The do_setlink() function is protected by rtnl, additional locks are 
unnecessary.
and the set_operstate() function is called from protected parts. Locks removed
from both functions.

The set_operstate() is also called from rtnl_create_link() and from no other 
places.
In rtnl_create_link() none of the changes is protected by set_lock_bh() except
inside set_operstate(), different locking scheme is not necessary
for the operstate.

Signed-off-by: Laszlo Attila Toth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

 net/core/rtnetlink.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 4a07e83..f95c6c5 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -562,9 +562,7 @@ static void set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, unsigned 
char transition)
        }
 
        if (dev->operstate != operstate) {
-               write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
                dev->operstate = operstate;
-               write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
                netdev_state_change(dev);
        }
 }
@@ -879,9 +877,7 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct 
ifinfomsg *ifm,
                set_operstate(dev, nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE]));
 
        if (tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]) {
-               write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
                dev->link_mode = nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]);
-               write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
        }
 
        err = 0;
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