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From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, donald.hunter@gmail.com,
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Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 07/10] devlink: allow devlink instance allocation without a backing device
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:34:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260225133422.290965-8-jiri@resnulli.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260225133422.290965-1-jiri@resnulli.us>

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>

Allow devlink_alloc_ns() to be called with dev=NULL to support
device-less devlink instances. When dev is NULL, the instance is
identified over netlink using "devlink_index" as bus_name and
the decimal index value as dev_name.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
---
v1->v2:
- moved DEVLINK_INDEX_BUS_NAME definition to patch #5
- added comment to dev arg that it can be NULL
- fixed the index sprintf for dev-less
---
 net/devlink/core.c          | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 net/devlink/dev.c           | 11 +++++++----
 net/devlink/devl_internal.h |  4 ++--
 net/devlink/port.c          | 14 +++++++++-----
 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/devlink/core.c b/net/devlink/core.c
index 85ea5856d523..e931e66aa3a2 100644
--- a/net/devlink/core.c
+++ b/net/devlink/core.c
@@ -331,7 +331,10 @@ static void devlink_release(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	mutex_destroy(&devlink->lock);
 	lockdep_unregister_key(&devlink->lock_key);
-	put_device(devlink->dev);
+	if (devlink->dev)
+		put_device(devlink->dev);
+	else
+		kfree(devlink->dev_name);
 	kvfree(devlink);
 }
 
@@ -433,7 +436,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_unregister);
  *	@ops: ops
  *	@priv_size: size of user private data
  *	@net: net namespace
- *	@dev: parent device
+ *	@dev: parent device, or NULL for a device-less devlink instance
  *
  *	Allocate new devlink instance resources, including devlink index
  *	and name.
@@ -446,7 +449,7 @@ struct devlink *devlink_alloc_ns(const struct devlink_ops *ops,
 	static u32 last_id;
 	int ret;
 
-	WARN_ON(!ops || !dev);
+	WARN_ON(!ops);
 	if (!devlink_reload_actions_valid(ops))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -459,9 +462,17 @@ struct devlink *devlink_alloc_ns(const struct devlink_ops *ops,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_xa_alloc;
 
-	devlink->dev = get_device(dev);
-	devlink->bus_name = dev->bus->name;
-	devlink->dev_name = dev_name(dev);
+	if (dev) {
+		devlink->dev = get_device(dev);
+		devlink->bus_name = dev->bus->name;
+		devlink->dev_name = dev_name(dev);
+	} else {
+		devlink->bus_name = DEVLINK_INDEX_BUS_NAME;
+		devlink->dev_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%u", devlink->index);
+		if (!devlink->dev_name)
+			goto err_kasprintf;
+	}
+
 	devlink->ops = ops;
 	xa_init_flags(&devlink->ports, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
 	xa_init_flags(&devlink->params, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
@@ -486,6 +497,8 @@ struct devlink *devlink_alloc_ns(const struct devlink_ops *ops,
 
 	return devlink;
 
+err_kasprintf:
+	xa_erase(&devlinks, devlink->index);
 err_xa_alloc:
 	kvfree(devlink);
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/net/devlink/dev.c b/net/devlink/dev.c
index e3a36de4f4ae..b63597312bbd 100644
--- a/net/devlink/dev.c
+++ b/net/devlink/dev.c
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ int devlink_reload(struct devlink *devlink, struct net *dest_net,
 	 * (e.g., PCI reset) and to close possible races between these
 	 * operations and probe/remove.
 	 */
-	device_lock_assert(devlink->dev);
+	if (devlink->dev)
+		device_lock_assert(devlink->dev);
 
 	memcpy(remote_reload_stats, devlink->stats.remote_reload_stats,
 	       sizeof(remote_reload_stats));
@@ -892,9 +893,11 @@ devlink_nl_info_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
 			goto err_cancel_msg;
 	}
 
-	err = devlink_nl_driver_info_get(dev->driver, &req);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_cancel_msg;
+	if (dev) {
+		err = devlink_nl_driver_info_get(dev->driver, &req);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_cancel_msg;
+	}
 
 	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/devlink/devl_internal.h b/net/devlink/devl_internal.h
index 67425c5d8cfc..89d08fd511cb 100644
--- a/net/devlink/devl_internal.h
+++ b/net/devlink/devl_internal.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static inline bool devl_is_registered(struct devlink *devlink)
 
 static inline void devl_dev_lock(struct devlink *devlink, bool dev_lock)
 {
-	if (dev_lock)
+	if (dev_lock && devlink->dev)
 		device_lock(devlink->dev);
 	devl_lock(devlink);
 }
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static inline void devl_dev_lock(struct devlink *devlink, bool dev_lock)
 static inline void devl_dev_unlock(struct devlink *devlink, bool dev_lock)
 {
 	devl_unlock(devlink);
-	if (dev_lock)
+	if (dev_lock && devlink->dev)
 		device_unlock(devlink->dev);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/devlink/port.c b/net/devlink/port.c
index 1d4a79c6d4d3..f19b690ebe7e 100644
--- a/net/devlink/port.c
+++ b/net/devlink/port.c
@@ -976,7 +976,9 @@ static void devlink_port_type_warn(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct devlink_port *port = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
 						 struct devlink_port,
 						 type_warn_dw);
-	dev_warn(port->devlink->dev, "Type was not set for devlink port.");
+	if (port->devlink->dev)
+		dev_warn(port->devlink->dev,
+			 "Type was not set for devlink port.");
 }
 
 static bool devlink_port_type_should_warn(struct devlink_port *devlink_port)
@@ -1242,9 +1244,10 @@ static void __devlink_port_type_set(struct devlink_port *devlink_port,
  */
 void devlink_port_type_eth_set(struct devlink_port *devlink_port)
 {
-	dev_warn(devlink_port->devlink->dev,
-		 "devlink port type for port %d set to Ethernet without a software interface reference, device type not supported by the kernel?\n",
-		 devlink_port->index);
+	if (devlink_port->devlink->dev)
+		dev_warn(devlink_port->devlink->dev,
+			 "devlink port type for port %d set to Ethernet without a software interface reference, device type not supported by the kernel?\n",
+			 devlink_port->index);
 	__devlink_port_type_set(devlink_port, DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_ETH, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_port_type_eth_set);
@@ -1272,7 +1275,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_port_type_ib_set);
  */
 void devlink_port_type_clear(struct devlink_port *devlink_port)
 {
-	if (devlink_port->type == DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_ETH)
+	if (devlink_port->type == DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_ETH &&
+	    devlink_port->devlink->dev)
 		dev_warn(devlink_port->devlink->dev,
 			 "devlink port type for port %d cleared without a software interface reference, device type not supported by the kernel?\n",
 			 devlink_port->index);
-- 
2.51.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-25 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-25 13:34 [PATCH net-next v2 00/10] devlink: introduce shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip Jiri Pirko
2026-02-25 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next v2 01/10] devlink: expose devlink instance index over netlink Jiri Pirko
2026-02-25 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next v2 02/10] devlink: store bus_name and dev_name pointers in struct devlink Jiri Pirko
2026-02-25 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next v2 03/10] devlink: avoid extra iterations when found devlink is not registered Jiri Pirko
2026-02-25 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next v2 04/10] devlink: allow to use devlink index as a command handle Jiri Pirko
2026-02-28 22:48   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-02 10:23     ` Jiri Pirko
2026-02-25 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next v2 05/10] devlink: support index-based lookup via bus_name/dev_name handle Jiri Pirko
2026-02-25 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next v2 06/10] devlink: add devlink_dev_driver_name() helper and use it in trace events Jiri Pirko
2026-02-28 22:58   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-02  9:44     ` Jiri Pirko
2026-02-25 13:34 ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2026-02-28 23:01   ` [PATCH net-next v2 07/10] devlink: allow devlink instance allocation without a backing device Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-02 13:15     ` Jiri Pirko
2026-02-25 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next v2 08/10] devlink: introduce shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip Jiri Pirko
2026-02-28 23:03   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-02  9:30     ` Jiri Pirko
2026-02-25 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next v2 09/10] documentation: networking: add shared devlink documentation Jiri Pirko
2026-02-28 23:05   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-02  9:09     ` Jiri Pirko
2026-02-25 13:34 ` [PATCH net-next v2 10/10] net/mlx5: Add a shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip Jiri Pirko

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