[PATCH 6.6.y 3/4] net: dst: introduce dst->dev_rcu

From: Miguel Gazquez (Schneider Electric)

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 16:51:43 EST


From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit caedcc5b6df1b2e2b5f39079e3369c1d4d5c5f50 ]

Followup of commit 88fe14253e18 ("net: dst: add four helpers
to annotate data-races around dst->dev").

We want to gradually add explicit RCU protection to dst->dev,
including lockdep support.

Add an union to alias dst->dev_rcu and dst->dev.

Add dst_dev_net_rcu() helper.

Fixes: 4a6ce2b6f2ec ("net: introduce a new function dst_dev_put()")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250828195823.3958522-2-edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Gazquez (Schneider Electric) <miguel.gazquez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/dst.h | 16 +++++++++++-----
net/core/dst.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/route.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/dst.h b/include/net/dst.h
index 1983945dfcdf..4b54b2f6730e 100644
--- a/include/net/dst.h
+++ b/include/net/dst.h
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
struct sk_buff;

struct dst_entry {
- struct net_device *dev;
+ union {
+ struct net_device *dev;
+ struct net_device __rcu *dev_rcu;
+ };
struct dst_ops *ops;
unsigned long _metrics;
unsigned long expires;
@@ -576,9 +579,12 @@ static inline struct net_device *dst_dev(const struct dst_entry *dst)

static inline struct net_device *dst_dev_rcu(const struct dst_entry *dst)
{
- /* In the future, use rcu_dereference(dst->dev) */
- WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
- return READ_ONCE(dst->dev);
+ return rcu_dereference(dst->dev_rcu);
+}
+
+static inline struct net *dst_dev_net_rcu(const struct dst_entry *dst)
+{
+ return dev_net_rcu(dst_dev_rcu(dst));
}

static inline struct net_device *skb_dst_dev(const struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -598,7 +604,7 @@ static inline struct net *skb_dst_dev_net(const struct sk_buff *skb)

static inline struct net *skb_dst_dev_net_rcu(const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- return dev_net_rcu(skb_dst_dev(skb));
+ return dev_net_rcu(skb_dst_dev_rcu(skb));
}

struct dst_entry *dst_blackhole_check(struct dst_entry *dst, u32 cookie);
diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index f65e6be7e257..46cafba29991 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void dst_dev_put(struct dst_entry *dst)
dst->ops->ifdown(dst, dev);
WRITE_ONCE(dst->input, dst_discard);
WRITE_ONCE(dst->output, dst_discard_out);
- WRITE_ONCE(dst->dev, blackhole_netdev);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(dst->dev_rcu, blackhole_netdev);
netdev_ref_replace(dev, blackhole_netdev, &dst->dev_tracker,
GFP_ATOMIC);
}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 5010a9a75418..ce3397583b8f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ static void __ip_rt_update_pmtu(struct rtable *rt, struct flowi4 *fl4, u32 mtu)
return;

rcu_read_lock();
- net = dev_net_rcu(dst_dev(dst));
+ net = dst_dev_net_rcu(dst);
if (mtu < net->ipv4.ip_rt_min_pmtu) {
lock = true;
mtu = min(old_mtu, net->ipv4.ip_rt_min_pmtu);
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ static unsigned int ipv4_default_advmss(const struct dst_entry *dst)
struct net *net;

rcu_read_lock();
- net = dev_net_rcu(dst_dev(dst));
+ net = dst_dev_net_rcu(dst);
advmss = max_t(unsigned int, ipv4_mtu(dst) - header_size,
net->ipv4.ip_rt_min_advmss);
rcu_read_unlock();

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2.55.0