From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next2.6] ipv6: avoid dev_hold()/dev_put() in rawv6_bind() Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:44:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20091108.004418.242588768.davem@davemloft.net> References: <4AF40022.6050100@gmail.com> <4AF4536E.7090803@hp.com> <4AF4565D.2070207@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: brian.haley@hp.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:53193 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753107AbZKHInw (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:43:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4AF4565D.2070207@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:01:17 +0100 > [PATCH net-next2.6] ipv6: avoid dev_hold()/dev_put() in rawv6_bind() > > Using RCU helps not touching device refcount in rawv6_bind() > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Applied, thanks.