From 999b6d39abb4fc446f3465ca4e0a7ac747f49aec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:25:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] net: Simplify loopback and improve batching.

Defer calling unregister_netdevice_queue to cleanup_net.  It's simpler
and it allows the loopback device to land in the same batch as other
network devices.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 drivers/net/loopback.c | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c
index c9f65574378f..eae4ad749e9d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -212,15 +212,7 @@ static __net_init int loopback_net_init(struct net *net)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static __net_exit void loopback_net_exit(struct net *net)
-{
-	struct net_device *dev = net->loopback_dev;
-
-	unregister_netdev(dev);
-}
-
 /* Registered in net/core/dev.c */
 struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops = {
        .init = loopback_net_init,
-       .exit = loopback_net_exit,
 };
-- 
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