linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 22/34] net/sched: taprio: taprio_dump and taprio_change are protected by rtnl

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Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:44:15 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, vinicius.gomes@...el.com,
        jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 22/34] net/sched: taprio: taprio_dump and
 taprio_change are protected by rtnl_mutex

Hi!

> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 18cdd2f0998a4967b1fff4c43ed9aef049e42c39 ]
> 
> Since the writer-side lock is taken here, we do not need to open an RCU
> read-side critical section, instead we can use rtnl_dereference() to
> tell lockdep we are serialized with concurrent writes.

This is cleanup, not a bugfix. We should not have it in 5.10.

Best regards,
								Pavel
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