[GENETLINK]: Relax dances with genl_lock.
authorPavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:16:33 +0000 (22:16 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:16:33 +0000 (22:16 -0800)
The genl_unregister_family() calls the genl_unregister_mc_groups(),
which takes and releases the genl_lock and then locks and releases
this lock itself.

Relax this behavior, all the more so the genl_unregister_mc_groups()
is called from genl_unregister_family() only.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/netlink/genetlink.c

index 150579a21469d664563dfcee8bdef5d3f0e355e1..d16929c9b4bc39b6f036c22a5365a7e7a49fa8c1 100644 (file)
@@ -230,10 +230,8 @@ static void genl_unregister_mc_groups(struct genl_family *family)
 {
        struct genl_multicast_group *grp, *tmp;
 
-       genl_lock();
        list_for_each_entry_safe(grp, tmp, &family->mcast_groups, list)
                __genl_unregister_mc_group(family, grp);
-       genl_unlock();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -396,10 +394,10 @@ int genl_unregister_family(struct genl_family *family)
 {
        struct genl_family *rc;
 
-       genl_unregister_mc_groups(family);
-
        genl_lock();
 
+       genl_unregister_mc_groups(family);
+
        list_for_each_entry(rc, genl_family_chain(family->id), family_list) {
                if (family->id != rc->id || strcmp(rc->name, family->name))
                        continue;