From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, kadlec@netfilter.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC nf-next 09/12] netfilter: ipset: use plain rcu_read_lock
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:05:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aljlQPvg7yT1zQeW@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a4c297c0-811d-a02c-2bdc-06b4bedfaf4a@blackhole.kfki.hu>
Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu> wrote:
> > No need to disable/reenable softirqs.
>
> Couldn't then similarly simple spinlocking be used instead the _bh()
> variant? I assume then that there's no need to disable/reenable softirqs in
> those cases either.
I don't think so, the spinlocks are reachable from softirq / timers, so
if you do spin_lock(s) [timer] -> reentry it will deadlock.
rcu_read_lock() can nest, so doesn't have that problem.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-16 14:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-14 13:18 [PATCH RFC nf-next 00/12] netfilter: ipset: convert to rhashtable Florian Westphal
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 01/12] netfilter: ipset: rework cidr bookkeeping Florian Westphal
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 02/12] netfilter: ipset: rework cidr bookkeeping fixups Florian Westphal
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 03/12] netfilter: ipset: add small wrappers for hash and bucket sizes Florian Westphal
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 04/12] netfilter: ipset: add and use mtype_del_cidr_all helper Florian Westphal
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 05/12] netfilter: ipset: add and use ip_set_init_comment_slow Florian Westphal
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 06/12] netfilter: ipset: add and use ip_set_ext_destroy_slow Florian Westphal
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 07/12] netfilter: ipset: add rhashtable boilerplate stubs Florian Westphal
2026-07-16 12:53 ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-07-16 13:00 ` Florian Westphal
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 08/12] netfilter: ipset: replace internal hash table with rhashtable Florian Westphal
2026-07-16 13:22 ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-07-16 14:04 ` Florian Westphal
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 09/12] netfilter: ipset: use plain rcu_read_lock Florian Westphal
2026-07-16 13:41 ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-07-16 14:05 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 10/12] netfilter: ipset: use correct lockdep annotation in ipset_dereference Florian Westphal
2026-07-16 13:56 ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-07-16 14:07 ` Florian Westphal
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 11/12] netfilter: ipset: remove last region lock usage Florian Westphal
2026-07-16 14:01 ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-07-16 14:08 ` Florian Westphal
2026-07-16 14:17 ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-07-16 14:52 ` Florian Westphal
2026-07-14 13:18 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 12/12] netfilter: ipset: re-add forceadd support for rhashtable Florian Westphal
2026-07-16 14:06 ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-07-14 15:52 ` [PATCH RFC nf-next 00/12] netfilter: ipset: convert to rhashtable Jozsef Kadlecsik
2026-07-15 5:54 ` [syzbot ci] " syzbot ci
2026-07-16 13:02 ` Florian Westphal
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