netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] ipv4: remove inet_addr_hash

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Date:	Mon, 05 May 2014 16:35:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] ipv4: remove inet_addr_hash_lock in devinet.c

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Mon,  5 May 2014 11:46:50 -0700

> All the callers hold RTNL lock, so there is no need to use inet_addr_hash_lock
> to protect the hash list.
> 
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

If you are going to do this, please add ASSERT_RTNL() to these two locations
at the same time.

Thank you.
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