Merge branch 'netdev-tracking'
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 07:21:12 +0000 (08:21 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 07:21:12 +0000 (08:21 +0100)
Jakub Kicinski says:

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net: create device lookup API with reference tracking

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/
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

Trivial merge