From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
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Subject: [PATCH net-next v3 10/13] devlink: allow devlink instance allocation without a backing device
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 17:00:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260304160022.6114-11-jiri@resnulli.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260304160022.6114-1-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>
---
v2->v3:
- rebased on top of __devlink_alloc() introduction
- removed dev check before dev_warn (devl_warn is used now)
- rebased on top of devlink->bus_name and devlink->dev_name removal
- rebased on top of devlink->dev_driver addition
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 | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
net/devlink/dev.c | 8 ++++----
net/devlink/devl_internal.h | 5 +++--
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/devlink/core.c b/net/devlink/core.c
index 34eb06d88544..eeb6a71f5f56 100644
--- a/net/devlink/core.c
+++ b/net/devlink/core.c
@@ -250,13 +250,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_to_dev);
const char *devlink_bus_name(const struct devlink *devlink)
{
- return devlink->dev->bus->name;
+ return devlink->dev ? devlink->dev->bus->name : DEVLINK_INDEX_BUS_NAME;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_bus_name);
const char *devlink_dev_name(const struct devlink *devlink)
{
- return dev_name(devlink->dev);
+ return devlink->dev ? dev_name(devlink->dev) : devlink->dev_name_index;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_dev_name);
@@ -329,7 +329,10 @@ 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_index);
kvfree(devlink);
}
@@ -432,7 +435,7 @@ struct devlink *__devlink_alloc(const struct devlink_ops *ops, size_t priv_size,
static u32 last_id;
int ret;
- WARN_ON(!ops || !dev || !dev_driver);
+ WARN_ON(!ops || !dev_driver);
if (!devlink_reload_actions_valid(ops))
return NULL;
@@ -445,7 +448,14 @@ struct devlink *__devlink_alloc(const struct devlink_ops *ops, size_t priv_size,
if (ret < 0)
goto err_xa_alloc;
- devlink->dev = get_device(dev);
+ if (dev) {
+ devlink->dev = get_device(dev);
+ } else {
+ devlink->dev_name_index = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%u", devlink->index);
+ if (!devlink->dev_name_index)
+ goto err_kasprintf;
+ }
+
devlink->ops = ops;
devlink->dev_driver = dev_driver;
xa_init_flags(&devlink->ports, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
@@ -471,6 +481,8 @@ struct devlink *__devlink_alloc(const struct devlink_ops *ops, size_t priv_size,
return devlink;
+err_kasprintf:
+ xa_erase(&devlinks, devlink->index);
err_xa_alloc:
kvfree(devlink);
return NULL;
@@ -492,6 +504,7 @@ struct devlink *devlink_alloc_ns(const struct devlink_ops *ops,
size_t priv_size, struct net *net,
struct device *dev)
{
+ WARN_ON(!dev);
return __devlink_alloc(ops, priv_size, net, dev, dev->driver);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_alloc_ns);
diff --git a/net/devlink/dev.c b/net/devlink/dev.c
index e3a36de4f4ae..57b2b8f03543 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));
@@ -854,7 +855,7 @@ int devlink_info_version_running_put_ext(struct devlink_info_req *req,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_info_version_running_put_ext);
-static int devlink_nl_driver_info_get(struct device_driver *drv,
+static int devlink_nl_driver_info_get(const struct device_driver *drv,
struct devlink_info_req *req)
{
if (!drv)
@@ -872,7 +873,6 @@ devlink_nl_info_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
enum devlink_command cmd, u32 portid,
u32 seq, int flags, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
- struct device *dev = devlink_to_dev(devlink);
struct devlink_info_req req = {};
void *hdr;
int err;
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ devlink_nl_info_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
goto err_cancel_msg;
}
- err = devlink_nl_driver_info_get(dev->driver, &req);
+ err = devlink_nl_driver_info_get(devlink->dev_driver, &req);
if (err)
goto err_cancel_msg;
diff --git a/net/devlink/devl_internal.h b/net/devlink/devl_internal.h
index cb2ffef1ac2d..7dfb7cdd2d23 100644
--- a/net/devlink/devl_internal.h
+++ b/net/devlink/devl_internal.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct devlink {
struct xarray snapshot_ids;
struct devlink_dev_stats stats;
struct device *dev;
+ const char *dev_name_index;
const struct device_driver *dev_driver;
possible_net_t _net;
/* Serializes access to devlink instance specific objects such as
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ 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);
}
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ 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);
}
--
2.51.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-04 16:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-04 16:00 [PATCH net-next v3 00/13] devlink: introduce shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 01/13] devlink: expose devlink instance index over netlink Jiri Pirko
2026-03-07 3:32 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-07 7:52 ` Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 02/13] devlink: add helpers to get bus_name/dev_name Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 03/13] devlink: avoid extra iterations when found devlink is not registered Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 04/13] devlink: allow to use devlink index as a command handle Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 05/13] devlink: support index-based lookup via bus_name/dev_name handle Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 06/13] devlink: support index-based notification filtering Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 07/13] devlink: introduce __devlink_alloc() with dev driver pointer Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 08/13] devlink: add devlink_dev_driver_name() helper and use it in trace events Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 09/13] devlink: add devl_warn() helper and use it in port warnings Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 11/13] devlink: introduce shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 12/13] documentation: networking: add shared devlink documentation Jiri Pirko
2026-03-04 16:00 ` [PATCH net-next v3 13/13] net/mlx5: Add a shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip Jiri Pirko
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