On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:13:58 +0000 Joe Damato wrote: > +/* must be called under rcu_read_lock(), because napi_by_id requires it */ > +static struct napi_struct *__do_napi_by_id(unsigned int napi_id, > + struct genl_info *info, int *err) > +{ > + struct napi_struct *napi; > + > + napi = napi_by_id(napi_id); > + if (napi) { > + *err = 0; > + } else { > + NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(info->extack, info->attrs[NETDEV_A_NAPI_ID]); > + *err = -ENOENT; > + } > + > + return napi; > +} Thanks for the quick follow up! I vote we don't factor this out. I don't see what it buys us, TBH, normally we factor out code to avoid having to unlock before return, but this code doesn't have extra returns... Just slap an rcu_read_lock / unlock around and that's it? Feel free to repost soon.