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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] net: macvlan: Use built-in RCU list checking
From:   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
To:     Chuang Wang <nashuiliang@gmail.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Date:   Thu, 10 Nov 2022 11:57:22 +0100
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Hello,

On Tue, 2022-11-08 at 20:52 +0800, Chuang Wang wrote:
> hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() has built-in RCU and lock checking.
> 
> Pass cond argument to hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() to silence false
> lockdep warning when CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST is enabled.
> 
> Execute as follow:
> 
>  ip link add link eth0 type macvlan mode source macaddr add <MAC-ADDR>
> 
> The rtnl_lock is held when macvlan_hash_lookup_source() or
> macvlan_fill_info_macaddr() are called in the non-RCU read side section.
> So, pass lockdep_rtnl_is_held() to silence false lockdep warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chuang Wang <nashuiliang@gmail.com>

The patch LGTM, but IMHO this should target the -net tree, as it's
addressing an issue bothering people. 

Can you please re-submit, specifying the target tree into the subj and
including a suitable Fixes tag?

Thanks!

Paolo