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We will convert RTM_GETNEIGH to RCU. neigh_get() looks up pneigh_entry by pneigh_lookup() and passes it to pneigh_fill_info(). Then, we must ensure that the entry is alive till pneigh_fill_info() completes, but read_lock_bh(&tbl->lock) in pneigh_lookup() does not guarantee that. Also, we will convert all readers of tbl->phash_buckets[] to RCU. Let's use call_rcu() to free pneigh_entry and update phash_buckets[] and ->next by rcu_assign_pointer(). pneigh_ifdown_and_unlock() uses list_head to avoid overwriting ->next and moving RCU iterators to another list. pndisc_destructor() (only IPv6 ndisc uses this) uses a mutex, so it is not delayed to call_rcu(), where we cannot sleep. This is fine because the mcast code works with RCU and ipv6_dev_mc_dec() frees mcast objects after RCU grace period. While at it, we change the return type of pneigh_ifdown_and_unlock() to void. Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250716221221.442239-8-kuniyu@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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