Re: [PATCH 5.4 020/141] ip6_vti: proper dev_{hold|put} in ndo_[un]init methods

From: Rantala, Tommi T. (Nokia - FI/Espoo)
Date: Thu May 20 2021 - 03:55:56 EST


> I do not understand, what needs to be done here?

Sorry, email formatting got somehow messed up.

Please cherry-pick this to 5.4.y:

commit 0d7a7b2014b1a499a0fe24c9f3063d7856b5aaaf
Author: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Mar 31 14:38:11 2021 -0700

ipv6: remove extra dev_hold() for fallback tunnels


And these:

Fixes: 48bb5697269a ("ip6_tunnel: sit: proper dev_{hold|put} in
ndo_[un]init methods")
Fixes: 6289a98f0817 ("sit: proper dev_{hold|put} in ndo_[un]init
methods")
Fixes: 7f700334be9a ("ip6_gre: proper dev_{hold|put} in ndo_[un]init
methods")


-Tommi