[PATCH v9 net-next 10/12] net: transfer rtnl_lock() requirement from ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops() to caller

From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Tue Aug 01 2023 - 10:30:44 EST


phy_init() and phy_exit() will have to do more stuff under rtnl_lock()
in a future change. Since rtnl_unlock() -> netdev_run_todo() does a lot
of stuff under the hood, it's a pity to lock and unlock the rtnetlink
mutex twice in a row.

Change the calling convention such that the only caller of
ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops(), phy_device.c, provides a context where
the rtnl_mutex is already acquired.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v9:
- Rebased on top of 1c613beaf877 ("net: phy: prevent stale pointer
dereference in phy_init()")
Changes in v8:
- Patch is new

drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 7 +++++++
net/ethtool/common.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 61921d4dbb13..98b8ac28e5a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
#include <linux/phy_led_triggers.h>
#include <linux/pse-pd/pse.h>
#include <linux/property.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#include <linux/sfp.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -3451,7 +3452,9 @@ static int __init phy_init(void)
{
int rc;

+ rtnl_lock();
ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops(&phy_ethtool_phy_ops);
+ rtnl_unlock();

rc = mdio_bus_init();
if (rc)
@@ -3474,7 +3477,9 @@ static int __init phy_init(void)
err_mdio_bus:
mdio_bus_exit();
err_ethtool_phy_ops:
+ rtnl_lock();
ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops(NULL);
+ rtnl_unlock();

return rc;
}
@@ -3484,7 +3489,9 @@ static void __exit phy_exit(void)
phy_driver_unregister(&genphy_c45_driver);
phy_driver_unregister(&genphy_driver);
mdio_bus_exit();
+ rtnl_lock();
ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops(NULL);
+ rtnl_unlock();
}

subsys_initcall(phy_init);
diff --git a/net/ethtool/common.c b/net/ethtool/common.c
index 5fb19050991e..f5598c5f50de 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/common.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/common.c
@@ -665,9 +665,8 @@ const struct ethtool_phy_ops *ethtool_phy_ops;

void ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops(const struct ethtool_phy_ops *ops)
{
- rtnl_lock();
+ ASSERT_RTNL();
ethtool_phy_ops = ops;
- rtnl_unlock();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops);

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2.34.1