linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/net/loopback.c: convert to module

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Date:	Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:37:14 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	viro@....linux.org.uk
Cc:	bunk@...sta.de, jgarzik@...ox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] drivers/net/loopback.c: convert to module_init()

From: Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:12:14 +0000

> There might be practical considerations along the lines of "we want
> lookups for loopback to be fast"...

We have that taken care of, it's called "&loopback_dev".

None of the performance-caring paths do dev_get_by_name("lo")

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