netdev - [Patch net-next v2] ipv4: remove inet_addr_hash

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Message-Id: <1399400156-993-1-git-send-email-xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue,  6 May 2014 11:15:56 -0700
From:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Subject: [Patch net-next v2] ipv4: remove inet_addr_hash_lock in devinet.c

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>

---
v2: add ASSERT_RTNL() as suggested by David

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index bdbf68b..78692e4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifa_ipv4_policy[IFA_MAX+1] = {
 #define IN4_ADDR_HSIZE		(1U << IN4_ADDR_HSIZE_SHIFT)
 
 static struct hlist_head inet_addr_lst[IN4_ADDR_HSIZE];
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inet_addr_hash_lock);
 
 static u32 inet_addr_hash(struct net *net, __be32 addr)
 {
@@ -119,16 +118,14 @@ static void inet_hash_insert(struct net *net, struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
 {
 	u32 hash = inet_addr_hash(net, ifa->ifa_local);
 
-	spin_lock(&inet_addr_hash_lock);
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
 	hlist_add_head_rcu(&ifa->hash, &inet_addr_lst[hash]);
-	spin_unlock(&inet_addr_hash_lock);
 }
 
 static void inet_hash_remove(struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
 {
-	spin_lock(&inet_addr_hash_lock);
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
 	hlist_del_init_rcu(&ifa->hash);
-	spin_unlock(&inet_addr_hash_lock);
 }
 
 /**
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