netdev - [Patch net-next] audit: remove useless synchronize

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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:14:56 -0800
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Subject: [Patch net-next] audit: remove useless synchronize_net()

netlink kernel socket is protected by refcount, not RCU.
Its rcv path is neither protected by RCU. So the synchronize_net()
is just pointless.

Cc: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
---
 kernel/audit.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 92c463d..67b9fbd8 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1172,9 +1172,8 @@ static void __net_exit audit_net_exit(struct net *net)
 		audit_sock = NULL;
 	}
 
-	RCU_INIT_POINTER(aunet->nlsk, NULL);
-	synchronize_net();
 	netlink_kernel_release(sock);
+	aunet->nlsk = NULL;
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations audit_net_ops __net_initdata = {
-- 
2.1.0