Convert all ndo_eth_ioctl invocations to dev_eth_ioctl which does the
locking. Reflow some of the dev_siocxxx to drop else clause.
Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250305163732.2766420-8-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To preserve the atomicity, hold the lock while applying multiple
attributes. The major issue with a full conversion to the instance
lock are software nesting devices (bonding/team/vrf/etc). Those
devices call into the core stack for their lower (potentially
real hw) devices. To avoid explicitly wrapping all those places
into instance lock/unlock, introduce new API boundaries:
- (some) existing dev_xxx calls are now considered "external"
(to drivers) APIs and they transparently grab the instance
lock if needed (dev_api.c)
- new netif_xxx calls are internal core stack API (naming is
sketchy, I've tried netdev_xxx_locked per Jakub's suggestion,
but it feels a bit verbose; but happy to get back to this
naming scheme if this is the preference)
This avoids touching most of the existing ioctl/sysfs/drivers paths.
Note the special handling of ndo_xxx_slave operations: I exploit
the fact that none of the drivers that call these functions
need/use instance lock. At the same time, they use dev_xxx
APIs, so the lower device has to be unlocked.
Changes in unregister_netdevice_many_notify (to protect dev->state
with instance lock) trigger lockdep - the loop over close_list
(mostly from cleanup_net) introduces spurious ordering issues.
netdev_lock_cmp_fn has a justification on why it's ok to suppress
for now.
Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250305163732.2766420-7-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
