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Date:	Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:01:02 +0800
From:	Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
To:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...hat.com>,
	Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v5 8/11] bonding: remove unwanted lock for bond_option_active_slave_set()

The bond_option_active_slave_set() is always called in RTNL,
the RTNL could protect bond slave list enough, so remove the
unwanted bond lock.

Suggested-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
Suggested-by: Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index 9a5223c..ae4cd04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ int bond_option_active_slave_set(struct bonding *bond,
 	}
 
 	block_netpoll_tx();
-	read_lock(&bond->lock);
 	write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 
 	/* check to see if we are clearing active */
@@ -136,7 +135,6 @@ int bond_option_active_slave_set(struct bonding *bond,
 	}
 
 	write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
-	read_unlock(&bond->lock);
 	unblock_netpoll_tx();
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.8.2.1



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