neighbour: Convert RTM_GETNEIGHTBL to RCU.

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neightbl_dump_info() calls these functions for each neigh_tables[]
entry:

  1. neightbl_fill_info() for tbl->parms
  2. neightbl_fill_param_info() for tbl->parms_list (except tbl->parms)

Both functions rely on the table lock (read_lock_bh(&tbl->lock))
and RTNL is not needed.

Let's fetch the table under RCU and convert RTM_GETNEIGHTBL to RCU.

Note that the first entry of tbl->parms_list is tbl->parms.list and
embedded in neigh_table, so list_next_entry() is safe.

Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251022054004.2514876-4-kuniyu@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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Kuniyuki Iwashima 2025-10-22 05:39:47 +00:00 • committed by Jakub Kicinski

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