From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
To: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>,
Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>
Cc: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@gmail.com>,
linux-can@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1] vxcan: Support per-netns device unregistration.
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:21:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260712212113.181121-1-kuniyu@google.com> (raw)
Currently, vxcan_dellink() unregisters both local and peer devices
synchronously under RTNL.
Once RTNL is removed, it can be called concurrently from different
netns.
Let's use xchg() and unregister_netdevice_queue_net() to support
per-netns device unregistration.
This way, each device is queued for destruction only once by
the winner of the race.
Note that the extra netdev_hold() ensures that @peer obtained by
the first xchg() is not freed during the subsequent access to
netdev_priv(peer). The 2nd xchg() overwrites @dev to balance
the refcount.
Tested:
1. Create two vxcan pairs (vxcan1-2, vxcan3-4) between two netns
(ns1 & ns2).
# ip netns add ns1
# ip netns add ns2
# ip -n ns1 link add vxcan1 type vxcan peer vxcan2 netns ns2
# ip -n ns1 link add vxcan3 type vxcan peer vxcan4 netns ns2
2. Run bpftrace to check if the same process does NOT
unregister the paired vxcan devices
# bpftrace -e '#include <linux/netdevice.h>
kprobe:free_netdev {
$dev = (struct net_device *)arg0;
printf("PID: %d | DEV: %s%s\n", pid, $dev->name, kstack());
}'
3. Remove vxcan2 in ns2 and check bpftrace output
# ip -n ns2 link del vxcan2
PID: 1524 | DEV: vxcan2
free_netdev+5
netdev_run_todo+4798
rtnl_dellink+1507
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+1791
netlink_rcv_skb+504
...
PID: 453 | DEV: vxcan1
free_netdev+5
netdev_run_todo+4798
process_scheduled_works+2538
worker_thread+1906
kthread+806
ret_from_fork+805
ret_from_fork_asm+17
4. Remove ns2 (thus vxcan4) and check bpftrace output
# ip netns del ns2
PID: 12 | DEV: vxcan4
free_netdev+5
netdev_run_todo+4798
default_device_exit_batch+2271
ops_undo_list+993
cleanup_net+1122
process_scheduled_works+2538
worker_thread+1906
kthread+806
ret_from_fork+805
ret_from_fork_asm+17
...
PID: 462 | DEV: vxcan3
free_netdev+5
netdev_run_todo+4798
process_scheduled_works+2538
worker_thread+1906
kthread+806
ret_from_fork+805
ret_from_fork_asm+17
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
This mirros commit d7fda2c776b2 ("veth: Support per-netns device
unregistration.").
The patch is based on net-next.git because it seems both main/master
of linux-can.git and linux-can-next.git are not synced with net-next.
71ac90cca6d8 is needed to verify the test output.
---
drivers/net/can/vxcan.c | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c b/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
index e882250180ef..b7efed1226d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK(DRV_NAME);
struct vxcan_priv {
struct net_device __rcu *peer;
+ netdevice_tracker peer_tracker;
};
static netdev_tx_t vxcan_xmit(struct sk_buff *oskb, struct net_device *dev)
@@ -268,9 +269,11 @@ static int vxcan_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
/* cross link the device pair */
priv = netdev_priv(dev);
rcu_assign_pointer(priv->peer, peer);
+ netdev_hold(peer, &priv->peer_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
priv = netdev_priv(peer);
rcu_assign_pointer(priv->peer, dev);
+ netdev_hold(dev, &priv->peer_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
return 0;
@@ -281,24 +284,25 @@ static int vxcan_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
static void vxcan_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
{
+ netdevice_tracker *peer_tracker;
struct vxcan_priv *priv;
struct net_device *peer;
priv = netdev_priv(dev);
- peer = rtnl_dereference(priv->peer);
+ peer_tracker = &priv->peer_tracker;
+ peer = unrcu_pointer(xchg(&priv->peer, NULL));
+ if (!peer)
+ return;
- /* Note : dellink() is called from default_device_exit_batch(),
- * before a rcu_synchronize() point. The devices are guaranteed
- * not being freed before one RCU grace period.
- */
- RCU_INIT_POINTER(priv->peer, NULL);
unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
- if (peer) {
- priv = netdev_priv(peer);
- RCU_INIT_POINTER(priv->peer, NULL);
- unregister_netdevice_queue(peer, head);
- }
+ priv = netdev_priv(peer);
+ dev = unrcu_pointer(xchg(&priv->peer, NULL));
+ if (dev)
+ unregister_netdevice_queue_net(dev_net(dev), peer, head);
+
+ netdev_put(peer, peer_tracker);
+ netdev_put(dev, &priv->peer_tracker);
}
static const struct nla_policy vxcan_policy[VXCAN_INFO_MAX + 1] = {
--
2.55.0.795.g602f6c329a-goog
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-12 21:21 Kuniyuki Iwashima [this message]
2026-07-12 21:34 ` [PATCH v1] vxcan: Support per-netns device unregistration sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 7:56 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2026-07-14 9:30 ` Kuniyuki Iwashima
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