linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/tulip/xircom_cb.c: remove superfulous priv assignment

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Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:05:38 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>
CC:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/tulip/xircom_cb.c: remove superfulous priv assignment

Mariusz Kozlowski wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 	Unpatched version does sth like this:
> 
> dev = alloc_etherdev(...
> private = netdev_priv(dev);
> ...
> dev->priv = private;
> 
> which doesn't make much sense (does it?) because this is done in
> alloc_netdev() already.
> 
> struct net_device *alloc_netdev(...
> {
> ...
> 	if (sizeof_priv)
> 		dev->priv = netdev_priv(dev);
> 
> This patch removes superfluous code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>

applied


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