netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: mcast: add RCU protection to mld

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Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:50:31 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...nel.org, horms@...nel.org,
 eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: mcast: add RCU protection to mld_newpack()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:10:21 +0000 you wrote:
> mld_newpack() can be called without RTNL or RCU being held.
> 
> Note that we no longer can use sock_alloc_send_skb() because
> ipv6.igmp_sk uses GFP_KERNEL allocations which can sleep.
> 
> Instead use alloc_skb() and charge the net->ipv6.igmp_sk
> socket under RCU protection.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] ipv6: mcast: add RCU protection to mld_newpack()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/a527750d877f

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