netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] net: bonding: combine rtnl lock block for arp monitor in activebackup mode

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Message-Id: <20251126023829.44946-6-tonghao@bamaicloud.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:38:29 +0800
From: Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@...aicloud.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@...aicloud.com>,
	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>,
	Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] net: bonding: combine rtnl lock block for arp monitor in activebackup mode

Place all the arp monitor in a common critical section, to avoid requesting
rtnl lock frequently. Note that mii monitor also use the common critical
section. It should be noted that the bond_ab_arp_probe() sending probe arp
may be lost in this cycle, when committing link changed state. It is acceptable.

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>
Cc: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@...aicloud.com>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 26 +++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 14396e39b1f0..2cfaac3edde0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -3757,7 +3757,7 @@ static bool bond_ab_arp_probe(struct bonding *bond)
 
 static void bond_activebackup_arp_mon(struct bonding *bond)
 {
-	bool should_notify_rtnl;
+	bool should_notify_rtnl, commit;
 	int delta_in_ticks;
 
 	delta_in_ticks = msecs_to_jiffies(bond->params.arp_interval);
@@ -3767,36 +3767,28 @@ static void bond_activebackup_arp_mon(struct bonding *bond)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
-	if (bond_ab_arp_inspect(bond)) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-
-		/* Race avoidance with bond_close flush of workqueue */
-		if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
-			delta_in_ticks = 1;
-			goto re_arm;
-		}
-
-		bond_ab_arp_commit(bond);
-
-		rtnl_unlock();
-		rcu_read_lock();
-	}
-
+	commit = !!bond_ab_arp_inspect(bond);
 	should_notify_rtnl = bond_ab_arp_probe(bond);
+
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	if (READ_ONCE(bond->send_peer_notif) || should_notify_rtnl) {
+	if (commit || READ_ONCE(bond->send_peer_notif) || should_notify_rtnl) {
+		/* Race avoidance with bond_close flush of workqueue */
 		if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
 			delta_in_ticks = 1;
 			goto re_arm;
 		}
 
+		if (commit)
+			bond_ab_arp_commit(bond);
+
 		if (bond->send_peer_notif) {
 			if (bond_should_notify_peers(bond))
 				call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS,
 							 bond->dev);
 			bond->send_peer_notif--;
 		}
+
 		if (should_notify_rtnl) {
 			bond_slave_state_notify(bond);
 			bond_slave_link_notify(bond);
-- 
2.34.1