@@ -1314,7 +1314,6 @@ static const struct attribute_group dql_group = {
#endif /* CONFIG_BQL */
#ifdef CONFIG_XPS
-/* Should be called with the rtnl lock held. */
static int xps_queue_show(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long **mask,
unsigned int index, bool is_rxqs_map)
{
@@ -1375,14 +1374,7 @@ static ssize_t xps_cpus_show(struct netdev_queue *queue, char *buf)
if (!mask)
return -ENOMEM;
- if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
- bitmap_free(mask);
- return restart_syscall();
- }
-
ret = xps_queue_show(dev, &mask, index, false);
- rtnl_unlock();
-
if (ret) {
bitmap_free(mask);
return ret;
@@ -1447,14 +1439,7 @@ static ssize_t xps_rxqs_show(struct netdev_queue *queue, char *buf)
if (!mask)
return -ENOMEM;
- if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
- bitmap_free(mask);
- return restart_syscall();
- }
-
ret = xps_queue_show(dev, &mask, index, true);
- rtnl_unlock();
-
if (ret) {
bitmap_free(mask);
return ret;
Now that nr_ids and num_tc are stored in the xps dev_maps, which are RCU protected, we do not have the need to protect the xps_queue_show function with the rtnl lock. Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org> --- net/core/net-sysfs.c | 15 --------------- 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)