Every time dev_get_by_name is called, and it has returned a valid struct net_device*,
dev_put should be called afterwards, because otherwise the machine hangs when the
device is unregistered (since dev->refcnt > 1). However, it seems that some drivers do
not call dev_put after dev_get_by_name: for example, drivers/net/pppoe.c at line 573
and net/core/dv.c at line 168. Am I wrong?
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