[PATCH v2 1/4] net: move setup code out of mutex in __netif_set_xps_queue()

From: Yury Norov
Date: Thu Oct 13 2022 - 19:44:19 EST


maps_sz, nr_ids and online_mask may be set out of the mutex.

Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/dev.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fa53830d0683..70fa12c6551c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2563,9 +2563,6 @@ int __netif_set_xps_queue(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned long *mask,
return -EINVAL;
}

- mutex_lock(&xps_map_mutex);
-
- dev_maps = xmap_dereference(dev->xps_maps[type]);
if (type == XPS_RXQS) {
maps_sz = XPS_RXQ_DEV_MAPS_SIZE(num_tc, dev->num_rx_queues);
nr_ids = dev->num_rx_queues;
@@ -2579,6 +2576,10 @@ int __netif_set_xps_queue(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned long *mask,
if (maps_sz < L1_CACHE_BYTES)
maps_sz = L1_CACHE_BYTES;

+ mutex_lock(&xps_map_mutex);
+
+ dev_maps = xmap_dereference(dev->xps_maps[type]);
+
/* The old dev_maps could be larger or smaller than the one we're
* setting up now, as dev->num_tc or nr_ids could have been updated in
* between. We could try to be smart, but let's be safe instead and only
--
2.34.1