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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/loopback.c | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 22 |
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c index 91d08585a6d..c4516b580ba 100644 --- a/drivers/net/loopback.c +++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c @@ -204,17 +204,8 @@ static __net_exit void loopback_net_exit(struct net *net) unregister_netdev(dev); } -static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops = { +/* Registered in net/core/dev.c */ +struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops = { .init = loopback_net_init, .exit = loopback_net_exit, }; - -static int __init loopback_init(void) -{ - return register_pernet_device(&loopback_net_ops); -} - -/* Loopback is special. It should be initialized before any other network - * device and network subsystem. - */ -fs_initcall(loopback_init); diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index f1b0dbe5846..12d7f4469dc 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -1766,6 +1766,7 @@ static inline int skb_bond_should_drop(struct sk_buff *skb) return 0; } +extern struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops; #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ #endif /* _LINUX_DEV_H */ diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 2306d56fbb5..31568b2068a 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -4909,9 +4909,6 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void) if (register_pernet_subsys(&netdev_net_ops)) goto out; - if (register_pernet_device(&default_device_ops)) - goto out; - /* * Initialise the packet receive queues. */ @@ -4928,10 +4925,25 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void) queue->backlog.weight = weight_p; } - netdev_dma_register(); - dev_boot_phase = 0; + /* The loopback device is special if any other network devices + * is present in a network namespace the loopback device must + * be present. Since we now dynamically allocate and free the + * loopback device ensure this invariant is maintained by + * keeping the loopback device as the first device on the + * list of network devices. Ensuring the loopback devices + * is the first device that appears and the last network device + * that disappears. + */ + if (register_pernet_device(&loopback_net_ops)) + goto out; + + if (register_pernet_device(&default_device_ops)) + goto out; + + netdev_dma_register(); + open_softirq(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ, net_tx_action); open_softirq(NET_RX_SOFTIRQ, net_rx_action); |