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Message-ID: <0b0cb62e-4e10-458e-8d21-8a082f94aa4d@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:25:23 +0200
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>, Andy Gospodarek
<andy@...yhouse.net>, Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bonding: correctly annotate RCU in
bond_should_notify_peers()
On 7/19/24 18:41, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
>
> RCU use in bond_should_notify_peers() looks wrong, since it does
> rcu_dereference(), leaves the critical section, and uses the
> pointer after that.
>
> Luckily, it's called either inside a nested RCU critical section
> or with the RTNL held.
>
> Annotate it with rcu_dereference_rtnl() instead, and remove the
> inner RCU critical section.
>
> Fixes: 4cb4f97b7e36 ("bonding: rebuild the lock use for bond_mii_monitor()")
> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Any special reasons to target net-next? this looks like a legit net fix
to me. If you want to target net, no need to re-post, otherwise it will
have to wait the merge window end.
Thanks,
Paolo
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