From 734b65417b24d6eea3e3d7457e1f11493890ee1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Rustad, Mark D" Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:06:07 +0000 Subject: net: Statically initialize init_net.dev_base_head This change eliminates an initialization-order hazard most recently seen when netprio_cgroup is built into the kernel. With thanks to Eric Dumazet for catching a bug. Signed-off-by: Mark Rustad Acked-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/core/dev.c') diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 0f28a9e..1cb0d8a 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -6283,7 +6283,8 @@ static struct hlist_head *netdev_create_hash(void) /* Initialize per network namespace state */ static int __net_init netdev_init(struct net *net) { - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net->dev_base_head); + if (net != &init_net) + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net->dev_base_head); net->dev_name_head = netdev_create_hash(); if (net->dev_name_head == NULL) -- cgit v1.1