netdev - [PATCH net-next 6/7] rtnetlink: link ops lookup must occur with rtnl lock held

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Date:   Thu, 21 Sep 2017 18:59:01 +0200
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 6/7] rtnetlink: link ops lookup must occur with rtnl lock held

all callers meet this requirement, this serves as reminder to not
forget about this in future rtnl pushdown work.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 7503021fe308..7af9774aec40 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ static const struct rtnl_link_ops *rtnl_link_ops_get(const char *kind)
 {
 	const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops;
 
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
 	list_for_each_entry(ops, &link_ops, list) {
 		if (!strcmp(ops->kind, kind))
 			return ops;
@@ -1618,6 +1620,8 @@ static const struct rtnl_link_ops *linkinfo_to_kind_ops(const struct nlattr *nla
 	const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops = NULL;
 	struct nlattr *linfo[IFLA_INFO_MAX + 1];
 
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
 	if (nla_parse_nested(linfo, IFLA_INFO_MAX, nla,
 			     ifla_info_policy, NULL) < 0)
 		return NULL;
-- 
2.13.5