rtentry lock traditionally served 2 purposed: first was protecting refcounts,
the second was assuring consistent field access/changes.
Since route nexthop introduction, the need for the former disappeared and
the need for the latter reduced.
To be more precise, the following rte field are mutable:
rt_nhop (nexthop pointer, updated with RIB_WLOCK, passed in rib_cmd_info)
rte_flags (only RTF_HOST and RTF_UP, where RTF_UP gets changed at rte removal)
rt_weight (relative weight, updated with RIB_WLOCK, passed in rib_cmd_info)
rt_expire (time when rte deletion is scheduled, updated with RIB_WLOCK)
rt_chain (deletion chain pointer, updated with RIB_WLOCK)
All of them are updated under RIB_WLOCK, so the only remaining concern is the reading.
rt_nhop and rt_weight (addressed in this review) are read under rib lock and
stored in the rib_cmd_info, so the caller has no problem with consitency.
rte_flags is currently read unlocked in rtsock reporting (however the scope
is only RTF_UP flag, which is pretty static).
rt_expire is currently read unlocked in rtsock reporting.
rt_chain accesses are safe, as this is only used at route deletion.
rt_expire and rte_flags reads will be dealt in a separate reviews soon.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26162
592d300e34