netdev - Re: [PATCH net] l2tp: fix l2tp

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Message-Id: <20171001.223542.893634246736740504.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sun, 01 Oct 2017 22:35:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     g.nault@...halink.fr
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jchapman@...alix.com, tparkin@...alix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] l2tp: fix l2tp_eth module loading

From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:44:38 +0200

> The l2tp_eth module crashes if its netlink callbacks are run when the
> pernet data aren't initialised.
> 
> We should normally register_pernet_device() before the genl callbacks.
> However, the pernet data only maintain a list of l2tpeth interfaces,
> and this list is never used. So let's just drop pernet handling
> instead.
> 
> Fixes: d9e31d17ceba ("l2tp: Add L2TP ethernet pseudowire support")
> Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.