ndo hwtstamp callbacks are expected to run under the per-device ops lock. Make the lower get/set paths consistent with the rest of ndo invocations. Kernel log: WARNING: CPU: 13 PID: 51364 at ./include/net/netdev_lock.h:70 __netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60 ... RIP: 0010:__netdev_update_features+0x4bd/0xe60 ... Call Trace: netdev_update_features+0x1f/0x60 mlx5_hwtstamp_set+0x181/0x290 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_hwtstamp_set+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core] dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220 dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib+0x9f/0x220 dev_set_hwtstamp+0x13d/0x240 dev_ioctl+0x12f/0x4b0 sock_ioctl+0x171/0x370 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x3f7/0x900 ? __sys_setsockopt+0x69/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x2e0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 ... .... ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Note that the mlx5_hwtstamp_set and mlx5e_hwtstamp_set functions shown in the trace come from an in progress patch converting the legacy ioctl to ndo_hwtstamp_get/set and are not present in mainline. Fixes: ffb7ed19ac0a ("net: hold netdev instance lock during ioctl operations") Signed-off-by: Carolina Jubran Reviewed-by: Cosmin Ratiu Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea --- V2: - Clarify in the commit message that mlx5 functions from the trace are not present in mainline. - Link to V1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250904182806.2329996-1-cjubran@nvidia.com/ --- net/core/dev_ioctl.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c index 9c0ad7f4b5d8..ad54b12d4b4c 100644 --- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c +++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c @@ -464,8 +464,15 @@ int generic_hwtstamp_get_lower(struct net_device *dev, if (!netif_device_present(dev)) return -ENODEV; - if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get) - return dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg); + if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_get) { + int err; + + netdev_lock_ops(dev); + err = dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg); + netdev_unlock_ops(dev); + + return err; + } /* Legacy path: unconverted lower driver */ return generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(dev, SIOCGHWTSTAMP, kernel_cfg); @@ -481,8 +488,15 @@ int generic_hwtstamp_set_lower(struct net_device *dev, if (!netif_device_present(dev)) return -ENODEV; - if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set) - return dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg, extack); + if (ops->ndo_hwtstamp_set) { + int err; + + netdev_lock_ops(dev); + err = dev_set_hwtstamp_phylib(dev, kernel_cfg, extack); + netdev_unlock_ops(dev); + + return err; + } /* Legacy path: unconverted lower driver */ return generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(dev, SIOCSHWTSTAMP, kernel_cfg); -- 2.38.1