On Fri, 5 Jul 2024 13:02:18 +0200 Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> > Hillf Danton <hdanton@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > lock trans mutex returns > > > flush work > > > free A > > > unlock trans mutex > > > > > If your patch is correct, it should survive a warning. > > > > #syz test https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git 1c5fc27bc48a > > > > --- x/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c > > +++ y/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c > > @@ -11552,9 +11552,10 @@ static int nft_rcv_nl_event(struct notif > > > > gc_seq = nft_gc_seq_begin(nft_net); > > > > - if (!list_empty(&nf_tables_destroy_list)) > > - nf_tables_trans_destroy_flush_work(); > > + nf_tables_trans_destroy_flush_work(); > > again: > > + WARN_ON(!list_empty(&nft_net->commit_list)); > > + > > You could officially submit this patch to nf-next, this > is a slow path and the transaction list must be empty here. > > I think this change might be useful as it also documents > this requirement. Yes it is boy and the current reproducer triggered another warning [1,2]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240706231332.3261-1-hdanton@xxxxxxxx/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/000000000000a42289061c9d452e@xxxxxxxxxx/ And feel free to take a look at fput() and sock_put() for instance of freeing slab pieces asyncally.