netdev - Re: [PATCH]&[Question] netdevice: Use netdev

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Message-Id: <20080805.030433.100665376.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:04:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	wangchen@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]&[Question] netdevice: Use netdev_priv()

From: Wang Chen <wangchen@...fujitsu.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:55:27 +0800

> init_one() of cxgb2 makes several net_device to share one private data.
> For this purpose, direct reference is necessary.

It should use netdev->ml_priv which is created for this purpose.

Every direct netdev->priv usage is a bug.
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