linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 07/16] net: dsa: sync ageing time when joining the bridge

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Message-ID: <20210320100959.w6mwmcwf4mstxord@skbuf>
Date:   Sat, 20 Mar 2021 12:09:59 +0200
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Tobias Waldekranz <tobias@...dekranz.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Vadym Kochan <vkochan@...vell.com>,
        Taras Chornyi <tchornyi@...vell.com>,
        Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>,
        Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 07/16] net: dsa: sync ageing time when
 joining the bridge

On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 03:13:03PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp.c b/net/bridge/br_stp.c
> > index 86b5e05d3f21..3dafb6143cff 100644
> > --- a/net/bridge/br_stp.c
> > +++ b/net/bridge/br_stp.c
> > @@ -639,6 +639,19 @@ int br_set_ageing_time(struct net_bridge *br, clock_t ageing_time)
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > +clock_t br_get_ageing_time(struct net_device *br_dev)
> > +{
> > +	struct net_bridge *br;
> > +
> > +	if (!netif_is_bridge_master(br_dev))
> > +		return 0;
> > +
> > +	br = netdev_priv(br_dev);
> > +
> > +	return jiffies_to_clock_t(br->ageing_time);
> 
> Don't you want an ASSERT_RTNL() in this function as well?

Hmm, I'm not sure. I don't think I'm accessing anything that is under
the protection of the rtnl_mutex. If anything, the ageing time is
protected by the "bridge lock", but I don't think there's much of an
issue if I read an unsigned int while not holding it.