bonding: Remove support for use_carrier

Remove the implementation of use_carrier, the link monitoring
method that utilizes ethtool or ioctl to determine the link state of an
interface in a bond.  Bonding will always behaves as if use_carrier=1,
which relies on netif_carrier_ok() to determine the link state of
interfaces.

	To avoid acquiring RTNL many times per second, bonding inspects
link state under RCU, but not under RTNL.  However, ethtool
implementations in drivers may sleep, and therefore this strategy is
unsuitable for use with calls into driver ethtool functions.

	The use_carrier option was introduced in 2003, to provide
backwards compatibility for network device drivers that did not support
the then-new netif_carrier_ok/on/off system.  Device drivers are now
expected to support netif_carrier_*, and the use_carrier backwards
compatibility logic is no longer necessary.

	The option itself remains, but when queried always returns 1,
and may only be set to 1.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/000000000000eb54bf061cfd666a@google.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20240718122017.d2e33aaac43a.I10ab9c9ded97163aef4e4de10985cd8f7de60d28@changeid
Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net>
Reported-by: syzbot+b8c48ea38ca27d150063@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Acked-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2029487.1756512517@famine
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

4 files changed, 16 insertions, 124 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 257333c88710..f25c2d2c9181 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ module_param(downdelay, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(downdelay, "Delay before considering link down, "
 			    "in milliseconds");
 module_param(use_carrier, int, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_carrier, "Use netif_carrier_ok (vs MII ioctls) in miimon; "
-			      "0 for off, 1 for on (default)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_carrier, "option obsolete, use_carrier cannot be disabled");
 module_param(mode, charp, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(mode, "Mode of operation; 0 for balance-rr, "
 		       "1 for active-backup, 2 for balance-xor, "
@@ -830,77 +829,6 @@ const char *bond_slave_link_status(s8 link)
 	}
 }
 
-/* if <dev> supports MII link status reporting, check its link status.
- *
- * We either do MII/ETHTOOL ioctls, or check netif_carrier_ok(),
- * depending upon the setting of the use_carrier parameter.
- *
- * Return either BMSR_LSTATUS, meaning that the link is up (or we
- * can't tell and just pretend it is), or 0, meaning that the link is
- * down.
- *
- * If reporting is non-zero, instead of faking link up, return -1 if
- * both ETHTOOL and MII ioctls fail (meaning the device does not
- * support them).  If use_carrier is set, return whatever it says.
- * It'd be nice if there was a good way to tell if a driver supports
- * netif_carrier, but there really isn't.
- */
-static int bond_check_dev_link(struct bonding *bond,
-			       struct net_device *slave_dev, int reporting)
-{
-	const struct net_device_ops *slave_ops = slave_dev->netdev_ops;
-	struct mii_ioctl_data *mii;
-	struct ifreq ifr;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (!reporting && !netif_running(slave_dev))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (bond->params.use_carrier)
-		return netif_carrier_ok(slave_dev) ? BMSR_LSTATUS : 0;
-
-	/* Try to get link status using Ethtool first. */
-	if (slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link) {
-		netdev_lock_ops(slave_dev);
-		ret = slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link(slave_dev);
-		netdev_unlock_ops(slave_dev);
-
-		return ret ? BMSR_LSTATUS : 0;
-	}
-
-	/* Ethtool can't be used, fallback to MII ioctls. */
-	if (slave_ops->ndo_eth_ioctl) {
-		/* TODO: set pointer to correct ioctl on a per team member
-		 *       bases to make this more efficient. that is, once
-		 *       we determine the correct ioctl, we will always
-		 *       call it and not the others for that team
-		 *       member.
-		 */
-
-		/* We cannot assume that SIOCGMIIPHY will also read a
-		 * register; not all network drivers (e.g., e100)
-		 * support that.
-		 */
-
-		/* Yes, the mii is overlaid on the ifreq.ifr_ifru */
-		strscpy_pad(ifr.ifr_name, slave_dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-		mii = if_mii(&ifr);
-
-		if (dev_eth_ioctl(slave_dev, &ifr, SIOCGMIIPHY) == 0) {
-			mii->reg_num = MII_BMSR;
-			if (dev_eth_ioctl(slave_dev, &ifr, SIOCGMIIREG) == 0)
-				return mii->val_out & BMSR_LSTATUS;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* If reporting, report that either there's no ndo_eth_ioctl,
-	 * or both SIOCGMIIREG and get_link failed (meaning that we
-	 * cannot report link status).  If not reporting, pretend
-	 * we're ok.
-	 */
-	return reporting ? -1 : BMSR_LSTATUS;
-}
-
 /*----------------------------- Multicast list ------------------------------*/
 
 /* Push the promiscuity flag down to appropriate slaves */
@@ -1966,7 +1894,6 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
 	const struct net_device_ops *slave_ops = slave_dev->netdev_ops;
 	struct slave *new_slave = NULL, *prev_slave;
 	struct sockaddr_storage ss;
-	int link_reporting;
 	int res = 0, i;
 
 	if (slave_dev->flags & IFF_MASTER &&
@@ -1976,12 +1903,6 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev,
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
-	if (!bond->params.use_carrier &&
-	    slave_dev->ethtool_ops->get_link == NULL &&
-	    slave_ops->ndo_eth_ioctl == NULL) {
-		slave_warn(bond_dev, slave_dev, "no link monitoring support\n");
-	}
-
 	/* already in-use? */
 	if (netdev_is_rx_handler_busy(slave_dev)) {
 		SLAVE_NL_ERR(bond_dev, slave_dev, extack,
@@ -2195,29 +2116,10 @@ skip_mac_set:
 
 	new_slave->last_tx = new_slave->last_rx;
 
-	if (bond->params.miimon && !bond->params.use_carrier) {
-		link_reporting = bond_check_dev_link(bond, slave_dev, 1);
-
-		if ((link_reporting == -1) && !bond->params.arp_interval) {
-			/* miimon is set but a bonded network driver
-			 * does not support ETHTOOL/MII and
-			 * arp_interval is not set.  Note: if
-			 * use_carrier is enabled, we will never go
-			 * here (because netif_carrier is always
-			 * supported); thus, we don't need to change
-			 * the messages for netif_carrier.
-			 */
-			slave_warn(bond_dev, slave_dev, "MII and ETHTOOL support not available for slave, and arp_interval/arp_ip_target module parameters not specified, thus bonding will not detect link failures! see bonding.txt for details\n");
-		} else if (link_reporting == -1) {
-			/* unable get link status using mii/ethtool */
-			slave_warn(bond_dev, slave_dev, "can't get link status from slave; the network driver associated with this interface does not support MII or ETHTOOL link status reporting, thus miimon has no effect on this interface\n");
-		}
-	}
-
 	/* check for initial state */
 	new_slave->link = BOND_LINK_NOCHANGE;
 	if (bond->params.miimon) {
-		if (bond_check_dev_link(bond, slave_dev, 0) == BMSR_LSTATUS) {
+		if (netif_carrier_ok(slave_dev)) {
 			if (bond->params.updelay) {
 				bond_set_slave_link_state(new_slave,
 							  BOND_LINK_BACK,
@@ -2759,7 +2661,7 @@ static int bond_miimon_inspect(struct bonding *bond)
 	bond_for_each_slave_rcu(bond, slave, iter) {
 		bond_propose_link_state(slave, BOND_LINK_NOCHANGE);
 
-		link_state = bond_check_dev_link(bond, slave->dev, 0);
+		link_state = netif_carrier_ok(slave->dev);
 
 		switch (slave->link) {
 		case BOND_LINK_UP:
@@ -6257,10 +6159,10 @@ static int __init bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 		downdelay = 0;
 	}
 
-	if ((use_carrier != 0) && (use_carrier != 1)) {
-		pr_warn("Warning: use_carrier module parameter (%d), not of valid value (0/1), so it was set to 1\n",
-			use_carrier);
-		use_carrier = 1;
+	if (use_carrier != 1) {
+		pr_err("Error: invalid use_carrier parameter (%d)\n",
+		       use_carrier);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (num_peer_notif < 0 || num_peer_notif > 255) {
@@ -6507,7 +6409,6 @@ static int __init bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 	params->updelay = updelay;
 	params->downdelay = downdelay;
 	params->peer_notif_delay = 0;
-	params->use_carrier = use_carrier;
 	params->lacp_active = 1;
 	params->lacp_fast = lacp_fast;
 	params->primary[0] = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
index 57fff2421f1b..e573b34a1bbc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -259,13 +259,11 @@ static int bond_changelink(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 			return err;
 	}
 	if (data[IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER]) {
-		int use_carrier = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER]);
-
-		bond_opt_initval(&newval, use_carrier);
-		err = __bond_opt_set(bond, BOND_OPT_USE_CARRIER, &newval,
-				     data[IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER], extack);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
+		if (nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER]) != 1) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, data[IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER],
+					    "option obsolete, use_carrier cannot be disabled");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 	if (data[IFLA_BOND_ARP_INTERVAL]) {
 		int arp_interval = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_BOND_ARP_INTERVAL]);
@@ -688,7 +686,7 @@ static int bond_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			bond->params.peer_notif_delay * bond->params.miimon))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER, bond->params.use_carrier))
+	if (nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_BOND_USE_CARRIER, 1))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_BOND_ARP_INTERVAL, bond->params.arp_interval))
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index 3b6f815c55ff..c0a5eb8766b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ static const struct bond_opt_value bond_primary_reselect_tbl[] = {
 };
 
 static const struct bond_opt_value bond_use_carrier_tbl[] = {
-	{ "off", 0,  0},
 	{ "on",  1,  BOND_VALFLAG_DEFAULT},
 	{ NULL,  -1, 0}
 };
@@ -419,7 +418,7 @@ static const struct bond_option bond_opts[BOND_OPT_LAST] = {
 	[BOND_OPT_USE_CARRIER] = {
 		.id = BOND_OPT_USE_CARRIER,
 		.name = "use_carrier",
-		.desc = "Use netif_carrier_ok (vs MII ioctls) in miimon",
+		.desc = "option obsolete, use_carrier cannot be disabled",
 		.values = bond_use_carrier_tbl,
 		.set = bond_option_use_carrier_set
 	},
@@ -1091,10 +1090,6 @@ static int bond_option_peer_notif_delay_set(struct bonding *bond,
 static int bond_option_use_carrier_set(struct bonding *bond,
 				       const struct bond_opt_value *newval)
 {
-	netdev_dbg(bond->dev, "Setting use_carrier to %llu\n",
-		   newval->value);
-	bond->params.use_carrier = newval->value;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 1e13bb170515..9a75ad3181ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -467,14 +467,12 @@ static ssize_t bonding_show_primary_reselect(struct device *d,
 static DEVICE_ATTR(primary_reselect, 0644,
 		   bonding_show_primary_reselect, bonding_sysfs_store_option);
 
-/* Show the use_carrier flag. */
+/* use_carrier is obsolete, but print value for compatibility */
 static ssize_t bonding_show_carrier(struct device *d,
 				    struct device_attribute *attr,
 				    char *buf)
 {
-	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
-
-	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", bond->params.use_carrier);
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "1\n");
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(use_carrier, 0644,
 		   bonding_show_carrier, bonding_sysfs_store_option);