rbtree GC does not modify the datastructure, instead it collects expired elements and it enqueues a GC transaction. Use a read spinlock instead to avoid data contention while GC worker is running. Fixes: f6c383b8c31a ("netfilter: nf_tables: adapt set backend to use GC transaction API") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c index f250b5399344..70491ba98dec 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_rbtree.c @@ -622,8 +622,7 @@ static void nft_rbtree_gc(struct work_struct *work) if (!gc) goto done; - write_lock_bh(&priv->lock); - write_seqcount_begin(&priv->count); + read_lock_bh(&priv->lock); for (node = rb_first(&priv->root); node != NULL; node = rb_next(node)) { /* Ruleset has been updated, try later. */ @@ -673,8 +672,7 @@ static void nft_rbtree_gc(struct work_struct *work) gc = nft_trans_gc_catchall(gc, gc_seq); try_later: - write_seqcount_end(&priv->count); - write_unlock_bh(&priv->lock); + read_unlock_bh(&priv->lock); if (gc) nft_trans_gc_queue_async_done(gc); -- 2.30.2