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Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Paolo Abeni , Simon Horman , netdev@vger.kernel.org References: <20260727151652.3660476-1-nilay@linux.ibm.com> <20260727151652.3660476-2-nilay@linux.ibm.com> <20260730161521.22695fff@kernel.org> Content-Language: en-US From: Nilay Shroff In-Reply-To: <20260730161521.22695fff@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-Reinject: loops=2 maxloops=12 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Info: AW1haW4tMjYwNzMxMDAzNyBTYWx0ZWRfX2/2PvEAd5nnR 6CPfzItEAjzMxQvc4md0sEF/N/PH45TtHMsirUhgQ5PtCpGGpMhuv9gykvt3YHVuGwquO2N87Ec 4A3FUzDQxJgYlu+xp3RtfvK/KvROP5M= X-Proofpoint-GUID: DenvK_pKDSC39pnJD23TFz6lakMiY3Dt X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: dUIDfTHkieRugOc337awhMmKZJ5W3V6i X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details-Enc: AW1haW4tMjYwNzMxMDAzNyBTYWx0ZWRfX4augOfr5YHIo 4w4fWOl674h7l5/AI1BwNmS7id37kJIcLoTEr0DSwOlewg1AaLc1hq1ugSxZNJ0mdz79Et6ZWSj MG02gU3/RkenYmBG7+NyHj9RK2QTtvRMi4MGnemTl25yrBSZ06//0XJr7ahwqDeZF7dVsVer4Hq gMyXM8Ymcr5SO7SN5bfcSctroWwXQV5V6j33ik2JGcmyB1r5FIwVnDbrSNSH0S0wd69VvP30CcC pa5Wkq+ghaOGHRgMAO4Fs9V26ElMjvdRLhB5QVINxhEPuTQXD8wEZepxrCkPTrslZt34pmEITH1 Oks/8FfeB/3QMLDMEPzafUncEBF7b9jQ75OjRGtiqVa1nxTWRK89re5gAbsu+/2cDuxdEXfhYDd T7KXpjBXyHWEErCnzefmz7IQuJlH0P7XVAUe+RUECW8VeSoevPExwK19X1LZm5ORuafXPmQXRml IX+elINv3jIhMLdY6YQ== X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=X5Vi7mTe c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6a6c3c61 cx=c_pps a=5BHTudwdYE3Te8bg5FgnPg==:117 a=5BHTudwdYE3Te8bg5FgnPg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=RAioF0-LDSMA:10 a=VkNPw1HP01LnGYTKEx00:22 a=RnoormkPH1_aCDwRdu11:22 a=Y2IxJ9c9Rs8Kov3niI8_:22 a=fTXjkXMZjpTdXAl4l6kA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.293,Aquarius:18.0.1143,Hydra:6.1.134,FMLib:17.12.100.49 definitions=2026-07-31_02,2026-07-30_01,2025-10-01_01 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 clxscore=1015 impostorscore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 phishscore=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=typeunknown authscore=0 authtc= authcc= route=outbound adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.22.0-2606150000 definitions=main-2607310037 On 7/31/26 4:45 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > 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. Yeah sure my bad, I would resend the series including all netdev folks in Cc. Thanks, --Nilay