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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index c8d127718ff1..6f330cee79a6 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -803,35 +803,31 @@ struct net_device *dev_getfirstbyhwtype(struct net *net, unsigned short type) EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getfirstbyhwtype); /** - * dev_get_by_flags - find any device with given flags + * dev_get_by_flags_rcu - find any device with given flags * @net: the applicable net namespace * @if_flags: IFF_* values * @mask: bitmask of bits in if_flags to check * * Search for any interface with the given flags. Returns NULL if a device - * is not found or a pointer to the device. The device returned has - * had a reference added and the pointer is safe until the user calls - * dev_put to indicate they have finished with it. + * is not found or a pointer to the device. Must be called inside + * rcu_read_lock(), and result refcount is unchanged. */ -struct net_device *dev_get_by_flags(struct net *net, unsigned short if_flags, +struct net_device *dev_get_by_flags_rcu(struct net *net, unsigned short if_flags, unsigned short mask) { struct net_device *dev, *ret; ret = NULL; - rcu_read_lock(); for_each_netdev_rcu(net, dev) { if (((dev->flags ^ if_flags) & mask) == 0) { - dev_hold(dev); ret = dev; break; } } - rcu_read_unlock(); return ret; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_flags); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_flags_rcu); /** * dev_valid_name - check if name is okay for network device |