[PATCH v3 net-next 0/7] ip_tunnel: Support per-netns device unregistration.

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Revision v3 of 3 in this series.

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[PATCH v3 net-next 0/7] ip_tunnel: Support per-netns device unregistration.

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Date: 2026-09-12 23:00:46

Patch 1 - 3 are prep patches to unlink ip_tunnel device from
the hash table in ip_tunnel_dellink() only.

Patch 4 removes ip_tunnel_del() from ip_tunnel_uninit() to
ip_tunnel_dellink().

Patch 5 & 6 adds mutex to protect the per-netns hash table.

Patch 7 uses unregister_netdevice_queue_net() to support
cross-netns device unregistration.


Changes:
  v3:
    * Patch 7
      * Check check_net(t->net) in ip_tunnel_ctl().

  v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260909234422.2416506-1-kuniyu@google.com/
    * Patch 1
      * Correct commit message; ip_tunnel_uninit() unlinks
        DVMRP device, instead of ->dellink()
    * Patch 7
      * Check if (!itn->fb_tunnel_dev) in ip_tunnel_ctl().

  v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260907225846.3787676-1-kuniyu@google.com/


Kuniyuki Iwashima (7):
  ipmr: Call ->dellink() to remove DVMRP tunnel device.
  ip_tunnel: Set itn->fb_tunnel_dev to NULL in ip_tunnel_delete_net().
  ip_tunnel: Don't pass rtnl_link_ops to ip_tunnel_delete_net().
  ip_tunnel: Centralise ip_tunnel_del() to ip_tunnel_dellink().
  ip_tunnel: Unify error paths in ip_tunnel_newlink() and
    ip_tunnel_changelink().
  ip_tunnel: Protect ip_tunnel_net.tunnels[] with mutex.
  ip_tunnel: Support per-netns device unregistration.

 include/net/ip_tunnels.h |   2 +-
 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c        |   6 +-
 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c     | 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 net/ipv4/ip_vti.c        |   2 +-
 net/ipv4/ipip.c          |   2 +-
 net/ipv4/ipmr.c          |  12 +++-
 6 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

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[PATCH v3 net-next 1/7] ipmr: Call ->dellink() to remove DVMRP tunnel device.

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Date: 2026-09-12 23:00:47

ipmr.c uses unregister_netdevice() to remove DVMRP tunnel devices
created in ipmr_new_tunnel().

This is fine because currently ip_tunnel_uninit() also calls
ip_tunnel_del() to unlink the device from the hash table.

However, we will move ip_tunnel_del() from ip_tunnel_uninit() to
ip_tunnel_dellink().

Removing DVMRP tunnel devices by unregister_netdevice() would leave
them in the hash table.

Let's call ->dellink for DVMRP tunnel devices.

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
v2: Correct commit message
---
 net/ipv4/ipmr.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index b9c544d48c45..f9ecacfb092d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c

@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ static struct net_device *ipmr_new_tunnel(struct net *net, struct vifctl *v)
 {
 	struct net_device *tunnel_dev, *new_dev;
 	struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern p = { };
+	LIST_HEAD(dev_kill_list);
 	int err;
 
 	tunnel_dev = __dev_get_by_name(net, "tunl0");

@@ -520,7 +521,8 @@ static struct net_device *ipmr_new_tunnel(struct net *net, struct vifctl *v)
 	return new_dev;
 
 out_unregister:
-	unregister_netdevice(new_dev);
+	new_dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink(new_dev, &dev_kill_list);
+	unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
 out:
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOBUFS);
 }

@@ -733,8 +735,12 @@ static int vif_delete(struct mr_table *mrt, int vifi, int notify,
 		ip_rt_multicast_event(in_dev);
 	}
 
-	if (v->flags & (VIFF_TUNNEL | VIFF_REGISTER) && !notify)
-		unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+	if (!notify) {
+		if (v->flags & VIFF_TUNNEL)
+			dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink(dev, head);
+		else if (v->flags & VIFF_REGISTER)
+			unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+	}
 
 	netdev_put(dev, &v->dev_tracker);
 	return 0;

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[PATCH v3 net-next 2/7] ip_tunnel: Set itn->fb_tunnel_dev to NULL in ip_tunnel_delete_net().

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Date: 2026-09-12 23:00:48

ip_tunnel_dellink() ignores itn->fb_tunnel_dev, so the per-netns
fallback tunnel device cannot be removed by userspace.

This also makes default_device_exit_batch() impossible to remove
the device since it calls ->dellink().

So, ip_tunnel_delete_net() has to iterate devices in the dying netns
and call unregister_netdevice_queue() directly.

But then, this duplicates ip_tunnel_del() in ip_tunnel_dellink()
and ip_tunnel_uninit().

Let's set itn->fb_tunnel_dev to NULL in ip_tunnel_delete_net() and
remove for_each_netdev_safe() in ip_tunnel_delete_net().

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c | 17 ++++-------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index 13b5e35e8790..d74200ab5762 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c

@@ -1153,26 +1153,19 @@ void ip_tunnel_delete_net(struct net *net, unsigned int id,
 			  struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn = net_generic(net, id);
-	struct net_device *dev, *aux;
 	int h;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL_NET(net);
 
-	for_each_netdev_safe(net, dev, aux)
-		if (dev->rtnl_link_ops == ops)
-			unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+	WRITE_ONCE(itn->fb_tunnel_dev, NULL);
 
 	for (h = 0; h < IP_TNL_HASH_SIZE; h++) {
-		struct ip_tunnel *t;
-		struct hlist_node *n;
 		struct hlist_head *thead = &itn->tunnels[h];
+		struct hlist_node *n;
+		struct ip_tunnel *t;
 
 		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(t, n, thead, hash_node)
-			/* If dev is in the same netns, it has already
-			 * been added to the list by the previous loop.
-			 */
-			if (!net_eq(dev_net(t->dev), net))
-				unregister_netdevice_queue(t->dev, head);
+			unregister_netdevice_queue(t->dev, head);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_delete_net);

@@ -1308,8 +1301,6 @@ void ip_tunnel_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	itn = net_generic(net, tunnel->ip_tnl_net_id);
 	ip_tunnel_del(itn, netdev_priv(dev));
-	if (itn->fb_tunnel_dev == dev)
-		WRITE_ONCE(itn->fb_tunnel_dev, NULL);
 
 	dst_cache_reset(&tunnel->dst_cache);
 }

-- 
2.55.0.1007.g17ff1f9808-goog

[PATCH v3 net-next 3/7] ip_tunnel: Don't pass rtnl_link_ops to ip_tunnel_delete_net().

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Date: 2026-09-12 23:00:48

ip_tunnel_delete_net() no longer uses the 3rd argument,
struct rtnl_link_ops *ops.

Let's remove it.

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
 include/net/ip_tunnels.h | 1 -
 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c        | 6 +++---
 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c     | 1 -
 net/ipv4/ip_vti.c        | 2 +-
 net/ipv4/ipip.c          | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
index be4cc10f88ed..a78dfbb98044 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h

@@ -401,7 +401,6 @@ int ip_tunnel_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev);
 int ip_tunnel_init_net(struct net *net, unsigned int ip_tnl_net_id,
 		       struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, char *devname);
 void ip_tunnel_delete_net(struct net *net, unsigned int id,
-			  struct rtnl_link_ops *ops,
 			  struct list_head *dev_to_kill);
 
 void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 82309efd417e..5e877018e006 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c

@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ static int __net_init ipgre_init_net(struct net *net)
 static void __net_exit ipgre_exit_rtnl(struct net *net,
 				       struct list_head *dev_to_kill)
 {
-	ip_tunnel_delete_net(net, ipgre_net_id, &ipgre_link_ops, dev_to_kill);
+	ip_tunnel_delete_net(net, ipgre_net_id, dev_to_kill);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations ipgre_net_ops = {

@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ static int __net_init ipgre_tap_init_net(struct net *net)
 static void __net_exit ipgre_tap_exit_rtnl(struct net *net,
 					   struct list_head *dev_to_kill)
 {
-	ip_tunnel_delete_net(net, gre_tap_net_id, &ipgre_tap_ops, dev_to_kill);
+	ip_tunnel_delete_net(net, gre_tap_net_id, dev_to_kill);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations ipgre_tap_net_ops = {

@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ static int __net_init erspan_init_net(struct net *net)
 static void __net_exit erspan_exit_rtnl(struct net *net,
 					struct list_head *dev_to_kill)
 {
-	ip_tunnel_delete_net(net, erspan_net_id, &erspan_link_ops, dev_to_kill);
+	ip_tunnel_delete_net(net, erspan_net_id, dev_to_kill);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations erspan_net_ops = {

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index d74200ab5762..e6bbc5e4c357 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c

@@ -1149,7 +1149,6 @@ int ip_tunnel_init_net(struct net *net, unsigned int ip_tnl_net_id,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_init_net);
 
 void ip_tunnel_delete_net(struct net *net, unsigned int id,
-			  struct rtnl_link_ops *ops,
 			  struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn = net_generic(net, id);

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
index 3b80929994a0..c4f14d42df24 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c

@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int __net_init vti_init_net(struct net *net)
 static void __net_exit vti_exit_rtnl(struct net *net,
 				     struct list_head *dev_to_kill)
 {
-	ip_tunnel_delete_net(net, vti_net_id, &vti_link_ops, dev_to_kill);
+	ip_tunnel_delete_net(net, vti_net_id, dev_to_kill);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations vti_net_ops = {

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipip.c b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
index f684baf8e58f..2ffe64e736e0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c

@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static int __net_init ipip_init_net(struct net *net)
 static void __net_exit ipip_exit_rtnl(struct net *net,
 				      struct list_head *dev_to_kill)
 {
-	ip_tunnel_delete_net(net, ipip_net_id, &ipip_link_ops, dev_to_kill);
+	ip_tunnel_delete_net(net, ipip_net_id, dev_to_kill);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations ipip_net_ops = {

-- 
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[PATCH v3 net-next 4/7] ip_tunnel: Centralise ip_tunnel_del() to ip_tunnel_dellink().

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Date: 2026-09-12 23:00:49

With the previous patch, itn->fb_tunnel_dev can be removed
via ->dellink().

However, ioctl(SIOCDELTUNNEL) still uses unregister_netdevice(),
which requires ip_tunnel_del() in ip_tunnel_uninit().

Let's use ip_tunnel_dellink() everywhere to remove ip_tunnel device
and remove ip_tunnel_del() in ip_tunnel_uninit().

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index e6bbc5e4c357..7d7baaa57741 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c

@@ -895,10 +895,13 @@ static void ip_tunnel_update(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn,
 int ip_tunnel_ctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 		  int cmd)
 {
-	int err = 0;
 	struct ip_tunnel *t = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn;
+	LIST_HEAD(dev_kill_list);
 	struct net *net = t->net;
-	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn = net_generic(net, t->ip_tnl_net_id);
+	int err = 0;
+
+	itn = net_generic(net, t->ip_tnl_net_id);
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case SIOCGETTUNNEL:

@@ -982,7 +985,8 @@ int ip_tunnel_ctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 				goto done;
 			dev = t->dev;
 		}
-		unregister_netdevice(dev);
+
+		ip_tunnel_dellink(dev, &dev_kill_list);
 		err = 0;
 		break;

@@ -991,6 +995,8 @@ int ip_tunnel_ctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 	}
 
 done:
+	unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
+
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_ctl);

@@ -1164,7 +1170,7 @@ void ip_tunnel_delete_net(struct net *net, unsigned int id,
 		struct ip_tunnel *t;
 
 		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(t, n, thead, hash_node)
-			unregister_netdevice_queue(t->dev, head);
+			ip_tunnel_dellink(t->dev, head);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_delete_net);

@@ -1295,11 +1301,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__ip_tunnel_init);
 void ip_tunnel_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct net *net = tunnel->net;
-	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn;
-
-	itn = net_generic(net, tunnel->ip_tnl_net_id);
-	ip_tunnel_del(itn, netdev_priv(dev));
 
 	dst_cache_reset(&tunnel->dst_cache);
 }

-- 
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[PATCH v3 net-next 5/7] ip_tunnel: Unify error paths in ip_tunnel_newlink() and ip_tunnel_changelink().

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Date: 2026-09-12 23:00:50

The next patch will introduce per-netns mutex and acquire it
in ip_tunnel_newlink() and ip_tunnel_changelink().

To make the diff cleaner, let's unify the error paths.

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index 7d7baaa57741..d560ae9f0222 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c

@@ -1179,21 +1179,23 @@ int ip_tunnel_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 		      struct nlattr *tb[], struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 		      __u32 fwmark)
 {
-	struct ip_tunnel *nt;
 	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn;
+	struct ip_tunnel *nt;
+	int err = 0;
 	int mtu;
-	int err;
 
 	nt = netdev_priv(dev);
 	itn = net_generic(net, nt->ip_tnl_net_id);
 
 	if (nt->collect_md) {
 		if (rtnl_dereference(itn->collect_md_tun))
-			return -EEXIST;
+			err = -EEXIST;
 	} else {
 		if (ip_tunnel_find(itn, p, dev->type))
-			return -EEXIST;
+			err = -EEXIST;
 	}
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
 	nt->net = net;
 	nt->parms = *p;

@@ -1220,22 +1222,26 @@ int ip_tunnel_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 		goto err_dev_set_mtu;
 
 	ip_tunnel_add(itn, nt);
-	return 0;
+out:
+	return err;
 
 err_dev_set_mtu:
 	unregister_netdevice(dev);
 err_register_netdevice:
-	return err;
+	goto out;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_newlink);
 
 int ip_tunnel_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 			 struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p, __u32 fwmark)
 {
-	struct ip_tunnel *t;
 	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct net *net = tunnel->net;
-	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn = net_generic(net, tunnel->ip_tnl_net_id);
+	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn;
+	struct ip_tunnel *t;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	itn = net_generic(net, tunnel->ip_tnl_net_id);
 
 	if (dev == itn->fb_tunnel_dev)
 		return -EINVAL;

@@ -1243,8 +1249,10 @@ int ip_tunnel_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	t = ip_tunnel_find(itn, p, dev->type);
 
 	if (t) {
-		if (t->dev != dev)
-			return -EEXIST;
+		if (t->dev != dev) {
+			err = -EEXIST;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	} else {
 		t = tunnel;

@@ -1257,13 +1265,16 @@ int ip_tunnel_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 				nflags = IFF_POINTOPOINT;
 
 			if ((dev->flags ^ nflags) &
-			    (IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_BROADCAST))
-				return -EINVAL;
+			    (IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_BROADCAST)) {
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	ip_tunnel_update(itn, t, dev, p, !tb[IFLA_MTU], fwmark);
-	return 0;
+out:
+	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_changelink);

-- 
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[PATCH v3 net-next 6/7] ip_tunnel: Protect ip_tunnel_net.tunnels[] with mutex.

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Date: 2026-09-12 23:00:51

struct ip_tunnel.net is the netns where encapsulated packets
flow into.

struct ip_tunnel is linked to ip_tunnel_net.tunnels[] of netns.

During netns dismantle or module unload, ip_tunnel_delete_net()
iterates the list and queues devices for destruction regardless
of the devices' netns.

Thus, once RTNL is removed, the list can be modified concurrently
from different netns due to device removal.

Let's protect it with per-netns mutex.

Note that dev_siocdevprivate() calls netdev_lock_ops() but
it must be NOP for tunnel devices to avoid AB-BA deadlock.
DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE() is added to annotate the locking
explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
 include/net/ip_tunnels.h |  1 +
 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c     | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
index a78dfbb98044..7102aa11fae2 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h

@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ struct ip_tunnel_net {
 	struct net_device *fb_tunnel_dev;
 	struct rtnl_link_ops *rtnl_link_ops;
 	struct hlist_head tunnels[IP_TNL_HASH_SIZE];
+	struct mutex tunnels_lock;
 	struct ip_tunnel __rcu *collect_md_tun;
 	int type;
 };

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index d560ae9f0222..d44976395c7c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c

@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ static struct ip_tunnel *ip_tunnel_find(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn,
 
 	ip_tunnel_flags_copy(flags, parms->i_flags);
 
-	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(t, head, hash_node, lockdep_rtnl_is_held()) {
+	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(t, head, hash_node,
+				 lockdep_is_held(&itn->tunnels_lock)) {
 		if (local == t->parms.iph.saddr &&
 		    remote == t->parms.iph.daddr &&
 		    link == READ_ONCE(t->parms.link) &&

@@ -892,6 +893,16 @@ static void ip_tunnel_update(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn,
 	netdev_state_change(dev);
 }
 
+static void __ip_tunnel_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn;
+
+	itn = net_generic(tunnel->net, tunnel->ip_tnl_net_id);
+	ip_tunnel_del(itn, tunnel);
+	unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+}
+
 int ip_tunnel_ctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 		  int cmd)
 {

@@ -901,8 +912,12 @@ int ip_tunnel_ctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 	struct net *net = t->net;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(netdev_need_ops_lock(dev));
+
 	itn = net_generic(net, t->ip_tnl_net_id);
 
+	mutex_lock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
+
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case SIOCGETTUNNEL:
 		if (dev == itn->fb_tunnel_dev) {

@@ -986,7 +1001,7 @@ int ip_tunnel_ctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 			dev = t->dev;
 		}
 
-		ip_tunnel_dellink(dev, &dev_kill_list);
+		__ip_tunnel_dellink(dev, &dev_kill_list);
 		err = 0;
 		break;

@@ -995,6 +1010,8 @@ int ip_tunnel_ctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 	}
 
 done:
+	mutex_unlock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
+
 	unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list);
 
 	return err;

@@ -1091,8 +1108,9 @@ void ip_tunnel_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 	itn = net_generic(tunnel->net, tunnel->ip_tnl_net_id);
 
 	if (itn->fb_tunnel_dev != dev) {
-		ip_tunnel_del(itn, netdev_priv(dev));
-		unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+		mutex_lock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
+		__ip_tunnel_dellink(dev, head);
+		mutex_unlock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_dellink);

@@ -1124,6 +1142,8 @@ int ip_tunnel_init_net(struct net *net, unsigned int ip_tnl_net_id,
 	for (i = 0; i < IP_TNL_HASH_SIZE; i++)
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&itn->tunnels[i]);
 
+	mutex_init(&itn->tunnels_lock);
+
 	if (!ops || !net_has_fallback_tunnels(net)) {
 		struct ip_tunnel_net *it_init_net;

@@ -1162,6 +1182,8 @@ void ip_tunnel_delete_net(struct net *net, unsigned int id,
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL_NET(net);
 
+	mutex_lock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
+
 	WRITE_ONCE(itn->fb_tunnel_dev, NULL);
 
 	for (h = 0; h < IP_TNL_HASH_SIZE; h++) {

@@ -1170,8 +1192,10 @@ void ip_tunnel_delete_net(struct net *net, unsigned int id,
 		struct ip_tunnel *t;
 
 		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(t, n, thead, hash_node)
-			ip_tunnel_dellink(t->dev, head);
+			__ip_tunnel_dellink(t->dev, head);
 	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_delete_net);

@@ -1187,6 +1211,8 @@ int ip_tunnel_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 	nt = netdev_priv(dev);
 	itn = net_generic(net, nt->ip_tnl_net_id);
 
+	mutex_lock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
+
 	if (nt->collect_md) {
 		if (rtnl_dereference(itn->collect_md_tun))
 			err = -EEXIST;

@@ -1223,6 +1249,8 @@ int ip_tunnel_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	ip_tunnel_add(itn, nt);
 out:
+	mutex_unlock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
+
 	return err;
 
 err_dev_set_mtu:

@@ -1246,6 +1274,8 @@ int ip_tunnel_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	if (dev == itn->fb_tunnel_dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	mutex_lock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
+
 	t = ip_tunnel_find(itn, p, dev->type);
 
 	if (t) {

@@ -1274,6 +1304,8 @@ int ip_tunnel_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 
 	ip_tunnel_update(itn, t, dev, p, !tb[IFLA_MTU], fwmark);
 out:
+	mutex_unlock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
+
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_changelink);

-- 
2.55.0.1007.g17ff1f9808-goog

[PATCH v3 net-next 7/7] ip_tunnel: Support per-netns device unregistration.

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Date: 2026-09-12 23:00:52

ip_tunnel_delete_net() iterates ip_tunnel devices whose link_net
is dying and queues them for destruction.

The devices may reside in different netns.

Let's use unregister_netdevice_queue_net() to support per-netns
device unregistration.

Even after ip_tunnel_delete_net() queues a cross-netns ip_tunnel
device, ip_tunnel_changelink(), ip_tunnel_dellink(), and
ip_tunnel_ctl() could be called concurrently for it (once RTNL is
removed).  In such a case, __rtnl_net_unlock() will perform the
unregistration.

Also, ip_tunnel_ctl() needs to check check_net(t->net), otherwise
it could create a new dev in dying netns after ip_tunnel_delete_net().

In the example below, we can see the fallback tunnel device (gre0)
and the cross-netns device (gre1) are unregistered by different
processes:

  # bpftrace -e '#include <linux/netdevice.h>
  kprobe:ip_tunnel_uninit {
      $dev = (struct net_device *)arg0;
      printf("PID: %d | DEV: %s%s\n", pid, $dev->name, kstack());
  }
  kprobe:ipgre_exit_rtnl {
      printf("PID: %d%s\n", pid, kstack());
  }' &

  # ip netns add ns1
  # ip netns add ns2
  # ip -n ns1 link add name gre1 link-netns ns2 \
    type gre local 192.168.0.1 remote 192.168.1.1
  # ip netns del ns2

  PID: 12
          ipgre_exit_rtnl+5
          ops_undo_list+702
          cleanup_net+1122
          process_scheduled_works+2538
  ...
  PID: 12 | DEV: gre0  <------ fallback device (itn->fb_tunnel_dev).
          ip_tunnel_uninit+5
          unregister_netdevice_many_notify+7129
          unregister_netdevice_many_net+1050
          __rtnl_net_unlock+37
          ops_undo_list+754
          cleanup_net+1122
          process_scheduled_works+2538
  ...
  PID: 10 | DEV: gre1
          ip_tunnel_uninit+5
          unregister_netdevice_many_notify+7129
          unregister_netdevice_many_net+1050
          rtnl_net_work_func+136
          process_scheduled_works+2538

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
---
v3: Use check_net() in ip_tunnel_ctl().
v2: Check if (!itn->fb_tunnel_dev) in ip_tunnel_ctl().
---
 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index d44976395c7c..0875474a578a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c

@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ static void ip_tunnel_del(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn, struct ip_tunnel *t)
 	hlist_del_init_rcu(&t->hash_node);
 }
 
+static bool ip_tunnel_unregistering(struct ip_tunnel *t)
+{
+	return hlist_unhashed(&t->hash_node);
+}
+
 static struct ip_tunnel *ip_tunnel_find(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn,
 					struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *parms,
 					int type)

@@ -893,20 +898,22 @@ static void ip_tunnel_update(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn,
 	netdev_state_change(dev);
 }
 
-static void __ip_tunnel_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
+static void __ip_tunnel_dellink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
+				struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn;
 
 	itn = net_generic(tunnel->net, tunnel->ip_tnl_net_id);
 	ip_tunnel_del(itn, tunnel);
-	unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
+	unregister_netdevice_queue_net(net, dev, head);
 }
 
 int ip_tunnel_ctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 		  int cmd)
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel *t = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct net *orig_net = dev_net(dev);
 	struct ip_tunnel_net *itn;
 	LIST_HEAD(dev_kill_list);
 	struct net *net = t->net;

@@ -918,6 +925,11 @@ int ip_tunnel_ctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 
 	mutex_lock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
 
+	if (!check_net(net)) {
+		err = -EBUSY;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case SIOCGETTUNNEL:
 		if (dev == itn->fb_tunnel_dev) {

@@ -977,7 +989,7 @@ int ip_tunnel_ctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (t) {
+		if (t && !ip_tunnel_unregistering(t)) {
 			err = 0;
 			ip_tunnel_update(itn, t, dev, p, true, 0);
 		} else {

@@ -1001,7 +1013,9 @@ int ip_tunnel_ctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm_kern *p,
 			dev = t->dev;
 		}
 
-		__ip_tunnel_dellink(dev, &dev_kill_list);
+		if (!ip_tunnel_unregistering(t))
+			__ip_tunnel_dellink(orig_net, dev, &dev_kill_list);
+
 		err = 0;
 		break;

@@ -1109,7 +1123,8 @@ void ip_tunnel_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 
 	if (itn->fb_tunnel_dev != dev) {
 		mutex_lock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
-		__ip_tunnel_dellink(dev, head);
+		if (!ip_tunnel_unregistering(tunnel))
+			__ip_tunnel_dellink(dev_net(dev), dev, head);
 		mutex_unlock(&itn->tunnels_lock);
 	}
 }

@@ -1192,7 +1207,7 @@ void ip_tunnel_delete_net(struct net *net, unsigned int id,
 		struct ip_tunnel *t;
 
 		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(t, n, thead, hash_node)
-			__ip_tunnel_dellink(t->dev, head);
+			__ip_tunnel_dellink(net, t->dev, head);
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&itn->tunnels_lock);

@@ -1302,6 +1317,11 @@ int ip_tunnel_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (ip_tunnel_unregistering(t)) {
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	ip_tunnel_update(itn, t, dev, p, !tb[IFLA_MTU], fwmark);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&itn->tunnels_lock);

-- 
2.55.0.1007.g17ff1f9808-goog

Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/7] ip_tunnel: Support per-netns device unregistration.

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Date: 2026-09-14 10:16:08

On Sat, Sep 12, 2026 at 11:00:26PM +0000, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:

Patch 1 - 3 are prep patches to unlink ip_tunnel device from
the hash table in ip_tunnel_dellink() only.

Patch 4 removes ip_tunnel_del() from ip_tunnel_uninit() to
ip_tunnel_dellink().

Patch 5 & 6 adds mutex to protect the per-netns hash table.

Patch 7 uses unregister_netdevice_queue_net() to support
cross-netns device unregistration.

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>


Changes:
  v3:
    * Patch 7
      * Check check_net(t->net) in ip_tunnel_ctl().

Thanks!

Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/7] ip_tunnel: Support per-netns device unregistration.

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
Date: 2026-09-15 11:31:11

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni [off-list ref]:

On Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:00:26 +0000 you wrote:

Patch 1 - 3 are prep patches to unlink ip_tunnel device from
the hash table in ip_tunnel_dellink() only.

Patch 4 removes ip_tunnel_del() from ip_tunnel_uninit() to
ip_tunnel_dellink().

Patch 5 & 6 adds mutex to protect the per-netns hash table.

[...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v3,net-next,1/7] ipmr: Call ->dellink() to remove DVMRP tunnel device.
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/578fefdbbdaf
  - [v3,net-next,2/7] ip_tunnel: Set itn->fb_tunnel_dev to NULL in ip_tunnel_delete_net().
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/0239bd767b3a
  - [v3,net-next,3/7] ip_tunnel: Don't pass rtnl_link_ops to ip_tunnel_delete_net().
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/7ba090b04ab8
  - [v3,net-next,4/7] ip_tunnel: Centralise ip_tunnel_del() to ip_tunnel_dellink().
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/e53013fe10c2
  - [v3,net-next,5/7] ip_tunnel: Unify error paths in ip_tunnel_newlink() and ip_tunnel_changelink().
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/6faf19060bd0
  - [v3,net-next,6/7] ip_tunnel: Protect ip_tunnel_net.tunnels[] with mutex.
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/6724a7baf149
  - [v3,net-next,7/7] ip_tunnel: Support per-netns device unregistration.
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/8f3c72420257

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