netdev - [patch 1/1] fix "netpoll: Allow netpoll

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:54:01 -0700
From:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au
Subject: [patch 1/1] fix "netpoll: Allow netpoll_setup/cleanup recursion"

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

Remove rtnl_unlock() which had no corresponding rtnl_lock().

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---

 net/core/netpoll.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN net/core/netpoll.c~fix-netpoll-allow-netpoll_setup-cleanup-recursion net/core/netpoll.c
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c~fix-netpoll-allow-netpoll_setup-cleanup-recursion
+++ a/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -748,7 +748,6 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 
 	/* last thing to do is link it to the net device structure */
 	rcu_assign_pointer(ndev->npinfo, npinfo);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	return 0;
 
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