From: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit c69c5e10adb903ae2438d4f9c16eccf43d1fcbc1 ] The ndev->npinfo pointer in __netpoll_setup() is RCU-protected but is being accessed directly for a NULL check. While no RCU read lock is held in this context, we should still use proper RCU primitives for consistency and correctness. Replace the direct NULL check with rcu_access_pointer(), which is the appropriate primitive when only checking for NULL without dereferencing the pointer. This function provides the necessary ordering guarantees without requiring RCU read-side protection. Reviewed-by: Michal Kubiak <michal.kubiak@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241118-netpoll_rcu-v1-1-a1888dcb4a02@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/netpoll.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c index f76afab9fd8bd..4475b2174bcc4 100644 --- a/net/core/netpoll.c +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev) goto out; } - if (!ndev->npinfo) { + if (!rcu_access_pointer(ndev->npinfo)) { npinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*npinfo), GFP_KERNEL); if (!npinfo) { err = -ENOMEM; -- 2.43.0
