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diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6591440cc03d..13e6447f0398 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3313,6 +3313,7 @@ int netdev_rx_handler_register(struct net_device *dev,
if (dev->rx_handler)
return -EBUSY;
+ /* Note: rx_handler_data must be set before rx_handler */
rcu_assign_pointer(dev->rx_handler_data, rx_handler_data);
rcu_assign_pointer(dev->rx_handler, rx_handler);
@@ -3333,6 +3334,11 @@ void netdev_rx_handler_unregister(struct net_device *dev)
ASSERT_RTNL();
RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->rx_handler, NULL);
+ /* a reader seeing a non NULL rx_handler in a rcu_read_lock()
+ * section has a guarantee to see a non NULL rx_handler_data
+ * as well.
+ */
+ synchronize_net();
RCU_INIT_POINTER(dev->rx_handler_data, NULL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(netdev_rx_handler_unregister);