Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:30:58 +0000 (UTC) From: Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r232335 - head/share/man/man9 Message-ID: <201203011230.q21CUwXv078449@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pluknet Date: Thu Mar 1 12:30:57 2012 New Revision: 232335 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/232335 Log: Refine r232333 [1] and put note about ifnet refcount caller responsibility. Spotted by: gavin [1] MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 Modified: head/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 Thu Mar 1 12:16:00 2012 (r232334) +++ head/share/man/man9/ifnet.9 Thu Mar 1 12:30:57 2012 (r232335) @@ -1159,8 +1159,11 @@ Return a reference-counted (via .Vt ifnet pointer for the interface named .Fa name . -This is a preferred function over +This is the preferred function over .Fn ifunit . +The caller is responsible for releasing the reference with +.Fn if_rele +when it is finished with the ifnet. .It Fn ifioctl Process the ioctl request .Fa cmd ,
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