[IPV4] devinet: Register inetdev earlier.
authorHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:53:47 +0000 (01:53 +0900)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:42:56 +0000 (11:42 -0800)
This patch allocates inetdev at registration for all devices
in line with IPv6.  This allows sysctl configuration on the
devices to occur before they're brought up or addresses are
added.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
net/ipv4/devinet.c

index 8a0ec10a13a7370b536a63a20b6c6a4c0fd431c4..e10794dc5f649e73660441d14bc52b2f4401f5c4 100644 (file)
@@ -1054,12 +1054,14 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
        ASSERT_RTNL();
 
        if (!in_dev) {
-               if (event == NETDEV_REGISTER && dev == &loopback_dev) {
+               if (event == NETDEV_REGISTER) {
                        in_dev = inetdev_init(dev);
                        if (!in_dev)
                                panic("devinet: Failed to create loopback\n");
-                       in_dev->cnf.no_xfrm = 1;
-                       in_dev->cnf.no_policy = 1;
+                       if (dev == &loopback_dev) {
+                               in_dev->cnf.no_xfrm = 1;
+                               in_dev->cnf.no_policy = 1;
+                       }
                }
                goto out;
        }