Re: [PATCH net-next v1 3/4] net: add granular lock for the netdev netlink socket

[Stanislav Fomichev]

On 03/07, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri,  7 Mar 2025 07:57:24 -0800 Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> > diff --git a/net/core/netdev-genl.c b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
> > index a219be90c739..8acdeeae24e7 100644
> > --- a/net/core/netdev-genl.c
> > +++ b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
> > @@ -859,6 +859,7 @@ int netdev_nl_bind_rx_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
> >  		goto err_genlmsg_free;
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
> >  	rtnl_lock();
> >  
> >  	netdev = __dev_get_by_index(genl_info_net(info), ifindex);
> > @@ -925,6 +926,7 @@ int netdev_nl_bind_rx_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
> >  	net_devmem_unbind_dmabuf(binding);
> >  err_unlock:
> >  	rtnl_unlock();
> > +	mutex_unlock(&priv->lock);
> >  err_genlmsg_free:
> >  	nlmsg_free(rsp);
> >  	return err;
> 
> I think you're missing an unlock before successful return here no?

Yes, thanks! :-( I have tested some of this code with Mina's latest TX + my
loopback mode, but it doesn't have any RX tests.. Will try to hack
something together to run RX bind before I repost.