netdev - Re: [PATCH 10/10] CAN: use dev_get_by_index

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Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:54:24 +0100
From:	Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] CAN: use dev_get_by_index_rcu

Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Stephen Hemminger a écrit :
>> Use new function to avoid doing read_lock().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
>>
>> --- a/net/can/bcm.c	2009-11-10 09:45:16.301376272 -0800
>> +++ b/net/can/bcm.c	2009-11-10 09:46:30.125005956 -0800
>> @@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ static char *bcm_proc_getifname(char *re
>>  	if (!ifindex)
>>  		return "any";
>>  
>> -	read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
>> -	dev = __dev_get_by_index(&init_net, ifindex);
>> +	rcu_read_lock();
>> +	dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(&init_net, ifindex);
>>  	if (dev)
>>  		strcpy(result, dev->name);
>>  	else
>>  		strcpy(result, "???");
>> -	read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
>> +	rcu_read_unlock();
>>  
>>  	return result;
>>  }
>>
> 
> I was pretty sure I had already done this one...
> 
> Ah yes, that was planned after a bugfix for net-2.6.
> 
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> 

Thanks everyone!

Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>
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