Re: [PATCH 2.5.70] net-sysfs parent ref count

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Re: [PATCH 2.5.70] net-sysfs parent ref count

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Subject:	Re: [PATCH 2.5.70] net-sysfs parent ref count
From:	"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2003 23:58:23 -0700 (PDT)
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   From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
   Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:35:08 -0700

   When creating network sysfs entries, we grab an extra reference to
   the parent.  Not a big deal now, since it just gets blown away on
   unregister anyway, but when kobject reference counts are used for
   release, things break.

Applied, thanks.

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