[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>
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c
index 662b8d1..45f30a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
unregister_netdev(dev);
}
-static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops = {
+static struct pernet_operations loopback_net_ops = {
.init = loopback_net_init,
.exit = loopback_net_exit,
};