net: Add non-RCU dev_getbyhwaddr() helper

Add dedicated helper for finding devices by hardware address when
holding rtnl_lock, similar to existing dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu(). This prevents
PROVE_LOCKING warnings when rtnl_lock is held but RCU read lock is not.

Extract common address comparison logic into dev_addr_cmp().

The context about this change could be found in the following
discussion:

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250206-scarlet-ermine-of-improvement-1fcac5@leitao/

Cc: kuniyu@amazon.com
Cc: ushankar@purestorage.com
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250218-arm_fix_selftest-v5-1-d3d6892db9e1@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fafd2f4b5d5d..72459dd02f38 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1121,6 +1121,12 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static bool dev_addr_cmp(struct net_device *dev, unsigned short type,
+			 const char *ha)
+{
+	return dev->type == type && !memcmp(dev->dev_addr, ha, dev->addr_len);
+}
+
 /**
  *	dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu - find a device by its hardware address
  *	@net: the applicable net namespace
@@ -1129,7 +1135,7 @@ out:
  *
  *	Search for an interface by MAC address. Returns NULL if the device
  *	is not found or a pointer to the device.
- *	The caller must hold RCU or RTNL.
+ *	The caller must hold RCU.
  *	The returned device has not had its ref count increased
  *	and the caller must therefore be careful about locking
  *
@@ -1141,14 +1147,39 @@ struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu(struct net *net, unsigned short type,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 
 	for_each_netdev_rcu(net, dev)
-		if (dev->type == type &&
-		    !memcmp(dev->dev_addr, ha, dev->addr_len))
+		if (dev_addr_cmp(dev, type, ha))
 			return dev;
 
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu);
 
+/**
+ * dev_getbyhwaddr() - find a device by its hardware address
+ * @net: the applicable net namespace
+ * @type: media type of device
+ * @ha: hardware address
+ *
+ * Similar to dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu(), but the owner needs to hold
+ * rtnl_lock.
+ *
+ * Context: rtnl_lock() must be held.
+ * Return: pointer to the net_device, or NULL if not found
+ */
+struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr(struct net *net, unsigned short type,
+				   const char *ha)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev;
+
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+	for_each_netdev(net, dev)
+		if (dev_addr_cmp(dev, type, ha))
+			return dev;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getbyhwaddr);
+
 struct net_device *dev_getfirstbyhwtype(struct net *net, unsigned short type)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev, *ret = NULL;