1 files changed, 16 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e8eb2b47834..0ae08d3f57e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2918,6 +2918,12 @@ int netdev_set_master(struct net_device *slave, struct net_device *master)
         return 0;
 }
 
+static void dev_change_rx_flags(struct net_device *dev, int flags)
+{
+        if (dev->flags & IFF_UP && dev->change_rx_flags)
+                dev->change_rx_flags(dev, flags);
+}
+
 static int __dev_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
 {
         unsigned short old_flags = dev->flags;
@@ -2955,8 +2961,7 @@ static int __dev_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
                                 current->uid, current->gid,
                                 audit_get_sessionid(current));
 
-                if (dev->change_rx_flags)
-                        dev->change_rx_flags(dev, IFF_PROMISC);
+                dev_change_rx_flags(dev, IFF_PROMISC);
         }
         return 0;
 }
@@ -3022,8 +3027,7 @@ int dev_set_allmulti(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
                 }
         }
         if (dev->flags ^ old_flags) {
-                if (dev->change_rx_flags)
-                        dev->change_rx_flags(dev, IFF_ALLMULTI);
+                dev_change_rx_flags(dev, IFF_ALLMULTI);
                 dev_set_rx_mode(dev);
         }
         return 0;
@@ -3347,8 +3351,8 @@ int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned flags)
          *      Load in the correct multicast list now the flags have changed.
          */
 
-        if (dev->change_rx_flags && (old_flags ^ flags) & IFF_MULTICAST)
-                dev->change_rx_flags(dev, IFF_MULTICAST);
+        if ((old_flags ^ flags) & IFF_MULTICAST)
+                dev_change_rx_flags(dev, IFF_MULTICAST);
 
         dev_set_rx_mode(dev);
 
@@ -3808,14 +3812,11 @@ static int dev_new_index(struct net *net)
 }
 
 /* Delayed registration/unregisteration */
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(net_todo_list_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(net_todo_list);
 
 static void net_set_todo(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-        spin_lock(&net_todo_list_lock);
         list_add_tail(&dev->todo_list, &net_todo_list);
-        spin_unlock(&net_todo_list_lock);
 }
 
 static void rollback_registered(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -4142,33 +4143,24 @@ static void netdev_wait_allrefs(struct net_device *dev)
  *      free_netdev(y1);
  *      free_netdev(y2);
  *
- * We are invoked by rtnl_unlock() after it drops the semaphore.
+ * We are invoked by rtnl_unlock().
  * This allows us to deal with problems:
  * 1) We can delete sysfs objects which invoke hotplug
  *    without deadlocking with linkwatch via keventd.
  * 2) Since we run with the RTNL semaphore not held, we can sleep
  *    safely in order to wait for the netdev refcnt to drop to zero.
+ *
+ * We must not return until all unregister events added during
+ * the interval the lock was held have been completed.
  */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(net_todo_run_mutex);
 void netdev_run_todo(void)
 {
         struct list_head list;
 
-        /* Need to guard against multiple cpu's getting out of order. */
-        mutex_lock(&net_todo_run_mutex);
-
-        /* Not safe to do outside the semaphore.  We must not return
-         * until all unregister events invoked by the local processor
-         * have been completed (either by this todo run, or one on
-         * another cpu).
-         */
-        if (list_empty(&net_todo_list))
-                goto out;
-
         /* Snapshot list, allow later requests */
-        spin_lock(&net_todo_list_lock);
         list_replace_init(&net_todo_list, &list);
-        spin_unlock(&net_todo_list_lock);
+
+        __rtnl_unlock();
 
         while (!list_empty(&list)) {
                 struct net_device *dev
@@ -4200,9 +4192,6 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void)
                 /* Free network device */
                 kobject_put(&dev->dev.kobj);
         }
-
-out:
-        mutex_unlock(&net_todo_run_mutex);
 }
 
 static struct net_device_stats *internal_stats(struct net_device *dev)