netdev - Re: [PATCH] ibm_newemac: Fix dangerous struct assumption

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Message-Id: <20090406.174324.254969238.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:43:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	khali@...ux-fr.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jwboyer@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ibm_newemac: Fix dangerous struct assumption

From: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:27:10 +0200

> The ibm_newemac driver includes code which assumes that the
> work_struct which is included in every delayed_work is the first
> member of that structure. This is currently the case but might change
> in the future, so use to_delayed_work() instead, which doesn't make
> such an assumption.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>

Applied.
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