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 19:19:56 -0700
From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: create device lookup API with
 reference tracking

On 6/12/23 3:49 PM, Jakub Kicinski 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>
> ---
> v2:
>  - convert intermediate dev_put() -> netdev_put() in ethtool
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230609183207.1466075-1-kuba@kernel.org/
> ---
>  include/linux/netdevice.h |  4 +++
>  net/core/dev.c            | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  net/ethtool/netlink.c     | 10 +++---
>  net/ipv6/route.c          | 12 +++----
>  4 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>