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[NET]: Add __dev_getfirstbyhwtype
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Add __dev_getfirstbyhwtype for callers that don't want a reference but
some data from the device and thus need to take the rtnl anyway.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Patrick McHardy authored and David S. Miller committed May 3, 2007
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions include/linux/netdevice.h
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Expand Up @@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ extern int netdev_boot_setup_check(struct net_device *dev);
extern unsigned long netdev_boot_base(const char *prefix, int unit);
extern struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr(unsigned short type, char *hwaddr);
extern struct net_device *dev_getfirstbyhwtype(unsigned short type);
extern struct net_device *__dev_getfirstbyhwtype(unsigned short type);
extern void dev_add_pack(struct packet_type *pt);
extern void dev_remove_pack(struct packet_type *pt);
extern void __dev_remove_pack(struct packet_type *pt);
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21 changes: 16 additions & 5 deletions net/core/dev.c
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Expand Up @@ -576,17 +576,28 @@ struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr(unsigned short type, char *ha)

EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getbyhwaddr);

struct net_device *dev_getfirstbyhwtype(unsigned short type)
struct net_device *__dev_getfirstbyhwtype(unsigned short type)
{
struct net_device *dev;

rtnl_lock();
ASSERT_RTNL();
for (dev = dev_base; dev; dev = dev->next) {
if (dev->type == type) {
dev_hold(dev);
if (dev->type == type)
break;
}
}
return dev;
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_getfirstbyhwtype);

struct net_device *dev_getfirstbyhwtype(unsigned short type)
{
struct net_device *dev;

rtnl_lock();
dev = __dev_getfirstbyhwtype(type);
if (dev)
dev_hold(dev);
rtnl_unlock();
return dev;
}
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