netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/6] netvsc: use typed pointer for internal state

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Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2017 13:24:24 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>, kys@...rosoft.com,
        haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Cc:     devel@...uxdriverproject.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/6] netvsc: use typed pointer for internal state

Hello.

On 6/9/2017 2:21 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> The element netvsc_device:extension is always a point to RNDIS

    Pointer, maybe?

> information.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
> index 262b2ea576a3..f82d54e0208c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
> @@ -763,8 +763,7 @@ struct netvsc_device {
>
>  	refcount_t sc_offered;
>
> -	/* Holds rndis device info */
> -	void *extension;
> +	struct rndis_device *extension;
>
>  	int ring_size;
>

MBR, Sergei