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Merge branch 'rtnetlink-rtnl-avoidance-in-rtnl_getlink-and-rtnl_dump_ifinfo'
authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Wed, 27 May 2026 02:20:20 +0000 (19:20 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Wed, 27 May 2026 02:20:21 +0000 (19:20 -0700)
Eric Dumazet says:

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rtnetlink: RTNL avoidance in rtnl_getlink() and rtnl_dump_ifinfo()

Many shell scripts invoke iproute2 commands specifying a device by
its name.

This series improves their performance avoiding RTNL acquisition
for their (repeated) name->index conversion.
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Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260525083542.1565964-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Trivial merge