netdev - Re: [PATCH 26/39]: netdev: netdev_priv() can now be sane again.

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Message-ID: <m3tzf7nrd7.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:23:32 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, vinay@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	krkumar2@...ibm.com, mchan@...adcom.com, Matheos.Worku@....COM,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 26/39]: netdev: netdev_priv() can now be sane again.

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> 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
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