netdev - [PATCH net-next v6 6/6] virtio_net: Remove rtnl lock protection of command buffers

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Message-ID: <20240503202445.1415560-7-danielj@nvidia.com>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 23:24:45 +0300
From: Daniel Jurgens <danielj@...dia.com>
To: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC: <mst@...hat.com>, <jasowang@...hat.com>, <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	<virtualization@...ts.linux.dev>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	<jiri@...dia.com>, Daniel Jurgens <danielj@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v6 6/6] virtio_net: Remove rtnl lock protection of command buffers

The rtnl lock is no longer needed to protect the control buffer and
command VQ.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Jurgens <danielj@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 24 ++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index a7cbfa7f5311..218a446c4c27 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -2824,14 +2824,12 @@ static void virtnet_stats(struct net_device *dev,
 
 static void virtnet_ack_link_announce(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 {
-	rtnl_lock();
 	if (!virtnet_send_command(vi, VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_ANNOUNCE,
 				  VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_ANNOUNCE_ACK, NULL))
 		dev_warn(&vi->dev->dev, "Failed to ack link announce.\n");
-	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
-static int _virtnet_set_queues(struct virtnet_info *vi, u16 queue_pairs)
+static int virtnet_set_queues(struct virtnet_info *vi, u16 queue_pairs)
 {
 	struct virtio_net_ctrl_mq *mq __free(kfree) = NULL;
 	struct scatterlist sg;
@@ -2862,16 +2860,6 @@ static int _virtnet_set_queues(struct virtnet_info *vi, u16 queue_pairs)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int virtnet_set_queues(struct virtnet_info *vi, u16 queue_pairs)
-{
-	int err;
-
-	rtnl_lock();
-	err = _virtnet_set_queues(vi, queue_pairs);
-	rtnl_unlock();
-	return err;
-}
-
 static int virtnet_close(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	u8 *promisc_allmulti  __free(kfree) = NULL;
@@ -3477,7 +3465,7 @@ static int virtnet_set_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	cpus_read_lock();
-	err = _virtnet_set_queues(vi, queue_pairs);
+	err = virtnet_set_queues(vi, queue_pairs);
 	if (err) {
 		cpus_read_unlock();
 		goto err;
@@ -4409,9 +4397,6 @@ static void virtnet_rx_dim_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct dim_cq_moder update_moder;
 	int qnum, err;
 
-	if (!rtnl_trylock())
-		return;
-
 	qnum = rq - vi->rq;
 
 	mutex_lock(&rq->dim_lock);
@@ -4431,7 +4416,6 @@ static void virtnet_rx_dim_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&rq->dim_lock);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 static int virtnet_coal_params_supported(struct ethtool_coalesce *ec)
@@ -4989,7 +4973,7 @@ static int virtnet_xdp_set(struct net_device *dev, struct bpf_prog *prog,
 		synchronize_net();
 	}
 
-	err = _virtnet_set_queues(vi, curr_qp + xdp_qp);
+	err = virtnet_set_queues(vi, curr_qp + xdp_qp);
 	if (err)
 		goto err;
 	netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(dev, curr_qp + xdp_qp);
@@ -5855,7 +5839,7 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
 
-	_virtnet_set_queues(vi, vi->curr_queue_pairs);
+	virtnet_set_queues(vi, vi->curr_queue_pairs);
 
 	/* a random MAC address has been assigned, notify the device.
 	 * We don't fail probe if VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR is not there
-- 
2.44.0