netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] rtnetlink: rtnl_setlink() and rtnl

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Date:	Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:34:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] rtnetlink: rtnl_setlink() and
 rtnl_getlink() changes

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:59:31 +0200

> rtnl_getlink() & rtnl_setlink() run with RTNL held, we can use
> __dev_get_by_index() and __dev_get_by_name() variants and avoid
> dev_hold()/dev_put()
> 
> Adds to rtnl_getlink() the capability to find a device by its name,
> not only by its index.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Looks good, applied, thanks.
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