openwrt/target/linux/generic/backport-6.6/900-v6.11-net-free_netdev-exit-earlier-if-dummy.patch

From f8d05679fb3faae478d604177b0c188b340371cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:38:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] net: free_netdev: exit earlier if dummy

For dummy devices, exit earlier at free_netdev() instead of executing
the whole function. This is necessary, because dummy devices are
special, and shouldn't have the second part of the function executed.

Otherwise reg_state, which is NETREG_DUMMY, will be overwritten and
there will be no way to identify that this is a dummy device. Also, this
device do not need the final put_device(), since dummy devices are not
registered (through register_netdevice()), where the device reference is
increased (at netdev_register_kobject()/device_add()).

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10972,7 +10972,8 @@ void free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->xdp_bulkq = NULL;
 
 	/*  Compatibility with error handling in drivers */
-	if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) {
+	if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED ||
+	    dev->reg_state == NETREG_DUMMY) {
 		netdev_freemem(dev);
 		return;
 	}