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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:15:21 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
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On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:46:44 +0530 Nilay Shroff wrote:
> Add netdev_get_by_addr(), a helper that looks up the routing table to
> retrieve the network device associated with a destination address. The
> helper also supports netdev reference tracking.

This does not explain why you're doing this.
Please CC the whole series to netdev or write better commit messages.