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[RFC,net-next,12/13] net: mark ndo_get_stats64 as being able to sleep

Message ID 20201206235919.393158-13-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com
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Series [RFC,net-next,01/13] RDMA/mlx4: remove bogus dev_base_lock usage | expand

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Vladimir Oltean Dec. 6, 2020, 11:59 p.m. UTC 
Now that all callers have been converted to not use atomic context when
calling dev_get_stats, it is time to update the documentation and put a
notice in the function that it expects process context.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst | 4 ++--
 Documentation/networking/statistics.rst | 9 ++++-----
 net/core/dev.c                          | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
index 5a85fcc80c76..9d005cbf84f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@  ndo_do_ioctl:
 	Context: process
 
 ndo_get_stats:
-	Synchronization: dev_base_lock rwlock.
-	Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock
+	Synchronization: none. rtnl_lock() might be held, but not guaranteed.
+	Context: process
 
 ndo_start_xmit:
 	Synchronization: __netif_tx_lock spinlock.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/statistics.rst b/Documentation/networking/statistics.rst
index 234abedc29b2..ad3e353df0dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/statistics.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/statistics.rst
@@ -155,11 +155,10 @@  Drivers must ensure best possible compliance with
 Please note for example that detailed error statistics must be
 added into the general `rx_error` / `tx_error` counters.
 
-The `.ndo_get_stats64` callback can not sleep because of accesses
-via `/proc/net/dev`. If driver may sleep when retrieving the statistics
-from the device it should do so periodically asynchronously and only return
-a recent copy from `.ndo_get_stats64`. Ethtool interrupt coalescing interface
-allows setting the frequency of refreshing statistics, if needed.
+Drivers may sleep when retrieving the statistics from the device, or they might
+read the counters periodically and only return in `.ndo_get_stats64` a recent
+copy collected asynchronously. In the latter case, the ethtool interrupt
+coalescing interface allows setting the frequency of refreshing statistics.
 
 Retrieving ethtool statistics is a multi-syscall process, drivers are advised
 to keep the number of statistics constant to avoid race conditions with
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 18904acb7797..45a845526b64 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10367,6 +10367,8 @@  struct rtnl_link_stats64 *dev_get_stats(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
 
+	might_sleep();
+
 	if (ops->ndo_get_stats64) {
 		memset(storage, 0, sizeof(*storage));
 		ops->ndo_get_stats64(dev, storage);