Currently we never call unregister_netdev for the loopback device so it is impossible for us to reach inetdev_destroy with the loopback device. So the test in inetdev_destroy is unnecessary.
Further when testing with my network namespace patches removing unregistering the loopback device and calling inetdev_destroy works fine so there appears to be no reason for avoiding unregistering the loopback device. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- net/ipv4/devinet.c | 2 -- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c index affea9b..e7f2b02 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c @@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ static void inetdev_destroy(struct in_device *in_dev) ASSERT_RTNL(); dev = in_dev->dev; - if (dev == loopback_dev) - return; in_dev->dead = 1; -- 1.5.3.rc6.17.g1911 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html