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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: in_dev->refcnt and dev->refcnt
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:30:53 +0200
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Le lundi 07 juin 2010 =C3=A0 14:50 +0530, ratheesh k a =C3=A9crit :
> Is there any relation between in_dev->refcnt and dev->refcnt ?  . My
> question is : if  put or get on one variable affects other ?
>=20

No, there is no relation between them.

You can increase / decrease one refcount or the other, using separate
API.