netdev - [PATCH net-next 4/4] ipv6: remove RTNL protection from inet6_dump

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Message-ID: <20240306155144.870421-5-edumazet@google.com>
Date: Wed,  6 Mar 2024 15:51:44 +0000
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 4/4] ipv6: remove RTNL protection from inet6_dump_addr()

We can now remove RTNL acquisition while running
inet6_dump_addr(), inet6_dump_ifmcaddr()
and inet6_dump_ifacaddr().

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 82ba44a23bd7434e93e8a847f38cc72d8ce228a8..b72bdbb850a86a45b4ba7c83df2772f7214891e2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -7459,15 +7459,18 @@ int __init addrconf_init(void)
 		goto errout;
 	err = rtnl_register_module(THIS_MODULE, PF_INET6, RTM_GETADDR,
 				   inet6_rtm_getaddr, inet6_dump_ifaddr,
-				   RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_UNLOCKED);
+				   RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_UNLOCKED |
+				   RTNL_FLAG_DUMP_UNLOCKED);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto errout;
 	err = rtnl_register_module(THIS_MODULE, PF_INET6, RTM_GETMULTICAST,
-				   NULL, inet6_dump_ifmcaddr, 0);
+				   NULL, inet6_dump_ifmcaddr,
+				   RTNL_FLAG_DUMP_UNLOCKED);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto errout;
 	err = rtnl_register_module(THIS_MODULE, PF_INET6, RTM_GETANYCAST,
-				   NULL, inet6_dump_ifacaddr, 0);
+				   NULL, inet6_dump_ifacaddr,
+				   RTNL_FLAG_DUMP_UNLOCKED);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto errout;
 	err = rtnl_register_module(THIS_MODULE, PF_INET6, RTM_GETNETCONF,
-- 
2.44.0.278.ge034bb2e1d-goog