Re: [PATCH NETFILTER] netfilter: nfnetlink: suspicious RCU usage in ctnetlink_dump_helpinfo

Re: [PATCH NETFILTER] netfilter: nfnetlink: suspicious RCU usage in ctnetlink_dump_helpinfo

[Florian Westphal]

Vasily Averin <vvs@virtuozzo.com> wrote:
> Two patches listed below removed ctnetlink_dump_helpinfo call from under
> rcu_read_lock. Now its rcu_dereference generates following warning:
> =============================
> WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> 5.13.0+ #5 Not tainted
> -----------------------------
> net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c:221 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

Re: [PATCH NETFILTER] netfilter: nfnetlink: suspicious RCU usage in ctnetlink_dump_helpinfo

[Pablo Neira Ayuso]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:49:49AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Vasily Averin <vvs@virtuozzo.com> wrote:
> > Two patches listed below removed ctnetlink_dump_helpinfo call from under
> > rcu_read_lock. Now its rcu_dereference generates following warning:
> > =============================
> > WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> > 5.13.0+ #5 Not tainted
> > -----------------------------
> > net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c:221 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
> 
> Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

I don't see this patch in netfilter's patchwork nor in
netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org

Where did they go?

Re: [PATCH NETFILTER] netfilter: nfnetlink: suspicious RCU usage in ctnetlink_dump_helpinfo

[Vasily Averin]

On 6/30/21 3:09 PM, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:49:49AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
>> Vasily Averin <vvs@virtuozzo.com> wrote:
>>> Two patches listed below removed ctnetlink_dump_helpinfo call from under
>>> rcu_read_lock. Now its rcu_dereference generates following warning:
>>> =============================
>>> WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
>>> 5.13.0+ #5 Not tainted
>>> -----------------------------
>>> net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c:221 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
> 
> I don't see this patch in netfilter's patchwork nor in
> netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
> 
> Where did they go?

My original letter was graylisted.

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I'm expect it will be re-send in few hours.
othrevise I'll resend it once again via another mail server.

Thank you,
	Vasily Averin