ethtool: don't drop the rtnl_lock half way thru the ioctl

devlink compat code needs to drop rtnl_lock to take
devlink->lock to ensure correct lock ordering.

This is problematic because we're not strictly guaranteed
that the netdev will not disappear after we re-lock.
It may open a possibility of nested ->begin / ->complete
calls.

Instead of calling into devlink under rtnl_lock take
a ref on the devlink instance and make the call after
we've dropped rtnl_lock.

We (continue to) assume that netdevs have an implicit
reference on the devlink returned from ndo_get_devlink_port

Note that ndo_get_devlink_port will now get called
under rtnl_lock. That should be fine since none of
the drivers seem to be taking serious locks inside
ndo_get_devlink_port.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 100d87fd3f65..6b5ee862429e 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -11283,55 +11283,28 @@ static struct devlink_port *netdev_to_devlink_port(struct net_device *dev)
 	return dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_devlink_port(dev);
 }
 
-static struct devlink *netdev_to_devlink(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct devlink_port *devlink_port = netdev_to_devlink_port(dev);
-
-	if (!devlink_port)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return devlink_port->devlink;
-}
-
-void devlink_compat_running_version(struct net_device *dev,
+void devlink_compat_running_version(struct devlink *devlink,
 				    char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-	struct devlink *devlink;
-
-	dev_hold(dev);
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
-	devlink = netdev_to_devlink(dev);
-	if (!devlink || !devlink->ops->info_get)
-		goto out;
+	if (!devlink->ops->info_get)
+		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&devlink->lock);
 	__devlink_compat_running_version(devlink, buf, len);
 	mutex_unlock(&devlink->lock);
-
-out:
-	rtnl_lock();
-	dev_put(dev);
 }
 
-int devlink_compat_flash_update(struct net_device *dev, const char *file_name)
+int devlink_compat_flash_update(struct devlink *devlink, const char *file_name)
 {
 	struct devlink_flash_update_params params = {};
-	struct devlink *devlink;
 	int ret;
 
-	dev_hold(dev);
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
-	devlink = netdev_to_devlink(dev);
-	if (!devlink || !devlink->ops->flash_update) {
-		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!devlink->ops->flash_update)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	ret = request_firmware(&params.fw, file_name, devlink->dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		return ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&devlink->lock);
 	devlink_flash_update_begin_notify(devlink);
@@ -11341,10 +11314,6 @@ int devlink_compat_flash_update(struct net_device *dev, const char *file_name)
 
 	release_firmware(params.fw);
 
-out:
-	rtnl_lock();
-	dev_put(dev);
-
 	return ret;
 }