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Re: [PATCH net-next v2 07/11] net: bridge: don't recurse on the port's netdev ops lock

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Date: 2026-06-03 07:55:01
Also in: linux-leds

On 03/06/2026 04:28, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
port_cost() calls __ethtool_get_link_ksettings() on the port device,
which will soon take the port's ops lock. br_port_carrier_check()
is reached via the NETDEV_CHANGE notifier from linkwatch, which
already holds the port's ops lock, so the call would deadlock.

Make port_cost() expect the port's ops lock held and switch to
netif_get_link_ksettings(). The only other caller is new_nbp(),
make sure it takes the lock explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
  net/bridge/br_if.c | 7 +++++--
  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index d39571e13744..049d1d25bc26 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  #include <linux/if_ether.h>
  #include <linux/slab.h>
  #include <net/dsa.h>
+#include <net/netdev_lock.h>
  #include <net/sock.h>
  #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
  #include <net/switchdev.h>
@@ -30,13 +31,13 @@
   * Determine initial path cost based on speed.
   * using recommendations from 802.1d standard
   *
- * Since driver might sleep need to not be holding any locks.
+ * Since driver might sleep, we need to not be holding any bridge spinlocks.
   */
  static int port_cost(struct net_device *dev)
  {
  	struct ethtool_link_ksettings ecmd;
  
-	if (!__ethtool_get_link_ksettings(dev, &ecmd)) {
+	if (!netif_get_link_ksettings(dev, &ecmd)) {
  		switch (ecmd.base.speed) {
  		case SPEED_10000:
  			return 2;
@@ -436,7 +437,9 @@ static struct net_bridge_port *new_nbp(struct net_bridge *br,
  	p->br = br;
  	netdev_hold(dev, &p->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
  	p->dev = dev;
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
  	p->path_cost = port_cost(dev);
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
  	p->priority = 0x8000 >> BR_PORT_BITS;
  	p->port_no = index;
  	p->flags = BR_LEARNING | BR_FLOOD | BR_MCAST_FLOOD | BR_BCAST_FLOOD;
LGTM,
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
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