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, jakub@cloudflare.com,
maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com, nb@tipi-net.de, lee@kernel.org,
linux-leds@vger.kernel.org, pavel@kernel.org, jv@jvosburgh.net,
michael.chan@broadcom.com, jhs@mojatatu.com,
vinicius.gomes@intel.com, idosch@nvidia.com, razor@blackwall.org,
hare@suse.de, jhasan@marvell.com, danieller@nvidia.com,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 04/11] net: ethtool: add netif_get_link_ksettings() for correct ops-locked use
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 18:28:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260603012840.2254293-5-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260603012840.2254293-1-kuba@kernel.org>
__ethtool_get_link_ksettings() is exported and called from sysfs
and many drivers. It invokes ethtool_ops->get_link_ksettings
so by our own docs it should be holding netdev lock for ops locked
devices. Looks like commit 2bcf4772e45a ("net: ethtool:
try to protect all callback with netdev instance lock")
missed adding the ops lock here.
There's a number of callers we need to fix up so let's add the
netif_get_link_ksettings() helper first, without any actual
locking changes (this commit is a nop).
Not treating this as a fix because I don't think any driver cares
at this point, but if we want to remove the rtnl_lock protection
this will become critical.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
v2:
- split into multiple patches
---
include/linux/ethtool.h | 2 ++
net/ethtool/ioctl.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
net/ethtool/linkinfo.c | 4 ++--
net/ethtool/linkmodes.c | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 1cb0740ba331..f51346a6a686 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ struct ethtool_link_ksettings {
extern int
__ethtool_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
struct ethtool_link_ksettings *link_ksettings);
+int netif_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct ethtool_link_ksettings *link_ksettings);
struct ethtool_keee {
__ETHTOOL_DECLARE_LINK_MODE_MASK(supported);
diff --git a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
index bd97f9b9bf18..49da873b673d 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
@@ -436,10 +436,10 @@ struct ethtool_link_usettings {
};
/* Internal kernel helper to query a device ethtool_link_settings. */
-int __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
- struct ethtool_link_ksettings *link_ksettings)
+int netif_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct ethtool_link_ksettings *link_ksettings)
{
- ASSERT_RTNL();
+ /* once callers fixed - assert ops locked */
if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_link_ksettings)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -450,6 +450,17 @@ int __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
memset(link_ksettings, 0, sizeof(*link_ksettings));
return dev->ethtool_ops->get_link_ksettings(dev, link_ksettings);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_get_link_ksettings);
+
+/* Convenience helper for callers that hold only rtnl_lock(). */
+int __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct ethtool_link_ksettings *link_ksettings)
+{
+ ASSERT_RTNL();
+
+ /* once callers fixed - take the ops lock around this call */
+ return netif_get_link_ksettings(dev, link_ksettings);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ethtool_get_link_ksettings);
/* convert ethtool_link_usettings in user space to a kernel internal
diff --git a/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c b/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c
index 244ff92e2ff9..d5b3dbc53c5f 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/linkinfo.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static int linkinfo_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
ret = ethnl_ops_begin(dev);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
- ret = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(dev, &data->ksettings);
+ ret = netif_get_link_ksettings(dev, &data->ksettings);
if (ret < 0)
GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "failed to retrieve link settings");
ethnl_ops_complete(dev);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ ethnl_set_linkinfo(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info, struct genl_info *info)
bool mod = false;
int ret;
- ret = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(dev, &ksettings);
+ ret = netif_get_link_ksettings(dev, &ksettings);
if (ret < 0) {
GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "failed to retrieve link settings");
return ret;
diff --git a/net/ethtool/linkmodes.c b/net/ethtool/linkmodes.c
index 30d703531652..a6d32f0d9fcc 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/linkmodes.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/linkmodes.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int linkmodes_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
- ret = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(dev, &data->ksettings);
+ ret = netif_get_link_ksettings(dev, &data->ksettings);
if (ret < 0) {
GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "failed to retrieve link settings");
goto out;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ ethnl_set_linkmodes(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info, struct genl_info *info)
bool mod = false;
int ret;
- ret = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(dev, &ksettings);
+ ret = netif_get_link_ksettings(dev, &ksettings);
if (ret < 0) {
GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "failed to retrieve link settings");
return ret;
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-03 1:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-03 1:28 [PATCH net-next v2 00/11] net: ethtool: make sure __ethtool_get_link_ksettings() is ops-locked Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-03 1:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 01/11] net: rename netdev_ops_assert_locked() Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-03 1:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 02/11] net: ethtool: cmis_cdb: hold instance lock for ops locked devices Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-03 1:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 03/11] net: document NETDEV_CHANGENAME as ops locked Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-03 1:28 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-06-03 1:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 05/11] net: bonding: don't recurse on the slave's netdev ops lock Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-03 1:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 06/11] net: team: don't recurse on the port's " Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-03 1:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 07/11] net: bridge: " Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-03 1:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 08/11] net: sched: don't recurse on the netdev ops lock in qdiscs Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-03 1:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 09/11] leds: trigger: netdev: don't recurse on the netdev ops lock Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-03 1:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 10/11] scsi: fcoe: don't recurse on the netdev's " Jakub Kicinski
2026-06-03 1:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 11/11] net: ethtool: make sure __ethtool_get_link_ksettings() is ops-locked Jakub Kicinski
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