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    net: introduce a function to check if a netdev name is in use · 75ea27d0
    Antoine Tenart 提交于
    __dev_get_by_name is currently used to either retrieve a net device
    reference using its name or to check if a name is already used by a
    registered net device (per ns). In the later case there is no need to
    return a reference to a net device.
    
    Introduce a new helper, netdev_name_in_use, to check if a name is
    currently used by a registered net device without leaking a reference
    the corresponding net device. This helper uses netdev_name_node_lookup
    instead of __dev_get_by_name as we don't need the extra logic retrieving
    a reference to the corresponding net device.
    Signed-off-by: NAntoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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