Patch "net: devlink: convert devlink port type-specific pointers to union" has been added to the 6.1-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    net: devlink: convert devlink port type-specific pointers to union

to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     net-devlink-convert-devlink-port-type-specific-point.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit a3f6c7f0c515b5aedcd5e76921eb427033780600
Author: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Wed Nov 2 17:01:59 2022 +0100

    net: devlink: convert devlink port type-specific pointers to union
    
    [ Upstream commit 3830c5719af66fac9849cf5fb04b03d4e4bb46ff ]
    
    Instead of storing type_dev as a void pointer, convert it to union and
    use it to store either struct net_device or struct ib_device pointer.
    
    Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Stable-dep-of: fef5b228dd38 ("rtnetlink: move IFLA_GSO_ tb check to validate_linkmsg")
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
index ba6b8b0949432..6c55aabaedf19 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h
@@ -121,12 +121,19 @@ struct devlink_port {
 	struct list_head region_list;
 	struct devlink *devlink;
 	unsigned int index;
-	spinlock_t type_lock; /* Protects type and type_dev
-			       * pointer consistency.
+	spinlock_t type_lock; /* Protects type and type_eth/ib
+			       * structures consistency.
 			       */
 	enum devlink_port_type type;
 	enum devlink_port_type desired_type;
-	void *type_dev;
+	union {
+		struct {
+			struct net_device *netdev;
+		} type_eth;
+		struct {
+			struct ib_device *ibdev;
+		} type_ib;
+	};
 	struct devlink_port_attrs attrs;
 	u8 attrs_set:1,
 	   switch_port:1,
diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 2aa77d4b80d0a..4f95987e02234 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ static int devlink_nl_port_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
 		goto nla_put_failure_type_locked;
 	if (devlink_port->type == DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_ETH) {
 		struct net *net = devlink_net(devlink_port->devlink);
-		struct net_device *netdev = devlink_port->type_dev;
+		struct net_device *netdev = devlink_port->type_eth.netdev;
 
 		if (netdev && net_eq(net, dev_net(netdev)) &&
 		    (nla_put_u32(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_PORT_NETDEV_IFINDEX,
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ static int devlink_nl_port_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
 			goto nla_put_failure_type_locked;
 	}
 	if (devlink_port->type == DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_IB) {
-		struct ib_device *ibdev = devlink_port->type_dev;
+		struct ib_device *ibdev = devlink_port->type_ib.ibdev;
 
 		if (ibdev &&
 		    nla_put_string(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_PORT_IBDEV_NAME,
@@ -10006,7 +10006,16 @@ static void __devlink_port_type_set(struct devlink_port *devlink_port,
 	devlink_port_type_warn_cancel(devlink_port);
 	spin_lock_bh(&devlink_port->type_lock);
 	devlink_port->type = type;
-	devlink_port->type_dev = type_dev;
+	switch (type) {
+	case DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_ETH:
+		devlink_port->type_eth.netdev = type_dev;
+		break;
+	case DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_IB:
+		devlink_port->type_ib.ibdev = type_dev;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&devlink_port->type_lock);
 	devlink_port_notify(devlink_port, DEVLINK_CMD_PORT_NEW);
 }
@@ -12021,7 +12030,7 @@ devlink_trap_report_metadata_set(struct devlink_trap_metadata *metadata,
 
 	spin_lock(&in_devlink_port->type_lock);
 	if (in_devlink_port->type == DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_ETH)
-		metadata->input_dev = in_devlink_port->type_dev;
+		metadata->input_dev = in_devlink_port->type_eth.netdev;
 	spin_unlock(&in_devlink_port->type_lock);
 }