remove rxe_cfg
> > 
> >     This is obsoleted by iproute2's 'rdma link add' command.
> > 
> >     Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
> 
> Oh! Lets drop the kernel side of this in Jan 2021 then?
> 
> Jason

Works for me.

Thanks,
Kamal
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
index 907203afbd99..77f2c7cd1216 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@  MODULE_AUTHOR("Bob Pearson, Frank Zago, John Groves, Kamal Heib");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Soft RDMA transport");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 
+bool rxe_initialized;
+
 /* free resources for a rxe device all objects created for this device must
  * have been destroyed
  */
@@ -315,6 +317,7 @@  static int __init rxe_module_init(void)
 		return err;
 
 	rdma_link_register(&rxe_link_ops);
+	rxe_initialized = true;
 	pr_info("loaded\n");
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -326,6 +329,7 @@  static void __exit rxe_module_exit(void)
 	rxe_net_exit();
 	rxe_cache_exit();
 
+	rxe_initialized = false;
 	pr_info("unloaded\n");
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h
index fb07eed9e402..cae1b0a24c85 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ 
 
 #define RXE_ROCE_V2_SPORT		(0xc000)
 
+extern bool rxe_initialized;
+
 static inline u32 rxe_crc32(struct rxe_dev *rxe,
 			    u32 crc, void *next, size_t len)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_sysfs.c
index ccda5f5a3bc0..2af31d421bfc 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_sysfs.c
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@  static int rxe_param_set_add(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	struct rxe_dev *exists;
 
+	if (!rxe_initialized) {
+		pr_err("Module parameters are not supported, use rdma link add or rxe_cfg\n");
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
+
 	len = sanitize_arg(val, intf, sizeof(intf));
 	if (!len) {
 		pr_err("add: invalid interface name\n");