netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: create device lookup API with reference tracking

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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:14:26 +0200
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: create device lookup API with
 reference tracking

On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:49 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> New users of dev_get_by_index() and dev_get_by_name() keep
> getting added and it would be nice to steer them towards
> the APIs with reference tracking.
>
> Add variants of those calls which allocate the reference
> tracker and use them in a couple of places.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>