[PATCH NET-PREV 27/51] vlan: Use __register_netdevice in .newlink

From: Kirill Tkhai
Date: Sat Mar 22 2025 - 10:48:40 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>
---
net/8021q/vlan.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index e45187b88220..ca3ba251a145 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int register_vlan_dev(struct net_device *dev, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
if (err < 0)
goto out_uninit_mvrp;

- err = register_netdevice(dev);
+ err = __register_netdevice(dev);
if (err < 0)
goto out_uninit_mvrp;

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int register_vlan_dev(struct net_device *dev, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
return 0;

out_unregister_netdev:
- unregister_netdevice(dev);
+ __unregister_netdevice(dev);
out_uninit_mvrp:
if (grp->nr_vlan_devs == 0)
vlan_mvrp_uninit_applicant(real_dev);
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ static int register_vlan_device(struct net_device *real_dev, u16 vlan_id)
struct vlan_dev_priv *vlan;
struct net *net = dev_net(real_dev);
struct vlan_net *vn = net_generic(net, vlan_net_id);
+ struct nd_lock *nd_lock;
char name[IFNAMSIZ];
int err;

@@ -274,7 +275,13 @@ static int register_vlan_device(struct net_device *real_dev, u16 vlan_id)
vlan->flags = VLAN_FLAG_REORDER_HDR;

new_dev->rtnl_link_ops = &vlan_link_ops;
+
+ lock_netdev(real_dev, &nd_lock);
+ attach_nd_lock(new_dev, nd_lock);
err = register_vlan_dev(new_dev, NULL);
+ if (err)
+ detach_nd_lock(new_dev);
+ unlock_netdev(nd_lock);
if (err < 0)
goto out_free_newdev;