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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/devinet.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 84bed40273a..25c8a42965d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -165,9 +165,8 @@ struct in_device *inetdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
NET_IPV4_NEIGH, "ipv4", NULL, NULL);
#endif
- /* Account for reference dev->ip_ptr */
+ /* Account for reference dev->ip_ptr (below) */
in_dev_hold(in_dev);
- rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip_ptr, in_dev);
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
devinet_sysctl_register(in_dev, &in_dev->cnf);
@@ -176,6 +175,8 @@ struct in_device *inetdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
ip_mc_up(in_dev);
out:
+ /* we can receive as soon as ip_ptr is set -- do this last */
+ rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip_ptr, in_dev);
return in_dev;
out_kfree:
kfree(in_dev);