[PATCH net-next v2 0/6] net: devmem: support leased RX and TX queues on netdev unregister

From: Mina Almasry

Date: Sun Nov 08 2026 - 01:01:01 EST


Support leased RX and TX devmem bindings when either the virtual device
(e.g. netkit) or the physical backing net_device is unregistered:

1. Pass struct net_device **dev_ptr to net_devmem_lock_dev() so callers
can lock either binding->map_dev or binding->bind_dev.
2. Rename binding->dev and binding->vdev to binding->map_dev (physical
DMA device) and binding->bind_dev (device passed to bind-rx/bind-tx).
3. Guard __netif_mp_open_rxq() and __netif_mp_close_rxq() against an
unregistering physical device reached through a queue lease.
4. Always populate bind_dev on RX and TX bindings and handle teardown
and netdev unregistration of both bind_dev and map_dev.
5. Resolve the physical backing map_dev in netdev_nl_get_dma_dev() for
leased RX bindings, lock map_dev around net_devmem_bind_dmabuf() on
bind-rx when map_dev differs from netdev, assert both devices are
locked, and check map_dev->reg_state.
6. Add kselftests in nl_netdev.py covering leased RX and TX devmem
bindings across both virtual-first and physical-first netdev
unregistration orders.

v2:
- Split patch 3/4 from v1 into 3 smaller commits (patches 3/6..5/6).
- Clear rxq->mp_params and return 0 in __netif_mp_close_rxq() whenever
dev is already unregistering, avoiding queue reconfiguration on an
already-shut-down map_dev during cascaded lease teardown (Sashiko).
- Drop unnecessary xa_erase() in net_devmem_unbind_dmabuf() and use a
local map_dev variable in net_devmem_get_binding() (Stanislav).
- Restore ASSERT_EXCLUSIVE_WRITER(binding->bind_dev) in
mp_dmabuf_devmem_uninstall(), drop redundant bind_dev->reg_state check
in net_devmem_bind_dmabuf(), and expand commit message rationale
(Dragos, Stanislav).
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261103232659.1340283-1-almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx/


Mina Almasry (6):
net: devmem: pass net_device pointer to net_devmem_lock_dev()
net: devmem: rename binding dev and vdev to map_dev and bind_dev
net: guard memory provider RX queue open and close on unregister
net: devmem: always populate bind_dev and detach both devices on
unregister
net: devmem: resolve physical map_dev for leased RX bindings
selftests: net: add leased devmem RX and TX netdev unregister tests

net/core/dev.c | 2 +-
net/core/devmem.c | 110 ++++++++++---------
net/core/devmem.h | 25 +++--
net/core/netdev-genl.c | 58 ++++++----
net/core/netdev_rx_queue.c | 17 ++-
tools/testing/selftests/net/nl_netdev.py | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
6 files changed, 253 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)


base-commit: fa5196392691051963726787944db872420dfa75
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2.56.0.455.g6c5a503b38-goog