| To: | netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
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| Subject: | dev_hold() and skb->dev |
| From: | "James R. Leu" <jleu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Mon, 1 May 2000 12:34:09 -0500 |
| Organization: | none |
| Reply-to: | jleu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| Sender: | owner-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
Is it necessary to do a dev_hold() when placing the outgoing dev in an sk_buff? It looks like ethernet driver in general do not, but skb->rx_dev is held (in netif_rx). Jim -- James R. Leu |
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