ipv4: remove flush_mutex from ipv4_sysctl_rtcache_flush

It is possible to avoid locking at all in ipv4_sysctl_rtcache_flush by
defining local ctl_table on the stack.

The patch is based on the suggestion from Eric W. Biederman.

Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 113cd25..79c1e74 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2873,22 +2873,20 @@ void ip_rt_multicast_event(struct in_device *in_dev)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-static int ipv4_sysctl_rtcache_flush(ctl_table *ctl, int write,
+static int ipv4_sysctl_rtcache_flush(ctl_table *__ctl, int write,
 					struct file *filp, void __user *buffer,
 					size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	if (write) {
 		int flush_delay;
+		ctl_table ctl;
 		struct net *net;
-		static DEFINE_MUTEX(flush_mutex);
 
-		mutex_lock(&flush_mutex);
-		ctl->data = &flush_delay;
-		proc_dointvec(ctl, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
-		ctl->data = NULL;
-		mutex_unlock(&flush_mutex);
+		memcpy(&ctl, __ctl, sizeof(ctl));
+		ctl.data = &flush_delay;
+		proc_dointvec(&ctl, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
-		net = (struct net *)ctl->extra1;
+		net = (struct net *)__ctl->extra1;
 		rt_cache_flush(net, flush_delay);
 		return 0;
 	}