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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/loopback.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/loopback.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c index 0e2252fd71ab..588092e13186 100644 --- a/drivers/net/loopback.c +++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops loopback_ethtool_ops = { * The loopback device is special. There is only one instance and * it is statically allocated. Don't do this for other devices. */ -struct net_device loopback_dev = { +struct net_device __loopback_dev = { .name = "lo", .get_stats = &get_stats, .mtu = (16 * 1024) + 20 + 20 + 12, @@ -227,10 +227,12 @@ struct net_device loopback_dev = { .nd_net = &init_net, }; +struct net_device *loopback_dev = &__loopback_dev; + /* Setup and register the loopback device. */ static int __init loopback_init(void) { - int err = register_netdev(&loopback_dev); + int err = register_netdev(loopback_dev); if (err) panic("loopback: Failed to register netdevice: %d\n", err); |