From 3d8160b1493bcadca74fbb635d79b3928b8999cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David S. Miller" Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 22:52:14 -0800 Subject: Revert "net: Guaranetee the proper ordering of the loopback device." This reverts commit ae33bc40c0d96d02f51a996482ea7e41c5152695. --- net/core/dev.c | 12 ------------ 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/core') diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index e0dc67a789b..2306d56fbb5 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -4909,18 +4909,6 @@ static int __init net_dev_init(void) if (register_pernet_subsys(&netdev_net_ops)) goto out; - /* The loopback device is special if any other network devices - * is present in a network namespace the loopback device must - * be present. Since we now dynamically allocate and free the - * loopback device ensure this invariant is maintained by - * keeping the loopback device as the first device on the - * list of network devices. Ensuring the loopback devices - * is the first device that appears and the last network device - * that disappears. - */ - if (register_pernet_device(&loopback_net_ops)) - goto out; - if (register_pernet_device(&default_device_ops)) goto out; -- cgit v1.2.3