Merge ../linux-2.6-watchdog-mm

[pandora-kernel.git] / net / ipv4 / devinet.c

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 84bed40..480ace9 100644 (file)
--- 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);
@@ -175,6 +174,9 @@ struct in_device *inetdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
        ip_mc_init_dev(in_dev);
        if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
                ip_mc_up(in_dev);
+
+       /* we can receive as soon as ip_ptr is set -- do this last */
+       rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip_ptr, in_dev);
 out:
        return in_dev;
 out_kfree: