net: remove synchronize_net() from netdev_set_master()

In the old days, we used to access dev->master in __netif_receive_skb()
in a rcu_read_lock section.

So one synchronize_net() call was needed in netdev_set_master() to make
sure another cpu could not use old master while/after we release it.

We now use netdev_rx_handler infrastructure and added one
synchronize_net() call in bond_release()/bond_release_all()

Remove the obsolete synchronize_net() from netdev_set_master() and add
one in bridge del_nbp() after its netdev_rx_handler_unregister() call.

This makes enslave -d a bit faster.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
CC: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
CC: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d94537914a71..bcb05cb799c1 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4294,10 +4294,8 @@ int netdev_set_master(struct net_device *slave, struct net_device *master)
 
         slave->master = master;
 
-        if (old) {
-                synchronize_net();
+        if (old)
                 dev_put(old);
-        }
         return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_set_master);