[PATCH net v2] net: xdp: don't call notifiers during driver init

[PATCH net v2] net: xdp: don't call notifiers during driver init

[Jakub Kicinski]

Drivers will commonly perform feature setting during init, if they use
the xdp_set_features_flag() helper they'll likely run into an ASSERT_RTNL()
inside call_netdevice_notifiers_info().

Don't call the notifier until the device is actually registered.
Nothing should be tracking the device until its registered and
after its unregistration has started.

Fixes: 4d5ab0ad964d ("net/mlx5e: take into account device reconfiguration for xdp_features flag")
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
v2: only call for REGISTERED devices, not dead ones
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230316002903.492497-1-kuba@kernel.org/

CC: ast@kernel.org
CC: daniel@iogearbox.net
CC: hawk@kernel.org
CC: john.fastabend@gmail.com
CC: lorenzo@kernel.org
CC: tariqt@nvidia.com
CC: bpf@vger.kernel.org
---
 net/core/xdp.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/xdp.c b/net/core/xdp.c
index 87e654b7d06c..b5737e47ec41 100644
--- a/net/core/xdp.c
+++ b/net/core/xdp.c
@@ -781,7 +781,9 @@ void xdp_set_features_flag(struct net_device *dev, xdp_features_t val)
 		return;
 
 	dev->xdp_features = val;
-	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_XDP_FEAT_CHANGE, dev);
+
+	if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
+		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_XDP_FEAT_CHANGE, dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xdp_set_features_flag);
 
-- 
2.39.2

Re: [PATCH net v2] net: xdp: don't call notifiers during driver init

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:02:34 -0700 you wrote:
> Drivers will commonly perform feature setting during init, if they use
> the xdp_set_features_flag() helper they'll likely run into an ASSERT_RTNL()
> inside call_netdevice_notifiers_info().
> 
> Don't call the notifier until the device is actually registered.
> Nothing should be tracking the device until its registered and
> after its unregistration has started.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v2] net: xdp: don't call notifiers during driver init
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/769639c1fe8a

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