Re: [PATCH net v2] bonding: hold ops lock around get_link

[Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 08:10:40AM -0700, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> >
> >What if rtnl_trylock() failed? This will return ret directly.
> >Maybe
> >	if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link && rtnl_trylock()) {
> >		netdev_lock_ops(slave_dev);
> >		ret = slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link(slave_dev);
> >		netdev_unlock_ops(slave_dev);
> >		rtnl_unlock();
> >		return ret ? BMSR_LSTATUS : 0;
> >	}
> 
> 	This is on me; I had worked up a patch to remove all of this
> logic entirely and deprecate use_carrier, but got sidetracked.  Let me
> rebase it and repost it for real.
> 
> 	For reference, the original patch is below; it still needs an
> update to Documentation/networking/bonding.rst.
> 
> Subject: [PATCH RFC net-next] bonding: Remove support for use_carrier
> 
> 	 Remove the implementation of use_carrier, the link monitoring
> method that utilizes ethtool or ioctl to determine the link state of an
> interface in a bond.  The ability to set or query the use_carrier option
> remains, but bonding now always behaves as if use_carrier=1, which relies
> on netif_carrier_ok() to determine the link state of interfaces.
> 
> 	To avoid acquiring RTNL many times per second, bonding inspects
> link state under RCU, but not under RTNL.  However, ethtool
> implementations in drivers may sleep, and therefore this strategy is
> unsuitable for use with calls into driver ethtool functions.
> 
> 	The use_carrier option was introduced in 2003, to provide
> backwards compatibility for network device drivers that did not support
> the then-new netif_carrier_ok/on/off system.  Device drivers are now
> expected to support netif_carrier_*, and the use_carrier backwards
> compatibility logic is no longer necessary.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/000000000000eb54bf061cfd666a@google.com/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240718122017.d2e33aaac43a.I10ab9c9ded97163aef4e4de10985cd8f7de60d28@changeid/
> Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net>
> 

Thanks, The patch looks good to me.

Regards
Hangbin