[PATCH RFC net-next] net: Add dev_getbyhwaddr_rtnl() helper

[Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>]

Add dedicated helper for finding devices by hardware address when
holding RTNL, similar to existing dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu(). This prevents
PROVE_LOCKING warnings when RTNL is held but RCU read lock is not.

Extract common address comparison logic into dev_comp_addr().

The context about this change could be found in the following
discussion:

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250206-scarlet-ermine-of-improvement-1fcac5@leitao/

Cc: kuniyu@amazon.com
Cc: ushankar@purestorage.com
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c41d1e1cbf62e0c5778c472cdb947b6f140f6064..75f0c533ff10e7188aa55345cd8140b88a7d09ca 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1121,6 +1121,16 @@ int netdev_get_name(struct net *net, char *name, int ifindex)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static bool dev_comp_addr(struct net_device *dev,
+			  unsigned short type,
+			  const char *ha)
+{
+	if (dev->type == type && !memcmp(dev->dev_addr, ha, dev->addr_len))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /**
  *	dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu - find a device by its hardware address
  *	@net: the applicable net namespace
@@ -1129,7 +1139,7 @@ int netdev_get_name(struct net *net, char *name, int ifindex)
  *
  *	Search for an interface by MAC address. Returns NULL if the device
  *	is not found or a pointer to the device.
- *	The caller must hold RCU or RTNL.
+ *	The caller must hold RCU.
  *	The returned device has not had its ref count increased
  *	and the caller must therefore be careful about locking
  *
@@ -1141,14 +1151,37 @@ struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu(struct net *net, unsigned short type,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 
 	for_each_netdev_rcu(net, dev)
-		if (dev->type == type &&
-		    !memcmp(dev->dev_addr, ha, dev->addr_len))
+		if (dev_comp_addr(dev, type, ha))
 			return dev;
 
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu);
 
+/**
+ *	dev_getbyhwaddr_rtnl - find a device by its hardware address
+ *	@net: the applicable net namespace
+ *	@type: media type of device
+ *	@ha: hardware address
+ *
+ *	Similar to dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu(), but, the owner needs to hold
+ *	RTNL.
+ *
+ */
+struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr_rtnl(struct net *net, unsigned short type,
+					const char *ha)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev;
+
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+	for_each_netdev(net, dev)
+		if (dev_comp_addr(dev, type, ha))
+			return dev;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getbyhwaddr_rtnl);
+
 struct net_device *dev_getfirstbyhwtype(struct net *net, unsigned short type)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev, *ret = NULL;

---
base-commit: 0d5248724ed8bc68c867c4c65dda625277f68fbc
change-id: 20250207-arm_fix_selftest-ee29dbc33a06

Best regards,
-- 
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>