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Kuniyuki Iwashima bd11ff421d ipv6: Get rid of RTNL for SIOCDELRT and RTM_DELROUTE.
Basically, removing an IPv6 route does not require RTNL because
the IPv6 routing tables are protected by per table lock.

inet6_rtm_delroute() calls nexthop_find_by_id() to check if the
nexthop specified by RTA_NH_ID exists.  nexthop uses rbtree and
the top-down walk can be safely performed under RCU.

ip6_route_del() already relies on RCU and the table lock, but we
need to extend the RCU critical section a bit more to cover
__ip6_del_rt().  For example, nexthop_for_each_fib6_nh() and
inet6_rt_notify() needs RCU.

Let's call nexthop_find_by_id() and __ip6_del_rt() under RCU and
get rid of RTNL from inet6_rtm_delroute() and SIOCDELRT.

Even if the nexthop is removed after rcu_read_unlock() in
inet6_rtm_delroute(), __remove_nexthop_fib() cleans up the routes
tied to the nexthop, and ip6_route_del() returns -ESRCH.  So the
request was at least valid as of nexthop_find_by_id(), and it's just
a matter of timing.

Note that we need to pass false to lwtunnel_valid_encap_type_attr().
The following patches also use the newroute bool.

Note also that fib6_get_table() does not require RCU because once
allocated fib6_table is not freed until netns dismantle.  I will
post a follow-up series to convert such callers to RCU-lockless
version.  [0]

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250417174557.65721-1-kuniyu@amazon.com/ #[0]
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250418000443.43734-3-kuniyu@amazon.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2025-04-24 09:29:55 +02:00
arch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-04-17 12:26:50 -07:00
block treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]() 2025-04-05 10:30:12 +02:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto crypto: ahash - Disable request chaining 2025-04-12 09:33:09 +08:00
Documentation netlink: specs: rt-rule: add C naming info 2025-04-23 16:07:16 -07:00
drivers net/mlx5: HWS, Disallow matcher IP version mixing 2025-04-23 18:48:11 -07:00
fs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-04-17 12:26:50 -07:00
include Merge branch '1GbE' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tnguy/next-queue 2025-04-23 18:31:55 -07:00
init Miscellaneous scheduler fixes/updates: 2025-04-06 10:44:58 -07:00
io_uring io_uring/kbuf: reject zero sized provided buffers 2025-04-07 07:51:23 -06:00
ipc treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
kernel bpf-next-for-netdev 2025-04-21 18:51:08 -07:00
lib 31 hotfixes. 9 are cc:stable and the remainder address post-6.15 issues 2025-04-16 20:07:32 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: add 0BSD license text 2024-09-01 20:43:24 -07:00
mm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-04-17 12:26:50 -07:00
net ipv6: Get rid of RTNL for SIOCDELRT and RTM_DELROUTE. 2025-04-24 09:29:55 +02:00
rust Kbuild updates for v6.15 2025-04-05 15:46:50 -07:00
samples Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-04-17 12:26:50 -07:00
scripts net: Retire DCCP socket. 2025-04-11 18:58:10 -07:00
security net: Retire DCCP socket. 2025-04-11 18:58:10 -07:00
sound ASoC: Fixes for v6.15 2025-04-11 15:51:19 +02:00
tools netlink: specs: allow header properties for attribute sets 2025-04-23 16:07:15 -07:00
usr kbuild: hdrcheck: fix cross build with clang 2025-03-05 04:06:45 +09:00
virt ARM: 2025-04-08 13:47:55 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.11-rc1's for_each macro list 2024-08-02 13:20:31 +02:00
.clippy.toml rust: give Clippy the minimum supported Rust version 2025-01-10 00:17:25 +01:00
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.gitignore kbuild: Create intermediate vmlinux build with relocations preserved 2025-03-17 00:29:50 +09:00
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CREDITS Including fixes from netfilter. 2025-04-04 09:15:35 -07:00
Kbuild drm: ensure drm headers are self-contained and pass kernel-doc 2025-02-12 10:44:43 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: Add entry for Renesas RZ/V2H(P) DWMAC GBETH glue layer driver 2025-04-22 18:49:20 -07:00
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README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
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In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
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Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.