Hi Florian, On Thu, 30 Nov 2017, Florian Westphal wrote: > When sets are extremely large we can get softlockup during ipset -L. We > could fix this by adding cond_resched_rcu() at the right location during > iteration, but this only works if RCU nesting depth is 1. > > At this time entire variant->list() is called under under > rcu_read_lock_bh. This used to be a read_lock_bh() but as rcu doesn't > really lock anything, it does not appear to be needed, so remove it > (ipset increments set reference count before this, so a set deletion > should not be possible). Yes, the call of rcu_read_lock_bh() seems to be unnecessary, the set->variant->list() functions protect the sensitive parts with rcu_read_lock() anyway. Thanks! Acked-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Best regards, Jozsef > Reported-by: Li Shuang <shuali@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h | 1 + > net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c | 2 -- > net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h | 1 + > 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h > index 5ca18f07683b5..8afe882f846d5 100644 > --- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h > +++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_gen.h > @@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ mtype_list(const struct ip_set *set, > rcu_read_lock(); > for (; cb->args[IPSET_CB_ARG0] < map->elements; > cb->args[IPSET_CB_ARG0]++) { > + cond_resched_rcu(); > id = cb->args[IPSET_CB_ARG0]; > x = get_ext(set, map, id); > if (!test_bit(id, map->members) || > diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c > index 1f3c03b3bebf2..89b44458a7613 100644 > --- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c > +++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c > @@ -1388,9 +1388,7 @@ ip_set_dump_start(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb) > set->variant->uref(set, cb, true); > /* fall through */ > default: > - rcu_read_lock_bh(); > ret = set->variant->list(set, skb, cb); > - rcu_read_unlock_bh(); > if (!cb->args[IPSET_CB_ARG0]) > /* Set is done, proceed with next one */ > goto next_set; > diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h > index efffc8eabafea..8ef079db7d347 100644 > --- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h > +++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h > @@ -1143,6 +1143,7 @@ mtype_list(const struct ip_set *set, > rcu_read_lock(); > for (; cb->args[IPSET_CB_ARG0] < jhash_size(t->htable_bits); > cb->args[IPSET_CB_ARG0]++) { > + cond_resched_rcu(); > incomplete = skb_tail_pointer(skb); > n = rcu_dereference(hbucket(t, cb->args[IPSET_CB_ARG0])); > pr_debug("cb->arg bucket: %lu, t %p n %p\n", > -- > 2.14.3 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - E-mail : kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, kadlecsik.jozsef@xxxxxxxxxxxxx PGP key : http://www.kfki.hu/~kadlec/pgp_public_key.txt Address : Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1525 Budapest 114, POB. 49, Hungary -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html