Re: [PATCH nf] netfilter: ensure rcu_read_lock() in ipv4_find_option()

[Matteo Croce]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:12 PM Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > As in commit c543cb4a5f07 ("ipv4: ensure rcu_read_lock() in ipv4_link_failure()")
> > and commit 3e72dfdf8227 ("ipv4: ensure rcu_read_lock() in cipso_v4_error()"),
> > __ip_options_compile() must be called under rcu protection.
>
> This is not needed, all netfilter hooks run with rcu_read_lock held.
>

Ok, so let's drop it, thanks.

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Matteo Croce
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