netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Statically initialize init_net.dev_base

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Message-ID: <1342638809.2626.3451.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:13:29 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	gaofeng@...fujitsu.com, nhorman@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Statically initialize init_net.dev_base_head

On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 12:06 -0700, Mark Rustad wrote:
> This change eliminates an initialization-order hazard most
> recently seen when netprio_cgroup is built into the kernel.
> 
> With thanks to Eric Dumazet for catching a bug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>
> ---
> 
>  net/core/dev.c           |    3 ++-
>  net/core/net_namespace.c |    4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>


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