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<title>linux-stable.git/net/core/rtnetlink.c, branch v6.15</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>net: don't try to ops lock uninitialized devs</title>
<updated>2025-04-17T01:28:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-15T15:15:52+00:00</published>
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We need to be careful when operating on dev while in rtnl_create_link().
Some devices (vxlan) initialize netdev_ops in -&gt;newlink, so later on.
Avoid using netdev_lock_ops(), the device isn't registered so we
cannot legally call its ops or generate any notifications for it.

netdev_ops_assert_locked_or_invisible() is safe to use, it checks
registration status first.

Reported-by: syzbot+de1c7d68a10e3f123bdd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 04efcee6ef8d ("net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_CHANGE")
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250415151552.768373-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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We need to be careful when operating on dev while in rtnl_create_link().
Some devices (vxlan) initialize netdev_ops in -&gt;newlink, so later on.
Avoid using netdev_lock_ops(), the device isn't registered so we
cannot legally call its ops or generate any notifications for it.

netdev_ops_assert_locked_or_invisible() is safe to use, it checks
registration status first.

Reported-by: syzbot+de1c7d68a10e3f123bdd@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 04efcee6ef8d ("net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_CHANGE")
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250415151552.768373-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: Fix bad unlock balance in do_setlink().</title>
<updated>2025-04-08T19:33:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kuniyuki Iwashima</name>
<email>kuniyu@amazon.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-07T16:42:22+00:00</published>
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When validate_linkmsg() fails in do_setlink(), we jump to the errout
label and calls netdev_unlock_ops() even though we have not called
netdev_lock_ops() as reported by syzbot.  [0]

Let's return an error directly in such a case.

[0]
WARNING: bad unlock balance detected!
6.14.0-syzkaller-12504-g8bc251e5d874 #0 Not tainted

syz-executor814/5834 is trying to release lock (&amp;dev_instance_lock_key) at:
[&lt;ffffffff89f41f56&gt;] netdev_unlock include/linux/netdevice.h:2756 [inline]
[&lt;ffffffff89f41f56&gt;] netdev_unlock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:48 [inline]
[&lt;ffffffff89f41f56&gt;] do_setlink+0xc26/0x43a0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3406
but there are no more locks to release!

other info that might help us debug this:
1 lock held by syz-executor814/5834:
 #0: ffffffff900fc408 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:80 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff900fc408 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_nets_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:341 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff900fc408 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_newlink+0xd68/0x1fe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4064

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5834 Comm: syz-executor814 Not tainted 6.14.0-syzkaller-12504-g8bc251e5d874 #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025
Call Trace:
 &lt;TASK&gt;
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_unlock_imbalance_bug+0x185/0x1a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5296
 __lock_release kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5535 [inline]
 lock_release+0x1ed/0x3e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5887
 __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xee/0x800 kernel/locking/mutex.c:907
 netdev_unlock include/linux/netdevice.h:2756 [inline]
 netdev_unlock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:48 [inline]
 do_setlink+0xc26/0x43a0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3406
 rtnl_group_changelink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3783 [inline]
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3937 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0x1619/0x1fe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4065
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x80f/0xd70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6955
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x480 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x7f8/0x9a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8c3/0xcd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:727
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x523/0x860 net/socket.c:2566
 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2620 [inline]
 __sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x360 net/socket.c:2652
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f8427b614a9
Code: 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 37 17 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 &lt;48&gt; 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fff9b59f3a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fff9b59f578 RCX: 00007f8427b614a9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f8427bd4610 R08: 000000000000000c R09: 00007fff9b59f578
R10: 000000000000001b R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
R13:

Fixes: 4c975fd70002 ("net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_REGISTER/UP")
Reported-by: syzbot+45016fe295243a7882d3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=45016fe295243a7882d3
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250407164229.24414-1-kuniyu@amazon.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
When validate_linkmsg() fails in do_setlink(), we jump to the errout
label and calls netdev_unlock_ops() even though we have not called
netdev_lock_ops() as reported by syzbot.  [0]

Let's return an error directly in such a case.

[0]
WARNING: bad unlock balance detected!
6.14.0-syzkaller-12504-g8bc251e5d874 #0 Not tainted

syz-executor814/5834 is trying to release lock (&amp;dev_instance_lock_key) at:
[&lt;ffffffff89f41f56&gt;] netdev_unlock include/linux/netdevice.h:2756 [inline]
[&lt;ffffffff89f41f56&gt;] netdev_unlock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:48 [inline]
[&lt;ffffffff89f41f56&gt;] do_setlink+0xc26/0x43a0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3406
but there are no more locks to release!

other info that might help us debug this:
1 lock held by syz-executor814/5834:
 #0: ffffffff900fc408 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:80 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff900fc408 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_nets_lock net/core/rtnetlink.c:341 [inline]
 #0: ffffffff900fc408 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: rtnl_newlink+0xd68/0x1fe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4064

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5834 Comm: syz-executor814 Not tainted 6.14.0-syzkaller-12504-g8bc251e5d874 #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025
Call Trace:
 &lt;TASK&gt;
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_unlock_imbalance_bug+0x185/0x1a0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5296
 __lock_release kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5535 [inline]
 lock_release+0x1ed/0x3e0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5887
 __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xee/0x800 kernel/locking/mutex.c:907
 netdev_unlock include/linux/netdevice.h:2756 [inline]
 netdev_unlock_ops include/net/netdev_lock.h:48 [inline]
 do_setlink+0xc26/0x43a0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3406
 rtnl_group_changelink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3783 [inline]
 __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3937 [inline]
 rtnl_newlink+0x1619/0x1fe0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4065
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x80f/0xd70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6955
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x480 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2534
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1313 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x7f8/0x9a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1339
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8c3/0xcd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1883
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:727
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x523/0x860 net/socket.c:2566
 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2620 [inline]
 __sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x360 net/socket.c:2652
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f8427b614a9
Code: 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 37 17 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 &lt;48&gt; 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fff9b59f3a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fff9b59f578 RCX: 00007f8427b614a9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000300 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f8427bd4610 R08: 000000000000000c R09: 00007fff9b59f578
R10: 000000000000001b R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
R13:

Fixes: 4c975fd70002 ("net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_REGISTER/UP")
Reported-by: syzbot+45016fe295243a7882d3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=45016fe295243a7882d3
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@amazon.com&gt;
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250407164229.24414-1-kuniyu@amazon.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</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;
</pre>
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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>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: Allocate vfinfo size for VF GUIDs when supported</title>
<updated>2025-03-27T17:11:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Zhang</name>
<email>markzhang@nvidia.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-25T09:02:26+00:00</published>
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Commit 30aad41721e0 ("net/core: Add support for getting VF GUIDs")
added support for getting VF port and node GUIDs in netlink ifinfo
messages, but their size was not taken into consideration in the
function that allocates the netlink message, causing the following
warning when a netlink message is filled with many VF port and node
GUIDs:
 # echo 64 &gt; /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:08\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
 # ip link show dev ib0
 RTNETLINK answers: Message too long
 Cannot send link get request: Message too long

Kernel warning:

 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1930 at net/core/rtnetlink.c:4151 rtnl_getlink+0x586/0x5a0
 Modules linked in: xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter overlay mlx5_ib macsec mlx5_core tls rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_uverbs ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ib_umad rdma_cm iw_cm ib_ipoib fuse ib_cm ib_core
 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1930 Comm: ip Not tainted 6.14.0-rc2+ #1
 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
 RIP: 0010:rtnl_getlink+0x586/0x5a0
 Code: cb 82 e8 3d af 0a 00 4d 85 ff 0f 84 08 ff ff ff 4c 89 ff 41 be ea ff ff ff e8 66 63 5b ff 49 c7 07 80 4f cb 82 e9 36 fc ff ff &lt;0f&gt; 0b e9 16 fe ff ff e8 de a0 56 00 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00
 RSP: 0018:ffff888113557348 EFLAGS: 00010246
 RAX: 00000000ffffffa6 RBX: ffff88817e87aa34 RCX: dffffc0000000000
 RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff88817e87afb8
 RBP: 0000000000000009 R08: ffffffff821f44aa R09: 0000000000000000
 R10: ffff8881260f79a8 R11: ffff88817e87af00 R12: ffff88817e87aa00
 R13: ffffffff8563d300 R14: 00000000ffffffa6 R15: 00000000ffffffff
 FS:  00007f63a5dbf280(0000) GS:ffff88881ee00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: 00007f63a5ba4493 CR3: 00000001700fe002 CR4: 0000000000772eb0
 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
 PKRU: 55555554
 Call Trace:
  &lt;TASK&gt;
  ? __warn+0xa5/0x230
  ? rtnl_getlink+0x586/0x5a0
  ? report_bug+0x22d/0x240
  ? handle_bug+0x53/0xa0
  ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x50
  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
  ? skb_trim+0x6a/0x80
  ? rtnl_getlink+0x586/0x5a0
  ? __pfx_rtnl_getlink+0x10/0x10
  ? rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x1e5/0x860
  ? __pfx___mutex_lock+0x10/0x10
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? __pfx_lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
  ? stack_trace_save+0x90/0xd0
  ? filter_irq_stacks+0x1d/0x70
  ? kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x40
  ? kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40
  ? kasan_save_track+0x10/0x30
  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x21c/0x860
  ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
  ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
  ? arch_stack_walk+0x9e/0xf0
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? lock_acquire+0xd5/0x410
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  netlink_rcv_skb+0xe0/0x210
  ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_netlink_rcv_skb+0x10/0x10
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? __pfx___netlink_lookup+0x10/0x10
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? netlink_deliver_tap+0xfd/0x290
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x95/0x290
  netlink_unicast+0x31f/0x480
  ? __pfx_netlink_unicast+0x10/0x10
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? lock_acquire+0xd5/0x410
  netlink_sendmsg+0x369/0x660
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? __pfx_netlink_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ? import_ubuf+0xb9/0xf0
  ? __import_iovec+0x254/0x2b0
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? __pfx_netlink_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ____sys_sendmsg+0x559/0x5a0
  ? __pfx_____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_copy_msghdr_from_user+0x10/0x10
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? do_read_fault+0x213/0x4a0
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ___sys_sendmsg+0xe4/0x150
  ? __pfx____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ? do_fault+0x2cc/0x6f0
  ? handle_pte_fault+0x2e3/0x3d0
  ? __pfx_handle_pte_fault+0x10/0x10
  ? preempt_count_sub+0x14/0xc0
  ? __down_read_trylock+0x150/0x270
  ? __handle_mm_fault+0x404/0x8e0
  ? __pfx___handle_mm_fault+0x10/0x10
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x65/0x90
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  __sys_sendmsg+0xd5/0x150
  ? __pfx___sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ? __up_read+0x192/0x480
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x65/0x90
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x140
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
 RIP: 0033:0x7f63a5b13367
 Code: 0e 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b9 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 &lt;48&gt; 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 51 c3 48 83 ec 28 89 54 24 1c 48 89 74 24 10
 RSP: 002b:00007fff8c726bc8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000067b687c2 RCX: 00007f63a5b13367
 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007fff8c726c30 RDI: 0000000000000004
 RBP: 00007fff8c726cb8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000034
 R10: 00007fff8c726c7c R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fff8c726cd0 R15: 00007fff8c726cd0
  &lt;/TASK&gt;
 irq event stamp: 0
 hardirqs last  enabled at (0): [&lt;0000000000000000&gt;] 0x0
 hardirqs last disabled at (0): [&lt;ffffffff813f9e58&gt;] copy_process+0xd08/0x2830
 softirqs last  enabled at (0): [&lt;ffffffff813f9e58&gt;] copy_process+0xd08/0x2830
 softirqs last disabled at (0): [&lt;0000000000000000&gt;] 0x0
 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Thus, when calculating ifinfo message size, take VF GUIDs sizes into
account when supported.

Fixes: 30aad41721e0 ("net/core: Add support for getting VF GUIDs")
Signed-off-by: Mark Zhang &lt;markzhang@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Maher Sanalla &lt;msanalla@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mark Bloch &lt;mbloch@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250325090226.749730-1-mbloch@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Commit 30aad41721e0 ("net/core: Add support for getting VF GUIDs")
added support for getting VF port and node GUIDs in netlink ifinfo
messages, but their size was not taken into consideration in the
function that allocates the netlink message, causing the following
warning when a netlink message is filled with many VF port and node
GUIDs:
 # echo 64 &gt; /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:08\:00.0/sriov_numvfs
 # ip link show dev ib0
 RTNETLINK answers: Message too long
 Cannot send link get request: Message too long

Kernel warning:

 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1930 at net/core/rtnetlink.c:4151 rtnl_getlink+0x586/0x5a0
 Modules linked in: xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter overlay mlx5_ib macsec mlx5_core tls rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_uverbs ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi ib_umad rdma_cm iw_cm ib_ipoib fuse ib_cm ib_core
 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1930 Comm: ip Not tainted 6.14.0-rc2+ #1
 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
 RIP: 0010:rtnl_getlink+0x586/0x5a0
 Code: cb 82 e8 3d af 0a 00 4d 85 ff 0f 84 08 ff ff ff 4c 89 ff 41 be ea ff ff ff e8 66 63 5b ff 49 c7 07 80 4f cb 82 e9 36 fc ff ff &lt;0f&gt; 0b e9 16 fe ff ff e8 de a0 56 00 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00
 RSP: 0018:ffff888113557348 EFLAGS: 00010246
 RAX: 00000000ffffffa6 RBX: ffff88817e87aa34 RCX: dffffc0000000000
 RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff88817e87afb8
 RBP: 0000000000000009 R08: ffffffff821f44aa R09: 0000000000000000
 R10: ffff8881260f79a8 R11: ffff88817e87af00 R12: ffff88817e87aa00
 R13: ffffffff8563d300 R14: 00000000ffffffa6 R15: 00000000ffffffff
 FS:  00007f63a5dbf280(0000) GS:ffff88881ee00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
 CR2: 00007f63a5ba4493 CR3: 00000001700fe002 CR4: 0000000000772eb0
 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
 PKRU: 55555554
 Call Trace:
  &lt;TASK&gt;
  ? __warn+0xa5/0x230
  ? rtnl_getlink+0x586/0x5a0
  ? report_bug+0x22d/0x240
  ? handle_bug+0x53/0xa0
  ? exc_invalid_op+0x14/0x50
  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
  ? skb_trim+0x6a/0x80
  ? rtnl_getlink+0x586/0x5a0
  ? __pfx_rtnl_getlink+0x10/0x10
  ? rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x1e5/0x860
  ? __pfx___mutex_lock+0x10/0x10
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? __pfx_lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
  ? stack_trace_save+0x90/0xd0
  ? filter_irq_stacks+0x1d/0x70
  ? kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x40
  ? kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40
  ? kasan_save_track+0x10/0x30
  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x21c/0x860
  ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
  ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
  ? arch_stack_walk+0x9e/0xf0
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? lock_acquire+0xd5/0x410
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  netlink_rcv_skb+0xe0/0x210
  ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_netlink_rcv_skb+0x10/0x10
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? __pfx___netlink_lookup+0x10/0x10
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? netlink_deliver_tap+0xfd/0x290
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x95/0x290
  netlink_unicast+0x31f/0x480
  ? __pfx_netlink_unicast+0x10/0x10
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? lock_acquire+0xd5/0x410
  netlink_sendmsg+0x369/0x660
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? __pfx_netlink_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ? import_ubuf+0xb9/0xf0
  ? __import_iovec+0x254/0x2b0
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? __pfx_netlink_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ____sys_sendmsg+0x559/0x5a0
  ? __pfx_____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ? __pfx_copy_msghdr_from_user+0x10/0x10
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ? do_read_fault+0x213/0x4a0
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  ___sys_sendmsg+0xe4/0x150
  ? __pfx____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ? do_fault+0x2cc/0x6f0
  ? handle_pte_fault+0x2e3/0x3d0
  ? __pfx_handle_pte_fault+0x10/0x10
  ? preempt_count_sub+0x14/0xc0
  ? __down_read_trylock+0x150/0x270
  ? __handle_mm_fault+0x404/0x8e0
  ? __pfx___handle_mm_fault+0x10/0x10
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x65/0x90
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  __sys_sendmsg+0xd5/0x150
  ? __pfx___sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10
  ? __up_read+0x192/0x480
  ? lock_release+0x62/0x200
  ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x65/0x90
  ? rcu_is_watching+0x34/0x60
  do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x140
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
 RIP: 0033:0x7f63a5b13367
 Code: 0e 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b9 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 &lt;48&gt; 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 51 c3 48 83 ec 28 89 54 24 1c 48 89 74 24 10
 RSP: 002b:00007fff8c726bc8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000067b687c2 RCX: 00007f63a5b13367
 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007fff8c726c30 RDI: 0000000000000004
 RBP: 00007fff8c726cb8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000034
 R10: 00007fff8c726c7c R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fff8c726cd0 R15: 00007fff8c726cd0
  &lt;/TASK&gt;
 irq event stamp: 0
 hardirqs last  enabled at (0): [&lt;0000000000000000&gt;] 0x0
 hardirqs last disabled at (0): [&lt;ffffffff813f9e58&gt;] copy_process+0xd08/0x2830
 softirqs last  enabled at (0): [&lt;ffffffff813f9e58&gt;] copy_process+0xd08/0x2830
 softirqs last disabled at (0): [&lt;0000000000000000&gt;] 0x0
 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Thus, when calculating ifinfo message size, take VF GUIDs sizes into
account when supported.

Fixes: 30aad41721e0 ("net/core: Add support for getting VF GUIDs")
Signed-off-by: Mark Zhang &lt;markzhang@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Maher Sanalla &lt;msanalla@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mark Bloch &lt;mbloch@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250325090226.749730-1-mbloch@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<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>
</author>
<published>2025-03-12T19:05:13+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=6dd132516f8e467f144f7871ff2708ce827417a1'/>
<id>6dd132516f8e467f144f7871ff2708ce827417a1</id>
<content type='text'>
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;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
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;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<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>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=8033d2aef51722fe74068b52553625ed91ea256c'/>
<id>8033d2aef51722fe74068b52553625ed91ea256c</id>
<content type='text'>
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;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
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;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: move misc netdev_lock flavors to a separate header</title>
<updated>2025-03-08T17:06:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-07T18:30:06+00:00</published>
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Move the more esoteric helpers for netdev instance lock to
a dedicated header. This avoids growing netdevice.h to infinity
and makes rebuilding the kernel much faster (after touching
the header with the helpers).

The main netdev_lock() / netdev_unlock() functions are used
in static inlines in netdevice.h and will probably be used
most commonly, so keep them in netdevice.h.

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250307183006.2312761-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Move the more esoteric helpers for netdev instance lock to
a dedicated header. This avoids growing netdevice.h to infinity
and makes rebuilding the kernel much faster (after touching
the header with the helpers).

The main netdev_lock() / netdev_unlock() functions are used
in static inlines in netdevice.h and will probably be used
most commonly, so keep them in netdevice.h.

Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250307183006.2312761-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock</title>
<updated>2025-03-06T20:59:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-05T16:37:29+00:00</published>
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Lockdep reports possible circular dependency in [0]. Instead of
fixing the ordering, replace global dev_addr_sem with netdev
instance lock. Most of the paths that set/get mac are RTNL
protected. Two places where it's not, convert to explicit
locking:
- sysfs address_show
- dev_get_mac_address via dev_ioctl

0: https://netdev-3.bots.linux.dev/vmksft-forwarding-dbg/results/993321/24-router-bridge-1d-lag-sh/stderr

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250305163732.2766420-12-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Lockdep reports possible circular dependency in [0]. Instead of
fixing the ordering, replace global dev_addr_sem with netdev
instance lock. Most of the paths that set/get mac are RTNL
protected. Two places where it's not, convert to explicit
locking:
- sysfs address_show
- dev_get_mac_address via dev_ioctl

0: https://netdev-3.bots.linux.dev/vmksft-forwarding-dbg/results/993321/24-router-bridge-1d-lag-sh/stderr

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250305163732.2766420-12-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: hold netdev instance lock during rtnetlink operations</title>
<updated>2025-03-06T20:59:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf@fomichev.me</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-05T16:37:24+00:00</published>
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To preserve the atomicity, hold the lock while applying multiple
attributes. The major issue with a full conversion to the instance
lock are software nesting devices (bonding/team/vrf/etc). Those
devices call into the core stack for their lower (potentially
real hw) devices. To avoid explicitly wrapping all those places
into instance lock/unlock, introduce new API boundaries:

- (some) existing dev_xxx calls are now considered "external"
  (to drivers) APIs and they transparently grab the instance
  lock if needed (dev_api.c)
- new netif_xxx calls are internal core stack API (naming is
  sketchy, I've tried netdev_xxx_locked per Jakub's suggestion,
  but it feels a bit verbose; but happy to get back to this
  naming scheme if this is the preference)

This avoids touching most of the existing ioctl/sysfs/drivers paths.

Note the special handling of ndo_xxx_slave operations: I exploit
the fact that none of the drivers that call these functions
need/use instance lock. At the same time, they use dev_xxx
APIs, so the lower device has to be unlocked.

Changes in unregister_netdevice_many_notify (to protect dev-&gt;state
with instance lock) trigger lockdep - the loop over close_list
(mostly from cleanup_net) introduces spurious ordering issues.
netdev_lock_cmp_fn has a justification on why it's ok to suppress
for now.

Cc: Saeed Mahameed &lt;saeed@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250305163732.2766420-7-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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To preserve the atomicity, hold the lock while applying multiple
attributes. The major issue with a full conversion to the instance
lock are software nesting devices (bonding/team/vrf/etc). Those
devices call into the core stack for their lower (potentially
real hw) devices. To avoid explicitly wrapping all those places
into instance lock/unlock, introduce new API boundaries:

- (some) existing dev_xxx calls are now considered "external"
  (to drivers) APIs and they transparently grab the instance
  lock if needed (dev_api.c)
- new netif_xxx calls are internal core stack API (naming is
  sketchy, I've tried netdev_xxx_locked per Jakub's suggestion,
  but it feels a bit verbose; but happy to get back to this
  naming scheme if this is the preference)

This avoids touching most of the existing ioctl/sysfs/drivers paths.

Note the special handling of ndo_xxx_slave operations: I exploit
the fact that none of the drivers that call these functions
need/use instance lock. At the same time, they use dev_xxx
APIs, so the lower device has to be unlocked.

Changes in unregister_netdevice_many_notify (to protect dev-&gt;state
with instance lock) trigger lockdep - the loop over close_list
(mostly from cleanup_net) introduces spurious ordering issues.
netdev_lock_cmp_fn has a justification on why it's ok to suppress
for now.

Cc: Saeed Mahameed &lt;saeed@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250305163732.2766420-7-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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