ipv6: give an IPv6 dev to blackhole_netdev
IPv6 addrconf notifiers wants the loopback device to be the last device being dismantled at netns deletion. This caused many limitations and work arounds. Back in linux-5.3, Mahesh added a per host blackhole_netdev that can be used whenever we need to make sure objects no longer refer to a disappearing device. If we attach to blackhole_netdev an ip6_ptr (allocate an idev), then we can use this special device (which is never freed) in place of the loopback_dev (which can be freed). This will permit improvements in netdev_run_todo() and other parts of the stack where had steps to make sure loopback_dev was the last device to disappear. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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