linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dev->priv to netdev_priv(dev), drivers/net/tokenring/

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Date:	Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:03:01 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Yoann Padioleau <padator@...adoo.fr>
CC:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dev->priv to netdev_priv(dev), drivers/net/tokenring/

Yoann Padioleau wrote:
> Replacing accesses to dev->priv to netdev_priv(dev). The replacment
> is safe when netdev_priv is used to access a private structure that is
> right next to the net_device structure in memory. 
> Cf http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.development.system/browse_thread/thread/de19321bcd94dbb8/0d74a4adcd6177bd
> This is the case when the net_device structure was allocated with
> a call to alloc_netdev or one of its derivative.
> 
> Here is an excerpt of the semantic patch that performs the transformation
> 
> @ rule1 @
> type T;
> struct net_device *dev;
> @@
> 
>  dev = 
> (
>         alloc_netdev
> | 
>         alloc_etherdev
> |
>         alloc_trdev
> )
>    (sizeof(T), ...)
> 
> @ rule1bis @
> struct net_device *dev;
> expression E;
> @@
>  dev->priv = E
> 
> @ rule2 depends on rule1 && !rule1bis  @
> struct net_device *dev;
> type rule1.T;
> @@
> 
> - (T*) dev->priv
> + netdev_priv(dev)
> 
> 
> PS: I have performed the same transformation on the whole kernel
> and it affects around 70 files, most of them in drivers/net/.
> Should I split my patch for each subnet directories ? (wireless/, wan/, etc)

applied.  splitting up by sub-directory would be helpful.


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