Re: [PATCH net-next v5 1/6] geneve: rely on rtnl lock in geneve_offload_rx_ports

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov
Date: Wed Jun 18 2025 - 11:14:48 EST


On 6/16/25 19:21, Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> udp_tunnel_push_rx_port will grab mutex in the next patch so
> we can't use rcu. geneve_offload_rx_ports is called
> from geneve_netdevice_event for NETDEV_UDP_TUNNEL_PUSH_INFO and
> NETDEV_UDP_TUNNEL_DROP_INFO which both have ASSERT_RTNL.
> Entries are added to and removed from the sock_list under rtnl
> lock as well (when adding or removing a tunneling device).
>
> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/geneve.c | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
> index ffc15a432689..9efedc6758bf 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(log_ecn_error, "Log packets received with corrupted ECN");
> /* per-network namespace private data for this module */
> struct geneve_net {
> struct list_head geneve_list;
> + /* sock_list is protected by rtnl lock */
> struct list_head sock_list;
> };
>
> @@ -1179,8 +1180,9 @@ static void geneve_offload_rx_ports(struct net_device *dev, bool push)
> struct geneve_net *gn = net_generic(net, geneve_net_id);
> struct geneve_sock *gs;
>
> - rcu_read_lock();
> - list_for_each_entry_rcu(gs, &gn->sock_list, list) {
> + ASSERT_RTNL();
> +
> + list_for_each_entry(gs, &gn->sock_list, list) {
> if (push) {
> udp_tunnel_push_rx_port(dev, gs->sock,
> UDP_TUNNEL_TYPE_GENEVE);
> @@ -1189,7 +1191,6 @@ static void geneve_offload_rx_ports(struct net_device *dev, bool push)
> UDP_TUNNEL_TYPE_GENEVE);
> }
> }
> - rcu_read_unlock();
> }
>
> /* Initialize the device structure. */

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>