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Message-Id: <0F27DF5A-9AAC-4FBD-B559-C7491A5EA789@bamaicloud.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 19:02:04 +0800
From: Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@...aicloud.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@...sburgh.net>,
"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>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>,
Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: bonding: use atomic instead of rtnl_mutex, to
make sure peer notify updated
ping
> On Oct 28, 2025, at 11:45, Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@...aicloud.com> wrote:
>
> Using atomic to protect the send_peer_notif instead of rtnl_mutex.
> This approach allows safe updates in both interrupt and process
> contexts, while avoiding code complexity.
>
> In lacp mode, the rtnl might be locked, preventing ad_cond_set_peer_notif()
> from acquiring the lock and updating send_peer_notif. This patch addresses
> the issue by using a atomic. Since updating send_peer_notif does not
> require high real-time performance, such atomic updates are acceptable.
>
> After coverting the rtnl lock for send_peer_notif to atomic, in bond_mii_monitor(),
> we should check the should_notify_peers (rtnllock required) instead of
> send_peer_notif. By the way, to avoid peer notify event loss, we check
> again whether to send peer notify, such as active-backup mode failover.
>
> Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@...sburgh.net>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>
> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
> Cc: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
> Suggested-by: Jay Vosburgh <jv@...sburgh.net>
> Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@...aicloud.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - refine the codes
> - check bond_should_notify_peers again in bond_mii_monitor(), to avoid
> event loss.
> - v1 https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20251026095614.48833-1-tonghao@bamaicloud.com/
> ---
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c | 7 ++---
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
> include/net/bonding.h | 9 ++++++-
> 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
> index 49717b7b82a2..05c573e45450 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
> @@ -999,11 +999,8 @@ static void ad_cond_set_peer_notif(struct port *port)
> {
> struct bonding *bond = port->slave->bond;
>
> - if (bond->params.broadcast_neighbor && rtnl_trylock()) {
> - bond->send_peer_notif = bond->params.num_peer_notif *
> - max(1, bond->params.peer_notif_delay);
> - rtnl_unlock();
> - }
> + if (bond->params.broadcast_neighbor)
> + bond_peer_notify_reset(bond);
> }
>
> /**
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> index 8e592f37c28b..ae90221838d4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> @@ -1167,10 +1167,11 @@ static bool bond_should_notify_peers(struct bonding *bond)
> {
> struct bond_up_slave *usable;
> struct slave *slave = NULL;
> + int send_peer_notif;
>
> - if (!bond->send_peer_notif ||
> - bond->send_peer_notif %
> - max(1, bond->params.peer_notif_delay) != 0 ||
> + send_peer_notif = atomic_read(&bond->send_peer_notif);
> + if (!send_peer_notif ||
> + send_peer_notif % max(1, bond->params.peer_notif_delay) != 0 ||
> !netif_carrier_ok(bond->dev))
> return false;
>
> @@ -1270,8 +1271,6 @@ void bond_change_active_slave(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *new_active)
> BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
>
> if (new_active) {
> - bool should_notify_peers = false;
> -
> bond_set_slave_active_flags(new_active,
> BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
>
> @@ -1280,19 +1279,17 @@ void bond_change_active_slave(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *new_active)
> old_active);
>
> if (netif_running(bond->dev)) {
> - bond->send_peer_notif =
> - bond->params.num_peer_notif *
> - max(1, bond->params.peer_notif_delay);
> - should_notify_peers =
> - bond_should_notify_peers(bond);
> + bond_peer_notify_reset(bond);
> +
> + if (bond_should_notify_peers(bond)) {
> + atomic_dec(&bond->send_peer_notif);
> + call_netdevice_notifiers(
> + NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS,
> + bond->dev);
> + }
> }
>
> call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER, bond->dev);
> - if (should_notify_peers) {
> - bond->send_peer_notif--;
> - call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS,
> - bond->dev);
> - }
> }
> }
>
> @@ -2801,7 +2798,7 @@ static void bond_mii_monitor(struct work_struct *work)
>
> rcu_read_unlock();
>
> - if (commit || bond->send_peer_notif) {
> + if (commit || should_notify_peers) {
> /* Race avoidance with bond_close cancel of workqueue */
> if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
> delay = 1;
> @@ -2816,16 +2813,15 @@ static void bond_mii_monitor(struct work_struct *work)
> bond_miimon_commit(bond);
> }
>
> - if (bond->send_peer_notif) {
> - bond->send_peer_notif--;
> - if (should_notify_peers)
> - call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS,
> - bond->dev);
> - }
> + /* check again to avoid send_peer_notif has been changed. */
> + if (bond_should_notify_peers(bond))
> + call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, bond->dev);
>
> rtnl_unlock(); /* might sleep, hold no other locks */
> }
>
> + atomic_dec_if_positive(&bond->send_peer_notif);
> +
> re_arm:
> if (bond->params.miimon)
> queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->mii_work, delay);
> @@ -3773,7 +3769,7 @@ static void bond_activebackup_arp_mon(struct bonding *bond)
> return;
>
> if (should_notify_peers) {
> - bond->send_peer_notif--;
> + atomic_dec(&bond->send_peer_notif);
> call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS,
> bond->dev);
> }
> @@ -4267,6 +4263,8 @@ static int bond_open(struct net_device *bond_dev)
> queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->alb_work, 0);
> }
>
> + atomic_set(&bond->send_peer_notif, 0);
> +
> if (bond->params.miimon) /* link check interval, in milliseconds. */
> queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->mii_work, 0);
>
> @@ -4300,7 +4298,7 @@ static int bond_close(struct net_device *bond_dev)
> struct slave *slave;
>
> bond_work_cancel_all(bond);
> - bond->send_peer_notif = 0;
> + atomic_set(&bond->send_peer_notif, 0);
> if (bond_is_lb(bond))
> bond_alb_deinitialize(bond);
> bond->recv_probe = NULL;
> diff --git a/include/net/bonding.h b/include/net/bonding.h
> index 49edc7da0586..afdfcb5bfaf0 100644
> --- a/include/net/bonding.h
> +++ b/include/net/bonding.h
> @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ struct bonding {
> */
> spinlock_t mode_lock;
> spinlock_t stats_lock;
> - u32 send_peer_notif;
> + atomic_t send_peer_notif;
> u8 igmp_retrans;
> #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
> struct proc_dir_entry *proc_entry;
> @@ -814,4 +814,11 @@ static inline netdev_tx_t bond_tx_drop(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *s
> return NET_XMIT_DROP;
> }
>
> +static inline void bond_peer_notify_reset(struct bonding *bond)
> +{
> + atomic_set(&bond->send_peer_notif,
> + bond->params.num_peer_notif *
> + max(1, bond->params.peer_notif_delay));
> +}
> +
> #endif /* _NET_BONDING_H */
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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