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authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>2010-12-01 01:37:42 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-12-06 12:59:05 -0800
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__in_dev_get_rtnl() can use rtnl_dereference()
If caller holds RTNL, we dont need a memory barrier (smp_read_barrier_depends) included in rcu_dereference(). Just use rtnl_dereference() to properly document the assertions. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--include/linux/inetdevice.h2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/inetdevice.h b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
index 2b86eaf11773..ae8fdc54e0c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/inetdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static inline struct in_device *in_dev_get(const struct net_device *dev)
static inline struct in_device *__in_dev_get_rtnl(const struct net_device *dev)
{
- return rcu_dereference_check(dev->ip_ptr, lockdep_rtnl_is_held());
+ return rtnl_dereference(dev->ip_ptr);
}
extern void in_dev_finish_destroy(struct in_device *idev);