openwrt/target/linux/generic/backport-6.6/700-v6.10-net-create-a-dummy-net_device-allocator.patch

From c661050f93d3fd37a33c06041bb18a89688de7d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Breno Leitao <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:38:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] net: create a dummy net_device allocator

It is impossible to use init_dummy_netdev together with alloc_netdev()
as the 'setup' argument.

This is because alloc_netdev() initializes some fields in the net_device
structure, and later init_dummy_netdev() memzero them all. This causes
some problems as reported here:

	https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

Split the init_dummy_netdev() function in two. Create a new function called
init_dummy_netdev_core() that does not memzero the net_device structure.
Then have init_dummy_netdev() memzero-ing and calling
init_dummy_netdev_core(), keeping the old behaviour.

init_dummy_netdev_core() is the new function that could be called as an
argument for alloc_netdev().

Also, create a helper to allocate and initialize dummy net devices,
leveraging init_dummy_netdev_core() as the setup argument. This function
basically simplify the allocation of dummy devices, by allocating and
initializing it. Freeing the device continue to be done through
free_netdev()

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h |  3 +++
 net/core/dev.c            | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4561,6 +4561,9 @@ static inline void netif_addr_unlock_bh(
 
 void ether_setup(struct net_device *dev);
 
+/* Allocate dummy net_device */
+struct net_device *alloc_netdev_dummy(int sizeof_priv);
+
 /* Support for loadable net-drivers */
 struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
 				    unsigned char name_assign_type,
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10355,25 +10355,12 @@ err_free_name:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_netdevice);
 
-/**
- *	init_dummy_netdev	- init a dummy network device for NAPI
- *	@dev: device to init
- *
- *	This takes a network device structure and initialize the minimum
- *	amount of fields so it can be used to schedule NAPI polls without
- *	registering a full blown interface. This is to be used by drivers
- *	that need to tie several hardware interfaces to a single NAPI
- *	poll scheduler due to HW limitations.
+/* Initialize the core of a dummy net device.
+ * This is useful if you are calling this function after alloc_netdev(),
+ * since it does not memset the net_device fields.
  */
-int init_dummy_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
+static void init_dummy_netdev_core(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	/* Clear everything. Note we don't initialize spinlocks
-	 * are they aren't supposed to be taken by any of the
-	 * NAPI code and this dummy netdev is supposed to be
-	 * only ever used for NAPI polls
-	 */
-	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(struct net_device));
-
 	/* make sure we BUG if trying to hit standard
 	 * register/unregister code path
 	 */
@@ -10393,12 +10380,32 @@ int init_dummy_netdev(struct net_device
 	 * because users of this 'device' dont need to change
 	 * its refcount.
 	 */
+}
+
+/**
+ *	init_dummy_netdev	- init a dummy network device for NAPI
+ *	@dev: device to init
+ *
+ *	This takes a network device structure and initializes the minimum
+ *	amount of fields so it can be used to schedule NAPI polls without
+ *	registering a full blown interface. This is to be used by drivers
+ *	that need to tie several hardware interfaces to a single NAPI
+ *	poll scheduler due to HW limitations.
+ */
+int init_dummy_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	/* Clear everything. Note we don't initialize spinlocks
+	 * as they aren't supposed to be taken by any of the
+	 * NAPI code and this dummy netdev is supposed to be
+	 * only ever used for NAPI polls
+	 */
+	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(struct net_device));
+	init_dummy_netdev_core(dev);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_dummy_netdev);
 
-
 /**
  *	register_netdev	- register a network device
  *	@dev: device to register
@@ -10992,6 +10999,19 @@ void free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_netdev);
 
 /**
+ * alloc_netdev_dummy - Allocate and initialize a dummy net device.
+ * @sizeof_priv: size of private data to allocate space for
+ *
+ * Return: the allocated net_device on success, NULL otherwise
+ */
+struct net_device *alloc_netdev_dummy(int sizeof_priv)
+{
+	return alloc_netdev(sizeof_priv, "dummy#", NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
+			    init_dummy_netdev_core);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_netdev_dummy);
+
+/**
  *	synchronize_net -  Synchronize with packet receive processing
  *
  *	Wait for packets currently being received to be done.