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In the __netpoll_setup() function, when accessing the device's npinfo pointer, replace rcu_access_pointer() with rtnl_dereference(). This change is more appropriate, as suggested by Herbert Xu[1]. The function is called with the RTNL mutex held, and the pointer is being dereferenced later, so, dereference earlier and just reuse the pointer for the if/else. The replacement ensures correct pointer access while maintaining the existing locking and RCU semantics of the netpoll subsystem. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Zz1cKZYt1e7elibV@gondor.apana.org.au/ [1] Suggested-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241202-netpoll_rcu_herbet_fix-v2-1-2b9d58edc76a@debian.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.