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Subject: Re: [PATCH 26/39]: netdev: netdev_priv() can now be sane again.
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:18:21 +0200

> David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> writes:
> 
> > If all drivers call netdev_priv(), there is no confusion :)
> >
> > I plan to rename dev->priv to dev->_priv and fix all the fallout.
> 
> Do you mean practically deleting dev->priv? That would make sense.

Yes, that's the basic idea.  It's probably the only way to
prevent this problem in the future.