netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv4: fix kfree static array pointer in ipv4_sysctl_exit

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Date:	Thu, 8 May 2014 11:20:32 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@...wei.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv4: fix kfree static array pointer in ipv4_sysctl_exit_net

> No.
> I just trigger the similar case on sctp when I do 'rmmod -f sctp'.
> Here I add the init_net case for sctp register sysctl.
>
> Is it better to add BUG_ON(net == &init_net) maybe?
>

The point is : SCTP _can_ be a module, but IPV4 is not.

You cannot rmmod ipv4

Its not because there is a bug in SCTP that you can apply the same
recipe on another layer.
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