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

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Message-ID: <489926B2.7030800@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:21:06 +0800
From:	Wang Chen <wangchen@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Divy Le Ray <divy@...lsio.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]&[Question] netdevice: Use netdev_priv()

Divy Le Ray said the following on 2008-8-6 1:51:
> On Tuesday 05 August 2008 03:04:33 am David Miller wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> cxgb3 was fixed in this regard, cxgb2 needs the same treatment ...
> 

Thanks Dave and Divy.
I am making the big patch for fixing all direct reference of netdev->priv.

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