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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c27
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c2
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fd992c0f271..0ae08d3f57e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3812,14 +3812,11 @@ static int dev_new_index(struct net *net)
}
/* Delayed registration/unregisteration */
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(net_todo_list_lock);
static LIST_HEAD(net_todo_list);
static void net_set_todo(struct net_device *dev)
{
- spin_lock(&net_todo_list_lock);
list_add_tail(&dev->todo_list, &net_todo_list);
- spin_unlock(&net_todo_list_lock);
}
static void rollback_registered(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -4146,33 +4143,24 @@ static void netdev_wait_allrefs(struct net_device *dev)
* free_netdev(y1);
* free_netdev(y2);
*
- * We are invoked by rtnl_unlock() after it drops the semaphore.
+ * We are invoked by rtnl_unlock().
* This allows us to deal with problems:
* 1) We can delete sysfs objects which invoke hotplug
* without deadlocking with linkwatch via keventd.
* 2) Since we run with the RTNL semaphore not held, we can sleep
* safely in order to wait for the netdev refcnt to drop to zero.
+ *
+ * We must not return until all unregister events added during
+ * the interval the lock was held have been completed.
*/
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(net_todo_run_mutex);
void netdev_run_todo(void)
{
struct list_head list;
- /* Need to guard against multiple cpu's getting out of order. */
- mutex_lock(&net_todo_run_mutex);
-
- /* Not safe to do outside the semaphore. We must not return
- * until all unregister events invoked by the local processor
- * have been completed (either by this todo run, or one on
- * another cpu).
- */
- if (list_empty(&net_todo_list))
- goto out;
-
/* Snapshot list, allow later requests */
- spin_lock(&net_todo_list_lock);
list_replace_init(&net_todo_list, &list);
- spin_unlock(&net_todo_list_lock);
+
+ __rtnl_unlock();
while (!list_empty(&list)) {
struct net_device *dev
@@ -4204,9 +4192,6 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void)
/* Free network device */
kobject_put(&dev->dev.kobj);
}
-
-out:
- mutex_unlock(&net_todo_run_mutex);
}
static struct net_device_stats *internal_stats(struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 71edb8b3634..d6381c2a469 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void __rtnl_unlock(void)
void rtnl_unlock(void)
{
- mutex_unlock(&rtnl_mutex);
+ /* This fellow will unlock it for us. */
netdev_run_todo();
}