From: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf.kernel@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next 5/6] net: require instance lock for NETDEV_DOWN/GOING_DOWN notifiers
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:21:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260630182129.1601784-6-sdf@fomichev.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260630182129.1601784-1-sdf@fomichev.me>
Sprinkle a few asserts about ops lock: netif_close_many and __dev_notify_flags
should now consistently run under the lock
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
---
Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst | 2 ++
net/core/dev.c | 3 +++
net/core/lock_debug.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
index d2a238f8cc8b..1bb68a73bb67 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ For devices with locked ops, currently only the following notifiers are
* ``NETDEV_CHANGENAME``
* ``NETDEV_REGISTER``
* ``NETDEV_UP``
+* ``NETDEV_DOWN``
+* ``NETDEV_GOING_DOWN``
The following notifiers are running without the lock:
* ``NETDEV_UNREGISTER``
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9d49493f4fb5..714d05283500 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1802,6 +1802,7 @@ void netif_close_many(struct list_head *head, bool unlink)
__dev_close_many(head);
list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp, head, close_list) {
+ netdev_assert_locked_ops_compat(dev);
rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING, GFP_KERNEL, 0, NULL);
call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_DOWN, dev);
if (unlink)
@@ -9787,6 +9788,8 @@ void __dev_notify_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int old_flags,
{
unsigned int changes = dev->flags ^ old_flags;
+ netdev_assert_locked_ops_compat(dev);
+
if (gchanges)
rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, gchanges, GFP_ATOMIC, portid, nlh);
diff --git a/net/core/lock_debug.c b/net/core/lock_debug.c
index 8a81c5430705..abc4c00728b1 100644
--- a/net/core/lock_debug.c
+++ b/net/core/lock_debug.c
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ int netdev_debug_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
case NETDEV_CHANGE:
case NETDEV_REGISTER:
case NETDEV_UP:
+ case NETDEV_DOWN:
+ case NETDEV_GOING_DOWN:
netdev_assert_locked_ops_compat(dev);
fallthrough;
- case NETDEV_DOWN:
case NETDEV_REBOOT:
case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
case NETDEV_CHANGEMTU:
case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
case NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR:
- case NETDEV_GOING_DOWN:
case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE:
case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER:
case NETDEV_PRE_UP:
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-30 18:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-30 18:21 [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: hold instance lock around NETDEV_DOWN and NETDEV_GOING_DOWN Stanislav Fomichev
2026-06-30 18:21 ` [PATCH net-next 1/6] net: hold instance lock around NETDEV_DOWN/GOING_DOWN Stanislav Fomichev
2026-06-30 18:21 ` [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: dsa: hold instance lock on close-on-shutdown paths Stanislav Fomichev
2026-06-30 18:21 ` [PATCH net-next 3/6] net: mtk_eth_soc: hold instance lock around DMA-device-swap close Stanislav Fomichev
2026-06-30 18:21 ` [PATCH net-next 4/6] net: rtnetlink: take instance lock inside rtnl_configure_link Stanislav Fomichev
2026-06-30 18:21 ` Stanislav Fomichev [this message]
2026-06-30 18:21 ` [PATCH net-next 6/6] net: document NETDEV_UNREGISTER unlocked rationale Stanislav Fomichev
2026-06-30 23:43 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-01 16:02 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2026-07-01 16:52 ` Jakub Kicinski
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