netdev - [PATCH v2 10/31] net: Convert nf_log_net

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Date:   Mon, 20 Nov 2017 21:33:45 +0300
From:   Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v2 10/31] net: Convert nf_log_net_ops

The pernet_operations would have had a problem in parallel
execution with others, if init_net had been able to released.
But it's not, and the rest is safe for that.
There is memory allocation, which nobody else interested in,
and sysctl registration. So, we make it async.

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_log.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index 8bb152a7cca4..6137fb1bce66 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ static void __net_exit nf_log_net_exit(struct net *net)
 static struct pernet_operations nf_log_net_ops = {
 	.init = nf_log_net_init,
 	.exit = nf_log_net_exit,
+	.async = true,
 };
 
 int __init netfilter_log_init(void)