[PATCH net-next 3/6] openvswitch: vport: remove infrastructure for separate modules
From: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Date: 2026-08-04 18:21:14
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Subsystem:
networking [general], openvswitch, the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Aaron Conole, Eelco Chaudron, Ilya Maximets, Linus Torvalds
Since removal of legacy tunnel vport types only the built-in ones remain. So, there is no need for the extra infrastructure for dynamic module loading. Can be reinstated in the future if we need a new vport type. Note: It is technically possible that someone has an out-of-tree module named vport-type-N that implements a different vport type. At this time we're not aware of anyone doing that. People running out-of-tree modules normally just have an out-of-tree openvswitch module as a whole. And there are actually no supported out-of-tree implementations of the openvswitch module known to the community. Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org> --- net/openvswitch/datapath.c | 6 +----- net/openvswitch/vport.c | 25 +++---------------------- net/openvswitch/vport.h | 9 +-------- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 57c83f05fead..34a15ef76a70 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c@@ -2331,7 +2331,6 @@ static int ovs_vport_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) return -ENOMEM; ovs_lock(); -restart: dp = get_dp(sock_net(skb->sk), ovs_header->dp_ifindex); err = -ENODEV; if (!dp)
@@ -2363,11 +2362,8 @@ static int ovs_vport_cmd_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) vport = new_vport(&parms); err = PTR_ERR(vport); - if (IS_ERR(vport)) { - if (err == -EAGAIN) - goto restart; + if (IS_ERR(vport)) goto exit_unlock_free; - } err = ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info(vport, reply, genl_info_net(info), info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq, 0,
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport.c b/net/openvswitch/vport.c
index ada316a61726..29ebeb164bdc 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport.c@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static struct hlist_head *hash_bucket(const struct net *net, const char *name) return &dev_table[hash & (VPORT_HASH_BUCKETS - 1)]; } -int __ovs_vport_ops_register(struct vport_ops *ops) +int ovs_vport_ops_register(struct vport_ops *ops) { int err = -EEXIST; struct vport_ops *o;
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ int __ovs_vport_ops_register(struct vport_ops *ops) ovs_unlock(); return err; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__ovs_vport_ops_register); void ovs_vport_ops_unregister(struct vport_ops *ops) {
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ void ovs_vport_ops_unregister(struct vport_ops *ops) list_del(&ops->list); ovs_unlock(); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ovs_vport_ops_unregister); /** * ovs_vport_locate - find a port that has already been created
@@ -210,14 +208,9 @@ struct vport *ovs_vport_add(const struct vport_parms *parms) if (ops) { struct hlist_head *bucket; - if (!try_module_get(ops->owner)) - return ERR_PTR(-EAFNOSUPPORT); - vport = ops->create(parms); - if (IS_ERR(vport)) { - module_put(ops->owner); + if (IS_ERR(vport)) return vport; - } bucket = hash_bucket(ovs_dp_get_net(vport->dp), ovs_vport_name(vport));
@@ -225,18 +218,7 @@ struct vport *ovs_vport_add(const struct vport_parms *parms) return vport; } - /* Unlock to attempt module load and return -EAGAIN if load - * was successful as we need to restart the port addition - * workflow. - */ - ovs_unlock(); - request_module("vport-type-%d", parms->type); - ovs_lock(); - - if (!ovs_vport_lookup(parms)) - return ERR_PTR(-EAFNOSUPPORT); - else - return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN); + return ERR_PTR(-EAFNOSUPPORT); } /**
@@ -250,7 +232,6 @@ struct vport *ovs_vport_add(const struct vport_parms *parms) void ovs_vport_del(struct vport *vport) { hlist_del_rcu(&vport->hash_node); - module_put(vport->ops->owner); vport->ops->destroy(vport); }
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport.h b/net/openvswitch/vport.h
index 636788b59907..930f1ccc8558 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport.h@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ struct vport_parms { * before an RCU grace period has elapsed. * @send: Send a packet on the device. * zero for dropped packets or negative for error. - * @owner: Module that implements this vport type. * @list: List entry in the global list of vport types. */ struct vport_ops {
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@ struct vport_ops { void (*destroy)(struct vport *); int (*send)(struct sk_buff *skb); - struct module *owner; struct list_head list; };
@@ -191,12 +189,7 @@ static inline const char *ovs_vport_name(struct vport *vport) return vport->dev->name; } -int __ovs_vport_ops_register(struct vport_ops *ops); -#define ovs_vport_ops_register(ops) \ - ({ \ - (ops)->owner = THIS_MODULE; \ - __ovs_vport_ops_register(ops); \ - }) +int ovs_vport_ops_register(struct vport_ops *ops); void ovs_vport_ops_unregister(struct vport_ops *ops); void ovs_vport_send(struct vport *vport, struct sk_buff *skb, u8 mac_proto);
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