#define BIND_HASH_SIZE 1024
 static struct hlist_head bind_hash_table[BIND_HASH_SIZE];
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(rds_bind_lock);
+static DEFINE_RWLOCK(rds_bind_lock);
 
 static struct hlist_head *hash_to_bucket(__be32 addr, __be16 port)
 {
                                  (BIND_HASH_SIZE - 1));
 }
 
+/* must hold either read or write lock (write lock for insert != NULL) */
 static struct rds_sock *rds_bind_lookup(__be32 addr, __be16 port,
                                        struct rds_sock *insert)
 {
        u64 cmp;
        u64 needle = ((u64)be32_to_cpu(addr) << 32) | be16_to_cpu(port);
 
-       rcu_read_lock();
-       hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(rs, head, rs_bound_node) {
+       hlist_for_each_entry(rs, head, rs_bound_node) {
                cmp = ((u64)be32_to_cpu(rs->rs_bound_addr) << 32) |
                      be16_to_cpu(rs->rs_bound_port);
 
-               if (cmp == needle) {
-                       rcu_read_unlock();
+               if (cmp == needle)
                        return rs;
-               }
        }
-       rcu_read_unlock();
 
        if (insert) {
                /*
                 * make sure our addr and port are set before
-                * we are added to the list, other people
-                * in rcu will find us as soon as the
-                * hlist_add_head_rcu is done
+                * we are added to the list.
                 */
                insert->rs_bound_addr = addr;
                insert->rs_bound_port = port;
                rds_sock_addref(insert);
 
-               hlist_add_head_rcu(&insert->rs_bound_node, head);
+               hlist_add_head(&insert->rs_bound_node, head);
        }
        return NULL;
 }
 struct rds_sock *rds_find_bound(__be32 addr, __be16 port)
 {
        struct rds_sock *rs;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
+       read_lock_irqsave(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
        rs = rds_bind_lookup(addr, port, NULL);
+       read_unlock_irqrestore(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
 
        if (rs && !sock_flag(rds_rs_to_sk(rs), SOCK_DEAD))
                rds_sock_addref(rs);
 
        rdsdebug("returning rs %p for %pI4:%u\n", rs, &addr,
                ntohs(port));
+
        return rs;
 }
 
                last = rover - 1;
        }
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
+       write_lock_irqsave(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
 
        do {
                if (rover == 0)
                }
        } while (rover++ != last);
 
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
+       write_unlock_irqrestore(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
 
        return ret;
 }
 {
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
+       write_lock_irqsave(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
 
        if (rs->rs_bound_addr) {
                rdsdebug("rs %p unbinding from %pI4:%d\n",
                  rs, &rs->rs_bound_addr,
                  ntohs(rs->rs_bound_port));
 
-               hlist_del_init_rcu(&rs->rs_bound_node);
+               hlist_del_init(&rs->rs_bound_node);
                rds_sock_put(rs);
                rs->rs_bound_addr = 0;
        }
 
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
+       write_unlock_irqrestore(&rds_bind_lock, flags);
 }
 
 int rds_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 
 out:
        release_sock(sk);
-
-       /* we might have called rds_remove_bound on error */
-       if (ret)
-               synchronize_rcu();
        return ret;
 }