netdev - [PATCH ipsec-next] xfrm: state: make xfrm_state_lookup

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Message-ID: <20250307114802.9045-1-fw@strlen.de>
Date: Fri,  7 Mar 2025 12:47:54 +0100
From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: steffen.klassert@...unet.com,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Subject: [PATCH ipsec-next] xfrm: state: make xfrm_state_lookup_byaddr lockless

This appears to be an oversight back when the state lookup
was converted to RCU, I see no reason why we need to hold the
state lock here.

__xfrm_state_lookup_byaddr already uses xfrm_state_hold_rcu
helper to obtain a reference, so just replace the state
lock with rcu.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index 7b1028671144..07545944a536 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -2313,12 +2313,12 @@ xfrm_state_lookup_byaddr(struct net *net, u32 mark,
 	struct xfrm_hash_state_ptrs state_ptrs;
 	struct xfrm_state *x;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_state_lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	xfrm_hash_ptrs_get(net, &state_ptrs);
 
 	x = __xfrm_state_lookup_byaddr(&state_ptrs, mark, daddr, saddr, proto, family);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&net->xfrm.xfrm_state_lock);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return x;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_state_lookup_byaddr);
-- 
2.48.1