[lustre-devel] [PATCH 24/34] lnet: don't take lock over lnet_net_unique()

[NeilBrown]

holding ln_api_mutex is enough to keep the list
stable.

This is part of
    8cbb8cd3e771e7f7e0f99cafc19fad32770dc015
       LU-7734 lnet: Multi-Rail local NI split

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb at suse.com>
---
 drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/api-ni.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/api-ni.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/api-ni.c
index 42e775e2a669..2b5c25a1dc7c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/api-ni.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/api-ni.c
@@ -1372,9 +1372,7 @@ lnet_startup_lndnet(struct lnet_net *net, struct lnet_lnd_tunables *tun)
 	LASSERT(libcfs_isknown_lnd(lnd_type));
 
 	/* Make sure this new NI is unique. */
-	lnet_net_lock(LNET_LOCK_EX);
 	rc = lnet_net_unique(net->net_id, &the_lnet.ln_nets);
-	lnet_net_unlock(LNET_LOCK_EX);
 	if (!rc) {
 		if (lnd_type == LOLND) {
 			lnet_net_free(net);