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<title>linux-stable.git/include/linux/netdevice.h, branch v6.15.2</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>net: add missing instance lock to dev_set_promiscuity</title>
<updated>2025-05-07T01:52:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-06T01:19:19+00:00</published>
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Accidentally spotted while trying to understand what else needs
to be renamed to netif_ prefix. Most of the calls to dev_set_promiscuity
are adjacent to dev_set_allmulti or dev_disable_lro so it should
be safe to add the lock. Note that new netif_set_promiscuity is
currently unused, the locked paths call __dev_set_promiscuity directly.

Fixes: ad7c7b2172c3 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during sysfs operations")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250506011919.2882313-1-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Accidentally spotted while trying to understand what else needs
to be renamed to netif_ prefix. Most of the calls to dev_set_promiscuity
are adjacent to dev_set_allmulti or dev_disable_lro so it should
be safe to add the lock. Note that new netif_set_promiscuity is
currently unused, the locked paths call __dev_set_promiscuity directly.

Fixes: ad7c7b2172c3 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during sysfs operations")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250506011919.2882313-1-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_CHANGE</title>
<updated>2025-04-07T18:13:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-04T16:11:22+00:00</published>
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Cosmin reports an issue with ipv6_add_dev being called from
NETDEV_CHANGE notifier:

[ 3455.008776]  ? ipv6_add_dev+0x370/0x620
[ 3455.010097]  ipv6_find_idev+0x96/0xe0
[ 3455.010725]  addrconf_add_dev+0x1e/0xa0
[ 3455.011382]  addrconf_init_auto_addrs+0xb0/0x720
[ 3455.013537]  addrconf_notify+0x35f/0x8d0
[ 3455.014214]  notifier_call_chain+0x38/0xf0
[ 3455.014903]  netdev_state_change+0x65/0x90
[ 3455.015586]  linkwatch_do_dev+0x5a/0x70
[ 3455.016238]  rtnl_getlink+0x241/0x3e0
[ 3455.019046]  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x177/0x5e0

Similarly, linkwatch might get to ipv6_add_dev without ops lock:
[ 3456.656261]  ? ipv6_add_dev+0x370/0x620
[ 3456.660039]  ipv6_find_idev+0x96/0xe0
[ 3456.660445]  addrconf_add_dev+0x1e/0xa0
[ 3456.660861]  addrconf_init_auto_addrs+0xb0/0x720
[ 3456.661803]  addrconf_notify+0x35f/0x8d0
[ 3456.662236]  notifier_call_chain+0x38/0xf0
[ 3456.662676]  netdev_state_change+0x65/0x90
[ 3456.663112]  linkwatch_do_dev+0x5a/0x70
[ 3456.663529]  __linkwatch_run_queue+0xeb/0x200
[ 3456.663990]  linkwatch_event+0x21/0x30
[ 3456.664399]  process_one_work+0x211/0x610
[ 3456.664828]  worker_thread+0x1cc/0x380
[ 3456.665691]  kthread+0xf4/0x210

Reclassify NETDEV_CHANGE as a notifier that consistently runs under the
instance lock.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/aac073de8beec3e531c86c101b274d434741c28e.camel@nvidia.com/
Reported-by: Cosmin Ratiu &lt;cratiu@nvidia.com&gt;
Tested-by: Cosmin Ratiu &lt;cratiu@nvidia.com&gt;
Fixes: ad7c7b2172c3 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during sysfs operations")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250404161122.3907628-1-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Cosmin reports an issue with ipv6_add_dev being called from
NETDEV_CHANGE notifier:

[ 3455.008776]  ? ipv6_add_dev+0x370/0x620
[ 3455.010097]  ipv6_find_idev+0x96/0xe0
[ 3455.010725]  addrconf_add_dev+0x1e/0xa0
[ 3455.011382]  addrconf_init_auto_addrs+0xb0/0x720
[ 3455.013537]  addrconf_notify+0x35f/0x8d0
[ 3455.014214]  notifier_call_chain+0x38/0xf0
[ 3455.014903]  netdev_state_change+0x65/0x90
[ 3455.015586]  linkwatch_do_dev+0x5a/0x70
[ 3455.016238]  rtnl_getlink+0x241/0x3e0
[ 3455.019046]  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x177/0x5e0

Similarly, linkwatch might get to ipv6_add_dev without ops lock:
[ 3456.656261]  ? ipv6_add_dev+0x370/0x620
[ 3456.660039]  ipv6_find_idev+0x96/0xe0
[ 3456.660445]  addrconf_add_dev+0x1e/0xa0
[ 3456.660861]  addrconf_init_auto_addrs+0xb0/0x720
[ 3456.661803]  addrconf_notify+0x35f/0x8d0
[ 3456.662236]  notifier_call_chain+0x38/0xf0
[ 3456.662676]  netdev_state_change+0x65/0x90
[ 3456.663112]  linkwatch_do_dev+0x5a/0x70
[ 3456.663529]  __linkwatch_run_queue+0xeb/0x200
[ 3456.663990]  linkwatch_event+0x21/0x30
[ 3456.664399]  process_one_work+0x211/0x610
[ 3456.664828]  worker_thread+0x1cc/0x380
[ 3456.665691]  kthread+0xf4/0x210

Reclassify NETDEV_CHANGE as a notifier that consistently runs under the
instance lock.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/aac073de8beec3e531c86c101b274d434741c28e.camel@nvidia.com/
Reported-by: Cosmin Ratiu &lt;cratiu@nvidia.com&gt;
Tested-by: Cosmin Ratiu &lt;cratiu@nvidia.com&gt;
Fixes: ad7c7b2172c3 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during sysfs operations")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250404161122.3907628-1-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_REGISTER/UP</title>
<updated>2025-04-03T22:32:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-01T16:34:43+00:00</published>
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Callers of inetdev_init can come from several places with inconsistent
expectation about netdev instance lock. Grab instance lock during
REGISTER (plus UP). Also solve the inconsistency with UNREGISTER
where it was locked only during move netns path.

WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 1479 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:54
__netdev_update_features+0x65f/0xca0
__warn+0x81/0x180
__netdev_update_features+0x65f/0xca0
report_bug+0x156/0x180
handle_bug+0x4f/0x90
exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x60
asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
__netdev_update_features+0x65f/0xca0
netif_disable_lro+0x30/0x1d0
inetdev_init+0x12f/0x1f0
inetdev_event+0x48b/0x870
notifier_call_chain+0x38/0xf0
register_netdevice+0x741/0x8b0
register_netdev+0x1f/0x40
mlx5e_probe+0x4e3/0x8e0 [mlx5_core]
auxiliary_bus_probe+0x3f/0x90
really_probe+0xc3/0x3a0
__driver_probe_device+0x80/0x150
driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90
__device_attach_driver+0x7d/0x100
bus_for_each_drv+0x80/0xd0
__device_attach+0xb4/0x1c0
bus_probe_device+0x91/0xa0
device_add+0x657/0x870

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Reported-by: Cosmin Ratiu &lt;cratiu@nvidia.com&gt;
Fixes: ad7c7b2172c3 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during sysfs operations")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250401163452.622454-3-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Callers of inetdev_init can come from several places with inconsistent
expectation about netdev instance lock. Grab instance lock during
REGISTER (plus UP). Also solve the inconsistency with UNREGISTER
where it was locked only during move netns path.

WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 1479 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:54
__netdev_update_features+0x65f/0xca0
__warn+0x81/0x180
__netdev_update_features+0x65f/0xca0
report_bug+0x156/0x180
handle_bug+0x4f/0x90
exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x60
asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
__netdev_update_features+0x65f/0xca0
netif_disable_lro+0x30/0x1d0
inetdev_init+0x12f/0x1f0
inetdev_event+0x48b/0x870
notifier_call_chain+0x38/0xf0
register_netdevice+0x741/0x8b0
register_netdev+0x1f/0x40
mlx5e_probe+0x4e3/0x8e0 [mlx5_core]
auxiliary_bus_probe+0x3f/0x90
really_probe+0xc3/0x3a0
__driver_probe_device+0x80/0x150
driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90
__device_attach_driver+0x7d/0x100
bus_for_each_drv+0x80/0xd0
__device_attach+0xb4/0x1c0
bus_probe_device+0x91/0xa0
device_add+0x657/0x870

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Reported-by: Cosmin Ratiu &lt;cratiu@nvidia.com&gt;
Fixes: ad7c7b2172c3 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during sysfs operations")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250401163452.622454-3-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: designate queue -&gt; napi linking as "ops protected"</title>
<updated>2025-03-25T17:06:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-24T22:45:32+00:00</published>
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netdev netlink is the only reader of netdev_{,rx_}queue-&gt;napi,
and it already holds netdev-&gt;lock. Switch protection of
the writes to netdev-&gt;lock to "ops protected".

The expectation will be now that accessing queue-&gt;napi
will require netdev-&gt;lock for "ops locked" drivers, and
rtnl_lock for all other drivers.

Current "ops locked" drivers don't require any changes.
gve and netdevsim use _locked() helpers right next to
netif_queue_set_napi() so they must be holding the instance
lock. iavf doesn't call it. bnxt is a bit messy but all paths
seem locked.

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250324224537.248800-7-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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netdev netlink is the only reader of netdev_{,rx_}queue-&gt;napi,
and it already holds netdev-&gt;lock. Switch protection of
the writes to netdev-&gt;lock to "ops protected".

The expectation will be now that accessing queue-&gt;napi
will require netdev-&gt;lock for "ops locked" drivers, and
rtnl_lock for all other drivers.

Current "ops locked" drivers don't require any changes.
gve and netdevsim use _locked() helpers right next to
netif_queue_set_napi() so they must be holding the instance
lock. iavf doesn't call it. bnxt is a bit messy but all paths
seem locked.

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250324224537.248800-7-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: designate queue counts as "double ops protected" by instance lock</title>
<updated>2025-03-25T17:06:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-24T22:45:31+00:00</published>
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Drivers which opt into instance lock protection of ops should
only call set_real_num_*_queues() under the instance lock.
This means that queue counts are double protected (writes
are under both rtnl_lock and instance lock, readers under
either).

Some readers may still be under the rtnl_lock, however, so for
now we need double protection of writers.

OTOH queue API paths are only under the protection of the instance
lock, so we need to validate that the instance is actually locking
ops, otherwise the input checks we do against queue count are racy.

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250324224537.248800-6-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Drivers which opt into instance lock protection of ops should
only call set_real_num_*_queues() under the instance lock.
This means that queue counts are double protected (writes
are under both rtnl_lock and instance lock, readers under
either).

Some readers may still be under the rtnl_lock, however, so for
now we need double protection of writers.

OTOH queue API paths are only under the protection of the instance
lock, so we need to validate that the instance is actually locking
ops, otherwise the input checks we do against queue count are racy.

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250324224537.248800-6-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: explain "protection types" for the instance lock</title>
<updated>2025-03-25T17:06:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-24T22:45:30+00:00</published>
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Try to define some terminology for which fields are protected
by which lock and how. Some fields are protected by both rtnl_lock
and instance lock which is hard to talk about without having
a "key phrase" to refer to a particular protection scheme.

"ops protected" fields are defined later in the series, one by one.

Add ASSERT_RTNL() to netdev_ops_assert_locked() for drivers
not other instance protection of ops. Hopefully it's not too
confusion that netdev_lock_ops() does not match the lock which
netdev_ops_assert_locked() will assert, exactly. The noun "ops"
is in a different place in the name, so I think it's acceptable...

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250324224537.248800-5-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Try to define some terminology for which fields are protected
by which lock and how. Some fields are protected by both rtnl_lock
and instance lock which is hard to talk about without having
a "key phrase" to refer to a particular protection scheme.

"ops protected" fields are defined later in the series, one by one.

Add ASSERT_RTNL() to netdev_ops_assert_locked() for drivers
not other instance protection of ops. Hopefully it's not too
confusion that netdev_lock_ops() does not match the lock which
netdev_ops_assert_locked() will assert, exactly. The noun "ops"
is in a different place in the name, so I think it's acceptable...

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250324224537.248800-5-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: remove netif_set_real_num_rx_queues() helper for when SYSFS=n</title>
<updated>2025-03-25T17:04:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-24T22:45:28+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=bae2da826196ff4ab439b57683dce883e274faef'/>
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Since commit a953be53ce40 ("net-sysfs: add support for device-specific
rx queue sysfs attributes"), so for at least a decade now it is safe
to call net_rx_queue_update_kobjects() when SYSFS=n. That function
does its own ifdef-inery and will return 0. Remove the unnecessary
stub for netif_set_real_num_rx_queues().

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250324224537.248800-3-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Since commit a953be53ce40 ("net-sysfs: add support for device-specific
rx queue sysfs attributes"), so for at least a decade now it is safe
to call net_rx_queue_update_kobjects() when SYSFS=n. That function
does its own ifdef-inery and will return 0. Remove the unnecessary
stub for netif_set_real_num_rx_queues().

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250324224537.248800-3-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: introduce per netns packet chains</title>
<updated>2025-03-24T20:58:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paolo Abeni</name>
<email>pabeni@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-20T18:22:38+00:00</published>
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Currently network taps unbound to any interface are linked in the
global ptype_all list, affecting the performance in all the network
namespaces.

Add per netns ptypes chains, so that in the mentioned case only
the netns owning the packet socket(s) is affected.

While at that drop the global ptype_all list: no in kernel user
registers a tap on "any" type without specifying either the target
device or the target namespace (and IMHO doing that would not make
any sense).

Note that this adds a conditional in the fast path (to check for
per netns ptype_specific list) and increases the dataset size by
a cacheline (owing the per netns lists).

Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumaze@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/ae405f98875ee87f8150c460ad162de7e466f8a7.1742494826.git.pabeni@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently network taps unbound to any interface are linked in the
global ptype_all list, affecting the performance in all the network
namespaces.

Add per netns ptypes chains, so that in the mentioned case only
the netns owning the packet socket(s) is affected.

While at that drop the global ptype_all list: no in kernel user
registers a tap on "any" type without specifying either the target
device or the target namespace (and IMHO doing that would not make
any sense).

Note that this adds a conditional in the fast path (to check for
per netns ptype_specific list) and increases the dataset size by
a cacheline (owing the per netns lists).

Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumaze@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/ae405f98875ee87f8150c460ad162de7e466f8a7.1742494826.git.pabeni@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>net: reorder dev_addr_sem lock</title>
<updated>2025-03-19T17:52:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
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<published>2025-03-12T19:05:13+00:00</published>
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Lockdep complains about circular lock in 1 -&gt; 2 -&gt; 3 (see below).

Change the lock ordering to be:
- rtnl_lock
- dev_addr_sem
- netdev_ops (only for lower devices!)
- team_lock (or other per-upper device lock)

1. rtnl_lock -&gt; netdev_ops -&gt; dev_addr_sem

rtnl_setlink
  rtnl_lock
    do_setlink IFLA_ADDRESS on lower
      netdev_ops
        dev_addr_sem

2. rtnl_lock -&gt; team_lock -&gt; netdev_ops

rtnl_newlink
  rtnl_lock
    do_setlink IFLA_MASTER on lower
      do_set_master
        team_add_slave
          team_lock
            team_port_add
	      dev_set_mtu
	        netdev_ops

3. rtnl_lock -&gt; dev_addr_sem -&gt; team_lock

rtnl_newlink
  rtnl_lock
    do_setlink IFLA_ADDRESS on upper
      dev_addr_sem
        netif_set_mac_address
          team_set_mac_address
            team_lock

4. rtnl_lock -&gt; netdev_ops -&gt; dev_addr_sem

rtnl_lock
  dev_ifsioc
    dev_set_mac_address_user

__tun_chr_ioctl
  rtnl_lock
    dev_set_mac_address_user

tap_ioctl
  rtnl_lock
    dev_set_mac_address_user

dev_set_mac_address_user
  netdev_lock_ops
    netif_set_mac_address_user
      dev_addr_sem

v2:
- move lock reorder to happen after kmalloc (Kuniyuki)

Cc: Kohei Enju &lt;enjuk@amazon.com&gt;
Fixes: df43d8bf1031 ("net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250312190513.1252045-3-sdf@fomichev.me
Tested-by: Lei Yang &lt;leiyang@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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Lockdep complains about circular lock in 1 -&gt; 2 -&gt; 3 (see below).

Change the lock ordering to be:
- rtnl_lock
- dev_addr_sem
- netdev_ops (only for lower devices!)
- team_lock (or other per-upper device lock)

1. rtnl_lock -&gt; netdev_ops -&gt; dev_addr_sem

rtnl_setlink
  rtnl_lock
    do_setlink IFLA_ADDRESS on lower
      netdev_ops
        dev_addr_sem

2. rtnl_lock -&gt; team_lock -&gt; netdev_ops

rtnl_newlink
  rtnl_lock
    do_setlink IFLA_MASTER on lower
      do_set_master
        team_add_slave
          team_lock
            team_port_add
	      dev_set_mtu
	        netdev_ops

3. rtnl_lock -&gt; dev_addr_sem -&gt; team_lock

rtnl_newlink
  rtnl_lock
    do_setlink IFLA_ADDRESS on upper
      dev_addr_sem
        netif_set_mac_address
          team_set_mac_address
            team_lock

4. rtnl_lock -&gt; netdev_ops -&gt; dev_addr_sem

rtnl_lock
  dev_ifsioc
    dev_set_mac_address_user

__tun_chr_ioctl
  rtnl_lock
    dev_set_mac_address_user

tap_ioctl
  rtnl_lock
    dev_set_mac_address_user

dev_set_mac_address_user
  netdev_lock_ops
    netif_set_mac_address_user
      dev_addr_sem

v2:
- move lock reorder to happen after kmalloc (Kuniyuki)

Cc: Kohei Enju &lt;enjuk@amazon.com&gt;
Fixes: df43d8bf1031 ("net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250312190513.1252045-3-sdf@fomichev.me
Tested-by: Lei Yang &lt;leiyang@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Revert "net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock"</title>
<updated>2025-03-19T17:52:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-12T19:05:12+00:00</published>
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This reverts commit df43d8bf10316a7c3b1e47e3cc0057a54df4a5b8.

Cc: Kohei Enju &lt;enjuk@amazon.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Fixes: df43d8bf1031 ("net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250312190513.1252045-2-sdf@fomichev.me
Tested-by: Lei Yang &lt;leiyang@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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This reverts commit df43d8bf10316a7c3b1e47e3cc0057a54df4a5b8.

Cc: Kohei Enju &lt;enjuk@amazon.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Fixes: df43d8bf1031 ("net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250312190513.1252045-2-sdf@fomichev.me
Tested-by: Lei Yang &lt;leiyang@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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