netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] audit: remove useless synchronize

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Message-Id: <20161201.112926.207690425377488290.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:29:26 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, rgb@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] audit: remove useless synchronize_net()

From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:14:56 -0800

> netlink kernel socket is protected by refcount, not RCU.
> Its rcv path is neither protected by RCU. So the synchronize_net()
> is just pointless.
> 
> Cc: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.