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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c21
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index eb999003bbb..c305819b726 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -576,17 +576,28 @@ struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr(unsigned short type, char *ha)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getbyhwaddr);
-struct net_device *dev_getfirstbyhwtype(unsigned short type)
+struct net_device *__dev_getfirstbyhwtype(unsigned short type)
{
struct net_device *dev;
- rtnl_lock();
+ ASSERT_RTNL();
for (dev = dev_base; dev; dev = dev->next) {
- if (dev->type == type) {
- dev_hold(dev);
+ if (dev->type == type)
break;
- }
}
+ return dev;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_getfirstbyhwtype);
+
+struct net_device *dev_getfirstbyhwtype(unsigned short type)
+{
+ struct net_device *dev;
+
+ rtnl_lock();
+ dev = __dev_getfirstbyhwtype(type);
+ if (dev)
+ dev_hold(dev);
rtnl_unlock();
return dev;
}