netdev - Re: [PATCH 02/14] mac802154: allocation of ieee802154 device

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Message-Id: <20111219.143404.706657080241404654.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:34:04 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com
Cc:	dbaryshkov@...il.com, linux-zigbee-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] mac802154: allocation of ieee802154 device

From: Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:33:42 +0300

> +	phy = wpan_phy_alloc(ALIGN(sizeof(*priv), NETDEV_ALIGN) + priv_size);

WHy make the call sites have to be cognizant of all of these crazy
alignment calculations?

Make wpan_phy_alloc() take care of it, and just pass the minimum amount of
information necessary for it to calculate the right size.
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