Under rtnl_lock protection, we should use __dev_get_name/index() rather than dev_get_name()/index() to find interface handlers because the former interfaces can help us avoid to change interface reference counter.
Ying Xue (10): Drivers: Staging: cxt1e1: use __dev_get_name instead of dev_get_name to find interfaces bonding: use __dev_get_by_name instead of dev_get_by_name to find interface eql: use __dev_get_by_name instead of dev_get_by_name to find interface dcb: use __dev_get_by_name instead of dev_get_by_name to find interface decnet: use __dev_get_by_index instead of dev_get_by_index to find interface vxlan: use __dev_get_by_index instead of dev_get_by_index to find interface batman-adv: use __dev_get_by_index instead of dev_get_by_index to find interface caif: __dev_get_by_index instead of dev_get_by_index to find interface can: use __dev_get_by_index instead of dev_get_by_index to find interface net: nl80211: __dev_get_by_index instead of dev_get_by_index to find interface drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 49 +++++++++---------- drivers/net/eql.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++--------------------- drivers/net/vxlan.c | 3 +- drivers/staging/cxt1e1/linux.c | 15 +++--- net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c | 4 +- net/caif/chnl_net.c | 3 +- net/can/gw.c | 15 ++---- net/dcb/dcbnl.c | 15 ++---- net/decnet/dn_route.c | 6 +-- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 100 ++++++++++++++------------------------- 10 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 182 deletions(-) -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/