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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index ee605c0867e7..822b15b8d11c 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -743,34 +743,31 @@ struct net_device *dev_get_by_index(struct net *net, int ifindex) EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_index); /** - * dev_getbyhwaddr - find a device by its hardware address + * dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu - find a device by its hardware address * @net: the applicable net namespace * @type: media type of device * @ha: hardware address * * Search for an interface by MAC address. Returns NULL if the device - * is not found or a pointer to the device. The caller must hold the - * rtnl semaphore. The returned device has not had its ref count increased + * is not found or a pointer to the device. The caller must hold RCU + * The returned device has not had its ref count increased * and the caller must therefore be careful about locking * - * BUGS: - * If the API was consistent this would be __dev_get_by_hwaddr */ -struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr(struct net *net, unsigned short type, char *ha) +struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu(struct net *net, unsigned short type, + const char *ha) { struct net_device *dev; - ASSERT_RTNL(); - - for_each_netdev(net, dev) + for_each_netdev_rcu(net, dev) if (dev->type == type && !memcmp(dev->dev_addr, ha, dev->addr_len)) return dev; return NULL; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getbyhwaddr); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu); struct net_device *__dev_getfirstbyhwtype(struct net *net, unsigned short type) { |