Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: Fix suspicious RCU usage warning in ip6mr

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Thu May 14 2020 - 12:40:12 EST


On Thu, 14 May 2020 12:32:04 +0530 madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch fixes the following warning:
>
> =============================
> WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> 5.7.0-rc4-next-20200507-syzkaller #0 Not tainted
> -----------------------------
> net/ipv6/ip6mr.c:124 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!
>
> ipmr_new_table() returns an existing table, but there is no table at
> init. Therefore the condition: either holding rtnl or the list is empty
> is used.
>
> Fixes: d13fee049f ("Default enable RCU list lockdep debugging with .."): WARNING: suspicious RCU usage

Fixes tag: Fixes: d13fee049f ("Default enable RCU list lockdep debugging with .."): WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
Has these problem(s):
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I think the message at the end is confusing automation, could you use
the standard Fixes tag format, please?

> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik10@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/ipv6/ip6mr.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
> index 65a54d74acc1..fbe282bb8036 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void ipmr_expire_process(struct timer_list *t);
> #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
> #define ip6mr_for_each_table(mrt, net) \
> list_for_each_entry_rcu(mrt, &net->ipv6.mr6_tables, list, \
> - lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
> + lockdep_rtnl_is_held() || list_empty(&net->ipv6.mr6_tables))

double space, line over 80 chars

> static struct mr_table *ip6mr_mr_table_iter(struct net *net,
> struct mr_table *mrt)

Other than these nits looks good, thanks!