netdev - [PATCH] rtnl: Add guard support

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Message-Id: <20251128083455.67474-1-fushuai.wang@linux.dev>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:34:55 +0800
From: Fushuai Wang <fushuai.wang@...ux.dev>
To: davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	horms@...nel.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	wangfushuai@...du.com,
	Fushuai Wang <fushuai.wang@...ux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH] rtnl: Add guard support

Introduce guard support to simplify the usage of the
lock about rtnl.

Signed-off-by: Fushuai Wang <wangfushuai@...du.com>
---
 include/linux/rtnetlink.h | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index ea39dd23a197..61e727c35927 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h>
 
 extern int rtnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid, u32 group, int echo);
@@ -158,6 +159,16 @@ static inline void ASSERT_RTNL_NET(struct net *net)
 	rcu_replace_pointer_rtnl(rp, p)
 #endif
 
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(rtnl, rtnl_lock(), rtnl_unlock())
+
+DEFINE_GUARD(__rtnl_net, struct net *, __rtnl_net_lock(_T),
+	     __rtnl_net_unlock(_T))
+
+DEFINE_GUARD(rtnl_net, struct net *, rtnl_net_lock(_T),
+	     rtnl_net_unlock(_T))
+DEFINE_GUARD_COND(rtnl_net, _try, rtnl_net_trylock(_T))
+DEFINE_GUARD_COND(rtnl_net, _kill, rtnl_net_lock_killable(_T), _RET == 0)
+
 static inline struct netdev_queue *dev_ingress_queue(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	return rtnl_dereference(dev->ingress_queue);
-- 
2.36.1