netdev - [RFC PATCH 14/16] devlink: Require devlink lock during device reload

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Date:   Mon,  8 Nov 2021 19:05:36 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 14/16] devlink: Require devlink lock during device reload

From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>

Devlink reload was implemented as a special command which does _SET_
operation, but doesn't take devlink->lock, while recursive devlink
calls that were part of .reload_up()/.reload_down() sequence took it.

This fragile flow was possible due to holding a big devlink lock
(devlink_mutex), which effectively stopped all devlink activities,
even unrelated to reloaded devlink.

So let's make sure that devlink reload behaves as other commands.

Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
---
 net/core/devlink.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 60af6a3fc130..32d274bfd049 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -8771,7 +8771,6 @@ static const struct genl_small_ops devlink_nl_ops[] = {
 		.validate = GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT | GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP,
 		.doit = devlink_nl_cmd_reload,
 		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
-		.internal_flags = DEVLINK_NL_FLAG_NO_LOCK,
 	},
 	{
 		.cmd = DEVLINK_CMD_PARAM_GET,
@@ -11462,6 +11461,7 @@ static void __net_exit devlink_pernet_pre_exit(struct net *net)
 		if (!net_eq(devlink_net(devlink), net))
 			goto retry;
 
+		mutex_lock(&devlink->lock);
 		WARN_ON(!(devlink->features & DEVLINK_F_RELOAD));
 		err = devlink_reload(devlink, &init_net,
 				     DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT,
@@ -11469,6 +11469,7 @@ static void __net_exit devlink_pernet_pre_exit(struct net *net)
 				     &actions_performed, NULL);
 		if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 			pr_warn("Failed to reload devlink instance into init_net\n");
+		mutex_unlock(&devlink->lock);
 retry:
 		devlink_put(devlink);
 	}
-- 
2.33.1