The sets are released from the rcu callback, after the rule is removed from the chain list, which implies that nfnetlink cannot update the rbtree and no packets are walking on the set anymore. Thus, we can get rid of the spinlock in the set destroy path there. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nft_rbtree.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_rbtree.c b/net/netfilter/nft_rbtree.c index e1836ff..46214f2 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nft_rbtree.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_rbtree.c @@ -234,13 +234,11 @@ static void nft_rbtree_destroy(const struct nft_set *set) struct nft_rbtree_elem *rbe; struct rb_node *node; - spin_lock_bh(&nft_rbtree_lock); while ((node = priv->root.rb_node) != NULL) { rb_erase(node, &priv->root); rbe = rb_entry(node, struct nft_rbtree_elem, node); nft_rbtree_elem_destroy(set, rbe); } - spin_unlock_bh(&nft_rbtree_lock); } static bool nft_rbtree_estimate(const struct nft_set_desc *desc, u32 features, -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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