devlink: allow devlink instance allocation without a backing device

Allow devlink_alloc_ns() to be called with dev=NULL to support
device-less devlink instances. When dev is NULL, the instance is
identified over netlink using "devlink_index" as bus_name and
the decimal index value as dev_name.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260312100407.551173-11-jiri@resnulli.us
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
master
Jiri Pirko 2026-03-12 11:04:04 +01:00 committed by Jakub Kicinski
parent 104733e130
commit a4c6d53e5f
3 changed files with 25 additions and 11 deletions

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@ -250,13 +250,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_to_dev);
const char *devlink_bus_name(const struct devlink *devlink)
{
return devlink->dev->bus->name;
return devlink->dev ? devlink->dev->bus->name : DEVLINK_INDEX_BUS_NAME;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_bus_name);
const char *devlink_dev_name(const struct devlink *devlink)
{
return dev_name(devlink->dev);
return devlink->dev ? dev_name(devlink->dev) : devlink->dev_name_index;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_dev_name);
@ -329,7 +329,10 @@ static void devlink_release(struct work_struct *work)
mutex_destroy(&devlink->lock);
lockdep_unregister_key(&devlink->lock_key);
put_device(devlink->dev);
if (devlink->dev)
put_device(devlink->dev);
else
kfree(devlink->dev_name_index);
kvfree(devlink);
}
@ -432,7 +435,7 @@ struct devlink *__devlink_alloc(const struct devlink_ops *ops, size_t priv_size,
static u32 last_id;
int ret;
WARN_ON(!ops || !dev || !dev_driver);
WARN_ON(!ops || !dev_driver);
if (!devlink_reload_actions_valid(ops))
return NULL;
@ -445,7 +448,14 @@ struct devlink *__devlink_alloc(const struct devlink_ops *ops, size_t priv_size,
if (ret < 0)
goto err_xa_alloc;
devlink->dev = get_device(dev);
if (dev) {
devlink->dev = get_device(dev);
} else {
devlink->dev_name_index = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%u", devlink->index);
if (!devlink->dev_name_index)
goto err_kasprintf;
}
devlink->ops = ops;
devlink->dev_driver = dev_driver;
xa_init_flags(&devlink->ports, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
@ -471,6 +481,8 @@ struct devlink *__devlink_alloc(const struct devlink_ops *ops, size_t priv_size,
return devlink;
err_kasprintf:
xa_erase(&devlinks, devlink->index);
err_xa_alloc:
kvfree(devlink);
return NULL;
@ -492,6 +504,7 @@ struct devlink *devlink_alloc_ns(const struct devlink_ops *ops,
size_t priv_size, struct net *net,
struct device *dev)
{
WARN_ON(!dev);
return __devlink_alloc(ops, priv_size, net, dev, dev->driver);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_alloc_ns);

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@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ int devlink_reload(struct devlink *devlink, struct net *dest_net,
* (e.g., PCI reset) and to close possible races between these
* operations and probe/remove.
*/
device_lock_assert(devlink->dev);
if (devlink->dev)
device_lock_assert(devlink->dev);
memcpy(remote_reload_stats, devlink->stats.remote_reload_stats,
sizeof(remote_reload_stats));
@ -854,7 +855,7 @@ int devlink_info_version_running_put_ext(struct devlink_info_req *req,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_info_version_running_put_ext);
static int devlink_nl_driver_info_get(struct device_driver *drv,
static int devlink_nl_driver_info_get(const struct device_driver *drv,
struct devlink_info_req *req)
{
if (!drv)
@ -872,7 +873,6 @@ devlink_nl_info_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
enum devlink_command cmd, u32 portid,
u32 seq, int flags, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct device *dev = devlink_to_dev(devlink);
struct devlink_info_req req = {};
void *hdr;
int err;
@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ devlink_nl_info_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
goto err_cancel_msg;
}
err = devlink_nl_driver_info_get(dev->driver, &req);
err = devlink_nl_driver_info_get(devlink->dev_driver, &req);
if (err)
goto err_cancel_msg;

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@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct devlink {
struct xarray snapshot_ids;
struct devlink_dev_stats stats;
struct device *dev;
const char *dev_name_index;
const struct device_driver *dev_driver;
possible_net_t _net;
/* Serializes access to devlink instance specific objects such as
@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ static inline bool devl_is_registered(struct devlink *devlink)
static inline void devl_dev_lock(struct devlink *devlink, bool dev_lock)
{
if (dev_lock)
if (dev_lock && devlink->dev)
device_lock(devlink->dev);
devl_lock(devlink);
}
@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ static inline void devl_dev_lock(struct devlink *devlink, bool dev_lock)
static inline void devl_dev_unlock(struct devlink *devlink, bool dev_lock)
{
devl_unlock(devlink);
if (dev_lock)
if (dev_lock && devlink->dev)
device_unlock(devlink->dev);
}