Re: [PATCH net-next] netfilter: x_tables: xt_init() should run earlier

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Hi Eric,

On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 06:37:53PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Cong Wang reported a NULL dereference in xt_register_target()
> 
> It turns out xt_nat_init() was called before xt_init(), so xt array
> was not yet setup.
> 
> xt_init() should be marked core_initcall() to solve this problem.
> 
> Reported-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/x_tables.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
> index 8d987c3..afcea11 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
> @@ -1390,6 +1390,6 @@ static void __exit xt_fini(void)
>  	kfree(xt);
>  }
>  
> -module_init(xt_init);
> +core_initcall(xt_init);
>  module_exit(xt_fini);

It seems we've clashed fixing this, sorry. Can you still see any
problem with my patch?

Thanks for looking into this.
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