On 17.06, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> From: Eric W Biederman <ebied...@xmission.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebied...@xmission.com>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/core.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c
> index 95456c09cf69..1b4eadc9c030 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/core.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/core.c
> @@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ void nf_unregister_hook(struct net *net, const struct 
> nf_hook_ops *reg)
>  #ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
>       static_key_slow_dec(&nf_hooks_needed[reg->pf][reg->hooknum]);
>  #endif
> -     synchronize_net();
> +     /* Don't wait if there are no packets in flight */
> +     if (net->loopback_dev)
> +             synchronize_net();

I don't get this, could you please explain why there wouldn't be any packets
in flight if there is no loopback_dev?

>       kfree(elem);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(nf_unregister_hook);
> -- 
> 2.2.1
> 
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