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From: Vikas Gupta <vikas.gupta@broadcom.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com, rahul-rg.gupta@broadcom.com,
	vsrama-krishna.nemani@broadcom.com,
	rajashekar.hudumula@broadcom.com, dharmender.garg@broadcom.com,
	ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com,
	Vikas Gupta <vikas.gupta@broadcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v7 06/10] bnge: remove refcount from L2 filter
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2026 13:17:38 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261114074742.1484603-7-vikas.gupta@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261114074742.1484603-1-vikas.gupta@broadcom.com>

A reference count was previously used under the assumption that any
context holding the last reference could delete the L2 filter.

However, going forward, the filter will only be removed by the same
context that created it, making refcount unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: Vikas Gupta <vikas.gupta@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Dharmender Garg <dharmender.garg@broadcom.com>
---
 .../net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.c  | 33 +++++++------------
 .../net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.h  |  2 --
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.c
index a8bb441ebef9..6316f75ca36e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/jhash.h>
+#include <net/netdev_lock.h>
 
 #include "bnge.h"
 #include "bnge_netdev.h"
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@
 
 void bnge_del_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn, struct bnge_l2_filter *fltr)
 {
-	if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&fltr->refcnt))
-		return;
+	netdev_assert_locked_or_invisible(bn->netdev);
+
 	hlist_del_rcu(&fltr->base.hlist);
 	kfree_rcu(fltr, base.rcu);
 }
@@ -31,18 +32,19 @@ static void bnge_init_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn,
 
 	head = &bn->l2_fltr_hash_tbl[idx];
 	hlist_add_head_rcu(&fltr->base.hlist, head);
-	refcount_set(&fltr->refcnt, 1);
 }
 
-static struct bnge_l2_filter *__bnge_lookup_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn,
-						      struct bnge_l2_key *key,
-						      u32 idx)
+static struct bnge_l2_filter *bnge_lookup_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn,
+						    struct bnge_l2_key *key,
+						    u32 idx)
 {
 	struct bnge_l2_filter *fltr;
 	struct hlist_head *head;
 
+	netdev_assert_locked_or_invisible(bn->netdev);
+
 	head = &bn->l2_fltr_hash_tbl[idx];
-	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(fltr, head, base.hlist) {
+	hlist_for_each_entry(fltr, head, base.hlist) {
 		struct bnge_l2_key *l2_key = &fltr->l2_key;
 
 		if (ether_addr_equal(l2_key->dst_mac_addr, key->dst_mac_addr) &&
@@ -52,20 +54,6 @@ static struct bnge_l2_filter *__bnge_lookup_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct bnge_l2_filter *bnge_lookup_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn,
-						    struct bnge_l2_key *key,
-						    u32 idx)
-{
-	struct bnge_l2_filter *fltr;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	fltr = __bnge_lookup_l2_filter(bn, key, idx);
-	if (fltr)
-		refcount_inc(&fltr->refcnt);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-	return fltr;
-}
-
 static struct bnge_l2_filter *bnge_alloc_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn,
 						   struct bnge_l2_key *key,
 						   gfp_t gfp)
@@ -75,9 +63,10 @@ static struct bnge_l2_filter *bnge_alloc_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn,
 
 	idx = jhash2(&key->filter_key, BNGE_L2_KEY_SIZE, bn->hash_seed) &
 	      BNGE_L2_FLTR_HASH_MASK;
+
 	fltr = bnge_lookup_l2_filter(bn, key, idx);
 	if (fltr)
-		return fltr;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
 
 	fltr = kzalloc_obj(*fltr, gfp);
 	if (!fltr)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.h
index ea1acefd70b4..372657cba43c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_filter.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
-#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/jhash.h>
 
 struct bnge_net;
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ struct bnge_l2_filter {
 	/* base filter must be the first member */
 	struct bnge_filter_base	base;
 	struct bnge_l2_key	l2_key;
-	refcount_t		refcnt;
 };
 
 void bnge_del_l2_filter(struct bnge_net *bn, struct bnge_l2_filter *fltr);
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-14  7:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-14  7:47 [PATCH net-next v7 00/10] add features to bnge Vikas Gupta
2026-11-14  7:47 ` [PATCH net-next v7 01/10] bnge: restructure VNIC and filter code Vikas Gupta
2026-11-14  7:47 ` [PATCH net-next v7 02/10] bnge: add NTUPLE/ARFS VNIC Vikas Gupta
2026-11-14  7:47 ` [PATCH net-next v7 03/10] bnge: add helper functions for multi RSS contexts Vikas Gupta
2026-11-14  7:47 ` [PATCH net-next v7 04/10] bnge: add RXFH ethtool support Vikas Gupta
2026-11-14  7:47 ` [PATCH net-next v7 05/10] bnge: add ethtool support to manage RSS contexts Vikas Gupta
2026-11-14 14:18   ` kernel test robot
2026-11-14  7:47 ` Vikas Gupta [this message]
2026-11-14  7:47 ` [PATCH net-next v7 07/10] bnge: add NTUPLE filter infrastructure Vikas Gupta
2026-11-14  7:47 ` [PATCH net-next v7 08/10] bnge: add NTUPLE filter support in ethtool Vikas Gupta
2026-11-14  7:47 ` [PATCH net-next v7 09/10] bnge: add aRFS flow steering ndo support Vikas Gupta
2026-11-14  7:47 ` [PATCH net-next v7 10/10] bnge: add cpu_rmap support for IRQ affinity Vikas Gupta

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