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authorDaniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com>2007-09-26 06:16:28 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-10-11 03:52:14 +0400
commitde3cb747ffac5f2a4a6bb156e7e2fd5229e688e5 (patch)
treefe79764b8093843934c9b9f82f573e7a92cef406 /net/ipv6
parent556829657397b9b05baec6691ead4e22ee8d1567 (diff)
downloadlinux-de3cb747ffac5f2a4a6bb156e7e2fd5229e688e5.tar.xz
[NET]: Dynamically allocate the loopback device, part 1.
This patch replaces all occurences to the static variable loopback_dev to a pointer loopback_dev. That provides the mindless, trivial, uninteressting change part for the dynamic allocation for the loopback. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Acked-By: Kirill Korotaev <dev@sw.ru> Acked-by: Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@bull.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/addrconf.c15
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/ip6_input.c2
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c2
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/route.c15
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c2
5 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 9c2e94f1c637..b43574f73375 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 == loopback_dev && how == 1)
how = 0;
rt6_ifdown(dev);
@@ -4212,16 +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(loopback_dev))
err = -ENOMEM;
rtnl_unlock();
if (err)
return err;
- ip6_null_entry.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(&loopback_dev);
+ ip6_null_entry.u.dst.dev = loopback_dev;
+ ip6_null_entry.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(loopback_dev);
#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
- ip6_prohibit_entry.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(&loopback_dev);
- ip6_blk_hole_entry.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(&loopback_dev);
+ 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);
#endif
register_netdevice_notifier(&ipv6_dev_notf);
@@ -4276,7 +4279,7 @@ void __exit addrconf_cleanup(void)
continue;
addrconf_ifdown(dev, 1);
}
- addrconf_ifdown(&loopback_dev, 2);
+ addrconf_ifdown(loopback_dev, 2);
/*
* Check hash table.
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index 7d18cac3f110..9149fc239759 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
*
* BTW, when we send a packet for our own local address on a
* non-loopback interface (e.g. ethX), it is being delivered
- * via the loopback interface (lo) here; skb->dev = &loopback_dev.
+ * via the loopback interface (lo) here; skb->dev = loopback_dev.
* It, however, should be considered as if it is being
* arrived via the sending interface (ethX), because of the
* nature of scoping architecture. --yoshfuji
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c
index 2f487cda3b6b..50860531cd3c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static inline void
send_unreach(struct sk_buff *skb_in, unsigned char code, unsigned int hooknum)
{
if (hooknum == NF_IP6_LOCAL_OUT && skb_in->dev == NULL)
- skb_in->dev = &loopback_dev;
+ skb_in->dev = loopback_dev;
icmpv6_send(skb_in, ICMPV6_DEST_UNREACH, code, 0, NULL);
}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 104070e92cea..a7a21a7ba790 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ struct rt6_info ip6_null_entry = {
.dst = {
.__refcnt = ATOMIC_INIT(1),
.__use = 1,
- .dev = &loopback_dev,
.obsolete = -1,
.error = -ENETUNREACH,
.metrics = { [RTAX_HOPLIMIT - 1] = 255, },
@@ -164,7 +163,6 @@ struct rt6_info ip6_prohibit_entry = {
.dst = {
.__refcnt = ATOMIC_INIT(1),
.__use = 1,
- .dev = &loopback_dev,
.obsolete = -1,
.error = -EACCES,
.metrics = { [RTAX_HOPLIMIT - 1] = 255, },
@@ -184,7 +182,6 @@ struct rt6_info ip6_blk_hole_entry = {
.dst = {
.__refcnt = ATOMIC_INIT(1),
.__use = 1,
- .dev = &loopback_dev,
.obsolete = -1,
.error = -EINVAL,
.metrics = { [RTAX_HOPLIMIT - 1] = 255, },
@@ -224,8 +221,8 @@ static void ip6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *)dst;
struct inet6_dev *idev = rt->rt6i_idev;
- if (dev != &loopback_dev && idev != NULL && idev->dev == dev) {
- struct inet6_dev *loopback_idev = in6_dev_get(&loopback_dev);
+ if (dev != loopback_dev && idev != NULL && idev->dev == dev) {
+ struct inet6_dev *loopback_idev = in6_dev_get(loopback_dev);
if (loopback_idev != NULL) {
rt->rt6i_idev = loopback_idev;
in6_dev_put(idev);
@@ -1188,12 +1185,12 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg)
if ((cfg->fc_flags & RTF_REJECT) ||
(dev && (dev->flags&IFF_LOOPBACK) && !(addr_type&IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK))) {
/* hold loopback dev/idev if we haven't done so. */
- if (dev != &loopback_dev) {
+ if (dev != loopback_dev) {
if (dev) {
dev_put(dev);
in6_dev_put(idev);
}
- dev = &loopback_dev;
+ dev = loopback_dev;
dev_hold(dev);
idev = in6_dev_get(dev);
if (!idev) {
@@ -1897,13 +1894,13 @@ struct rt6_info *addrconf_dst_alloc(struct inet6_dev *idev,
if (rt == NULL)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- dev_hold(&loopback_dev);
+ dev_hold(loopback_dev);
in6_dev_hold(idev);
rt->u.dst.flags = DST_HOST;
rt->u.dst.input = ip6_input;
rt->u.dst.output = ip6_output;
- rt->rt6i_dev = &loopback_dev;
+ rt->rt6i_dev = loopback_dev;
rt->rt6i_idev = idev;
rt->u.dst.metrics[RTAX_MTU-1] = ipv6_get_mtu(rt->rt6i_dev);
rt->u.dst.metrics[RTAX_ADVMSS-1] = ipv6_advmss(dst_mtu(&rt->u.dst));
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
index 3ec0c4770ee3..cc07216cfd59 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static void xfrm6_dst_ifdown(struct dst_entry *dst, struct net_device *dev,
xdst = (struct xfrm_dst *)dst;
if (xdst->u.rt6.rt6i_idev->dev == dev) {
- struct inet6_dev *loopback_idev = in6_dev_get(&loopback_dev);
+ struct inet6_dev *loopback_idev = in6_dev_get(loopback_dev);
BUG_ON(!loopback_idev);
do {