net: remove type_check from dev_get_nest_level()

The idea for type_check in dev_get_nest_level() was to count the number
of nested devices of the same type (currently, only macvlan or vlan
devices).
This prevented the false positive lockdep warning on configurations such
as:

eth0 <--- macvlan0 <--- vlan0 <--- macvlan1

However, this doesn't prevent a warning on a configuration such as:

eth0 <--- macvlan0 <--- vlan0
eth1 <--- vlan1 <--- macvlan1

In this case, all the locks end up with a nesting subclass of 1, so
lockdep thinks that there is still a deadlock:

- in the first case we have (macvlan_netdev_addr_lock_key, 1) and then
  take (vlan_netdev_xmit_lock_key, 1)
- in the second case, we have (vlan_netdev_xmit_lock_key, 1) and then
  take (macvlan_netdev_addr_lock_key, 1)

By removing the linktype check in dev_get_nest_level() and always
incrementing the nesting depth, lockdep considers this configuration
valid.

Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 82a116ba590e..8de138d3306b 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int register_vlan_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_uninit_mvrp;
 
-	vlan->nest_level = dev_get_nest_level(real_dev, is_vlan_dev) + 1;
+	vlan->nest_level = dev_get_nest_level(real_dev) + 1;
 	err = register_netdevice(dev);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_uninit_mvrp;