netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next2.6] ipv6: avoid dev_hold()/dev_put() in rawv6

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Message-Id: <20091108.004418.242588768.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:44:18 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	brian.haley@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next2.6] ipv6: avoid dev_hold()/dev_put() in
 rawv6_bind()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:01:17 +0100

> [PATCH net-next2.6] ipv6: avoid dev_hold()/dev_put() in rawv6_bind()
> 
> Using RCU helps not touching device refcount in rawv6_bind()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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