[net PATCH 4/4] net: ethtool: keep rtnl_lock for the ioctl self test
From: Alexander Duyck <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-02 22:32:17
Subsystem:
meta ethernet drivers, networking drivers, networking [ethtool], networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
Alexander Duyck, Jakub Kicinski, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Paolo Abeni, Andrew Lunn, Linus Torvalds
From: Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@fb.com>
fbnic's offline self test brings the interface down and back up with
netif_close() / netif_open(), both of which require rtnl_lock. Since the
ethtool IOCTL path became rtnl-optional for ops-locked drivers, the
ETHTOOL_TEST ioctl runs holding only the netdev instance lock, so on an
ops-locked driver (fbnic is ops-locked via queue_mgmt_ops) the self test
now tears the device down without rtnl_lock.
With lockdep this reproduces deterministically on every offline self
test; note the sole lock held is the instance lock, not rtnl:
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
net/core/netpoll.c:207 suspicious rcu_dereference_protected() usage!
1 lock held by ethtool/107:
#0: (&dev->lock){+.+.}, at: dev_ethtool
Call Trace:
netpoll_poll_disable
__dev_close_many
netif_close_many
netif_close
fbnic_self_test
dev_ethtool_locked
dev_ethtool
dev_ioctl
sock_ioctl
__x64_sys_ioctl
Without lockdep the same condition trips ASSERT_RTNL() in
__dev_close_many() / __dev_open(); that check only samples the global
rtnl state, so it can be masked by a concurrent rtnl holder, but the
device is still being reconfigured without the lock it requires.
self_test is a legacy ioctl-only command, so an ETHTOOL_TEST case is
only needed on the ioctl path. Add an opt-in bit for drivers whose
self test needs rtnl_lock and set it on fbnic.
Fixes: f994752b1127 ("net: ethtool: optionally skip rtnl_lock on IOCTL path")
Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@fb.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c | 3 ++-
include/linux/ethtool.h | 2 ++
net/ethtool/common.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c
index 0e47088ec44b..423f179c9d47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c@@ -2025,7 +2025,8 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops fbnic_ethtool_ops = { ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_SPAUSEPARAM | ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_SCHANNELS | ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_SRINGPARAM | - ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_GLINK, + ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_GLINK | + ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_TEST, .get_drvinfo = fbnic_get_drvinfo, .get_regs_len = fbnic_get_regs_len, .get_regs = fbnic_get_regs,
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 12683b5d125e..97a1adbd9eae 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ struct kernel_ethtool_ts_info { #define ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_SPAUSEPARAM BIT(6) #define ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_RSS BIT(7) #define ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_GLINK BIT(8) +#define ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_TEST BIT(9) /** * struct ethtool_ops - optional netdev operations
@@ -981,6 +982,7 @@ struct kernel_ethtool_ts_info { * - netdev_update_features() * - netif_set_real_num_tx_queues() * - ethtool_op_get_link() (syncs link watch under rtnl_lock) + * - netif_open() / netif_close() (used by @self_test) * * @get_drvinfo: Report driver/device information. Modern drivers no * longer have to implement this callback. Most fields are
diff --git a/net/ethtool/common.h b/net/ethtool/common.h
index 4e5356e26f40..ae32e7fdb563 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/common.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/common.h@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ ethtool_ioctl_needs_rtnl(const struct net_device *dev, u32 ethcmd) return ops->op_needs_rtnl & ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_RSS; case ETHTOOL_GLINK: return ops->op_needs_rtnl & ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_GLINK; + case ETHTOOL_TEST: + return ops->op_needs_rtnl & ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_TEST; } return false; }