From 9a4d105de78488526d8b0d6cdc5f2c22f122ca4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kirill Tkhai Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:30:35 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] net: Convert loopback_net_ops These pernet_operations have only init() method. It allocates memory for net_device, calls register_netdev() and assigns net::loopback_dev. register_netdev() is allowed be used without additional locks, as it's synchronized on rtnl_lock(). There are many examples of using this functon directly from ioctl(). The only difference, compared to ioctl(), is that net is not completely alive at this moment. But it looks like, there is no way for parallel pernet_operations to dereference the net_device, as the most of struct net_device lists, where it's linked, are related to net, and the net is not liked. The exceptions are net_device::unreg_list, close_list, todo_list, used for unregistration, and ::link_watch_list, where net_device may be linked to global lists. Unregistration of loopback_dev obviously can't happen, when loopback_net_init() is executing, as the net as alive. It occurs in default_device_ops, which currently requires net_mutex, and it behaves as a barrier at the moment. It will be considered in next patch. Speaking about link_watch_list, it seems, there is no way for loopback_dev at time of registration to be linked in lweventlist and be available for another pernet_operations. Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai Acked-by: Andrei Vagin Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/loopback.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c index 30612497643c..b97a907ea5aa 100644 --- a/drivers/net/loopback.c +++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c @@ -230,4 +230,5 @@ static __net_init int loopback_net_init(struct net *net) /* Registered in net/core/dev.c */ struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops = { .init = loopback_net_init, + .async = true, };