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> Subject: [PATCH net-next 01/10] net/smc: add missing dev_put
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> From: Hans Wippel
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From: Hans Wippel
In the infiniband part, SMC currently uses get_netdev which calls
dev_hold on the returned net device. However, the SMC code never calls
dev_put on that net device resulting in a wrong reference count.
This patch adds a dev_put after the usage of the net device to fix the
issue
