[PATCH net-next] openvswitch: conntrack: annotate ct limit hlist traversal
From: Runyu Xiao
Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 11:17:59 EST
ct_limit_set() is documented as being called with ovs_mutex held. It
walks the ct limit hlist with hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(), but the
iterator does not currently pass the OVS lockdep condition used
elsewhere for RCU-protected OVS objects.
Pass lockdep_ovsl_is_held() to the iterator. This matches the function's
existing caller contract and lets CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST distinguish the
ovs_mutex-protected update path from the RCU read-side ct_limit_get()
path.
This was found by our static analysis tool and then manually reviewed
against the current tree. In the reviewed CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST triage
run, the writer-side ct limit update produced the expected "RCU-list
traversed in non-reader section!!" warning while ovs_mutex was held,
with the stack matching ct_limit_set() and ovs_ct_limit_set_zone_limit().
The change is limited to documenting the existing protection contract.
This is a lockdep annotation cleanup. It does not change the conntrack
limit list update or release behavior.
Signed-off-by: Runyu Xiao <runyu.xiao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/openvswitch/conntrack.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
index c6fd9c424e8f..95697d4e16e6 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
@@ -883,7 +883,8 @@ static void ct_limit_set(const struct ovs_ct_limit_info *info,
struct hlist_head *head;
head = ct_limit_hash_bucket(info, new_ct_limit->zone);
- hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(ct_limit, head, hlist_node) {
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(ct_limit, head, hlist_node,
+ lockdep_ovsl_is_held()) {
if (ct_limit->zone == new_ct_limit->zone) {
hlist_replace_rcu(&ct_limit->hlist_node,
&new_ct_limit->hlist_node);
--
2.34.1