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-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c2
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index e484ba44f23b..39e66bf3e238 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2961,11 +2961,9 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
if (tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]) {
unsigned char value = nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]);
- write_lock(&dev_base_lock);
if (dev->link_mode ^ value)
status |= DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY;
WRITE_ONCE(dev->link_mode, value);
- write_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
}
if (tb[IFLA_VFINFO_LIST]) {