[PATCH net-next v2 5/5] devlink: Warn on resource ID collision with PARENT_TOP
From: David Yang
Date: Thu Jun 11 2026 - 03:09:57 EST
ID 0 serves as the sentinel DEVLINK_RESOURCE_ID_PARENT_TOP to mark
top-level resources. While it is technically possible to use 0 as a real
resource ID, a user might be tempted to write:
enum {
MY_RESOURCE_ID_A, /* == DEVLINK_RESOURCE_ID_PARENT_TOP ! */
MY_RESOURCE_ID_B,
MY_RESOURCE_ID_C,
MY_RESOURCE_ID_D,
...
};
register(..., MY_RESOURCE_ID_C, DEVLINK_RESOURCE_ID_PARENT_TOP, ...);
register(..., MY_RESOURCE_ID_D, MY_RESOURCE_ID_C, ...);
/* D is a child of C */
register(..., MY_RESOURCE_ID_A, DEVLINK_RESOURCE_ID_PARENT_TOP, ...);
register(..., MY_RESOURCE_ID_B, MY_RESOURCE_ID_A, ...);
/* Is B intentionally top-level, or is it actually a child of A? */
Add a WARN_ON() to catch this and prevent confusion.
Signed-off-by: David Yang <mmyangfl@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/devlink/resource.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/devlink/resource.c b/net/devlink/resource.c
index 3d2f42bc2fb5..574108ccfe5d 100644
--- a/net/devlink/resource.c
+++ b/net/devlink/resource.c
@@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ __devl_resource_register(struct devlink *devlink,
struct list_head *resource_list;
bool top_hierarchy;
+ WARN_ON(resource_id == DEVLINK_RESOURCE_ID_PARENT_TOP);
+
lockdep_assert_held(&devlink->lock);
top_hierarchy = parent_resource_id == DEVLINK_RESOURCE_ID_PARENT_TOP;
--
2.53.0