net: devlink: remove redundant rtnl lock assert
It is enough for caller of devlink_compat_switch_id_get() to hold the net
device to guarantee that devlink port is not destroyed concurrently. Remove
rtnl lock assertion and modify comment to warn user that they must hold
either rtnl lock or reference to net device. This is necessary to
accommodate future implementation of rtnl-unlocked TC offloads driver
callbacks.
Signed-off-by: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index e3a1ae4..d3dbb90 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -6939,11 +6939,10 @@
{
struct devlink_port *devlink_port;
- /* RTNL mutex is held here which ensures that devlink_port
- * instance cannot disappear in the middle. No need to take
+ /* Caller must hold RTNL mutex or reference to dev, which ensures that
+ * devlink_port instance cannot disappear in the middle. No need to take
* any devlink lock as only permanent values are accessed.
*/
- ASSERT_RTNL();
devlink_port = netdev_to_devlink_port(dev);
if (!devlink_port || !devlink_port->attrs.switch_port)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
