From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6.1] net: add netdev_lockdep_set_classes() to virtual drivers
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 19:26:17 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1753461306-3b9f6dd9@stable.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250724200524.172820-1-sumanth.gavini@yahoo.com>
[ Sasha's backport helper bot ]
Hi,
✅ All tests passed successfully. No issues detected.
No action required from the submitter.
The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 0bef512012b1cd8820f0c9ec80e5f8ceb43fdd59
WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit:
Backport author: Sumanth Gavini <sumanth.gavini@yahoo.com>
Commit author: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Status in newer kernel trees:
6.15.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.6.y | Not found
Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit:
---
1: 0bef512012b1 ! 1: 9684eff65270 net: add netdev_lockdep_set_classes() to virtual drivers
@@
## Metadata ##
-Author: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
+Author: Sumanth Gavini <sumanth.gavini@yahoo.com>
## Commit message ##
net: add netdev_lockdep_set_classes() to virtual drivers
+ commit 0bef512012b1cd8820f0c9ec80e5f8ceb43fdd59 upstream.
+
Based on a syzbot report, it appears many virtual
drivers do not yet use netdev_lockdep_set_classes(),
triggerring lockdep false positives.
@@ Commit message
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240212140700.2795436-4-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
+ Signed-off-by: Sumanth Gavini <sumanth.gavini@yahoo.com>
## drivers/net/dummy.c ##
@@ drivers/net/dummy.c: static int dummy_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
@@ drivers/net/veth.c: static void veth_free_queues(struct net_device *dev)
## drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c ##
@@ drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c: static int vxlan_init(struct net_device *dev)
if (err)
- goto err_gro_cells_destroy;
+ goto err_free_percpu;
+ netdev_lockdep_set_classes(dev);
return 0;
- err_gro_cells_destroy:
+ err_free_percpu:
## net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c ##
@@ net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c: int ip_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
@@ net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c: static int ip6erspan_tap_init(struct net_device *dev)
## net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c ##
@@ net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c: ip6_tnl_dev_init_gen(struct net_device *dev)
- dev->max_mtu = IP6_MAX_MTU - dev->hard_header_len;
+ dev->max_mtu = IP6_MAX_MTU - dev->hard_header_len - t_hlen;
netdev_hold(dev, &t->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
+ netdev_lockdep_set_classes(dev);
---
Results of testing on various branches:
| Branch | Patch Apply | Build Test |
|---------------------------|-------------|------------|
| origin/linux-6.1.y | Success | Success |
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-25 23:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20250724043010.129297-1-sumanth.gavini.ref@yahoo.com>
2025-07-24 4:30 ` [PATCH 6.1] net: add netdev_lockdep_set_classes() to virtual drivers Sumanth Gavini
2025-07-24 15:15 ` Sasha Levin
2025-07-24 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 " Sumanth Gavini
2025-07-25 23:26 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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