From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] audit: remove useless synchronize_net() Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:29:26 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20161201.112926.207690425377488290.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1480439696-21818-1-git-send-email-xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, rgb@redhat.com To: xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:38408 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751388AbcLAQ32 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Dec 2016 11:29:28 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1480439696-21818-1-git-send-email-xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Cong Wang 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 > Signed-off-by: Cong Wang Applied, thanks.