[PATCH NET-PREV 17/51] netkit: Use __register_netdevice in .newlink

From: Kirill Tkhai
Date: Sat Mar 22 2025 - 10:41:54 EST


The objective is to conform .newlink with its callers,
which already assign nd_lock (and matches master nd_lock
if there is one).

Also, use __unregister_netdevice() since we know
there is held lock in that path.

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <tkhai@xxxxx>
---
drivers/net/netkit.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netkit.c b/drivers/net/netkit.c
index 16789cd446e9..da8d806b8249 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netkit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netkit.c
@@ -408,7 +408,8 @@ static int netkit_new_link(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
nk->mode = mode;
bpf_mprog_bundle_init(&nk->bundle);

- err = register_netdevice(peer);
+ attach_nd_lock(peer, rcu_dereference_protected(dev->nd_lock, true));
+ err = __register_netdevice(peer);
put_net(net);
if (err < 0)
goto err_register_peer;
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ static int netkit_new_link(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
nk->mode = mode;
bpf_mprog_bundle_init(&nk->bundle);

- err = register_netdevice(dev);
+ err = __register_netdevice(dev);
if (err < 0)
goto err_configure_peer;
netif_carrier_off(dev);
@@ -444,9 +445,10 @@ static int netkit_new_link(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
rcu_assign_pointer(netkit_priv(peer)->peer, dev);
return 0;
err_configure_peer:
- unregister_netdevice(peer);
+ __unregister_netdevice(peer);
return err;
err_register_peer:
+ detach_nd_lock(peer);
free_netdev(peer);
return err;
}