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Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:33:57 +0100
From:	Peter Tiedemann <PTIEDEM@...ibm.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	jgarzik@...ox.com, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ursula Braun1 <braunu@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] ctc: make use of alloc_netdev()

To maintain the area used for sysfs attribute data which may be stored
already previously.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards / Saluti,
          Peter Tiedemann
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             Stephen Hemminger                                             
             <shemminger@...ux                                             
             -foundation.org>                                           To 
                                       Ursula Braun1/Germany/IBM@...DE     
             29.11.2007 18:12                                           cc 
                                       jgarzik@...ox.com,                  
                                       netdev@...r.kernel.org,             
                                       linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, Peter   
                                       Tiedemann/Germany/IBM@...DE         
                                                                   Subject 
                                       Re: [patch 1/1] ctc: make use of    
                                       alloc_netdev()                      
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           




On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:36:27 +0100
Ursula Braun <braunu@...ibm.com> wrote:

> From: Peter Tiedemann <ptiedem@...ibm.com>
>
> Currently ctc-device initialization is broken (kernel bug in
> ctc_new_device).
> The new network namespace code reveals a deficiency of the
> ctc driver. It should make use of alloc_netdev() as described
> in Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Tiedemann <ptiedem@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <braunu@...ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c |   45
++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6-uschi/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-uschi.orig/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
> +++ linux-2.6-uschi/drivers/s390/net/ctcmain.c
> @@ -2782,35 +2782,14 @@ ctc_probe_device(struct ccwgroup_device
>  }
>
>  /**
> - * Initialize everything of the net device except the name and the
> - * channel structs.
> + * Device setup function called by alloc_netdev().
> + *
> + * @param dev  Device to be setup.
>   */
> -static struct net_device *
> -ctc_init_netdevice(struct net_device * dev, int alloc_device,
> -                         struct ctc_priv *privptr)
> +void ctc_init_netdevice(struct net_device * dev)
>  {
> -          if (!privptr)
> -                      return NULL;
> -
>            DBF_TEXT(setup, 3, __FUNCTION__);
>
> -          if (alloc_device) {
> -                      dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct net_device),
GFP_KERNEL);
> -                      if (!dev)
> -                                  return NULL;
> -          }
> -
> -          dev->priv = privptr;
> -          privptr->fsm = init_fsm("ctcdev", dev_state_names,
> -                                              dev_event_names,
CTC_NR_DEV_STATES, CTC_NR_DEV_EVENTS,
> -                                              dev_fsm, DEV_FSM_LEN,
GFP_KERNEL);
> -          if (privptr->fsm == NULL) {
> -                      if (alloc_device)
> -                                  kfree(dev);
> -                      return NULL;
> -          }
> -          fsm_newstate(privptr->fsm, DEV_STATE_STOPPED);
> -          fsm_settimer(privptr->fsm, &privptr->restart_timer);
>            if (dev->mtu == 0)
>                        dev->mtu = CTC_BUFSIZE_DEFAULT - LL_HEADER_LENGTH
- 2;
>            dev->hard_start_xmit = ctc_tx;
> @@ -2823,7 +2802,7 @@ ctc_init_netdevice(struct net_device * d
>            dev->type = ARPHRD_SLIP;
>            dev->tx_queue_len = 100;
>            dev->flags = IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_NOARP;
> -          return dev;
> +          SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
>  }
>
>
> @@ -2879,14 +2858,22 @@ ctc_new_device(struct ccwgroup_device *c
>                                    "ccw_device_set_online (cdev[1])
failed with ret = %d\n", ret);
>            }
>
> -          dev = ctc_init_netdevice(NULL, 1, privptr);
> -
> +          dev = alloc_netdev(0, "ctc%d", ctc_init_netdevice);
>            if (!dev) {
>                        ctc_pr_warn("ctc_init_netdevice failed\n");
>                        goto out;
>            }
> +          dev->priv = privptr;
>
Why not use standard private data area, rather than allocating
it separately?

--
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>


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