Avoid always-true arguments where possible, they defeat lockdep.

ip_set_comment_free() is problematic: called from different contexts,
some hold set->lock spinlock (safe), some do not hold a lock but have other
means of mutual exclusion (e.g., entire set torn down).

Other callers need investigation: ip_set_comment_free() alters
set->ext_size in a non-atomic way.  I don't see how this is safe except
for "entire set is destroyed" case: parallel usage would be a bug.

Add a few lockdep assertions to ip_set_init_comment() callpaths to have
more confidence in the correctness of the
"Called from uadd only, protected by the set spinlock." comment at the
 start of ip_set_init_comment().

Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
---
 include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h | 3 +++
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c      | 3 +--
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h  | 6 ++----
 net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c  | 2 ++
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h b/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
index f9003ec21259..99bc997914f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ struct ip_set {
 	void *data;
 };
 
+#define ipset_dereference_locked(p, set)		\
+	rcu_dereference_protected(p, lockdep_is_held(&set->lock))
+
 static inline void
 __ip_set_destroy_comment(struct ip_set *set, void *data)
 {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index 6ece5cf305fe..a5f77f639d2a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -346,8 +346,7 @@ void
 ip_set_init_comment(struct ip_set *set, struct ip_set_comment *comment,
 		    const struct ip_set_ext *ext)
 {
-	struct ip_set_comment_rcu *c = rcu_dereference_protected(comment->c,
-								 lockdep_is_held(&set->lock));
+	struct ip_set_comment_rcu *c = ipset_dereference_locked(comment->c, set);
 	size_t len = ext->comment ? strlen(ext->comment) : 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(c)) {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
index a0f2cd481b82..e615de2e616b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 #include <linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h>
 #include <linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set.h>
 
-#define __ipset_dereference(p)		\
-	rcu_dereference_protected(p, 1)
 #define ipset_dereference_nfnl(p)	\
 	rcu_dereference_protected(p,	\
 		lockdep_nfnl_is_held(NFNL_SUBSYS_IPSET))
@@ -271,7 +269,7 @@ mtype_add_cidr(struct ip_set *set, struct htype *h, u8 cidr, u8 n)
 	int i, j, found, len = 0, ret = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&set->lock);
-	nets = __ipset_dereference(h->rnets[n]);
+	nets = ipset_dereference_locked(h->rnets[n], set);
 	/* Add in increasing prefix order, so larger cidr first */
 	for (i = 0, found = -1; i < nets->len; i++) {
 		if (nets->nets[i].count)
@@ -323,7 +321,7 @@ mtype_del_cidr(struct ip_set *set, struct htype *h, u8 cidr, u8 n)
 	int found;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&set->lock);
-	nets = __ipset_dereference(h->rnets[n]);
+	nets = ipset_dereference_locked(h->rnets[n], set);
 	for (i = 0, found = -1; i < nets->len; i++) {
 		if (nets->nets[i].count)
 			len++;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
index d7ddc57a4eca..27bc96458e13 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ list_set_udel(struct ip_set *set, void *value, const struct ip_set_ext *ext,
 	struct set_adt_elem *d = value;
 	struct set_elem *e, *n, *next, *prev = NULL;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&set->lock);
+
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(e, n, &map->members, list) {
 		if (SET_WITH_TIMEOUT(set) &&
 		    ip_set_timeout_expired(ext_timeout(e, set)))
-- 
2.54.0