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);
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: