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6b75e3e8d664a9a1b99d31a7f4976ae70d1d090a netfilter: nfnetlink: add RCU in nfnetlink_rcv_msg()
Goal of this patch is to permit nfnetlink providers not mandate
nfnl_mutex being held while nfnetlink_rcv_msg() calls them.
If struct nfnl_callback contains a non NULL call_rcu(), then
nfnetlink_rcv_msg() will use it instead of call() field, holding
rcu_read_lock instead of nfnl_mutex
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
CC: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
CC: Eric Leblond <eric@regit.org>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
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