1 files changed, 18 insertions, 37 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index e92ad8455c63..1220e2c7831e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -493,15 +493,17 @@ static void addrconf_forward_change(struct net *net, __s32 newf)
         read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
 }
 
-static void addrconf_fixup_forwarding(struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int old)
+static int addrconf_fixup_forwarding(struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int old)
 {
         struct net *net;
 
         net = (struct net *)table->extra2;
         if (p == &net->ipv6.devconf_dflt->forwarding)
-                return;
+                return 0;
+
+        if (!rtnl_trylock())
+                return -ERESTARTSYS;
 
-        rtnl_lock();
         if (p == &net->ipv6.devconf_all->forwarding) {
                 __s32 newf = net->ipv6.devconf_all->forwarding;
                 net->ipv6.devconf_dflt->forwarding = newf;
@@ -512,6 +514,7 @@ static void addrconf_fixup_forwarding(struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int old)
 
         if (*p)
                 rt6_purge_dflt_routers(net);
+        return 1;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -2608,9 +2611,6 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
 
         ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-        if ((dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) && how == 1)
-                how = 0;
-
         rt6_ifdown(net, dev);
         neigh_ifdown(&nd_tbl, dev);
 
@@ -3983,7 +3983,7 @@ int addrconf_sysctl_forward(ctl_table *ctl, int write, struct file * filp,
         ret = proc_dointvec(ctl, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
         if (write)
-                addrconf_fixup_forwarding(ctl, valp, val);
+                ret = addrconf_fixup_forwarding(ctl, valp, val);
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -4019,8 +4019,7 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_forward_strategy(ctl_table *table,
         }
 
         *valp = new;
-        addrconf_fixup_forwarding(table, valp, val);
-        return 1;
+        return addrconf_fixup_forwarding(table, valp, val);
 }
 
 static struct addrconf_sysctl_table
@@ -4250,7 +4249,7 @@ static struct addrconf_sysctl_table
                         .procname       =       "mc_forwarding",
                         .data           =       &ipv6_devconf.mc_forwarding,
                         .maxlen         =       sizeof(int),
-                        .mode           =       0644,
+                        .mode           =       0444,
                         .proc_handler   =       proc_dointvec,
                 },
 #endif
@@ -4446,25 +4445,6 @@ int unregister_inet6addr_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_inet6addr_notifier);
 
-static void addrconf_net_exit(struct net *net)
-{
-        struct net_device *dev;
-
-        rtnl_lock();
-        /* clean dev list */
-        for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
-                if (__in6_dev_get(dev) == NULL)
-                        continue;
-                addrconf_ifdown(dev, 1);
-        }
-        addrconf_ifdown(net->loopback_dev, 2);
-        rtnl_unlock();
-}
-
-static struct pernet_operations addrconf_net_ops = {
-        .exit = addrconf_net_exit,
-};
-
 /*
  *      Init / cleanup code
  */
@@ -4506,10 +4486,6 @@ int __init addrconf_init(void)
         if (err)
                 goto errlo;
 
-        err = register_pernet_device(&addrconf_net_ops);
-        if (err)
-                return err;
-
         register_netdevice_notifier(&ipv6_dev_notf);
 
         addrconf_verify(0);
@@ -4539,15 +4515,22 @@ errlo:
 void addrconf_cleanup(void)
 {
         struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa;
+        struct net_device *dev;
         int i;
 
         unregister_netdevice_notifier(&ipv6_dev_notf);
-        unregister_pernet_device(&addrconf_net_ops);
-
         unregister_pernet_subsys(&addrconf_ops);
 
         rtnl_lock();
 
+        /* clean dev list */
+        for_each_netdev(&init_net, dev) {
+                if (__in6_dev_get(dev) == NULL)
+                        continue;
+                addrconf_ifdown(dev, 1);
+        }
+        addrconf_ifdown(init_net.loopback_dev, 2);
+
         /*
          *      Check hash table.
          */
@@ -4568,6 +4551,4 @@ void addrconf_cleanup(void)
 
         del_timer(&addr_chk_timer);
         rtnl_unlock();
-
-        unregister_pernet_subsys(&addrconf_net_ops);
 }