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-rw-r--r--include/linux/rtnetlink.h11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 58d44491880f..263690d991a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -749,6 +749,17 @@ extern int rtnl_is_locked(void);
extern int lockdep_rtnl_is_held(void);
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING */
+/**
+ * rcu_dereference_rtnl - rcu_dereference with debug checking
+ * @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
+ *
+ * Do an rcu_dereference(p), but check caller either holds rcu_read_lock()
+ * or RTNL
+ */
+#define rcu_dereference_rtnl(p) \
+ rcu_dereference_check(p, rcu_read_lock_held() || \
+ lockdep_rtnl_is_held())
+
extern void rtnetlink_init(void);
extern void __rtnl_unlock(void);