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rtnl_getlink() & rtnl_setlink() run with RTNL held, we can use __dev_get_by_index() and __dev_get_by_name() variants and avoid dev_hold()/dev_put() Adds to rtnl_getlink() the capability to find a device by its name, not only by its index. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>