Re: [PATCH v1] net: macvlan: Use built-in RCU list checking

From: Paolo Abeni
Date: Thu Nov 10 2022 - 05:58:27 EST


Hello,

On Tue, 2022-11-08 at 20:52 +0800, Chuang Wang wrote:
> hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() has built-in RCU and lock checking.
>
> Pass cond argument to hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() to silence false
> lockdep warning when CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST is enabled.
>
> Execute as follow:
>
> ip link add link eth0 type macvlan mode source macaddr add <MAC-ADDR>
>
> The rtnl_lock is held when macvlan_hash_lookup_source() or
> macvlan_fill_info_macaddr() are called in the non-RCU read side section.
> So, pass lockdep_rtnl_is_held() to silence false lockdep warning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chuang Wang <nashuiliang@xxxxxxxxx>

The patch LGTM, but IMHO this should target the -net tree, as it's
addressing an issue bothering people.

Can you please re-submit, specifying the target tree into the subj and
including a suitable Fixes tag?

Thanks!

Paolo