Commit 30bab7cd authored by Jiri Pirko's avatar Jiri Pirko Committed by Jakub Kicinski

net: devlink: make sure that devlink_try_get() works with valid pointer during xarray iteration

Remove dependency on devlink_mutex during devlinks xarray iteration.

The reason is that devlink_register/unregister() functions taking
devlink_mutex would deadlock during devlink reload operation of devlink
instance which registers/unregisters nested devlink instances.

The devlinks xarray consistency is ensured internally by xarray.
There is a reference taken when working with devlink using
devlink_try_get(). But there is no guarantee that devlink pointer
picked during xarray iteration is not freed before devlink_try_get()
is called.

Make sure that devlink_try_get() works with valid pointer.
Achieve it by:
1) Splitting devlink_put() so the completion is sent only
   after grace period. Completion unblocks the devlink_unregister()
   routine, which is followed-up by devlink_free()
2) During devlinks xa_array iteration, get devlink pointer from xa_array
   holding RCU read lock and taking reference using devlink_try_get()
   before unlock.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
parent 35d099da
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