diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
index ebb868f50ac2..6c2d8945f597 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
@@ -343,6 +343,29 @@ there are two sets of interfaces: ``dev_xxx`` and ``netif_xxx`` (e.g.,
 acquiring the instance lock themselves, while the ``netif_xxx`` functions
 assume that the driver has already acquired the instance lock.
 
+Notifiers and netdev instance lock
+==================================
+
+For device drivers that implement shaping or queue management APIs,
+some of the notifiers (``enum netdev_cmd``) are running under the netdev
+instance lock.
+
+For devices with locked ops, currently only the following notifiers are
+running under the lock:
+* ``NETDEV_REGISTER``
+* ``NETDEV_UP``
+
+The following notifiers are running without the lock:
+* ``NETDEV_UNREGISTER``
+
+There are no clear expectations for the remaining notifiers. Notifiers not on
+the list may run with or without the instance lock, potentially even invoking
+the same notifier type with and without the lock from different code paths.
+The goal is to eventually ensure that all (or most, with a few documented
+exceptions) notifiers run under the instance lock. Please extend this
+documentation whenever you make explicit assumption about lock being held
+from a notifier.
+
 NETDEV_INTERNAL symbol namespace
 ================================
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/dummy.c b/drivers/net/dummy.c
index a4938c6a5ebb..d6bdad4baadd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dummy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dummy.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static void dummy_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->netdev_ops = &dummy_netdev_ops;
 	dev->ethtool_ops = &dummy_ethtool_ops;
 	dev->needs_free_netdev = true;
+	dev->request_ops_lock = true;
 
 	/* Fill in device structure with ethernet-generic values. */
 	dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
index b67af4651185..ddda0c1e7a6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ static int nsim_init_netdevsim(struct netdevsim *ns)
 	ns->netdev->netdev_ops = &nsim_netdev_ops;
 	ns->netdev->stat_ops = &nsim_stat_ops;
 	ns->netdev->queue_mgmt_ops = &nsim_queue_mgmt_ops;
+	netdev_lockdep_set_classes(ns->netdev);
 
 	err = nsim_udp_tunnels_info_create(ns->nsim_dev, ns->netdev);
 	if (err)
@@ -960,6 +961,14 @@ static int nsim_init_netdevsim(struct netdevsim *ns)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_ipsec_teardown;
 	rtnl_unlock();
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_NET)) {
+		ns->nb.notifier_call = netdev_debug_event;
+		if (register_netdevice_notifier_dev_net(ns->netdev, &ns->nb,
+							&ns->nn))
+			ns->nb.notifier_call = NULL;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_ipsec_teardown:
@@ -1043,6 +1052,10 @@ void nsim_destroy(struct netdevsim *ns)
 	debugfs_remove(ns->qr_dfs);
 	debugfs_remove(ns->pp_dfs);
 
+	if (ns->nb.notifier_call)
+		unregister_netdevice_notifier_dev_net(ns->netdev, &ns->nb,
+						      &ns->nn);
+
 	rtnl_lock();
 	peer = rtnl_dereference(ns->peer);
 	if (peer)
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
index 665020d18f29..d04401f0bdf7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ struct netdevsim {
 
 	struct nsim_ethtool ethtool;
 	struct netdevsim __rcu *peer;
+
+	struct notifier_block nb;
+	struct netdev_net_notifier nn;
 };
 
 struct netdevsim *
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index fa79145518d1..cf3b6445817b 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4192,7 +4192,7 @@ int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int flags,
 int netif_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len);
 int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *, const char *, size_t);
 int dev_get_alias(const struct net_device *, char *, size_t);
-int netif_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
+int __dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
 			       const char *pat, int new_ifindex,
 			       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h
index 8a48ade24620..47ed6d23853d 100644
--- a/include/net/ip.h
+++ b/include/net/ip.h
@@ -667,14 +667,6 @@ static inline void ip_ipgre_mc_map(__be32 naddr, const unsigned char *broadcast,
 		memcpy(buf, &naddr, sizeof(naddr));
 }
 
-#if IS_MODULE(CONFIG_IPV6)
-#define EXPORT_IPV6_MOD(X) EXPORT_SYMBOL(X)
-#define EXPORT_IPV6_MOD_GPL(X) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(X)
-#else
-#define EXPORT_IPV6_MOD(X)
-#define EXPORT_IPV6_MOD_GPL(X)
-#endif
-
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 #include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #endif
@@ -694,6 +686,14 @@ static __inline__ void inet_reset_saddr(struct sock *sk)
 
 #endif
 
+#if IS_MODULE(CONFIG_IPV6)
+#define EXPORT_IPV6_MOD(X) EXPORT_SYMBOL(X)
+#define EXPORT_IPV6_MOD_GPL(X) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(X)
+#else
+#define EXPORT_IPV6_MOD(X)
+#define EXPORT_IPV6_MOD_GPL(X)
+#endif
+
 static inline unsigned int ipv4_addr_hash(__be32 ip)
 {
 	return (__force unsigned int) ip;
diff --git a/include/net/netdev_lock.h b/include/net/netdev_lock.h
index 1c0c9a94cc22..c316b551df8d 100644
--- a/include/net/netdev_lock.h
+++ b/include/net/netdev_lock.h
@@ -98,4 +98,7 @@ static inline int netdev_lock_cmp_fn(const struct lockdep_map *a,
 				  &qdisc_xmit_lock_key);	\
 }
 
+int netdev_debug_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
+		       void *ptr);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/net/core/Makefile b/net/core/Makefile
index a10c3bd96798..b2a76ce33932 100644
--- a/net/core/Makefile
+++ b/net/core/Makefile
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) += bpf_sk_storage.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OF)	+= of_net.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_TEST) += net_test.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DEVMEM) += devmem.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_NET_SMALL_RTNL) += rtnl_net_debug.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_NET) += lock_debug.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FAIL_SKB_REALLOC) += skb_fault_injection.o
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 5d20ff226d5e..0608605cfc24 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1771,6 +1771,7 @@ void netif_disable_lro(struct net_device *dev)
 		netdev_unlock_ops(lower_dev);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_IPV6_MOD(netif_disable_lro);
 
 /**
  *	dev_disable_gro_hw - disable HW Generic Receive Offload on a device
@@ -1858,7 +1859,9 @@ static int call_netdevice_register_net_notifiers(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	int err;
 
 	for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
+		netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 		err = call_netdevice_register_notifiers(nb, dev);
+		netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 		if (err)
 			goto rollback;
 	}
@@ -11047,7 +11050,9 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 		memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
 
 	/* Notify protocols, that a new device appeared. */
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REGISTER, dev);
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
 	if (ret) {
 		/* Expect explicit free_netdev() on failure */
@@ -12059,7 +12064,7 @@ void unregister_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdev);
 
-int netif_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
+int __dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
 			       const char *pat, int new_ifindex,
 			       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
@@ -12144,11 +12149,12 @@ int netif_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
 	 * And now a mini version of register_netdevice unregister_netdevice.
 	 */
 
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	/* If device is running close it first. */
 	netif_close(dev);
-
 	/* And unlink it from device chain */
 	unlist_netdevice(dev);
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 
 	synchronize_net();
 
@@ -12210,11 +12216,12 @@ int netif_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
 	err = netdev_change_owner(dev, net_old, net);
 	WARN_ON(err);
 
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	/* Add the device back in the hashes */
 	list_netdevice(dev);
-
 	/* Notify protocols, that a new device appeared. */
 	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REGISTER, dev);
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 
 	/*
 	 *	Prevent userspace races by waiting until the network
diff --git a/net/core/dev_api.c b/net/core/dev_api.c
index 8dbc60612100..90bafb0b1b8c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_api.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_api.c
@@ -117,13 +117,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mac_address_user);
 int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
 			     const char *pat)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
-	ret = netif_change_net_namespace(dev, net, pat, 0, NULL);
-	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
-
-	return ret;
+	return __dev_change_net_namespace(dev, net, pat, 0, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_change_net_namespace);
 
diff --git a/net/core/rtnl_net_debug.c b/net/core/lock_debug.c
similarity index 89%
rename from net/core/rtnl_net_debug.c
rename to net/core/lock_debug.c
index f3272b09c255..b7f22dc92a6f 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnl_net_debug.c
+++ b/net/core/lock_debug.c
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
+#include <net/netdev_lock.h>
 #include <net/netns/generic.h>
 
-static int rtnl_net_debug_event(struct notifier_block *nb,
-				unsigned long event, void *ptr)
+int netdev_debug_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
+		       void *ptr)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
@@ -17,11 +18,13 @@ static int rtnl_net_debug_event(struct notifier_block *nb,
 
 	/* Keep enum and don't add default to trigger -Werror=switch */
 	switch (cmd) {
+	case NETDEV_REGISTER:
 	case NETDEV_UP:
+		netdev_ops_assert_locked(dev);
+		fallthrough;
 	case NETDEV_DOWN:
 	case NETDEV_REBOOT:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
-	case NETDEV_REGISTER:
 	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEMTU:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ static int rtnl_net_debug_event(struct notifier_block *nb,
 
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(netdev_debug_event, "NETDEV_INTERNAL");
 
 static int rtnl_net_debug_net_id;
 
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ static int __net_init rtnl_net_debug_net_init(struct net *net)
 	struct notifier_block *nb;
 
 	nb = net_generic(net, rtnl_net_debug_net_id);
-	nb->notifier_call = rtnl_net_debug_event;
+	nb->notifier_call = netdev_debug_event;
 
 	return register_netdevice_notifier_net(net, nb);
 }
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations rtnl_net_debug_net_ops __net_initdata = {
 };
 
 static struct notifier_block rtnl_net_debug_block = {
-	.notifier_call = rtnl_net_debug_event,
+	.notifier_call = netdev_debug_event,
 };
 
 static int __init rtnl_net_debug_init(void)
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 334db17be37d..c23852835050 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3025,8 +3025,6 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
 	int err;
 
-	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
-
 	err = validate_linkmsg(dev, tb, extack);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto errout;
@@ -3042,14 +3040,16 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 		new_ifindex = nla_get_s32_default(tb[IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX], 0);
 
-		err = netif_change_net_namespace(dev, tgt_net, pat,
+		err = __dev_change_net_namespace(dev, tgt_net, pat,
 						 new_ifindex, extack);
 		if (err)
-			goto errout;
+			return err;
 
 		status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
 	}
 
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
+
 	if (tb[IFLA_MAP]) {
 		struct rtnl_link_ifmap *u_map;
 		struct ifmap k_map;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 754f60fb6e25..77e5705ac799 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static struct in_device *inetdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (!in_dev->arp_parms)
 		goto out_kfree;
 	if (IPV4_DEVCONF(in_dev->cnf, FORWARDING))
-		dev_disable_lro(dev);
+		netif_disable_lro(dev);
 	/* Reference in_dev->dev */
 	netdev_hold(dev, &in_dev->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
 	/* Account for reference dev->ip_ptr (below) */
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 54a8ea004da2..c3b908fccbc1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 #include <net/netlink.h>
 #include <net/pkt_sched.h>
 #include <net/l3mdev.h>
+#include <net/netdev_lock.h>
 #include <linux/if_tunnel.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/netconf.h>
@@ -377,6 +378,7 @@ static struct inet6_dev *ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
+	netdev_ops_assert_locked(dev);
 
 	if (dev->mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU && dev != blackhole_netdev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
@@ -402,7 +404,7 @@ static struct inet6_dev *ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 	if (ndev->cnf.forwarding)
-		dev_disable_lro(dev);
+		netif_disable_lro(dev);
 	/* We refer to the device */
 	netdev_hold(dev, &ndev->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
 
@@ -3152,10 +3154,12 @@ int addrconf_add_ifaddr(struct net *net, void __user *arg)
 
 	rtnl_net_lock(net);
 	dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ireq.ifr6_ifindex);
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	if (dev)
 		err = inet6_addr_add(net, dev, &cfg, 0, 0, NULL);
 	else
 		err = -ENODEV;
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
 	rtnl_net_unlock(net);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -5026,9 +5030,10 @@ inet6_rtm_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	if (!dev) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unable to find the interface");
 		err = -ENODEV;
-		goto unlock;
+		goto unlock_rtnl;
 	}
 
+	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
 	idev = ipv6_find_idev(dev);
 	if (IS_ERR(idev)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(idev);
@@ -5065,6 +5070,8 @@ inet6_rtm_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	in6_ifa_put(ifa);
 unlock:
+	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+unlock_rtnl:
 	rtnl_net_unlock(net);
 
 	return err;
@@ -6516,7 +6523,9 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_addr_gen_mode(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 
 			if (idev->cnf.addr_gen_mode != new_val) {
 				WRITE_ONCE(idev->cnf.addr_gen_mode, new_val);
+				netdev_lock_ops(idev->dev);
 				addrconf_init_auto_addrs(idev->dev);
+				netdev_unlock_ops(idev->dev);
 			}
 		} else if (&net->ipv6.devconf_all->addr_gen_mode == ctl->data) {
 			struct net_device *dev;
@@ -6528,7 +6537,9 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_addr_gen_mode(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 				    idev->cnf.addr_gen_mode != new_val) {
 					WRITE_ONCE(idev->cnf.addr_gen_mode,
 						  new_val);
+					netdev_lock_ops(idev->dev);
 					addrconf_init_auto_addrs(idev->dev);
+					netdev_unlock_ops(idev->dev);
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
index 975be4fdbcdb..701905eeff66 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
@@ -222,6 +222,31 @@ setup_ns()
 	NS_LIST+=("${ns_list[@]}")
 }
 
+# Create netdevsim with given id and net namespace.
+create_netdevsim() {
+    local id="$1"
+    local ns="$2"
+
+    modprobe netdevsim &> /dev/null
+    udevadm settle
+
+    echo "$id 1" | ip netns exec $ns tee /sys/bus/netdevsim/new_device >/dev/null
+    local dev=$(ip netns exec $ns ls /sys/bus/netdevsim/devices/netdevsim$id/net)
+    ip -netns $ns link set dev $dev name nsim$id
+    ip -netns $ns link set dev nsim$id up
+
+    echo nsim$id
+}
+
+# Remove netdevsim with given id.
+cleanup_netdevsim() {
+    local id="$1"
+
+    if [ -d "/sys/bus/netdevsim/devices/netdevsim$id/net" ]; then
+        echo "$id" > /sys/bus/netdevsim/del_device
+    fi
+}
+
 tc_rule_stats_get()
 {
 	local dev=$1; shift
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netns-name.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netns-name.sh
index 0be1905d1f2f..38871bdef67f 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netns-name.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netns-name.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ set -o pipefail
 DEV=dummy-dev0
 DEV2=dummy-dev1
 ALT_NAME=some-alt-name
+NSIM_ADDR=2025
 
 RET_CODE=0
 
 cleanup() {
+    cleanup_netdevsim $NSIM_ADDR
     cleanup_ns $NS $test_ns
 }
 
@@ -25,12 +27,15 @@ setup_ns NS test_ns
 
 #
 # Test basic move without a rename
+# Use netdevsim because it has extra asserts for notifiers.
 #
-ip -netns $NS link add name $DEV type dummy || fail
-ip -netns $NS link set dev $DEV netns $test_ns ||
+
+nsim=$(create_netdevsim $NSIM_ADDR $NS)
+ip -netns $NS link set dev $nsim netns $test_ns ||
     fail "Can't perform a netns move"
-ip -netns $test_ns link show dev $DEV >> /dev/null || fail "Device not found after move"
-ip -netns $test_ns link del $DEV || fail
+ip -netns $test_ns link show dev $nsim >> /dev/null ||
+    fail "Device not found after move"
+cleanup_netdevsim $NSIM_ADDR
 
 #
 # Test move with a conflict