net: relax rtnl_dereference()

rtnl_dereference() is used in contexts where RTNL is held, to fetch an
RCU protected pointer.

Updates to this pointer are prevented by RTNL, so we dont need
smp_read_barrier_depends() and the ACCESS_ONCE() provided in
rcu_dereference_check().

rtnl_dereference() is mainly a macro to document the locking invariant.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 0bb7b48632bd..d42f274418b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -755,20 +755,22 @@ extern int lockdep_rtnl_is_held(void);
  * @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
  *
  * Do an rcu_dereference(p), but check caller either holds rcu_read_lock()
- * or RTNL
+ * or RTNL. Note : Please prefer rtnl_dereference() or rcu_dereference()
  */
 #define rcu_dereference_rtnl(p)                                 \
         rcu_dereference_check(p, rcu_read_lock_held() ||        \
                                  lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
 
 /**
- * rtnl_dereference - rcu_dereference with debug checking
+ * rtnl_dereference - fetch RCU pointer when updates are prevented by RTNL
  * @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
  *
- * Do an rcu_dereference(p), but check caller holds RTNL
+ * Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit
+ * both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the ACCESS_ONCE(), because
+ * caller holds RTNL.
  */
 #define rtnl_dereference(p)                                     \
-        rcu_dereference_check(p, lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
+        rcu_dereference_protected(p, lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
 
 static inline struct netdev_queue *dev_ingress_queue(struct net_device *dev)
 {