* [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: move the netdev_ops checks into a helper
[not found] <20261002094211.2350702-1-nb@tipi-net.de>
@ 2026-10-02 9:42 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-10-02 9:42 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: reject ops-locked drivers without ndo_set_rx_mode_async Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-10-02 9:42 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: reject a netdev that implements only one hwtstamp NDO Nicolai Buchwitz
2 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nicolai Buchwitz @ 2026-10-02 9:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman
Cc: Kuniyuki Iwashima, Nicolai Buchwitz, netdev, linux-kernel
register_netdevice() already does two ops sanity checks and is about to
get a third. Collect them in netdev_check_ops().
The call stays after ndo_init() because drivers set features from there.
Signed-off-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
---
net/core/dev.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 5ac08da8b9d7..a44bcfc29d54 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -11451,6 +11451,24 @@ static void netdev_free_phy_link_topology(struct net_device *dev)
}
}
+static int netdev_check_ops(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+
+ if (((dev->hw_features | dev->features) &
+ NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER) &&
+ (!ops->ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid || !ops->ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid)) {
+ netdev_WARN(dev, "Buggy VLAN acceleration in driver!\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (netdev_need_ops_lock(dev) && ops->ndo_set_rx_mode &&
+ !ops->ndo_set_rx_mode_async)
+ netdev_WARN(dev, "ops-locked drivers should use ndo_set_rx_mode_async\n");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
/**
* register_netdevice() - register a network device
* @dev: device to register
@@ -11506,19 +11524,9 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
}
}
- if (((dev->hw_features | dev->features) &
- NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER) &&
- (!dev->netdev_ops->ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid ||
- !dev->netdev_ops->ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid)) {
- netdev_WARN(dev, "Buggy VLAN acceleration in driver!\n");
- ret = -EINVAL;
+ ret = netdev_check_ops(dev);
+ if (ret)
goto err_uninit;
- }
-
- if (netdev_need_ops_lock(dev) &&
- dev->netdev_ops->ndo_set_rx_mode &&
- !dev->netdev_ops->ndo_set_rx_mode_async)
- netdev_WARN(dev, "ops-locked drivers should use ndo_set_rx_mode_async\n");
ret = netdev_do_alloc_pcpu_stats(dev);
if (ret)
base-commit: 071876fd50482a68603a9460d80dd6dd58827ee1
--
2.53.0
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* [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: reject ops-locked drivers without ndo_set_rx_mode_async
[not found] <20261002094211.2350702-1-nb@tipi-net.de>
2026-10-02 9:42 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: move the netdev_ops checks into a helper Nicolai Buchwitz
@ 2026-10-02 9:42 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-10-02 9:42 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: reject a netdev that implements only one hwtstamp NDO Nicolai Buchwitz
2 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nicolai Buchwitz @ 2026-10-02 9:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman
Cc: Kuniyuki Iwashima, Nicolai Buchwitz, netdev, linux-kernel
ndo_set_rx_mode cannot sleep and runs with netif_addr_lock_bh held, so an
ops-locked driver cannot take the instance lock from it.
ndo_set_rx_mode_async is the replacement and runs in process context.
Registration has only warned about this since v7.1, long enough to find
the offenders. Make it an error.
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
---
I grepped for potential offenders in the tree using
for f in $(git grep -lE 'request_ops_lock|queue_mgmt_ops|net_shaper_ops' \
-- drivers/net); do
d=$(dirname $f)
git grep -q '\.ndo_set_rx_mode\s*=' -- $d &&
! git grep -q 'ndo_set_rx_mode_async' -- $d && echo "$d"
done
but haven't found any. net-next testing will show if I missed something.
net/core/dev.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a44bcfc29d54..ca7f4844cc40 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -11463,8 +11463,10 @@ static int netdev_check_ops(struct net_device *dev)
}
if (netdev_need_ops_lock(dev) && ops->ndo_set_rx_mode &&
- !ops->ndo_set_rx_mode_async)
+ !ops->ndo_set_rx_mode_async) {
netdev_WARN(dev, "ops-locked drivers should use ndo_set_rx_mode_async\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
return 0;
}
--
2.53.0
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* [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] net: reject a netdev that implements only one hwtstamp NDO
[not found] <20261002094211.2350702-1-nb@tipi-net.de>
2026-10-02 9:42 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] net: move the netdev_ops checks into a helper Nicolai Buchwitz
2026-10-02 9:42 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] net: reject ops-locked drivers without ndo_set_rx_mode_async Nicolai Buchwitz
@ 2026-10-02 9:42 ` Nicolai Buchwitz
2 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nicolai Buchwitz @ 2026-10-02 9:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman
Cc: Kuniyuki Iwashima, Nicolai Buchwitz, netdev, linux-kernel
ndo_hwtstamp_get and ndo_hwtstamp_set only make sense as a pair. A
driver providing just one gets no complaint today, and the mismatch
turns up in user space, where a set can succeed while the matching get
fails.
Catch it at registration instead.
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nicolai Buchwitz <nb@tipi-net.de>
---
net/core/dev.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ca7f4844cc40..db765cb5811e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -11462,6 +11462,11 @@ static int netdev_check_ops(struct net_device *dev)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ if (!ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get != !ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set) {
+ netdev_WARN(dev, "driver implements only one hwtstamp NDO\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (netdev_need_ops_lock(dev) && ops->ndo_set_rx_mode &&
!ops->ndo_set_rx_mode_async) {
netdev_WARN(dev, "ops-locked drivers should use ndo_set_rx_mode_async\n");
--
2.53.0
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