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authorEric W. Biederman2007-09-27 07:10:56 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller2007-10-11 01:52:49 +0200
commit2774c7aba6c97a2535be3309a2209770953780b3 (patch)
tree9327c795707f6d723c6395c31e1c060e70b5e0db /net/ipv6/addrconf.c
parent[IPV4]: When possible test for IFF_LOOPBACK and not dev == loopback_dev (diff)
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[NET]: Make the loopback device per network namespace.
This patch makes loopback_dev per network namespace. Adding code to create a different loopback device for each network namespace and adding the code to free a loopback device when a network namespace exits. This patch modifies all users the loopback_dev so they access it as init_net.loopback_dev, keeping all of the code compiling and working. A later pass will be needed to update the users to use something other than the initial network namespace. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6/addrconf.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/addrconf.c18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index b43574f73375..6d5c3c299148 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
ASSERT_RTNL();
- if (dev == loopback_dev && how == 1)
+ if (dev == init_net.loopback_dev && how == 1)
how = 0;
rt6_ifdown(dev);
@@ -4212,19 +4212,19 @@ int __init addrconf_init(void)
* device and it being up should be removed.
*/
rtnl_lock();
- if (!ipv6_add_dev(loopback_dev))
+ if (!ipv6_add_dev(init_net.loopback_dev))
err = -ENOMEM;
rtnl_unlock();
if (err)
return err;
- ip6_null_entry.u.dst.dev = loopback_dev;
- ip6_null_entry.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(loopback_dev);
+ ip6_null_entry.u.dst.dev = init_net.loopback_dev;
+ ip6_null_entry.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(init_net.loopback_dev);
#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
- ip6_prohibit_entry.u.dst.dev = loopback_dev;
- ip6_prohibit_entry.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(loopback_dev);
- ip6_blk_hole_entry.u.dst.dev = loopback_dev;
- ip6_blk_hole_entry.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(loopback_dev);
+ ip6_prohibit_entry.u.dst.dev = init_net.loopback_dev;
+ ip6_prohibit_entry.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(init_net.loopback_dev);
+ ip6_blk_hole_entry.u.dst.dev = init_net.loopback_dev;
+ ip6_blk_hole_entry.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(init_net.loopback_dev);
#endif
register_netdevice_notifier(&ipv6_dev_notf);
@@ -4279,7 +4279,7 @@ void __exit addrconf_cleanup(void)
continue;
addrconf_ifdown(dev, 1);
}
- addrconf_ifdown(loopback_dev, 2);
+ addrconf_ifdown(init_net.loopback_dev, 2);
/*
* Check hash table.