The do_setlink function is protected by rtnl, additional locks are unnecessary,
and the set_operstate() function is called from protected parts. Locks removed
from both functions.
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Attila Toth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 ----
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 4a07e83..f95c6c5 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -562,9 +562,7 @@ static void set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, unsigned
char transition)
}
if (dev->operstate != operstate) {
- write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
dev->operstate = operstate;
- write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
netdev_state_change(dev);
}
}
@@ -879,9 +877,7 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct
ifinfomsg *ifm,
set_operstate(dev, nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE]));
if (tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]) {
- write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
dev->link_mode = nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]);
- write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
}
err = 0;
-
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