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authorStanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>2025-03-12 12:05:13 -0700
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>2025-03-19 18:52:00 +0100
commit6dd132516f8e467f144f7871ff2708ce827417a1 (patch)
treedecb418263cf909476a8c5d33166e8477e58affb
parent8033d2aef51722fe74068b52553625ed91ea256c (diff)
net: reorder dev_addr_sem lock
Lockdep complains about circular lock in 1 -> 2 -> 3 (see below). Change the lock ordering to be: - rtnl_lock - dev_addr_sem - netdev_ops (only for lower devices!) - team_lock (or other per-upper device lock) 1. rtnl_lock -> netdev_ops -> dev_addr_sem rtnl_setlink rtnl_lock do_setlink IFLA_ADDRESS on lower netdev_ops dev_addr_sem 2. rtnl_lock -> team_lock -> netdev_ops rtnl_newlink rtnl_lock do_setlink IFLA_MASTER on lower do_set_master team_add_slave team_lock team_port_add dev_set_mtu netdev_ops 3. rtnl_lock -> dev_addr_sem -> team_lock rtnl_newlink rtnl_lock do_setlink IFLA_ADDRESS on upper dev_addr_sem netif_set_mac_address team_set_mac_address team_lock 4. rtnl_lock -> netdev_ops -> dev_addr_sem rtnl_lock dev_ifsioc dev_set_mac_address_user __tun_chr_ioctl rtnl_lock dev_set_mac_address_user tap_ioctl rtnl_lock dev_set_mac_address_user dev_set_mac_address_user netdev_lock_ops netif_set_mac_address_user dev_addr_sem v2: - move lock reorder to happen after kmalloc (Kuniyuki) Cc: Kohei Enju <enjuk@amazon.com> Fixes: df43d8bf1031 ("net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock") Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me> Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250312190513.1252045-3-sdf@fomichev.me Tested-by: Lei Yang <leiyang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h2
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c11
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev_api.c4
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c15
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 0db9fc0afe36..0c5b1f7f8f3a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4196,8 +4196,6 @@ int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
-int netif_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
- struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
int dev_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
int dev_get_mac_address(struct sockaddr *sa, struct net *net, char *dev_name);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 977a9946d39c..235560341765 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9577,17 +9577,6 @@ int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
DECLARE_RWSEM(dev_addr_sem);
-int netif_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
- struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
-{
- int ret;
-
- down_write(&dev_addr_sem);
- ret = netif_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
- up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
- return ret;
-}
-
int dev_get_mac_address(struct sockaddr *sa, struct net *net, char *dev_name)
{
size_t size = sizeof(sa->sa_data_min);
diff --git a/net/core/dev_api.c b/net/core/dev_api.c
index 2e17548af685..8dbc60612100 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_api.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_api.c
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ int dev_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
{
int ret;
+ down_write(&dev_addr_sem);
netdev_lock_ops(dev);
- ret = netif_set_mac_address_user(dev, sa, extack);
+ ret = netif_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+ up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 9355058bf996..5a24a30dfc2d 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3088,13 +3088,24 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
goto errout;
}
sa->sa_family = dev->type;
+
+ netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+
+ /* dev_addr_sem is an outer lock, enforce proper ordering */
+ down_write(&dev_addr_sem);
+ netdev_lock_ops(dev);
+
memcpy(sa->sa_data, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]),
dev->addr_len);
- err = netif_set_mac_address_user(dev, sa, extack);
+ err = netif_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
kfree(sa);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
goto errout;
+ }
status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
+
+ up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
}
if (tb[IFLA_MTU]) {