From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org,
michael.chan@broadcom.com, joshwash@google.com,
tariqt@nvidia.com, haiyangz@microsoft.com, linux@armlinux.org.uk,
maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com, willemb@google.com,
ernis@linux.microsoft.com, sdf.kernel@gmail.com,
kory.maincent@bootlin.com, danieller@nvidia.com,
idosch@nvidia.com, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 03/14] net: ethtool: serialize broadcast notification sequence allocation
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 16:16:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260528231637.251822-4-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260528231637.251822-1-kuba@kernel.org>
ethnl_bcast_seq is a global counter stamped into the nlmsg_seq field
of every multicast notification, allowing userspace to detect dropped
messages. Today the ordering is achieved by using rtnl_lock()
Moving forward we will want ethtool ops to run under just the netdev
instance lock so to establish ordering we need a separate lock
for notifications. With the netdev instance locks operations on
different devices may bypass each other but the expectation is
that it should not matter. What we need to prevent is:
- notification IDs getting out of order
- operations on one device getting out of order
For simplicity defer allocating the ID of the notification right
before the notification is delivered. This removes the need for
special handling in ethnl_rss_create_send_ntf().
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
net/ethtool/netlink.h | 1 -
net/ethtool/netlink.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
| 1 -
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.h b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
index 674c9c19529b..f94aaa66379c 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
struct ethnl_req_info;
-u32 ethnl_bcast_seq_next(void);
int ethnl_parse_header_dev_get(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
const struct nlattr *nest, struct net *net,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index 6cbd13b61bd1..902ff7d0a71d 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
static struct genl_family ethtool_genl_family;
static bool ethnl_ok __read_mostly;
+
+/* Serializes broadcast notification sequence allocation with the multicast
+ * send, so that userspace observes nlmsg_seq monotonic in receive order
+ * regardless of which lock the caller holds (rtnl or instance lock).
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(ethnl_bcast_lock);
static u32 ethnl_bcast_seq;
#define ETHTOOL_FLAGS_BASIC (ETHTOOL_FLAG_COMPACT_BITSETS | \
@@ -82,12 +88,6 @@ static void ethnl_sock_priv_destroy(void *priv)
}
}
-u32 ethnl_bcast_seq_next(void)
-{
- ASSERT_RTNL();
- return ++ethnl_bcast_seq;
-}
-
int ethnl_ops_begin(struct net_device *dev)
{
int ret;
@@ -329,8 +329,7 @@ void *ethnl_dump_put(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb, u8 cmd)
void *ethnl_bcastmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 cmd)
{
- return genlmsg_put(skb, 0, ++ethnl_bcast_seq, ðtool_genl_family, 0,
- cmd);
+ return genlmsg_put(skb, 0, 0, ðtool_genl_family, 0, cmd);
}
void *ethnl_unicast_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, u8 cmd)
@@ -340,8 +339,15 @@ void *ethnl_unicast_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq, u8 cmd)
int ethnl_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
{
- return genlmsg_multicast_netns(ðtool_genl_family, dev_net(dev), skb,
- 0, ETHNL_MCGRP_MONITOR, GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
+ int ret;
+
+ mutex_lock(ðnl_bcast_lock);
+ nlh->nlmsg_seq = ++ethnl_bcast_seq;
+ ret = genlmsg_multicast_netns(ðtool_genl_family, dev_net(dev), skb,
+ 0, ETHNL_MCGRP_MONITOR, GFP_KERNEL);
+ mutex_unlock(ðnl_bcast_lock);
+ return ret;
}
/* GET request helpers */
@@ -1081,7 +1087,7 @@ void ethnl_notify(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
{
if (unlikely(!ethnl_ok))
return;
- ASSERT_RTNL();
+ netdev_ops_assert_locked(dev);
if (likely(cmd < ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_notify_handlers) &&
ethnl_notify_handlers[cmd]))
--git a/net/ethtool/rss.c b/net/ethtool/rss.c
index 53792f53f922..65bad23d5c59 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/rss.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/rss.c
@@ -995,7 +995,6 @@ ethnl_rss_create_send_ntf(const struct sk_buff *rsp, struct net_device *dev)
nlh = nlmsg_hdr(ntf);
/* Convert the reply into a notification */
nlh->nlmsg_pid = 0;
- nlh->nlmsg_seq = ethnl_bcast_seq_next();
genl_hdr = nlmsg_data(nlh);
genl_hdr->cmd = ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_CREATE_NTF;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-28 23:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-28 23:16 [PATCH net-next 00/14] net: ethtool: let ops locked drivers run without rtnl_lock Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 01/14] net: ethtool: cmis_cdb: hold instance lock for ops locked devices Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-29 11:25 ` Jakub Sitnicki
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 02/14] net: ethtool: make sure __ethtool_get_link_ksettings() is ops-locked Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 04/14] net: ethtool: relax ethnl_req_get_phydev() locking assertion Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-29 8:43 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-05-29 14:27 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 05/14] net: ethtool: make dev->hwprov ops-protected Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 06/14] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock on Netlink path for GET ops Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 07/14] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock on Netlink path for SET ops Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 08/14] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock in cable test handlers Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 09/14] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock in ethnl_tsinfo_dumpit() Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 10/14] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock in ethnl_act_module_fw_flash() Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 11/14] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock in RSS context handlers Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 12/14] net: ethtool: ioctl: concentrate the locking Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 13/14] net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock on IOCTL path Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-28 23:16 ` [PATCH net-next 14/14] docs: net: ethtool: document ops-locked drivers and op_needs_rtnl Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-29 7:41 ` [syzbot ci] Re: net: ethtool: let ops locked drivers run without rtnl_lock syzbot ci
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