netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bridge: stp: when using userspace stp stop kernel hello and hold timers

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:59:45 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, Satish Ashok <sashok@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bridge: stp: when using userspace stp stop kernel
 hello and hold timers

On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:07:37 -0700
Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:

> +		/* Stop hello and hold timer */
> +		spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
> +		del_timer(&br->hello_timer);
> +		list_for_each_entry(p, &br->port_list, list)
> +			del_timer(&p->hold_timer);
> +		spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);

Wouldn't it be easier to use del_timer_sync here?
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