netdev - [PATCH net-next-2.6 2/2] bonding: don't lock when copying/clearing VLAN list on slave

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Date:	Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:14:48 -0700
From:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next-2.6 2/2] bonding: don't lock when copying/clearing VLAN list on slave

	When copying VLAN information to or removing from a slave
during slave addition or removal, the bonding code currently holds
the bond->lock for write to prevent concurrent modification of the
vlan_list / vlgrp.

	This is unnecessary, as all of these operations occur under
RTNL.  Holding the bond->lock also caused might_sleep issues for
some drivers' ndo_vlan_* functions.  This patch removes the extra
locking.

	Problem reported by Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>

Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
Cc: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c |   16 +++-------------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index f3b01ce..2cc4cfc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -570,10 +570,8 @@ static void bond_add_vlans_on_slave(struct bonding *bond, struct net_device *sla
 	struct vlan_entry *vlan;
 	const struct net_device_ops *slave_ops = slave_dev->netdev_ops;
 
-	write_lock_bh(&bond->lock);
-
 	if (!bond->vlgrp)
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
 	if ((slave_dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX) &&
 	    slave_ops->ndo_vlan_rx_register)
@@ -581,13 +579,10 @@ static void bond_add_vlans_on_slave(struct bonding *bond, struct net_device *sla
 
 	if (!(slave_dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER) ||
 	    !(slave_ops->ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid))
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(vlan, &bond->vlan_list, vlan_list)
 		slave_ops->ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid(slave_dev, vlan->vlan_id);
-
-out:
-	write_unlock_bh(&bond->lock);
 }
 
 static void bond_del_vlans_from_slave(struct bonding *bond,
@@ -597,10 +592,8 @@ static void bond_del_vlans_from_slave(struct bonding *bond,
 	struct vlan_entry *vlan;
 	struct net_device *vlan_dev;
 
-	write_lock_bh(&bond->lock);
-
 	if (!bond->vlgrp)
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
 	if (!(slave_dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER) ||
 	    !(slave_ops->ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid))
@@ -621,9 +614,6 @@ unreg:
 	if ((slave_dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX) &&
 	    slave_ops->ndo_vlan_rx_register)
 		slave_ops->ndo_vlan_rx_register(slave_dev, NULL);
-
-out:
-	write_unlock_bh(&bond->lock);
 }
 
 /*------------------------------- Link status -------------------------------*/
-- 
1.6.0.2

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