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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,
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Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 10/13] devlink: allow devlink instance allocation without a backing device
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:04:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260312100407.551173-11-jiri@resnulli.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260312100407.551173-1-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


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-12 10:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-12 10:03 [PATCH net-next v4 00/13] devlink: introduce shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:03 ` [PATCH net-next v4 01/13] devlink: expose devlink instance index over netlink Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:03 ` [PATCH net-next v4 02/13] devlink: add helpers to get bus_name/dev_name Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:03 ` [PATCH net-next v4 03/13] devlink: avoid extra iterations when found devlink is not registered Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:03 ` [PATCH net-next v4 04/13] devlink: allow to use devlink index as a command handle Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:03 ` [PATCH net-next v4 05/13] devlink: support index-based lookup via bus_name/dev_name handle Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:04 ` [PATCH net-next v4 06/13] devlink: support index-based notification filtering Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:04 ` [PATCH net-next v4 07/13] devlink: introduce __devlink_alloc() with dev driver pointer Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:04 ` [PATCH net-next v4 08/13] devlink: add devlink_dev_driver_name() helper and use it in trace events Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:04 ` [PATCH net-next v4 09/13] devlink: add devl_warn() helper and use it in port warnings Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:04 ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2026-03-12 10:04 ` [PATCH net-next v4 11/13] devlink: introduce shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:04 ` [PATCH net-next v4 12/13] documentation: networking: add shared devlink documentation Jiri Pirko
2026-03-12 10:04 ` [PATCH net-next v4 13/13] net/mlx5: Add a shared devlink instance for PFs on same chip Jiri Pirko
2026-03-20 23:16   ` Adam Young
2026-03-20 23:37     ` Adam Young
2026-03-23 15:05       ` Jiri Pirko
2026-03-24 13:02         ` Jiri Pirko
2026-03-24 17:49           ` Adam Young
2026-03-24 19:57             ` Adam Young
2026-03-24 15:10   ` [PATCH net-next v4 13/15] " Ben Copeland
2026-03-24 15:21     ` Jiri Pirko
2026-03-24 15:37       ` Ben Copeland
2026-03-14 20:20 ` [PATCH net-next v4 00/13] devlink: introduce " patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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