linux/include/net/netdev_lock.h, branch v6.15

bnxt_en: Fix netdev locking in ULP IRQ functions

2025-05-21T01:52:11Z

netdev_lock is already held when calling bnxt_ulp_irq_stop() and bnxt_ulp_irq_restart(). When converting rtnl_lock to netdev_lock, the original code was rtnl_dereference() to indicate that rtnl_lock was already held. rcu_dereference_protected() is the correct conversion after replacing rtnl_lock with netdev_lock. Add a new helper netdev_lock_dereference() similar to rtnl_dereference(). Fixes: 004b5008016a ("eth: bnxt: remove most dependencies on RTNL") Reviewed-by: Andy Gospodarek Reviewed-by: Pavan Chebbi Signed-off-by: Michael Chan Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250519204130.3097027-2-michael.chan@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

netdevsim: add dummy device notifiers

2025-04-03T22:32:08Z

In order to exercise and verify notifiers' locking assumptions, register dummy notifiers (via register_netdevice_notifier_dev_net). Share notifier event handler that enforces the assumptions with lock_debug.c (rename and export rtnl_net_debug_event as netdev_debug_event). Add ops lock asserts to netdev_debug_event. Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250401163452.622454-6-sdf@fomichev.me Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: designate queue -> napi linking as "ops protected"

2025-03-25T17:06:49Z

netdev netlink is the only reader of netdev_{,rx_}queue->napi, and it already holds netdev->lock. Switch protection of the writes to netdev->lock to "ops protected". The expectation will be now that accessing queue->napi will require netdev->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 Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250324224537.248800-7-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: explain "protection types" for the instance lock

2025-03-25T17:06:44Z

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 Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250324224537.248800-5-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: constify dev pointer in misc instance lock helpers

2025-03-25T17:04:49Z

lockdep asserts and predicates can operate on const pointers. In the future this will let us add asserts in functions which operate on const pointers like dev_get_min_mp_channel_count(). Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250324224537.248800-4-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: move misc netdev_lock flavors to a separate header

2025-03-08T17:06:50Z

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 Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250307183006.2312761-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski