From: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com> In case the qdisc_match_from_root function() is called from non-rcu path with rtnl mutex held, a suspiciout rcu usage warning appears:
[ 241.504354] ============================= [ 241.504358] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage [ 241.504366] 5.8.0-rc4-custom-01521-g72a7c7d549c3 #32 Not tainted [ 241.504370] ----------------------------- [ 241.504378] net/sched/sch_api.c:270 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!! [ 241.504382] other info that might help us debug this: [ 241.504388] rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1 [ 241.504394] 1 lock held by tc/1391: [ 241.504398] #0: ffffffff85a27850 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x49a/0xbd0 [ 241.504431] stack backtrace: [ 241.504440] CPU: 0 PID: 1391 Comm: tc Not tainted 5.8.0-rc4-custom-01521-g72a7c7d549c3 #32 [ 241.504446] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-2.fc32 04/01/2014 [ 241.504453] Call Trace: [ 241.504465] dump_stack+0x100/0x184 [ 241.504482] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x153/0x15d [ 241.504499] qdisc_match_from_root+0x293/0x350 Fix this by taking the rcu_lock for qdisc_hash iteration. Reported-by: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com> --- net/sched/sch_api.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c index 11ebba60da3b..c7cfd8dc6a77 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_api.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c @@ -267,10 +267,12 @@ static struct Qdisc *qdisc_match_from_root(struct Qdisc *root, u32 handle) root->handle == handle) return root; + rcu_read_lock(); hash_for_each_possible_rcu(qdisc_dev(root)->qdisc_hash, q, hash, handle) { if (q->handle == handle) return q; } + rcu_read_unlock(); return NULL; } -- 2.21.3