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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 | 12 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c index c4516b580ba5..91d08585a6d8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/loopback.c +++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c @@ -204,8 +204,17 @@ static __net_exit void loopback_net_exit(struct net *net) unregister_netdev(dev); } -/* Registered in net/core/dev.c */ -struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops = { +static 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 12d7f4469dc9..f1b0dbe58464 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -1766,7 +1766,6 @@ 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 e0dc67a789b7..2306d56fbb5e 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -4909,18 +4909,6 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void) if (register_pernet_subsys(&netdev_net_ops)) goto out; - /* 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; |