On 06/07/15 12:19, Florian Westphal wrote: > Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 03/07/15 21:42, Florian Westphal wrote: >>> I think it makes more sense to use __in6_dev_get() instead which doesn't >>> take a reference. >> >> __in6_dev_get requires to hold rcu_read_lock or RTNL. My knowledge on >> this code is very limited. Are we sure that one this lock is hold? At >> first glance, I wasn't able to find one. > > All netfilter hooks are rcu_read_locked via nf_hook_slow(). Ok. I will resend the patch with __in6_dev_get. > BTW, netfilter patches should be sent to netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. I used scripts/get_maintainer.pl which doesn't provide this mailing list for net/bridge/br_netfilter*.c Regards, -- Julien Grall
