Re: [PATCH net-next] gtp: annotate PDP lookups under RTNL

[Pablo Neira Ayuso]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 08:20:09AM +0000, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
> by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> On Wed,  1 Jul 2026 20:39:25 +0800 you wrote:
> > The GTP PDP lookup helpers are shared by RCU-protected data and report
> > paths and RTNL-protected control paths such as gtp_genl_new_pdp(). The
> > helpers walk RCU hlists, but they do not currently pass the RTNL
> > condition for the control-path lookups.
> > 
> > Pass lockdep_rtnl_is_held() to the PDP hlist iterators. Existing
> > RCU-reader callers remain valid because the RCU-list macros also accept
> > an active RCU read-side section; the added condition only documents the
> > non-RCU protection already used by RTNL control paths.
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Here is the summary with links:
>   - [net-next] gtp: annotate PDP lookups under RTNL
>     https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/0be5c3f0fbef

For the record, I think this patch was not OK.

PDP context hashtable is protected by the genl_mutex, not rtnl.

If I'm mistaken, please let know, thanks!