netdev - [PATCH 06/11] netfilter: nft_flow_offload: no need to flush entries on module removal

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Date:   Wed,  7 Feb 2018 18:42:24 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 06/11] netfilter: nft_flow_offload: no need to flush entries on module removal

nft_flow_offload module removal does not require to flush existing
flowtables, it is valid to remove this module while keeping flowtables
around.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c
index 1739ff8ca21f..e5c45c7ac02a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c
@@ -247,14 +247,8 @@ static int __init nft_flow_offload_module_init(void)
 
 static void __exit nft_flow_offload_module_exit(void)
 {
-	struct net *net;
-
 	nft_unregister_expr(&nft_flow_offload_type);
 	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&flow_offload_netdev_notifier);
-	rtnl_lock();
-	for_each_net(net)
-		nft_flow_table_iterate(net, nft_flow_offload_iterate_cleanup, NULL);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 module_init(nft_flow_offload_module_init);
-- 
2.11.0