net: net_failover: Fix the deadlock in slave register

There is netdev_lock_ops() before the NETDEV_REGISTER notifier
in register_netdevice(), so use the non-locking functions
in net_failover_slave_register().
failover_slave_register() in failover_existing_slave_register() adds lock
and unlock ops too.

Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __schedule+0x30d/0x7a0
 schedule+0x27/0x90
 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x15/0x30
 __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x538/0x9e0
 __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20
 mutex_lock+0x3b/0x50
 dev_set_mtu+0x40/0xe0
 net_failover_slave_register+0x24/0x280
 failover_slave_register+0x103/0x1b0
 failover_event+0x15e/0x210
 ? dropmon_net_event+0xac/0xe0
 notifier_call_chain+0x5e/0xe0
 raw_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x30
 call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x52/0xa0
 register_netdevice+0x5f4/0x7c0
 register_netdev+0x1e/0x40
 _mlx5e_probe+0xe2/0x370 [mlx5_core]
 mlx5e_probe+0x59/0x70 [mlx5_core]
 ? __pfx_mlx5e_probe+0x10/0x10 [mlx5_core]

Fixes: 4c975fd700 ("net: hold instance lock during NETDEV_REGISTER/UP")
Signed-off-by: Faicker Mo <faicker.mo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Faicker Mo
2026-05-11 22:05:51 +08:00
committed by Jakub Kicinski
parent 9a390d34d5
commit b84c5632c7
2 changed files with 11 additions and 7 deletions

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@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static int net_failover_slave_register(struct net_device *slave_dev,
/* Align MTU of slave with failover dev */
orig_mtu = slave_dev->mtu;
err = dev_set_mtu(slave_dev, failover_dev->mtu);
err = netif_set_mtu(slave_dev, failover_dev->mtu);
if (err) {
netdev_err(failover_dev, "unable to change mtu of %s to %u register failed\n",
slave_dev->name, failover_dev->mtu);
@@ -512,11 +512,11 @@ static int net_failover_slave_register(struct net_device *slave_dev,
dev_hold(slave_dev);
if (netif_running(failover_dev)) {
err = dev_open(slave_dev, NULL);
err = netif_open(slave_dev, NULL);
if (err && (err != -EBUSY)) {
netdev_err(failover_dev, "Opening slave %s failed err:%d\n",
slave_dev->name, err);
goto err_dev_open;
goto err_netif_open;
}
}
@@ -562,10 +562,10 @@ static int net_failover_slave_register(struct net_device *slave_dev,
err_vlan_add:
dev_uc_unsync(slave_dev, failover_dev);
dev_mc_unsync(slave_dev, failover_dev);
dev_close(slave_dev);
err_dev_open:
netif_close(slave_dev);
err_netif_open:
dev_put(slave_dev);
dev_set_mtu(slave_dev, orig_mtu);
netif_set_mtu(slave_dev, orig_mtu);
done:
return err;
}

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@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <uapi/linux/if_arp.h>
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
#include <net/netdev_lock.h>
#include <net/failover.h>
static LIST_HEAD(failover_list);
@@ -221,8 +222,11 @@ failover_existing_slave_register(struct net_device *failover_dev)
for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
if (netif_is_failover(dev))
continue;
if (ether_addr_equal(failover_dev->perm_addr, dev->perm_addr))
if (ether_addr_equal(failover_dev->perm_addr, dev->perm_addr)) {
netdev_lock_ops(dev);
failover_slave_register(dev);
netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
}
}
rtnl_unlock();
}