netdev - [net-next PATCH] ixgbe: Drop unnecessary call to rcu

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Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:41:38 -0700
From:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Subject: [net-next PATCH] ixgbe: Drop unnecessary call to rcu_barrier

The ixgbe driver hasn't used call_rcu to free the rings for some time now.
Since that is the case the call to rcu_barrier can be dropped since calls
to kfree_rcu don't require it.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 395dc6bb5d82..d628c0173e29 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -8977,8 +8977,6 @@ static void __exit ixgbe_exit_module(void)
 	pci_unregister_driver(&ixgbe_driver);
 
 	ixgbe_dbg_exit();
-
-	rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for completion of call_rcu()'s */
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCA

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