Re: [PATCH net] rtnetlink: wait for RCU readers in rtnl_link_unregister()

[Andrea Parri]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 08:01:39PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Patch looks good, but I would probably add a comment here, because all
> these barriers without comments
> are a pain.
>
> /* Wait for rtnl_link_ops_get() readers that found ops but have not
> yet taken ops->srcu. */
> > +       synchronize_rcu();

Will do in v2, thanks.


> Adding comments for the other barriers in a future followup would be awesome.

Sure.  I have a net-next patch ready which comments the remaining waits
in net/core/rtnetlink.c: synchronize_rcu() in rtnl_af_unregister(), the
synchronize_srcu() calls in rtnl_link_unregister() and
rtnl_af_unregister(), and synchronize_net() in rtnl_unregister_all().
I'll send it once this fix reaches net-next, unless you meant a wider
scope than this file.


> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the review,
  Andrea