[PATCH NET-PREV 47/51] netvsc: Call dev_change_net_namespace() under nd_lock

From: Kirill Tkhai
Date: Sat Mar 22 2025 - 10:56:28 EST


We want to provide "nd_lock is locked" context during
NETDEV_REGISTER (and later for NETDEV_UNREGISTER)
events. When calling from __register_netdevice(),
notifiers are already in that context, and we do the
same for dev_change_net_namespace() here.

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

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index be8038e6393f..cc9f07f8d499 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -2365,6 +2365,7 @@ static int netvsc_register_vf(struct net_device *vf_netdev, int context)
struct netvsc_device *netvsc_dev;
struct bpf_prog *prog;
struct net_device *ndev;
+ struct nd_lock *nd_lock;
int ret;

if (vf_netdev->addr_len != ETH_ALEN)
@@ -2384,8 +2385,10 @@ static int netvsc_register_vf(struct net_device *vf_netdev, int context)
* done again in that context.
*/
if (!net_eq(dev_net(ndev), dev_net(vf_netdev))) {
+ lock_netdev(vf_netdev, &nd_lock);
ret = dev_change_net_namespace(vf_netdev,
dev_net(ndev), "eth%d");
+ unlock_netdev(nd_lock);
if (ret)
netdev_err(vf_netdev,
"could not move to same namespace as %s: %d\n",