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[PATCH v3 net-next 05/15] ipmr: Convert ipmr_rtm_getroute() to RCU.

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Date: 2026-02-28 22:18:12
Subsystem: networking [general], networking [ipv4/ipv6], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, Linus Torvalds

ipmr_rtm_getroute() calls __ipmr_get_table(), ipmr_cache_find(),
and ipmr_fill_mroute().

The table is not removed until netns dismantle, and net->ipv4.mr_tables
is managed with RCU list API, so __ipmr_get_table() is safe under RCU.

struct mfc_cache is freed by mr_cache_put() after RCU grace period,
so we can use ipmr_cache_find() under RCU.  rcu_read_lock() around
it was just to avoid lockdep splat for rhl_for_each_entry_rcu().

ipmr_fill_mroute() calls mr_fill_mroute(), which properly uses RCU.

Let's drop RTNL for ipmr_rtm_getroute() and use RCU instead.

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
 net/ipv4/ipmr.c      | 34 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
 net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 9f2dd726affb..cb1a5e3a6296 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -2680,9 +2680,9 @@ static int ipmr_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(in_skb->sk);
 	struct nlattr *tb[RTA_MAX + 1];
-	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 	struct mfc_cache *cache;
 	struct mr_table *mrt;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	__be32 src, grp;
 	u32 tableid;
 	int err;
@@ -2695,39 +2695,40 @@ static int ipmr_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	grp = nla_get_in_addr_default(tb[RTA_DST], 0);
 	tableid = nla_get_u32_default(tb[RTA_TABLE], 0);
 
+	skb = nlmsg_new(mroute_msgsize(false), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!skb) {
+		err = -ENOBUFS;
+		goto errout;
+	}
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
 	mrt = __ipmr_get_table(net, tableid ? tableid : RT_TABLE_DEFAULT);
 	if (!mrt) {
 		err = -ENOENT;
-		goto errout_free;
+		goto errout_unlock;
 	}
 
-	/* entries are added/deleted only under RTNL */
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	cache = ipmr_cache_find(mrt, src, grp);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (!cache) {
 		err = -ENOENT;
-		goto errout_free;
-	}
-
-	skb = nlmsg_new(mroute_msgsize(false), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!skb) {
-		err = -ENOBUFS;
-		goto errout_free;
+		goto errout_unlock;
 	}
 
 	err = ipmr_fill_mroute(mrt, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).portid,
 			       nlh->nlmsg_seq, cache,
 			       RTM_NEWROUTE, 0);
 	if (err < 0)
-		goto errout_free;
+		goto errout_unlock;
 
-	err = rtnl_unicast(skb, net, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).portid);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
+	err = rtnl_unicast(skb, net, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).portid);
 errout:
 	return err;
 
-errout_free:
+errout_unlock:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	goto errout;
 }
@@ -3297,7 +3298,8 @@ static const struct rtnl_msg_handler ipmr_rtnl_msg_handlers[] __initconst = {
 	{.protocol = RTNL_FAMILY_IPMR, .msgtype = RTM_DELROUTE,
 	 .doit = ipmr_rtm_route},
 	{.protocol = RTNL_FAMILY_IPMR, .msgtype = RTM_GETROUTE,
-	 .doit = ipmr_rtm_getroute, .dumpit = ipmr_rtm_dumproute},
+	 .doit = ipmr_rtm_getroute, .dumpit = ipmr_rtm_dumproute,
+	 .flags = RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_UNLOCKED},
 };
 
 int __init ip_mr_init(void)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c
index 2d62526406ca..b0fd9ffa01a2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr_base.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ int mr_fill_mroute(struct mr_table *mrt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	vif_dev = rcu_dereference(mrt->vif_table[c->mfc_parent].dev);
-	if (vif_dev && nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_IIF, vif_dev->ifindex) < 0) {
+	if (vif_dev && nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_IIF, READ_ONCE(vif_dev->ifindex)) < 0) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ int mr_fill_mroute(struct mr_table *mrt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 			nhp->rtnh_flags = 0;
 			nhp->rtnh_hops = c->mfc_un.res.ttls[ct];
-			nhp->rtnh_ifindex = vif_dev->ifindex;
+			nhp->rtnh_ifindex = READ_ONCE(vif_dev->ifindex);
 			nhp->rtnh_len = sizeof(*nhp);
 		}
 	}
-- 
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