Return-path: Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:37465 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756055AbYGCMBH (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:01:07 -0400 To: David Miller Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, vinay@linux.vnet.ibm.com, krkumar2@in.ibm.com, mchan@broadcom.com, Matheos.Worku@Sun.COM, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 26/39]: netdev: netdev_priv() can now be sane again. References: <20080703.000446.125029084.davem@davemloft.net> From: Krzysztof Halasa Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:23:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20080703.000446.125029084.davem@davemloft.net> (David Miller's message of "Thu\, 03 Jul 2008 00\:04\:46 -0700 \(PDT\)") Message-ID: (sfid-20080703_140433_582270_19DAE233) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: David Miller writes: > The private area of a netdev is now at a fixed offset once more. > > Unfortunately, some assumptions that netdev_priv() == netdev->priv > crept back into the tree. In particular this happened in the > loopback driver. Perhaps the netdev_priv() should be renamed to avoid confusion? -- Krzysztof Halasa