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

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Message-ID: <cbbba1ba-78cd-486f-ba7f-4fb87292eb5b@kernel.org>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 10:45:04 -0600
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, "David S . Miller"
 <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: remove RTNL protection from
 inet6_dump_fib()

On 3/29/24 12:30 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> No longer hold hold RTNL while calling inet6_dump_fib().
> 
> Also change return value for a completed dump,
> so that NLMSG_DONE can be appended to current skb,
> saving one recvmsg() system call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>