[PATCH net-next 06/13] ipvlan: Make the addrs_lock be per port

From: Dmitry Skorodumov
Date: Tue Nov 18 2025 - 05:05:34 EST


Make the addrs_lock be per port, not per ipvlan dev.

This appears to be a very minor problem though.
Since it's highly unlikely that ipvlan_add_addr() will
be called on 2 CPU simultaneously. But nevertheless,
this may cause:

1. False-negative of ipvlan_addr_busy(): one interface
iterated through all port->ipvlans + ipvlan->addrs
under some ipvlan spinlock, and another added IP
under its own lock. Though this is only possible
for IPv6, since looks like only ipvlan_addr6_event() can be
called without rtnl_lock.

2. Race since ipvlan_ht_addr_add(port) is called under
different ipvlan->addrs_lock locks

This should not affect performance, since add/remove IP
is a rare situation and spinlock is not locked on fast
paths.

Also, it's quite convenient to have addrs_lock on
ipvl_port, to dynamically prevent conflict of IPs
with addresses on main port.

CC: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Skorodumov <skorodumov.dmitry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c | 4 ++--
drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan.h b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan.h
index c690e313ef6b..0ab1797c6128 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ struct ipvl_dev {
DECLARE_BITMAP(mac_filters, IPVLAN_MAC_FILTER_SIZE);
netdev_features_t sfeatures;
u32 msg_enable;
- spinlock_t addrs_lock;
};

struct ipvl_addr {
@@ -94,6 +93,7 @@ struct ipvl_port {
struct net_device *dev;
possible_net_t pnet;
struct hlist_head hlhead[IPVLAN_HASH_SIZE];
+ spinlock_t addrs_lock; /* guards hash-table and addrs */
struct list_head ipvlans;
struct packet_type ipvl_ptype;
u16 mode;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
index f3f34581339c..8a39b1c170b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static void __ipvlan_macnat_addr_learn(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan,
struct ipvl_addr *ipvladdr, *oldest = NULL;
unsigned int naddrs = 0;

- spin_lock_bh(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);
+ spin_lock_bh(&ipvlan->port->addrs_lock);

if (ipvlan_addr_busy(ipvlan->port, addr, is_v6))
goto out_unlock;
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static void __ipvlan_macnat_addr_learn(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan,
ipvlan_add_addr(ipvlan, addr, is_v6, hwaddr);

out_unlock:
- spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->port->addrs_lock);
if (oldest)
kfree_rcu(oldest, rcu);
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index 288b4d103b97..c1df97a88a40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ static int ipvlan_port_create(struct net_device *dev)
for (idx = 0; idx < IPVLAN_HASH_SIZE; idx++)
INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&port->hlhead[idx]);

+ spin_lock_init(&port->addrs_lock);
skb_queue_head_init(&port->backlog);
INIT_WORK(&port->wq, ipvlan_process_multicast);
ida_init(&port->ida);
@@ -662,7 +663,6 @@ int ipvlan_link_new(struct net_device *dev, struct rtnl_newlink_params *params,
if (!tb[IFLA_MTU])
ipvlan_adjust_mtu(ipvlan, phy_dev);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ipvlan->addrs);
- spin_lock_init(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);

/* Flags are per port and latest update overrides. User has
* to be consistent in setting it just like the mode attribute.
@@ -746,13 +746,13 @@ static void ipvlan_addrs_forget_all(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan)
{
struct ipvl_addr *addr, *next;

- spin_lock_bh(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);
+ spin_lock_bh(&ipvlan->port->addrs_lock);
list_for_each_entry_safe(addr, next, &ipvlan->addrs, anode) {
ipvlan_ht_addr_del(addr);
list_del_rcu(&addr->anode);
kfree_rcu(addr, rcu);
}
- spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->port->addrs_lock);
}

void ipvlan_link_delete(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
@@ -973,16 +973,16 @@ void ipvlan_del_addr(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan, void *iaddr, bool is_v6)
{
struct ipvl_addr *addr;

- spin_lock_bh(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);
+ spin_lock_bh(&ipvlan->port->addrs_lock);
addr = ipvlan_find_addr(ipvlan, iaddr, is_v6);
if (!addr) {
- spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->port->addrs_lock);
return;
}

ipvlan_ht_addr_del(addr);
list_del_rcu(&addr->anode);
- spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->port->addrs_lock);
kfree_rcu(addr, rcu);
}

@@ -991,14 +991,14 @@ static int ipvlan_add_addr6(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan, struct in6_addr *ip6_addr)
{
int ret = -EINVAL;

- spin_lock_bh(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);
+ spin_lock_bh(&ipvlan->port->addrs_lock);
if (ipvlan_addr_busy(ipvlan->port, ip6_addr, true))
netif_err(ipvlan, ifup, ipvlan->dev,
"Failed to add IPv6=%pI6c addr for %s intf\n",
ip6_addr, ipvlan->dev->name);
else
ret = ipvlan_add_addr(ipvlan, ip6_addr, true, NULL);
- spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->port->addrs_lock);
return ret;
}

@@ -1062,14 +1062,14 @@ static int ipvlan_add_addr4(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan, struct in_addr *ip4_addr)
{
int ret = -EINVAL;

- spin_lock_bh(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);
+ spin_lock_bh(&ipvlan->port->addrs_lock);
if (ipvlan_addr_busy(ipvlan->port, ip4_addr, false))
netif_err(ipvlan, ifup, ipvlan->dev,
"Failed to add IPv4=%pI4 on %s intf.\n",
ip4_addr, ipvlan->dev->name);
else
ret = ipvlan_add_addr(ipvlan, ip4_addr, false, NULL);
- spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->addrs_lock);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&ipvlan->port->addrs_lock);
return ret;
}

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