2 files changed, 8 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 0a9287fadb47..f84aad420d44 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -393,15 +393,6 @@ static void netlink_skb_set_owner_r(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk)
 
 static void netlink_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
-
-	if (nlk->cb_running) {
-		if (nlk->cb.done)
-			nlk->cb.done(&nlk->cb);
-		module_put(nlk->cb.module);
-		kfree_skb(nlk->cb.skb);
-	}
-
 	skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
 
 	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)) {
@@ -414,14 +405,6 @@ static void netlink_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 	WARN_ON(nlk_sk(sk)->groups);
 }
 
-static void netlink_sock_destruct_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct netlink_sock *nlk = container_of(work, struct netlink_sock,
-						work);
-
-	sk_free(&nlk->sk);
-}
-
 /* This lock without WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE is good on UP and it is _very_ bad on
  * SMP. Look, when several writers sleep and reader wakes them up, all but one
  * immediately hit write lock and grab all the cpus. Exclusive sleep solves
@@ -731,12 +714,6 @@ static void deferred_put_nlk_sk(struct rcu_head *head)
 	if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&sk->sk_refcnt))
 		return;
 
-	if (nlk->cb_running && nlk->cb.done) {
-		INIT_WORK(&nlk->work, netlink_sock_destruct_work);
-		schedule_work(&nlk->work);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	sk_free(sk);
 }
 
@@ -788,6 +765,14 @@ static int netlink_release(struct socket *sock)
 				NETLINK_URELEASE, &n);
 	}
 
+	/* Terminate any outstanding dump */
+	if (nlk->cb_running) {
+		if (nlk->cb.done)
+			nlk->cb.done(&nlk->cb);
+		module_put(nlk->cb.module);
+		kfree_skb(nlk->cb.skb);
+	}
+
 	module_put(nlk->module);
 
 	if (netlink_is_kernel(sk)) {
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.h b/net/netlink/af_netlink.h
index 5b0e4e62ab8b..778a3809361f 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.h
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/rhashtable.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
-#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 
 /* flags */
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ struct netlink_sock {
 
 	struct rhash_head	node;
 	struct rcu_head		rcu;
-	struct work_struct	work;
 };
 
 static inline struct netlink_sock *nlk_sk(struct sock *sk)