net/mlx5: E-Switch, fix deadlock between devlink lock and esw->wq

mlx5_eswitch_cleanup() calls destroy_workqueue() while holding the
devlink lock through mlx5_uninit_one(). E-Switch workqueue workers also
need the devlink lock, but previously took it before checking whether
their work item was stale. This can deadlock when cleanup waits for a
worker that is blocked on the same devlink lock.

Mode changes have the same ordering hazard: the mode-change path holds
devlink lock while tearing down the current mode, and old work may still
be pending on the E-Switch workqueue.

Fix this by making esw_wq_handler() check the generation counter before
attempting to take devlink lock. The worker uses devl_trylock(); if the
lock is busy and the work is still current, it sleeps on an E-Switch wait
queue with a short timeout. Invalidation increments the generation
counter and wakes the wait queue, so stale workers exit without spinning
or blocking cleanup.

Invalidate work at the earliest safe operation boundary. Cleanup
invalidates before destroy_workqueue(), and QoS cleanup runs after the
workqueue is destroyed. Mode teardown unregisters the work-producing
notifiers first, then invalidates the queue before tearing down
FDB/QoS/rate-node state. This prevents new notifier work from capturing
the new generation while still making old work stale before expensive
teardown starts.

mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set() now relies on
mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked() for the mode-change invalidation instead
of incrementing the generation after disable. mlx5_eswitch_disable()
gets the same coverage. SR-IOV enable/disable paths invalidate before VF
state changes so work against the old VF count or mode is discarded.

Remove the conditional generation increment in
mlx5_eswitch_event_handler_unregister(); mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked()
now handles it unconditionally after the relevant notifiers are
unregistered.

Signed-off-by: Mark Bloch <mbloch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260428051018.219093-4-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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