[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>
This commit is contained in:
Eric W. Biederman
2007-10-26 22:54:53 -07:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 72998d8c84
commit 2b008b0a8e
6 changed files with 7 additions and 9 deletions

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@@ -2668,7 +2668,7 @@ static void __net_exit dev_proc_net_exit(struct net *net)
proc_net_remove(net, "dev");
}
static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata dev_proc_ops = {
static struct pernet_operations dev_proc_ops = {
.init = dev_proc_net_init,
.exit = dev_proc_net_exit,
};
@@ -4328,7 +4328,7 @@ static void __net_exit netdev_exit(struct net *net)
kfree(net->dev_index_head);
}
static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata netdev_net_ops = {
static struct pernet_operations netdev_net_ops = {
.init = netdev_init,
.exit = netdev_exit,
};
@@ -4359,7 +4359,7 @@ static void __net_exit default_device_exit(struct net *net)
rtnl_unlock();
}
static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata default_device_ops = {
static struct pernet_operations default_device_ops = {
.exit = default_device_exit,
};

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@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static void __net_exit dev_mc_net_exit(struct net *net)
proc_net_remove(net, "dev_mcast");
}
static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata dev_mc_net_ops = {
static struct pernet_operations dev_mc_net_ops = {
.init = dev_mc_net_init,
.exit = dev_mc_net_exit,
};