From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 net-next 4/5] rtnetlink: do not assume RTNL is held in link_master_filtered()
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 17:30:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260522173002.2181677-5-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260522173002.2181677-1-edumazet@google.com>
RTNL might be no longer held by the caller in the following patch.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index c342b22528e4478a61f22e204a3934ba1a48cb3c..bad036ef7614ffae52a65c447344ac1314f5521b 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2371,22 +2371,24 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops *linkinfo_to_kind_ops(const struct nlattr *nla,
static bool link_master_filtered(struct net_device *dev, int master_idx)
{
struct net_device *master;
+ bool res = false;
if (!master_idx)
return false;
- master = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(dev);
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ master = netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(dev);
/* 0 is already used to denote IFLA_MASTER wasn't passed, therefore need
* another invalid value for ifindex to denote "no master".
*/
if (master_idx == -1)
- return !!master;
-
- if (!master || master->ifindex != master_idx)
- return true;
+ res = !!master;
+ else if (!master || master->ifindex != master_idx)
+ res = true;
+ rcu_read_unlock();
- return false;
+ return res;
}
static bool link_kind_filtered(const struct net_device *dev,
--
2.54.0.746.g67dd491aae-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-22 17:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-22 17:29 [PATCH v4 net-next 0/5] rtnetlink: RTNL avoidance in rtnl_getlink() and rtnl_dump_ifinfo() Eric Dumazet
2026-05-22 17:29 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 1/5] rtnetlink: use nla_nest_end_safe() in rtnl_fill_prop_list() Eric Dumazet
2026-05-22 17:29 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 2/5] net: defer netdev_name_node_alt_flush() call to netdev_run_todo() Eric Dumazet
2026-05-22 17:30 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 3/5] rtnetlink: do not acquire RTNL in rtnl_getlink() with RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY Eric Dumazet
2026-05-22 17:30 ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-05-22 17:30 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 5/5] rtnetlink: add RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY support to rtnl_dump_ifinfo() Eric Dumazet
2026-05-22 21:29 ` [PATCH v4 net-next 0/5] rtnetlink: RTNL avoidance in rtnl_getlink() and rtnl_dump_ifinfo() Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-23 4:48 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-05-23 7:00 ` [syzbot ci] " syzbot ci
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