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Date:   Wed, 18 May 2022 12:29:40 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com, Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>,
        alex.aring@...il.com, mareklindner@...mailbox.ch,
        sw@...onwunderlich.de, a@...table.cc, sven@...fation.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: ifdefy the wireless pointers in struct
 net_device

On Wed, 18 May 2022 20:59:21 +0200 Johannes Berg wrote:
> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>

Thanks!

> Do you want me to follow up with trying to union the pointer into
> ml_priv?
> 
> I prefer to union it rather than use ml_priv because we'll not want to
> use the getter everywhere when we already know, only on the boundaries.

Your call. Replacing all the direct references with a helper call could
indeed be onerous.