From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Since 7d367e0, ctnetlink_new_conntrack is called without holding the nf_conntrack_lock spinlock. Thus, ctnetlink_parse_nat_setup does not require to release that spinlock anymore in the NAT module autoload case. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 3 --- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c index 30c9d4c..1068769 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c @@ -1041,16 +1041,13 @@ ctnetlink_parse_nat_setup(struct nf_conn *ct, if (!parse_nat_setup) { #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES rcu_read_unlock(); - spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock); nfnl_unlock(); if (request_module("nf-nat-ipv4") < 0) { nfnl_lock(); - spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock); rcu_read_lock(); return -EOPNOTSUPP; } nfnl_lock(); - spin_lock_bh(&nf_conntrack_lock); rcu_read_lock(); if (nfnetlink_parse_nat_setup_hook) return -EAGAIN; -- 1.7.7.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html