From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 03:53:10 +0000 (-0800) Subject: net: make netdev_lock() protect netdev->reg_state X-Git-Tag: v6.14-rc1~162^2~49^2~9 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5fda3f35349b;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git net: make netdev_lock() protect netdev->reg_state Protect writes to netdev->reg_state with netdev_lock(). From now on holding netdev_lock() is sufficient to prevent the net_device from getting unregistered, so code which wants to hold just a single netdev around no longer needs to hold rtnl_lock. We do not protect the NETREG_UNREGISTERED -> NETREG_RELEASED transition. We'd need to move mutex_destroy(netdev->lock) to .release, but the real reason is that trying to stop the unregistration process mid-way would be unsafe / crazy. Taking references on such devices is not safe, either. So the intended semantics are to lock REGISTERED devices. Reviewed-by: Joe Damato Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250115035319.559603-3-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 6d440db35d5f3..007bcfa383c9b 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -2448,7 +2448,7 @@ struct net_device { * Should always be taken using netdev_lock() / netdev_unlock() helpers. * Drivers are free to use it for other protection. * - * Protects: @net_shaper_hierarchy. + * Protects: @reg_state, @net_shaper_hierarchy. * Ordering: take after rtnl_lock. */ struct mutex lock; diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 47e6b0f73cfc7..bbe6fb9e32cdf 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -10695,7 +10695,9 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) ret = netdev_register_kobject(dev); + netdev_lock(dev); WRITE_ONCE(dev->reg_state, ret ? NETREG_UNREGISTERED : NETREG_REGISTERED); + netdev_unlock(dev); if (ret) goto err_uninit_notify; @@ -10969,7 +10971,9 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void) continue; } + netdev_lock(dev); WRITE_ONCE(dev->reg_state, NETREG_UNREGISTERED); + netdev_unlock(dev); linkwatch_sync_dev(dev); } @@ -11575,7 +11579,9 @@ void unregister_netdevice_many_notify(struct list_head *head, list_for_each_entry(dev, head, unreg_list) { /* And unlink it from device chain. */ unlist_netdevice(dev); + netdev_lock(dev); WRITE_ONCE(dev->reg_state, NETREG_UNREGISTERING); + netdev_unlock(dev); } flush_all_backlogs();