Commit 5d0c22e73656 for kernel

commit 5d0c22e73656d050daffad10a2ba8765ce8441c8
Author: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
Date:   Thu Jul 2 15:46:57 2026 +0200

    netfilter: ipset: mark the rcu locked areas properly

    When we bump the uref counter, there's no need to keep
    the rcu lock because the referred hash table can't
    disappear. Also, from the same reason in mtype_gc we
    need the rcu lock and not a spinlock.

    Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>
    Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
index dedf59b661dd..c9a071766243 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
@@ -569,9 +569,10 @@ mtype_gc(struct work_struct *work)
 	set = gc->set;
 	h = set->data;

-	spin_lock_bh(&set->lock);
-	t = ipset_dereference_set(h->table, set);
+	rcu_read_lock_bh();
+	t = rcu_dereference_bh(h->table);
 	atomic_inc(&t->uref);
+	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 	numof_locks = ahash_numof_locks(t->htable_bits);
 	r = gc->region++;
 	if (r >= numof_locks) {
@@ -580,7 +581,6 @@ mtype_gc(struct work_struct *work)
 	next_run = (IPSET_GC_PERIOD(set->timeout) * HZ) / numof_locks;
 	if (next_run < HZ/10)
 		next_run = HZ/10;
-	spin_unlock_bh(&set->lock);

 	mtype_gc_do(set, h, t, r);

@@ -860,15 +860,13 @@ mtype_add(struct ip_set *set, void *value, const struct ip_set_ext *ext,
 	key = HKEY(value, h->initval, t->htable_bits);
 	r = ahash_region(key);
 	atomic_inc(&t->uref);
+	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 	elements = t->hregion[r].elements;
 	maxelem = t->maxelem;
 	if (elements >= maxelem) {
 		u32 e;
-		if (SET_WITH_TIMEOUT(set)) {
-			rcu_read_unlock_bh();
+		if (SET_WITH_TIMEOUT(set))
 			mtype_gc_do(set, h, t, r);
-			rcu_read_lock_bh();
-		}
 		maxelem = h->maxelem;
 		elements = 0;
 		for (e = 0; e < ahash_numof_locks(t->htable_bits); e++)
@@ -876,7 +874,6 @@ mtype_add(struct ip_set *set, void *value, const struct ip_set_ext *ext,
 		if (elements >= maxelem && SET_WITH_FORCEADD(set))
 			forceadd = true;
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock_bh();

 	spin_lock_bh(&t->hregion[r].lock);
 	n = rcu_dereference_bh(hbucket(t, key));