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

[Madhuparna Bhowmik]

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 09:40:08AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> 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):
> 		- Target SHA1 does not exist
>
I got this report: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/5/12/1358

That's why I used this SHA1 with the fixes tag.

> I think the message at the end is confusing automation, could you use
> the standard Fixes tag format, please?
>
Sure, I will do that.
> > 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

Okay, I will make these changes and send the patch.

Regards,
Madhuparna
> 
> >  static struct mr_table *ip6mr_mr_table_iter(struct net *net,
> >  					    struct mr_table *mrt)
> 
> Other than these nits looks good, thanks!