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loopback: fix lockdep splat
dev_init_scheduler() and dev_activate() expect the caller to hold RTNL. Since we don't want blackhole device to be initialized per ns, we are initializing at init. [ 3.855027] Call Trace: [ 3.855034] dump_stack+0x67/0x95 [ 3.855037] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xd5/0x110 [ 3.855044] dev_init_scheduler+0xe3/0x120 [ 3.855048] ? net_olddevs_init+0x60/0x60 [ 3.855050] blackhole_netdev_init+0x45/0x6e [ 3.855052] do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x2fa [ 3.855058] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x8c/0xa0 [ 3.855066] kernel_init_freeable+0x1e5/0x288 [ 3.855071] ? rest_init+0x260/0x260 [ 3.855074] kernel_init+0xf/0x180 [ 3.855076] ? rest_init+0x260/0x260 [ 3.855078] ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30 Fixes: 4de83b8 ("loopback: create blackhole net device similar to loopack.") Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> Cc: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Bandewar <[email protected]> Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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drivers/net/loopback.c

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@@ -261,8 +261,10 @@ static int __init blackhole_netdev_init(void)
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if (!blackhole_netdev)
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return -ENOMEM;
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rtnl_lock();
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dev_init_scheduler(blackhole_netdev);
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dev_activate(blackhole_netdev);
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rtnl_unlock();
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blackhole_netdev->flags |= IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING;
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dev_net_set(blackhole_netdev, &init_net);

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