netdev - [PATCH][net-next] ipv6: replace write lock with read lock in addrconf_permanent

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Message-Id: <1457948108-24837-1-git-send-email-roy.qing.li@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:35:08 +0800
From:	roy.qing.li@...il.com
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][net-next] ipv6: replace write lock with read lock in addrconf_permanent_addr

From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>

nothing of idev is changed, so read lock is enough

Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 8c0dab2..d3f0d87 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3228,21 +3228,21 @@ static void addrconf_permanent_addr(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (!idev)
 		return;
 
-	write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
+	read_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(ifp, tmp, &idev->addr_list, if_list) {
 		if ((ifp->flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT) &&
 		    fixup_permanent_addr(idev, ifp) < 0) {
-			write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
+			read_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 			ipv6_del_addr(ifp);
-			write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
+			read_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
 
 			net_info_ratelimited("%s: Failed to add prefix route for address %pI6c; dropping\n",
 					     idev->dev->name, &ifp->addr);
 		}
 	}
 
-	write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
+	read_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
 }
 
 static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
-- 
2.1.4