@@ -1144,6 +1144,7 @@ struct net_device_ops {
netdev_tx_t (*ndo_dfwd_start_xmit) (struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev,
void *priv);
+ int (*ndo_get_lock_subclass)(struct net_device *dev);
};
/**
@@ -2950,7 +2951,12 @@ static inline void netif_addr_lock(struct net_device *dev)
static inline void netif_addr_lock_nested(struct net_device *dev)
{
- spin_lock_nested(&dev->addr_list_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+ int subclass = SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING;
+
+ if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_lock_subclass)
+ subclass = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_lock_subclass(dev);
+
+ spin_lock_nested(&dev->addr_list_lock, subclass);
}
static inline void netif_addr_lock_bh(struct net_device *dev)
Currently netif_addr_lock_nested assumes that there can be only a single nesting level between 2 devices. However, if we have multiple devices of the same type stacked, this fails. For example: eth0 <-- vlan0.10 <-- vlan0.10.20 A more complicated configuration may stack more then one type of device in different order. Ex: eth0 <-- vlan0.10 <-- macvlan0 <-- vlan1.10.20 <-- macvlan1 This patch adds an ndo_* function that allows each stackable device to report its nesting level. If the device doesn't provide this function default subclass of 1 is used. Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com> --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)