The existing netdev_ops_assert_locked() already asserts that either the RTNL lock or the per-device lock is held, making the explicit ASSERT_RTNL() redundant.
Cc: Michael Chan <michael.c...@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomic...@gmail.com> --- net/core/dev.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index be97c440ecd5..72997636b8ec 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -3179,7 +3179,6 @@ int netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txq) if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED || dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING) { - ASSERT_RTNL(); netdev_ops_assert_locked(dev); rc = netdev_queue_update_kobjects(dev, dev->real_num_tx_queues, @@ -3229,7 +3228,6 @@ int netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int rxq) return -EINVAL; if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED) { - ASSERT_RTNL(); netdev_ops_assert_locked(dev); rc = net_rx_queue_update_kobjects(dev, dev->real_num_rx_queues, -- 2.49.0