From 0dd639e971949a7c38540d24b799f06582e4d142 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:59:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [AF_UNIX] Initialise UNIX sockets before general device
initcalls
When drivers call request_module(), it tries to do something with UNIX
sockets and triggers a 'runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1' warning. Avoid
this by initialising AF_UNIX support earlier.
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
net/unix/af_unix.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 2851d0d15048e..63ed69ffad99a 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2193,7 +2193,11 @@ static void __exit af_unix_exit(void)
unregister_pernet_subsys(&unix_net_ops);
}
-module_init(af_unix_init);
+/* Earlier than device_initcall() so that other drivers invoking
+ request_module() don't end up in a loop when modprobe tries
+ to use a UNIX socket. But later than subsys_initcall() because
+ we depend on stuff initialised there */
+fs_initcall(af_unix_init);
module_exit(af_unix_exit);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
--
2.39.5