David Miller said the following on 2008-8-1 19:05:

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> From: Wang Chen

> 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.
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