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Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 13:22:00 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] netdevice: define and allocate &net_device
_properly_
On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 08:27:45AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 5:54 AM Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org> wrote:
> > @@ -2596,7 +2599,7 @@ void dev_net_set(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net)
> > */
> > static inline void *netdev_priv(const struct net_device *dev)
> > {
> > - return (char *)dev + ALIGN(sizeof(struct net_device), NETDEV_ALIGN);
> > + return (void *)dev->priv;
> Minor remark : the cast is not needed, but this is fine.
Thanks. I will fix it in a v3, which needs to be done to address some
kernel-doc warnings identified by Simon..
> It would be great to get rid of NETDEV_ALIGN eventually.
Would you mind sharing what do you have in mind? What do you use as a
replacement?
Thanks
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