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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:23:53 +0100

> [PATCH] net: RCU conversion of dev_getbyhwaddr() and arp_ioctl()
> 
> dev_getbyhwaddr() was called under RTNL.
> 
> Rename it to dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu() and change all its caller to now use
> RCU locking instead of RTNL.
> 
> Change arp_ioctl() to use RCU instead of RTNL locking.
> 
> Note: this fix a dev refcount bug in llc
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.