Re: [PATCH NETFILTER v2] netfilter: nfnetlink: suspicious RCU usage in ctnetlink_dump_helpinfo

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso
Date: Thu Jul 01 2021 - 20:54:31 EST


On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 08:02:49AM +0300, Vasily Averin wrote:
> Two patches listed below removed ctnetlink_dump_helpinfo call from under
> rcu_read_lock. Now its rcu_dereference generates following warning:
> =============================
> WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> 5.13.0+ #5 Not tainted
> -----------------------------
> net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c:221 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

Applied.