Hello, On Wed, 26 Jun 2024, Chen Hanxiao wrote: > Use rcu_dereference_protected to resolve sparse warning: > > net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c:1471:27: warning: dereference of noderef expression > > Fixes: 39b972231536 ("ipvs: handle connections started by real-servers") > Signed-off-by: Chen Hanxiao <chenhx.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c > index b6d0dcf3a5c3..925e2143ba15 100644 > --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c > +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c > @@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ ip_vs_add_service(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct ip_vs_service_user_kern *u, > { > int ret = 0; > struct ip_vs_scheduler *sched = NULL; > - struct ip_vs_pe *pe = NULL; > + struct ip_vs_pe *pe = NULL, *tmp_pe = NULL; NULL init is not needed > struct ip_vs_service *svc = NULL; > int ret_hooks = -1; > > @@ -1468,7 +1468,8 @@ ip_vs_add_service(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct ip_vs_service_user_kern *u, > atomic_inc(&ipvs->ftpsvc_counter); > else if (svc->port == 0) > atomic_inc(&ipvs->nullsvc_counter); > - if (svc->pe && svc->pe->conn_out) > + tmp_pe = rcu_dereference_protected(svc->pe, 1); > + if (tmp_pe && tmp_pe->conn_out) > atomic_inc(&ipvs->conn_out_counter); Alternative option would be to use 'pe' above and to move the RCU_INIT_POINTER and pe = NULL with their comment here. It is up to you to decide which option is better... Regards -- Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>