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netdev: Make netdev_from_name() take a reference to its returned netdev.
authorBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:05:46 +0000 (17:05 -0700)
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Thu, 8 Aug 2013 06:52:43 +0000 (23:52 -0700)
commit991e5fae57752bc76a63027c5a8ac4a470e0f54f
tree2355260c5d8026b84cd2439f6c3e83f4ade690dctree | snapshot
parent2f980d741737fd3296d8063d800753a2d77bd730commit | diff
netdev: Make netdev_from_name() take a reference to its returned netdev.

This API change is necessary for thread safety, to be added in an upcoming
commit.  Otherwise, the client would not be able to safely use the returned
netdev because it could already have been destroyed.

Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Acked-by: Andy Zhou <azhou@nicira.com>
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