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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/loopback.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/loopback.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c index a1c77cc00416..24487ec17f8b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/loopback.c +++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c @@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ static __net_init int loopback_net_init(struct net *net) BUG_ON(dev->ifindex != LOOPBACK_IFINDEX); net->loopback_dev = dev; + + /* bring loopback device UP */ + rtnl_lock(); + dev_open(dev, NULL); + rtnl_unlock(); + return 0; out_free_netdev: |