netdev - [PATCH net-next 11/11] netdev-genl: remove rtnl

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Message-ID: <20250114035118.110297-12-kuba@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:51:17 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: davem@...emloft.net
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
	horms@...nel.org,
	jdamato@...tly.com,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 11/11] netdev-genl: remove rtnl_lock protection from NAPI ops

NAPI lifetime, visibility and config are all fully under
netdev_lock protection now.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
---
 net/core/netdev-genl.c | 10 ----------
 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/netdev-genl.c b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
index 810a446ab62c..715f85c6b62e 100644
--- a/net/core/netdev-genl.c
+++ b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
@@ -229,8 +229,6 @@ int netdev_nl_napi_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (!rsp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
-
 	napi = netdev_napi_by_id_lock(genl_info_net(info), napi_id);
 	if (napi) {
 		err = netdev_nl_napi_fill_one(rsp, napi, info);
@@ -240,8 +238,6 @@ int netdev_nl_napi_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		err = -ENOENT;
 	}
 
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
 	if (err) {
 		goto err_free_msg;
 	} else if (!rsp->len) {
@@ -300,7 +296,6 @@ int netdev_nl_napi_get_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	if (info->attrs[NETDEV_A_NAPI_IFINDEX])
 		ifindex = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NETDEV_A_NAPI_IFINDEX]);
 
-	rtnl_lock();
 	if (ifindex) {
 		netdev = netdev_get_by_index_lock(net, ifindex);
 		if (netdev) {
@@ -317,7 +312,6 @@ int netdev_nl_napi_get_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 			ctx->napi_id = 0;
 		}
 	}
-	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -358,8 +352,6 @@ int netdev_nl_napi_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	napi_id = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NETDEV_A_NAPI_ID]);
 
-	rtnl_lock();
-
 	napi = netdev_napi_by_id_lock(genl_info_net(info), napi_id);
 	if (napi) {
 		err = netdev_nl_napi_set_config(napi, info);
@@ -369,8 +361,6 @@ int netdev_nl_napi_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		err = -ENOENT;
 	}
 
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
2.47.1