From: Rustad, Mark D Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:06:07 +0000 (+0000) Subject: net: Statically initialize init_net.dev_base_head X-Git-Tag: v3.5~9^2 X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=734b65417b24d6eea3e3d7457e1f11493890ee1d;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git 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 --- diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 0f28a9e0b8a..1cb0d8a6aa6 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) diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c index dddbacb8f28..42f1e1c7514 100644 --- a/net/core/net_namespace.c +++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c @@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(net_mutex); LIST_HEAD(net_namespace_list); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(net_namespace_list); -struct net init_net; +struct net init_net = { + .dev_base_head = LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_net.dev_base_head), +}; EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_net); #define INITIAL_NET_GEN_PTRS 13 /* +1 for len +2 for rcu_head */