linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add IPv6 support to TCP SYN cookies

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Message-ID: <20080206184554.GA8455@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2008 19:45:55 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Glenn Griffin <ggriffin.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add IPv6 support to TCP SYN cookies

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 09:36:11AM -0800, Glenn Griffin wrote:
> > I didn't think a module could have multiple module_inits. Are you
> > sure that works?
> 
> Indeed.  That will fail whenever ipv6 is compiled as a module.  It's
> been removed.  It snuck in from the v4 implementation, where I'm still
> having trouble understanding why it's needed there.

s/needed/used/

ipv4 is never modular so it works.

Arguably it would be cleaner if it was __initcall()

-Andi
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