netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] cleanup pernet operation without CONFIG_NET

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Message-ID: <m1bq9vy4tr.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:13:36 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	"Denis V. Lunev" <den@...nvz.org>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, containers@...ts.osdl.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, clg@...ibm.com, benjamin.thery@...l.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cleanup pernet operation without CONFIG_NET_NS

"Denis V. Lunev" <den@...nvz.org> writes:

> If CONFIG_NET_NS is not set, the only namespace is possible.
>
> This patch removes list of pernet_operations and cleanups code a bit.
> This list is not needed if there are no namespaces. We should just call
> ->init method.
>
> Additionally, the ->exit will be called on module unloading only. This
> case is safe - the code is not discarded. For the in/kernel code, ->exit
> should never be called.

This patch looks sane, and reasonable in the !CONFIG_NET_NS case.

Eric
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