netdev - [PATCH net-next 06/19] net: add net device refcount tracker to ethtool_phys

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Date:   Wed,  1 Dec 2021 19:21:26 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 06/19] net: add net device refcount tracker to ethtool_phys_id()

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

This helper might hold a netdev reference for a long time,
lets add reference tracking.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/ethtool/ioctl.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
index fa8aa5ec19ba1cfff611a159c5b8bcd02f74c5ca..9a113d89352123acf56ec598c191bb75985c6be5 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
@@ -1989,6 +1989,7 @@ static int ethtool_phys_id(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	struct ethtool_value id;
 	static bool busy;
 	const struct ethtool_ops *ops = dev->ethtool_ops;
+	netdevice_tracker dev_tracker;
 	int rc;
 
 	if (!ops->set_phys_id)
@@ -2008,7 +2009,7 @@ static int ethtool_phys_id(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	 * removal of the device.
 	 */
 	busy = true;
-	dev_hold(dev);
+	dev_hold_track(dev, &dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	if (rc == 0) {
@@ -2032,7 +2033,7 @@ static int ethtool_phys_id(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 	}
 
 	rtnl_lock();
-	dev_put(dev);
+	dev_put_track(dev, &dev_tracker);
 	busy = false;
 
 	(void) ops->set_phys_id(dev, ETHTOOL_ID_INACTIVE);
-- 
2.34.0.rc2.393.gf8c9666880-goog