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Kirill Tkhai 10256debb9 net: Don't take rtnl_lock() in wireless_nlevent_flush() 
This function iterates over net_namespace_list and flushes
the queue for every of them. What does this rtnl_lock()
protects?! Since we may add skbs to net::wext_nlevents
without rtnl_lock(), it does not protects us about queuers.

It guarantees, two threads can't flush the queue in parallel,
that can change the order, but since skb can be queued
in any order, it doesn't matter, how many threads do this
in parallel. In case of several threads, this will be even
faster.

So, we can remove rtnl_lock() here, as it was used for
iteration over net_namespace_list only.

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-03-29 13:47:53 -04:00
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6lowpan License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
9p virtio: bugfixes 2018-02-15 14:29:27 -08:00
802 treewide: setup_timer() -> timer_setup() 2017-11-21 15:57:07 -08:00
8021q net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
appletalk net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
atm net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
ax25 net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
batman-adv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-03-23 11:31:58 -04:00
bluetooth net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
bpf bpf: fix null pointer deref in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp 2018-02-01 07:43:56 -08:00
bridge net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
caif net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
can net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
ceph net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
core net: Introduce net_rwsem to protect net_namespace_list 2018-03-29 13:47:53 -04:00
dcb rtnetlink: make rtnl_register accept a flags parameter 2017-08-09 16:57:38 -07:00
dccp net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
decnet net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
dns_resolver net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
dsa Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-03-23 11:31:58 -04:00
ethernet
hsr net: hsr: Convert timers to use timer_setup() 2017-10-25 13:00:27 +09:00
ieee802154 net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
ife MAINTAINERS: Update Yotam's E-mail 2017-11-01 12:19:03 +09:00
ipv4 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2018-03-29 11:22:31 -04:00
ipv6 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2018-03-29 11:22:31 -04:00
iucv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-03-23 11:31:58 -04:00
kcm net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
key net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
l2tp net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
l3mdev
lapb treewide: Remove TIMER_FUNC_TYPE and TIMER_DATA_TYPE casts 2017-11-21 16:35:54 -08:00
llc net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
mac80211 net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
mac802154 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-11-04 09:26:51 +09:00
mpls net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
ncsi net/ncsi: check for null return from call to nla_nest_start 2018-03-27 10:38:26 -04:00
netfilter net: Introduce net_rwsem to protect net_namespace_list 2018-03-29 13:47:53 -04:00
netlabel net/netlabel: Add list_next_rcu() in rcu_dereference(). 2017-11-18 10:32:41 +09:00
netlink net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
netrom net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
nfc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-02-19 18:46:11 -05:00
nsh openvswitch: enable NSH support 2017-11-08 16:12:33 +09:00
openvswitch net: Introduce net_rwsem to protect net_namespace_list 2018-03-29 13:47:53 -04:00
packet net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
phonet net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
psample MAINTAINERS: Update Yotam's E-mail 2017-11-01 12:19:03 +09:00
qrtr Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-03-06 01:20:46 -05:00
rds net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
rfkill vfs: do bulk POLL* -> EPOLL* replacement 2018-02-11 14:34:03 -08:00
rose net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
rxrpc rxrpc: Trace call completion 2018-03-27 23:08:20 +01:00
sched net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
sctp net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
smc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-03-23 11:31:58 -04:00
strparser strparser: Call sock_owned_by_user_nocheck 2017-12-28 14:28:22 -05:00
sunrpc net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
switchdev net: bridge: Add/del switchdev object on host join/leave 2017-11-10 13:41:40 +09:00
tipc net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
tls tls: RX path for ktls 2018-03-23 12:25:54 -04:00
unix net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
vmw_vsock net: make getname() functions return length rather than use int* parameter 2018-02-12 14:15:04 -05:00
wimax License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
wireless net: Don't take rtnl_lock() in wireless_nlevent_flush() 2018-03-29 13:47:53 -04:00
x25 net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
xfrm Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2018-03-29 11:22:31 -04:00
compat.c net: compat: assert the size of cmsg copied in is as expected 2017-09-20 15:36:18 -07:00
Kconfig Staging/IIO patches for 4.16-rc1 2018-02-01 09:51:57 -08:00
Makefile ipx: move Novell IPX protocol support into staging 2017-11-28 13:55:00 +01:00
socket.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-03-23 11:31:58 -04:00
sysctl_net.c net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00