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[Tejun Heo]

write_msg() grabs target_list_lock and walks target_list invoking
netpool_send_udp() on each target.  Curiously, it protects each
iteration with netconsole_target_get/put() even though it never
releases target_list_lock which protects all the members.

While this doesn't harm anything, it doesn't serve any purpose either.
The items on the list can't go away while target_list_lock is held.
Remove the unnecessary get/put pair.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Hello,

If anyone wants the whole series to be reposted, please let me know.
The updated patchset is available in the following git branch.

 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/misc.git review-netconsole-ext-console

Thanks.

 drivers/net/netconsole.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 15731d1..30c0524 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -744,7 +744,6 @@ static void write_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg, unsigned int len)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(nt, &target_list, list) {
-		netconsole_target_get(nt);
 		if (nt->enabled && netif_running(nt->np.dev)) {
 			/*
 			 * We nest this inside the for-each-target loop above
@@ -760,7 +759,6 @@ static void write_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg, unsigned int len)
 				left -= frag;
 			}
 		}
-		netconsole_target_put(nt);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target_list_lock, flags);
 }
-- 
2.1.0

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