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[AF_UNIX] Initialise UNIX sockets before general device initcalls

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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>
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David Woodhouse 2008-04-24 00:59:25 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent c9c1014b2b
commit 3d36696024
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@ -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");