This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net-sysfs: convert dev->operstate reads to lockless ones
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-sysfs-convert-dev-operstate-reads-to-lockless-on.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 a45342257aeaff0c4f84c1f89d1142d0589eff04
Author: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Feb 13 06:32:39 2024 +0000
net-sysfs: convert dev->operstate reads to lockless ones
[ Upstream commit 004d138364fd10dd5ff8ceb54cfdc2d792a7b338 ]
operstate_show() can omit dev_base_lock acquisition only
to read dev->operstate.
Annotate accesses to dev->operstate.
Writers still acquire dev_base_lock for mutual exclusion.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Stable-dep-of: 4893b8b3ef8d ("hsr: Simplify code for announcing HSR nodes timer setup")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index d38eff27767dc..e9e5c77ef0f4a 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -439,7 +439,8 @@ static int br_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb,
u32 filter_mask, const struct net_device *dev,
bool getlink)
{
- u8 operstate = netif_running(dev) ? dev->operstate : IF_OPER_DOWN;
+ u8 operstate = netif_running(dev) ? READ_ONCE(dev->operstate) :
+ IF_OPER_DOWN;
struct nlattr *af = NULL;
struct net_bridge *br;
struct ifinfomsg *hdr;
diff --git a/net/core/link_watch.c b/net/core/link_watch.c
index aa6cb1f90966f..13513efcfbfe8 100644
--- a/net/core/link_watch.c
+++ b/net/core/link_watch.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static void rfc2863_policy(struct net_device *dev)
{
unsigned char operstate = default_operstate(dev);
- if (operstate == dev->operstate)
+ if (operstate == READ_ONCE(dev->operstate))
return;
write_lock(&dev_base_lock);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static void rfc2863_policy(struct net_device *dev)
break;
}
- dev->operstate = operstate;
+ WRITE_ONCE(dev->operstate, operstate);
write_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
}
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 8409d41405dfe..fdf3308b03350 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -306,11 +306,9 @@ static ssize_t operstate_show(struct device *dev,
const struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
unsigned char operstate;
- read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
- operstate = netdev->operstate;
+ operstate = READ_ONCE(netdev->operstate);
if (!netif_running(netdev))
operstate = IF_OPER_DOWN;
- read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
if (operstate >= ARRAY_SIZE(operstates))
return -EINVAL; /* should not happen */
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 80169afb888d2..1163226c025c1 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -876,9 +876,9 @@ static void set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char transition)
break;
}
- if (dev->operstate != operstate) {
+ if (READ_ONCE(dev->operstate) != operstate) {
write_lock(&dev_base_lock);
- dev->operstate = operstate;
+ WRITE_ONCE(dev->operstate, operstate);
write_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
netdev_state_change(dev);
}
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
index 83906d093f0ae..89e694f1c3bd3 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ static bool is_slave_up(struct net_device *dev)
static void __hsr_set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, int transition)
{
write_lock(&dev_base_lock);
- if (dev->operstate != transition) {
- dev->operstate = transition;
+ if (READ_ONCE(dev->operstate) != transition) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(dev->operstate, transition);
write_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
netdev_state_change(dev);
} else {
@@ -78,14 +78,14 @@ static void hsr_check_announce(struct net_device *hsr_dev,
hsr = netdev_priv(hsr_dev);
- if (hsr_dev->operstate == IF_OPER_UP && old_operstate != IF_OPER_UP) {
+ if (READ_ONCE(hsr_dev->operstate) == IF_OPER_UP && old_operstate != IF_OPER_UP) {
/* Went up */
hsr->announce_count = 0;
mod_timer(&hsr->announce_timer,
jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(HSR_ANNOUNCE_INTERVAL));
}
- if (hsr_dev->operstate != IF_OPER_UP && old_operstate == IF_OPER_UP)
+ if (READ_ONCE(hsr_dev->operstate) != IF_OPER_UP && old_operstate == IF_OPER_UP)
/* Went down */
del_timer(&hsr->announce_timer);
}
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void hsr_check_carrier_and_operstate(struct hsr_priv *hsr)
/* netif_stacked_transfer_operstate() cannot be used here since
* it doesn't set IF_OPER_LOWERLAYERDOWN (?)
*/
- old_operstate = master->dev->operstate;
+ old_operstate = READ_ONCE(master->dev->operstate);
has_carrier = hsr_check_carrier(master);
hsr_set_operstate(master, has_carrier);
hsr_check_announce(master->dev, old_operstate);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 3866deaadbb66..16a9a21f6af19 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5979,7 +5979,7 @@ static int inet6_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev,
(dev->ifindex != dev_get_iflink(dev) &&
nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_LINK, dev_get_iflink(dev))) ||
nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_OPERSTATE,
- netif_running(dev) ? dev->operstate : IF_OPER_DOWN))
+ netif_running(dev) ? READ_ONCE(dev->operstate) : IF_OPER_DOWN))
goto nla_put_failure;
protoinfo = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, IFLA_PROTINFO);
if (!protoinfo)
