Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Jul 2015 13:19:53 +0200 | From | Florian Westphal <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net/bridge: Add missing in6_dev_put in br_validate_ipv6 |
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Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com> wrote: > On 03/07/15 21:42, Florian Westphal wrote: > > I think it makes more sense to use __in6_dev_get() instead which doesn't > > take a reference. > > __in6_dev_get requires to hold rcu_read_lock or RTNL. My knowledge on > this code is very limited. Are we sure that one this lock is hold? At > first glance, I wasn't able to find one.
All netfilter hooks are rcu_read_locked via nf_hook_slow().
BTW, netfilter patches should be sent to netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org.
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