netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: create device lookup API with reference tracking

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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 07:50:20 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: create device lookup API with reference
 tracking

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:49:42 -0700 you wrote:
> We still see dev_hold() / dev_put() calls without reference tracker
> getting added in new code. dev_get_by_name() / dev_get_by_index()
> seem to be one of the sources of those. Provide appropriate helpers.
> Allocating the tracker can obviously be done with an additional call
> to netdev_tracker_alloc(), but a single API feels cleaner.
> 
> v2:
>  - fix a dev_put() in ethtool
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230609183207.1466075-1-kuba@kernel.org/
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v2,1/2] net: create device lookup API with reference tracking
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v2,2/2] netpoll: allocate netdev tracker right away
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/48eed027d310

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