From: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com, jasowang@redhat.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org, sdf@fomichev.me,
jdamato@fastly.com, kory.maincent@bootlin.com,
atenart@kernel.org, kuniyu@amazon.com,
Kohei Enju <enjuk@amazon.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: reorder dev_addr_sem lock
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 01:45:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250311084507.3978048-3-sdf@fomichev.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250311084507.3978048-1-sdf@fomichev.me>
Lockdep complains about circular lock in 1 -> 2 -> 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 -> netdev_ops -> dev_addr_sem
rtnl_setlink
rtnl_lock
do_setlink IFLA_ADDRESS on lower
netdev_ops
dev_addr_sem
2. rtnl_lock -> team_lock -> 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 -> dev_addr_sem -> 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 -> netdev_ops -> 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
Cc: Kohei Enju <enjuk@amazon.com>
Fixes: df43d8bf1031 ("net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 --
net/core/dev.c | 11 -----------
net/core/dev_api.c | 4 +++-
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 42c75cb028e7..2bf1f914f61a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4198,8 +4198,6 @@ int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
-int netif_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
- struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
int dev_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
int dev_get_mac_address(struct sockaddr *sa, struct net *net, char *dev_name);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 5a64389461e2..66290c159ad8 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9592,17 +9592,6 @@ int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
DECLARE_RWSEM(dev_addr_sem);
-int netif_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
- struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
-{
- int ret;
-
- down_write(&dev_addr_sem);
- ret = netif_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
- up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
- return ret;
-}
-
int dev_get_mac_address(struct sockaddr *sa, struct net *net, char *dev_name)
{
size_t size = sizeof(sa->sa_data_min);
diff --git a/net/core/dev_api.c b/net/core/dev_api.c
index 2e17548af685..8dbc60612100 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_api.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_api.c
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ int dev_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
{
int ret;
+ down_write(&dev_addr_sem);
netdev_lock_ops(dev);
- ret = netif_set_mac_address_user(dev, sa, extack);
+ ret = netif_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+ up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 9355058bf996..c9d44dad203d 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3080,21 +3080,32 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
struct sockaddr *sa;
int len;
+ netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+
+ /* dev_addr_sem is an outer lock, enforce proper ordering */
+ down_write(&dev_addr_sem);
+ netdev_lock_ops(dev);
+
len = sizeof(sa_family_t) + max_t(size_t, dev->addr_len,
sizeof(*sa));
sa = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!sa) {
+ up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
err = -ENOMEM;
goto errout;
}
sa->sa_family = dev->type;
memcpy(sa->sa_data, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]),
dev->addr_len);
- err = netif_set_mac_address_user(dev, sa, extack);
+ err = netif_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
kfree(sa);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
goto errout;
+ }
status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
+
+ up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
}
if (tb[IFLA_MTU]) {
--
2.48.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-03-11 8:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-03-11 8:45 [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: bring back dev_addr_sem Stanislav Fomichev
2025-03-11 8:45 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] Revert "net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock" Stanislav Fomichev
2025-03-12 2:11 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
2025-03-11 8:45 ` Stanislav Fomichev [this message]
2025-03-12 2:27 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: reorder dev_addr_sem lock Kuniyuki Iwashima
2025-03-12 8:59 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2025-03-12 13:25 ` [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: bring back dev_addr_sem Lei Yang
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