netdev - [PATCH] netfilter: nf_conntrack: remove one synchronize

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Message-ID: <1306509313.3445.5.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Fri, 27 May 2011 17:15:13 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	Netfilter Development Mailinglist 
	<netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_conntrack: remove one synchronize_net()

No point to wait a rcu grace period before the unregisters.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
index 5a03c02..b09bfeb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c
@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@ static int __init nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4_init(void)
 
 static void __exit nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4_fini(void)
 {
-	synchronize_net();
 #if defined(CONFIG_PROC_FS) && defined(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PROC_COMPAT)
 	nf_conntrack_ipv4_compat_fini();
 #endif


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