net: Statically initialize init_net.dev_base_head
This change eliminates an initialization-order hazard most
recently seen when netprio_cgroup is built into the kernel.
With thanks to Eric Dumazet for catching a bug.
Signed-off-by: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@intel.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0f28a9e..1cb0d8a 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6283,7 +6283,8 @@
/* Initialize per network namespace state */
static int __net_init netdev_init(struct net *net)
{
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net->dev_base_head);
+ if (net != &init_net)
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net->dev_base_head);
net->dev_name_head = netdev_create_hash();
if (net->dev_name_head == NULL)
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index dddbacb..42f1e1c 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
LIST_HEAD(net_namespace_list);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(net_namespace_list);
-struct net init_net;
+struct net init_net = {
+ .dev_base_head = LIST_HEAD_INIT(init_net.dev_base_head),
+};
EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_net);
#define INITIAL_NET_GEN_PTRS 13 /* +1 for len +2 for rcu_head */