Re: [PATCH 6.6.y] ipv4: start using dst_dev_rcu()

From: Sasha Levin

Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 11:32:31 EST


> [PATCH 6.6.y] ipv4: start using dst_dev_rcu()
> [ Upstream commit 6ad8de3cefdb6ffa6708b21c567df0dbf82c43a8 ]
> [ Minor modifications made to adapt current code. ]

Thanks for the backport. I think as proposed this introduces a bug: in 6.6.y
the predecessor a74fc62eec155c (which adds dst_dev_rcu()) is missing, so
skb_dst_dev_rcu() / dst_dev_rcu() ends up being called outside an RCU read-side
section here.

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Thanks,
Sasha