[ 054/108] net: Statically initialize init_net.dev_base_head

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sun Oct 07 2012 - 19:26:12 EST


3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: "Rustad, Mark D" <mark.d.rustad@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 734b65417b24d6eea3e3d7457e1f11493890ee1d upstream.

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 <mark.d.rustad@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/dev.c | 3 ++-
net/core/net_namespace.c | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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)
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index dddbacb..42f1e1c 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 */


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