Hi, i've found an oops in 4.19.23/10, seems to be fixed anyhow in 5.0 (also works in 4.14.101)
root@bpi-r2:~# ip link add link lan0 name lan0.5 type vlan id 5 root@bpi-r2:~# ip addr add 192.168.5.200/24 brd 192.168.5.255 dev lan0.5 root@bpi-r2:~# ip link set dev lan0 up root@bpi-r2:~# ip link set dev lan0.5 up 12: lan0.5@lan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state LOWERLAYERDOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 02:02:02:02:02:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.5.200/24 brd 192.168.5.255 scope global lan0.5 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever root@bpi-r2:~# brctl addbr bridge_name root@bpi-r2:~# brctl addif bridge_name lan0.5 [ 352.057128] bridge_name: port 1(lan0.5) entered blocking state [ 352.063065] bridge_name: port 1(lan0.5) entered disabled state [ 352.069181] device lan0.5 entered promiscuous mode [ 352.074018] device lan0 entered promiscuous mode [ 352.078906] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000558 ... [ 352.493085] [<bf0fde88>] (br_vlan_enabled [bridge]) from [<bf12c234>] (dsa_port_vlan_add+0x60/0xbc [dsa_core]) [ 352.503050] [<bf12c234>] (dsa_port_vlan_add [dsa_core]) from [<bf12cb64>] (dsa_slave_port_obj_add+0x4c/0x50 [dsa_core]) [ 352.513776] [<bf12cb64>] (dsa_slave_port_obj_add [dsa_core]) from [<c0b4e2d4>] (__switchdev_port_obj_add+0x50/0xc4) [ 352.524138] [<c0b4e2d4>] (__switchdev_port_obj_add) from [<c0b4e324>] (__switchdev_port_obj_add+0xa0/0xc4) [ 352.533721] [<c0b4e324>] (__switchdev_port_obj_add) from [<c0b4e3a8>] (switchdev_port_obj_add_now+0x60/0x130) [ 352.543562] [<c0b4e3a8>] (switchdev_port_obj_add_now) from [<c0b4e7e4>] (switchdev_port_obj_add+0x44/0x190) [ 352.553284] [<c0b4e7e4>] (switchdev_port_obj_add) from [<bf1013d0>] (br_switchdev_port_vlan_add+0x60/0x7c [bridge]) [ 352.563733] [<bf1013d0>] (br_switchdev_port_vlan_add [bridge]) from [<bf0ff250>] (__vlan_add+0xb0/0x620 [bridge]) [ 352.574007] [<bf0ff250>] (__vlan_add [bridge]) from [<bf0ffd04>] (nbp_vlan_add+0xc4/0x150 [bridge]) [ 352.583073] [<bf0ffd04>] (nbp_vlan_add [bridge]) from [<bf0ffec4>] (nbp_vlan_init+0x134/0x164 [bridge]) [ 352.592482] [<bf0ffec4>] (nbp_vlan_init [bridge]) from [<bf0edd4c>] (br_add_if+0x40c/0x5fc [bridge]) [ 352.601632] [<bf0edd4c>] (br_add_if [bridge]) from [<bf0eeb14>] (add_del_if+0x6c/0x80 [bridge]) [ 352.610351] [<bf0eeb14>] (add_del_if [bridge]) from [<bf0ef5b0>] (br_dev_ioctl+0x7c/0x9c [bridge]) [ 352.619290] [<bf0ef5b0>] (br_dev_ioctl [bridge]) from [<c09583d4>] (dev_ifsioc+0x184/0x324) [ 352.627582] [<c09583d4>] (dev_ifsioc) from [<c09589e8>] (dev_ioctl+0x32c/0x5cc) [ 352.634837] [<c09589e8>] (dev_ioctl) from [<c090913c>] (sock_ioctl+0x3bc/0x580) since my 4.19.23 kernel is modified a bit i tried with 4.19.10 without my net modifications and it is still reproducable with steps above (create a vlan on dsa-user-port and then use it in a bridge) i fixed it with these changes: diff --git a/net/dsa/port.c b/net/dsa/port.c index ed0595459df1..962887752ae8 100644 --- a/net/dsa/port.c +++ b/net/dsa/port.c @@ -255,8 +255,9 @@ int dsa_port_vlan_add(struct dsa_port *dp, if (netif_is_bridge_master(vlan->obj.orig_dev)) return -EOPNOTSUPP; - if (br_vlan_enabled(dp->bridge_dev)) - return dsa_port_notify(dp, DSA_NOTIFIER_VLAN_ADD, &info); + printk(KERN_ALERT "DEBUG: Passed %s %d 0x%x \n",__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,(unsigned int)dp->bridge_dev); + if (!dp->bridge_dev || br_vlan_enabled(dp->bridge_dev)) + return dsa_port_notify(dp, DSA_NOTIFIER_VLAN_DEL, &info); return 0; } @@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ int dsa_port_vlan_del(struct dsa_port *dp, if (netif_is_bridge_master(vlan->obj.orig_dev)) return -EOPNOTSUPP; - if (br_vlan_enabled(dp->bridge_dev)) + if (!dp->bridge_dev || br_vlan_enabled(dp->bridge_dev)) return dsa_port_notify(dp, DSA_NOTIFIER_VLAN_DEL, &info); return 0; i've found in a Patch from florian/vivien: https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg281415.html Strange that 5.0-rc1 does not crash,because these 2 code-sections are unchanged: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/net/dsa/port.c#n255 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/net/bridge/br_vlan.c#n788 maybe you know why only 4.19 is affected... regards Frank