bonding: elminate bad refcount code

The "expected_refcount" stuff in bonding sysfs module is a mistake.
Sysfs does proper refcounting, and it is okay to remove a bond device
that has some user process holding the file open.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index ecb20208f67c..e3fb7f515150 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@
 #define to_dev(obj)     container_of(obj, struct device, kobj)
 #define to_bond(cd)     ((struct bonding *)(netdev_priv(to_net_dev(cd))))
 
-/*---------------------------- Declarations -------------------------------*/
-
-static int expected_refcount = -1;
-
-/*------------------------------ Functions --------------------------------*/
-
 /*
  * "show" function for the bond_masters attribute.
  * The class parameter is ignored.
@@ -112,18 +106,6 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_bonds(struct class *cls,
 
                 list_for_each_entry(bond, &bond_dev_list, bond_list)
                         if (strnicmp(bond->dev->name, ifname, IFNAMSIZ) == 0) {
-                                /* check the ref count on the bond's kobject.
-                                 * If it's > expected, then there's a file open,
-                                 * and we have to fail.
-                                 */
-                                if (atomic_read(&bond->dev->dev.kobj.kref.refcount)
-                                                        > expected_refcount){
-                                        pr_info(DRV_NAME
-                                                ": Unable remove bond %s due to open references.\n",
-                                                ifname);
-                                        res = -EPERM;
-                                        goto out_unlock;
-                                }
                                 pr_info(DRV_NAME
                                         ": %s is being deleted...\n",
                                         bond->dev->name);
@@ -1579,9 +1561,6 @@ int bond_create_sysfs_entry(struct bonding *bond)
         if (err)
                 printk(KERN_EMERG "eek! didn't create group!\n");
 
-        if (expected_refcount < 1)
-                expected_refcount = atomic_read(&bond->dev->dev.kobj.kref.refcount);
-
         return err;
 }
 /*