netdev - [RFC net-next 0/2] explicit netdev refs

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Date:   Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:47:21 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: [RFC net-next 0/2] explicit netdev refs

syzbot keeps accumulating netdev ref leak errors. These are notoriously
hard to debug. We can't do much about all the old code at this point,
this set tries to provide an API for the new code to use.

It basically adds a explicitly reference counted pointer (there's probably
a better name for this). It's a structure which wraps the netdev pointer
and helps us doing sanity checking.

There isn't much that's netdev-specific here, but we probably still want
to keep our own wrappers even if the main struct gets generalized, so
that we can keep the helpers typed.

Sending as an RFC because vlan refcounting has a bug which needs to be
fixed first [1]. Explicit refs catch it and spew warnings appropriately.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/87k0h9bb9x.fsf@nvidia.com/

Jakub Kicinski (2):
  net: add netdev_refs debug
  vlan: use new netdev_refs infra

 MAINTAINERS                                  |   1 +
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c |   3 +-
 include/linux/if_vlan.h                      |  11 +-
 include/linux/netdev_refs.h                  | 104 +++++++++++++++++++
 lib/Kconfig.debug                            |   7 ++
 net/8021q/vlan.c                             |  13 +--
 net/8021q/vlan_core.c                        |   4 +-
 net/8021q/vlan_dev.c                         |  63 +++++------
 net/8021q/vlan_gvrp.c                        |   5 +-
 net/8021q/vlan_mvrp.c                        |   5 +-
 net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c                     |   4 +-
 net/8021q/vlanproc.c                         |   6 +-
 net/core/dev.c                               |   8 ++
 13 files changed, 186 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/linux/netdev_refs.h

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