David Miller said the following on 2008-8-1 19:05:
quoted text
> From: Wang Chen <wangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>
> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:35:24 +0800
> 
>> How about add a comment to netdev->priv
>>
>> void	*priv;	/* pointer to private data, referent me by netdev_priv()*/
> 
> Sure, but I'd much rather apply a patch that converts
> all the direct references :-)

I just checked some drivers' source.
And, maybe some direct references of net_device->priv are needed.
For example:
init_one() of cxgb2 makes several net_device to share one private data.
For this purpose, direct reference is necessary.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html