netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] ipv4: remove inet_addr_hash

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Date:	Mon, 5 May 2014 21:33:56 -0700
From:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] ipv4: remove inet_addr_hash_lock in devinet.c

On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 1:35 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> Date: Mon,  5 May 2014 11:46:50 -0700
>
>> All the callers hold RTNL lock, so there is no need to use inet_addr_hash_lock
>> to protect the hash list.
>>
>> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
>> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
>
> If you are going to do this, please add ASSERT_RTNL() to these two locations
> at the same time.
>

OK, makes sense. I will send v2.
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