netdev - [PATCH net-next] net: Initialise init

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Date:   Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:40:23 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: Initialise init_net.count to 1

Initialise init_net.count to 1 for its pointer from init_nsproxy lest
someone tries to do a get_net() and a put_net() in a process in which
current->ns_proxy->net_ns points to the initial network namespace.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 net/core/net_namespace.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 652468ff65b7..adb97ca141b7 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ LIST_HEAD(net_namespace_list);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(net_namespace_list);
 
 struct net init_net = {
-	.dev_base_head = LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_net.dev_base_head),
+	.count		= ATOMIC_INIT(1),
+	.dev_base_head	= LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_net.dev_base_head),
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_net);