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authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2007-10-26 22:54:53 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2007-10-26 22:54:53 -0700
commit2b008b0a8e96b726c603c5e1a5a7a509b5f61e35 (patch)
tree80d71a763d3e8365805203cf22093783e64e1bbc /include/net/net_namespace.h
parent72998d8c84247817c4b8b05b0256f29453e435f5 (diff)
downloadlinux-2b008b0a8e96b726c603c5e1a5a7a509b5f61e35.tar.gz
[NET]: Marking struct pernet_operations __net_initdata was inappropriate
It is not safe to to place struct pernet_operations in a special section.
We need struct pernet_operations to last until we call unregister_pernet_subsys.
Which doesn't happen until module unload.

So marking struct pernet_operations is a disaster for modules in two ways.
- We discard it before we call the exit method it points to.
- Because I keep struct pernet_operations on a linked list discarding
  it for compiled in code removes elements in the middle of a linked
  list and does horrible things for linked insert.

So this looks safe assuming __exit_refok is not discarded
for modules.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/net_namespace.h')
-rw-r--r--include/net/net_namespace.h2
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h
index 93aa87d32804..5279466606d2 100644
--- a/include/net/net_namespace.h
+++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h
@@ -102,11 +102,9 @@ static inline void release_net(struct net *net)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
 #define __net_init
 #define __net_exit
-#define __net_initdata
 #else
 #define __net_init	__init
 #define __net_exit	__exit_refok
-#define __net_initdata	__initdata
 #endif
 
 struct pernet_operations {