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atm: idt77252: fix dev refcnt leak

init_card() calls dev_get_by_name() to get a network deceive. But it
doesn't decrease network device reference count after the device is
used.

Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

authored by

Ying Xue and committed by
David S. Miller
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drivers/atm/idt77252.c
··· 3511 3511 tmp = dev_get_by_name(&init_net, tname); /* jhs: was "tmp = dev_get(tname);" */ 3512 3512 if (tmp) { 3513 3513 memcpy(card->atmdev->esi, tmp->dev_addr, 6); 3514 - 3514 + dev_put(tmp); 3515 3515 printk("%s: ESI %pM\n", card->name, card->atmdev->esi); 3516 3516 } 3517 3517 /*