From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:59:31 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: rtnetlink: rtnl_setlink() and rtnl_getlink() changes
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.33-rc1~388^2~741
X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a3d1289126e7b14307074b76bf1677015ea5036f;p=pandora-kernel.git

rtnetlink: rtnl_setlink() and rtnl_getlink() changes

rtnl_getlink() & rtnl_setlink() run with RTNL held, we can use
__dev_get_by_index() and __dev_get_by_name() variants and avoid
dev_hold()/dev_put()

Adds to rtnl_getlink() the capability to find a device by its name,
not only by its index.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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