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Eric Dumazet says: ==================== ipv6: remove addrconf reliance on loopback Second patch in this series removes IPv6 requirement about the netns loopback device being the last device being dismantled. This was needed because rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev() and ip6_dst_ifdown() had to switch dst dev to a known device (loopback). Instead of loopback, we can use the (hidden) blackhole_netdev which is also always there. This will allow future simplfications of netdev_run_to() and other parts of the stack like default_device_exit_batch(). Last two patches are optimizations for both IP families. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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