From: Kota Toda <kota.toda@gmo-cybersecurity.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>, Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>,
Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>,
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Cc: Kota Toda <kota.toda@gmo-cybersecurity.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yuki Koike <yuki.koike@gmo-cybersecurity.com>,
linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/2] net: read header_ops callbacks with READ_ONCE()
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 20:07:49 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260305110751.167489-3-kota.toda@gmo-cybersecurity.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260305110751.167489-1-kota.toda@gmo-cybersecurity.com>
Bonding now updates its header_ops callbacks at runtime, so lockless
readers can observe concurrent callback updates.
This patch loads header_ops callbacks with READ_ONCE() and
call the loaded function pointer, instead of
re-reading through dev->header_ops.
Signed-off-by: Kota Toda <kota.toda@gmo-cybersecurity.com>
Co-developed-by: Yuki Koike <yuki.koike@gmo-cybersecurity.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuki Koike <yuki.koike@gmo-cybersecurity.com>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
include/net/cfg802154.h | 2 +-
net/core/neighbour.c | 6 +++---
net/ipv4/arp.c | 2 +-
net/ipv6/ndisc.c | 2 +-
5 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 77a99c8ab..79fb0864a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3150,35 +3150,50 @@ static inline int dev_hard_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
const void *daddr, const void *saddr,
unsigned int len)
{
- if (!dev->header_ops || !dev->header_ops->create)
- return 0;
+ int (*create)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
+ unsigned short type, const void *daddr,
+ const void *saddr, unsigned int len);
- return dev->header_ops->create(skb, dev, type, daddr, saddr, len);
+ if (!dev->header_ops)
+ return 0;
+ create = READ_ONCE(dev->header_ops->create);
+ if (!create)
+ return 0;
+ return create(skb, dev, type, daddr, saddr, len);
}
static inline int dev_parse_header(const struct sk_buff *skb,
unsigned char *haddr)
{
+ int (*parse)(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr);
const struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
- if (!dev->header_ops || !dev->header_ops->parse)
+ if (!dev->header_ops)
return 0;
- return dev->header_ops->parse(skb, haddr);
+ parse = READ_ONCE(dev->header_ops->parse);
+ if (!parse)
+ return 0;
+ return parse(skb, haddr);
}
static inline __be16 dev_parse_header_protocol(const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
+ __be16 (*parse_protocol)(const struct sk_buff *skb);
const struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
- if (!dev->header_ops || !dev->header_ops->parse_protocol)
+ if (!dev->header_ops)
+ return 0;
+ parse_protocol = READ_ONCE(dev->header_ops->parse_protocol);
+ if (!parse_protocol)
return 0;
- return dev->header_ops->parse_protocol(skb);
+ return parse_protocol(skb);
}
/* ll_header must have at least hard_header_len allocated */
static inline bool dev_validate_header(const struct net_device *dev,
char *ll_header, int len)
{
+ bool (*validate)(const char *ll_header, unsigned int len);
if (likely(len >= dev->hard_header_len))
return true;
if (len < dev->min_header_len)
@@ -3189,15 +3204,17 @@ static inline bool dev_validate_header(const struct net_device *dev,
return true;
}
- if (dev->header_ops && dev->header_ops->validate)
- return dev->header_ops->validate(ll_header, len);
-
- return false;
+ if (!dev->header_ops)
+ return false;
+ validate = READ_ONCE(dev->header_ops->validate);
+ if (!validate)
+ return false;
+ return validate(ll_header, len);
}
static inline bool dev_has_header(const struct net_device *dev)
{
- return dev->header_ops && dev->header_ops->create;
+ return dev->header_ops && READ_ONCE(dev->header_ops->create);
}
/*
diff --git a/include/net/cfg802154.h b/include/net/cfg802154.h
index 76d2cd2e2..dec638763 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg802154.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg802154.h
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ wpan_dev_hard_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
{
struct wpan_dev *wpan_dev = dev->ieee802154_ptr;
- return wpan_dev->header_ops->create(skb, dev, daddr, saddr, len);
+ return READ_ONCE(wpan_dev->header_ops->create)(skb, dev, daddr, saddr, len);
}
#endif
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 96786016d..ff948e35e 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ static void neigh_update_hhs(struct neighbour *neigh)
= NULL;
if (neigh->dev->header_ops)
- update = neigh->dev->header_ops->cache_update;
+ update = READ_ONCE(neigh->dev->header_ops->cache_update);
if (update) {
hh = &neigh->hh;
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ static void neigh_hh_init(struct neighbour *n)
* hh_cache entry.
*/
if (!hh->hh_len)
- dev->header_ops->cache(n, hh, prot);
+ READ_ONCE(dev->header_ops->cache)(n, hh, prot);
write_unlock_bh(&n->lock);
}
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ int neigh_resolve_output(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
struct net_device *dev = neigh->dev;
unsigned int seq;
- if (dev->header_ops->cache && !READ_ONCE(neigh->hh.hh_len))
+ if (READ_ONCE(dev->header_ops->cache) && !READ_ONCE(neigh->hh.hh_len))
neigh_hh_init(neigh);
do {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index 7822b2144..421bea6eb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static int arp_constructor(struct neighbour *neigh)
memcpy(neigh->ha, dev->broadcast, dev->addr_len);
}
- if (dev->header_ops->cache)
+ if (READ_ONCE(dev->header_ops->cache))
neigh->ops = &arp_hh_ops;
else
neigh->ops = &arp_generic_ops;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index d961e6c2d..d81f509ec 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static int ndisc_constructor(struct neighbour *neigh)
neigh->nud_state = NUD_NOARP;
memcpy(neigh->ha, dev->broadcast, dev->addr_len);
}
- if (dev->header_ops->cache)
+ if (READ_ONCE(dev->header_ops->cache))
neigh->ops = &ndisc_hh_ops;
else
neigh->ops = &ndisc_generic_ops;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-05 11:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-05 11:07 [PATCH v4 0/2] net: bonding: fix type-confusion in bonding header_ops Kota Toda
2026-03-05 11:07 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] " Kota Toda
2026-03-05 11:07 ` Kota Toda [this message]
2026-03-05 20:59 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] " Jay Vosburgh
2026-03-06 8:06 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-03-06 8:13 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-03-10 10:45 ` 戸田晃太
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