print_ht in rhashtable_test calls rht_dereference() with neither RCU protection or the mutex. This triggers an RCU warning. So take the mutex to silence the warning.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <ne...@suse.com> --- lib/test_rhashtable.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/test_rhashtable.c b/lib/test_rhashtable.c index f4000c137dbe..bf92b7aa2a49 100644 --- a/lib/test_rhashtable.c +++ b/lib/test_rhashtable.c @@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ static unsigned int __init print_ht(struct rhltable *rhlt) unsigned int i, cnt = 0; ht = &rhlt->ht; + /* Take the mutex to avoid RCU warning */ + mutex_lock(&ht->mutex); tbl = rht_dereference(ht->tbl, ht); for (i = 0; i < tbl->size; i++) { struct rhash_head *pos, *next; @@ -532,6 +534,7 @@ static unsigned int __init print_ht(struct rhltable *rhlt) } } printk(KERN_ERR "\n---- ht: ----%s\n-------------\n", buff); + mutex_unlock(&ht->mutex); return cnt; }