# \[PATCH 05/17\] batman-adv: Remove unnecessary lockdep in batadv\_mcast\_mla\_list\_free

- From: Simon Wunderlich \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-11-08 16:45:14 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2016/11/11034063
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/batman/2016/11/11034063/t.md

```text
From: Linus Lüssing <redacted>

batadv_mcast_mla_list_free() just frees some leftovers of a local feast
in batadv_mcast_mla_update(). No lockdep needed as it has nothing to do
with bat_priv->mcast.mla_list.

Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <redacted>
---
 net/batman-adv/multicast.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/multicast.c b/net/batman-adv/multicast.c
index 13661f4..45757fa 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/multicast.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/multicast.c
@@ -231,19 +231,15 @@ static int batadv_mcast_mla_bridge_get(struct net_device *dev,
 
 /**
  * batadv_mcast_mla_list_free - free a list of multicast addresses
- * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
  * @mcast_list: the list to free
  *
  * Removes and frees all items in the given mcast_list.
  */
-static void batadv_mcast_mla_list_free(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
-				       struct hlist_head *mcast_list)
+static void batadv_mcast_mla_list_free(struct hlist_head *mcast_list)
 {
 	struct batadv_hw_addr *mcast_entry;
 	struct hlist_node *tmp;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&bat_priv->tt.commit_lock);
-
 	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(mcast_entry, tmp, mcast_list, list) {
 		hlist_del(&mcast_entry->list);
 		kfree(mcast_entry);
@@ -560,7 +556,7 @@ void batadv_mcast_mla_update(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 	batadv_mcast_mla_tt_add(bat_priv, &mcast_list);
 
 out:
-	batadv_mcast_mla_list_free(bat_priv, &mcast_list);
+	batadv_mcast_mla_list_free(&mcast_list);
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.10.1
```