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[PATCH net-next V7 04/14] devlink: Add helpers to lock nested-in instances

From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Date: 2026-01-28 11:28:09
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Subsystem: devlink, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers: Jiri Pirko, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

From: Cosmin Ratiu <redacted>

Upcoming code will need to obtain a reference to locked nested-in
devlink instances. Add helpers to lock, obtain an already locked
reference and unlock/unref the nested-in instance.

Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Carolina Jubran <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
---
 net/devlink/core.c          | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 net/devlink/devl_internal.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/devlink/core.c b/net/devlink/core.c
index 6ae62c7f2a80..f228190df346 100644
--- a/net/devlink/core.c
+++ b/net/devlink/core.c
@@ -67,6 +67,48 @@ static void __devlink_rel_put(struct devlink_rel *rel)
 		devlink_rel_free(rel);
 }
 
+struct devlink *devlink_nested_in_get_lock(struct devlink_rel *rel)
+{
+	struct devlink *devlink;
+
+	if (!rel)
+		return NULL;
+	devlink = devlinks_xa_get(rel->nested_in.devlink_index);
+	if (!devlink)
+		return NULL;
+	devl_lock(devlink);
+	if (devl_is_registered(devlink))
+		return devlink;
+	devl_unlock(devlink);
+	devlink_put(devlink);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Returns the nested in devlink object and validates its lock is held. */
+struct devlink *devlink_nested_in_get_locked(struct devlink_rel *rel)
+{
+	struct devlink *devlink;
+	unsigned long index;
+
+	if (!rel)
+		return NULL;
+	index = rel->nested_in.devlink_index;
+	devlink = xa_find(&devlinks, &index, index, DEVLINK_REGISTERED);
+	if (devlink)
+		devl_assert_locked(devlink);
+	return devlink;
+}
+
+void devlink_nested_in_put_unlock(struct devlink_rel *rel)
+{
+	struct devlink *devlink = devlink_nested_in_get_locked(rel);
+
+	if (devlink) {
+		devl_unlock(devlink);
+		devlink_put(devlink);
+	}
+}
+
 static void devlink_rel_nested_in_notify_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct devlink_rel *rel = container_of(work, struct devlink_rel,
diff --git a/net/devlink/devl_internal.h b/net/devlink/devl_internal.h
index 14eaad9cfe35..aea43d750d23 100644
--- a/net/devlink/devl_internal.h
+++ b/net/devlink/devl_internal.h
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ typedef void devlink_rel_notify_cb_t(struct devlink *devlink, u32 obj_index);
 typedef void devlink_rel_cleanup_cb_t(struct devlink *devlink, u32 obj_index,
 				      u32 rel_index);
 
+struct devlink *devlink_nested_in_get_lock(struct devlink_rel *rel);
+struct devlink *devlink_nested_in_get_locked(struct devlink_rel *rel);
+void devlink_nested_in_put_unlock(struct devlink_rel *rel);
 void devlink_rel_nested_in_clear(u32 rel_index);
 int devlink_rel_nested_in_add(u32 *rel_index, u32 devlink_index,
 			      u32 obj_index, devlink_rel_notify_cb_t *notify_cb,
-- 
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