nf_log_unregister() (which is what gets called in the logger backends module exit paths) does a (required, module is removed) synchronize_rcu(). But nf_log_unset() is only called from pernet exit handlers. It doesn't free any memory so there appears to be no need to call synchronize_rcu. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_log.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c index cc32727e3f32..8bb152a7cca4 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c @@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ void nf_log_unset(struct net *net, const struct nf_logger *logger) RCU_INIT_POINTER(net->nf.nf_loggers[i], NULL); } mutex_unlock(&nf_log_mutex); - synchronize_rcu(); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(nf_log_unset); -- 2.10.2 -- 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