netdev - [PATCH net-next 01/19] ip6mr: do not get a device reference in pim6

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Message-Id: <20220622051255.700309-2-edumazet@google.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:12:37 +0000
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 01/19] ip6mr: do not get a device reference in pim6_rcv()

pim6_rcv() is called under rcu_read_lock(), there is
no need to use dev_hold()/dev_put() pair.

IPv4 side was handled in commit 55747a0a73ea
("ipmr: __pim_rcv() is called under rcu_read_lock")

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv6/ip6mr.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index d4aad41c9849f977e395e9e07a4442dbfec07b1b..aa66c032ba979e7a14e5e296b68c55bc73d98398 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ static int pim6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	read_lock(&mrt_lock);
 	if (reg_vif_num >= 0)
 		reg_dev = mrt->vif_table[reg_vif_num].dev;
-	dev_hold(reg_dev);
 	read_unlock(&mrt_lock);
 
 	if (!reg_dev)
@@ -570,7 +569,6 @@ static int pim6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	netif_rx(skb);
 
-	dev_put(reg_dev);
 	return 0;
  drop:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
-- 
2.37.0.rc0.104.g0611611a94-goog