bonding: elminate bad refcount code

The "expected_refcount" stuff in bonding sysfs module is a mistake.
Sysfs does proper refcounting, and it is okay to remove a bond device
that has some user process holding the file open.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index ecb2020..e3fb7f5 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@
 #define to_dev(obj)    container_of(obj, struct device, kobj)
 #define to_bond(cd)    ((struct bonding *)(netdev_priv(to_net_dev(cd))))
 
-/*---------------------------- Declarations -------------------------------*/
-
-static int expected_refcount = -1;
-
-/*------------------------------ Functions --------------------------------*/
-
 /*
  * "show" function for the bond_masters attribute.
  * The class parameter is ignored.
@@ -112,18 +106,6 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_bonds(struct class *cls,
 
                list_for_each_entry(bond, &bond_dev_list, bond_list)
                        if (strnicmp(bond->dev->name, ifname, IFNAMSIZ) == 0) {
-                               /* check the ref count on the bond's kobject.
-                                * If it's > expected, then there's a file open,
-                                * and we have to fail.
-                                */
-                               if (atomic_read(&bond->dev->dev.kobj.kref.refcount)
-                                                       > expected_refcount){
-                                       pr_info(DRV_NAME
-                                               ": Unable remove bond %s due to open references.\n",
-                                               ifname);
-                                       res = -EPERM;
-                                       goto out_unlock;
-                               }
                                pr_info(DRV_NAME
                                        ": %s is being deleted...\n",
                                        bond->dev->name);
@@ -1579,9 +1561,6 @@ int bond_create_sysfs_entry(struct bonding *bond)
        if (err)
                printk(KERN_EMERG "eek! didn't create group!\n");
 
-       if (expected_refcount < 1)
-               expected_refcount = atomic_read(&bond->dev->dev.kobj.kref.refcount);
-
        return err;
 }
 /*