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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 v5 net-next 4/5] rtnetlink: do not assume RTNL is held in link_master_filtered()
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 08:35:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260525083542.1565964-5-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260525083542.1565964-1-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 6041e008b22dbfd164ede6d50a77d2db5d7e2e23..0a59036d5f933c5b2f123a47e059036d2a555911 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


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-25  8:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-25  8:35 [PATCH v5 net-next 0/5] rtnetlink: RTNL avoidance in rtnl_getlink() and rtnl_dump_ifinfo() Eric Dumazet
2026-05-25  8:35 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 1/5] rtnetlink: use nla_nest_end_safe() in rtnl_fill_prop_list() Eric Dumazet
2026-05-25  8:35 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 2/5] net: defer netdev_name_node_alt_flush() call to netdev_run_todo() Eric Dumazet
2026-05-25  8:35 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 3/5] rtnetlink: do not acquire RTNL in rtnl_getlink() with RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY Eric Dumazet
2026-05-27  2:30   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-05-27  5:15     ` Eric Dumazet
2026-05-25  8:35 ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-05-25  8:35 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 5/5] rtnetlink: add RTEXT_FILTER_NAME_ONLY support to rtnl_dump_ifinfo() Eric Dumazet
2026-05-27  2:40 ` [PATCH v5 net-next 0/5] rtnetlink: RTNL avoidance in rtnl_getlink() and rtnl_dump_ifinfo() patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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