net: devlink: add port type spinlock
Add spinlock to protect port type and type_dev pointer consistency.
Without that, userspace may see inconsistent type and type_dev
combinations.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
v1->v2:
- rebased
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
index 63de99e..cb9b060 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/gfp.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <net/net_namespace.h>
#include <uapi/linux/devlink.h>
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ struct devlink_port {
struct devlink *devlink;
unsigned index;
bool registered;
+ spinlock_t type_lock; /* Protects type and type_dev
+ * pointer consistency.
+ */
enum devlink_port_type type;
enum devlink_port_type desired_type;
void *type_dev;