netdev - [PATCH net] net: dev_ioctl: take ops lock in hwtstamp lower paths

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Message-ID: <20250904182806.2329996-1-cjubran@nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 21:28:06 +0300
From: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@...dia.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet
	<edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni
	<pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Stanislav Fomichev
	<sdf@...ichev.me>, Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>, Kory Maincent
	<kory.maincent@...tlin.com>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Carolina Jubran
	<cjubran@...dia.com>, Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@...dia.com>, Dragos Tatulea
	<dtatulea@...dia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: dev_ioctl: take ops lock in hwtstamp lower paths

ndo hwtstamp callbacks are expected to run under the per-device ops
lock. Make the lower get/set paths consistent with the rest of ndo
invocations.

Kernel log:
WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 51364 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:70 __netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60
...
RIP: 0010:__netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
netdev_update_features+0x1f/0x60
mlx5_hwtstamp_set+0x181/0x290 [mlx5_core]
mlx5e_hwtstamp_set+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core]
dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220
dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220
dev_set_hwtstamp+0x13d/0x240
dev_ioctl+0x12f/0x4b0
sock_ioctl+0x171/0x370
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x3f7/0x900
? __sys_setsockopt+0x69/0xb0
do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x2e0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
...
</TASK>
....
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Fixes: ffb7ed19ac0a ("net: hold netdev instance lock during ioctl operations")
Signed-off-by: Carolina Jubran <cjubran@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>

---
 net/core/dev_ioctl.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 9c0ad7f4b5d8..ad54b12d4b4c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -464,8 +464,15 @@ int generic_hwtstamp_get_lower(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (!netif_device_present(dev))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get)
-		return dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg);
+	if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get) {
+		int err;
+
+		netdev_lock_ops(dev);
+		err = dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg);
+		netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	/* Legacy path: unconverted lower driver */
 	return generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(dev, SIOCGHWTSTAMP, kernel_cfg);
@@ -481,8 +488,15 @@ int generic_hwtstamp_set_lower(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (!netif_device_present(dev))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set)
-		return dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg, extack);
+	if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set) {
+		int err;
+
+		netdev_lock_ops(dev);
+		err = dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg, extack);
+		netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	/* Legacy path: unconverted lower driver */
 	return generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(dev, SIOCSHWTSTAMP, kernel_cfg);
-- 
2.38.1