Chain stats are updated from the Netfilter hook path which already run under rcu read-size lock section. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: no changes net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c index adc348056076..41c7509955e6 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c @@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ static noinline void nft_update_chain_stats(const struct nft_chain *chain, base_chain = nft_base_chain(chain); - rcu_read_lock(); pstats = READ_ONCE(base_chain->stats); if (pstats) { local_bh_disable(); @@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ static noinline void nft_update_chain_stats(const struct nft_chain *chain, u64_stats_update_end(&stats->syncp); local_bh_enable(); } - rcu_read_unlock(); } struct nft_jumpstack { -- 2.30.2