netdev - RE: [PATCH 2/2] net caif: Register properly as a pernet subsystem.

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:48:00 +0100
From:	Sjur BRENDELAND <sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>
To:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"eric.dumazet@...il.com" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"xemul@...allels.com" <xemul@...allels.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davej@...hat.com" <davej@...hat.com>,
	"sjurbren@...il.com" <sjurbren@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/2] net caif:  Register properly as a pernet subsystem.

> > caif is a subsystem and as such it needs to register with
> > register_pernet_subsys instead of register_pernet_device.
> >
> > Among other problems using register_pernet_device was resulting in
> > net_generic being called before the caif_net structure was allocated.
> > Which has been causing net_generic to fail with either BUG_ON's or by
> > return NULL pointers.
> >
> > A more ugly problem that could be caused is packets in flight why the
> > subsystem is shutting down.
> >
> > To remove confusion also remove the cruft cause by inappropriately
> > trying to fix this bug.
> >
> > With the aid of the previous patch I have tested this patch and
> > confirmed that using register_pernet_subsys makes the failure go away
> > as it should.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> 
> I've tested these two patches as well, and they also work for me.
> 
> 	Tested-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>

This looks very good to me, thank you Eric. 

Acked-by: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com>
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