netdev - [PATCH] net: dst_release() cleanup

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Date:	Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:02:13 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: dst_release() cleanup

atomic_dec_return() is a full memory barrier, we can omit
the smp_mb__before_atomic_dec() call.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
 net/core/dst.c |    9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index 57bc4d5..cdec1d1 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -262,13 +262,8 @@ again:
 
 void dst_release(struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
-	if (dst) {
-               int newrefcnt;
-
-		smp_mb__before_atomic_dec();
-               newrefcnt = atomic_dec_return(&dst->__refcnt);
-               WARN_ON(newrefcnt < 0);
-	}
+	if (dst)
+		WARN_ON(atomic_dec_return(&dst->__refcnt) < 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dst_release);
 
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