On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.duma...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2016-10-19 at 23:35 -0700, Cong Wang wrote: >> Baozeng reported this deadlock case: > > ... > >> + >> +void ipv6_sock_mc_close(struct sock *sk) >> +{ >> + struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk); >> + >> + if (!rcu_access_pointer(np->ipv6_mc_list)) >> + return; > > I wonder if rcu_dereference_protected(..., lockdep_sock_is_held(sk)) > could be used instead, to get lockdep support ?
Maybe, but this "problem" exists without my patch too, right?