netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp/dccp: fix lockdep issue when SYN is backlogged

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Date:   Tue, 2 Oct 2018 11:25:37 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp/dccp: fix lockdep issue when SYN is backlogged



On 10/01/2018 03:43 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Date: Mon,  1 Oct 2018 15:02:26 -0700

>> This patch extends what I did in commit 449809a66c1d ("tcp/dccp:
>> block BH for SYN processing") by adding an extra rcu_read_{lock|unlock}
>> pair in the paths that might be taken when processing SYN from
>> socket backlog (thus possibly in process context)
>>
>> Fixes: 06f877d613be ("tcp/dccp: fix other lockdep splats accessing ireq_opt")
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
>> Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
> 
> Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Eric.
> 

This needs a followup, timers do not imply rcu_read_lock() :/

I will send a patch, sorry for not having caught this earlier.