Re: [PATCH] ip6mr: Fix RCU list debugging warning

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Feb 24 2020 - 16:19:45 EST


From: Amol Grover <frextrite@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 22:27:27 +0530

> ip6mr_for_each_table() macro uses list_for_each_entry_rcu()
> for traversing outside an RCU read side critical section
> but under the protection of rtnl_mutex. Hence add the
> corresponding lockdep expression to silence the following
> false-positive warnings:
>
> [ 4.319479] =============================
> [ 4.319480] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> [ 4.319482] 5.5.4-stable #17 Tainted: G E
> [ 4.319483] -----------------------------
> [ 4.319485] net/ipv6/ip6mr.c:1243 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!
>
> [ 4.456831] =============================
> [ 4.456832] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> [ 4.456834] 5.5.4-stable #17 Tainted: G E
> [ 4.456835] -----------------------------
> [ 4.456837] net/ipv6/ip6mr.c:1582 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!
>
> Signed-off-by: Amol Grover <frextrite@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.