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netdevice: safe convert to netdev_priv() #part-3

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We have some reasons to kill netdev->priv:
1. netdev->priv is equal to netdev_priv().
2. netdev_priv() wraps the calculation of netdev->priv's offset, obviously
   netdev_priv() is more flexible than netdev->priv.
But we cann't kill netdev->priv, because so many drivers reference to it
directly.

This patch is a safe convert for netdev->priv to netdev_priv(netdev).
Since all of the netdev->priv is only for read.
But it is too big to be sent in one mail.
I split it to 4 parts and make every part smaller than 100,000 bytes,
which is max size allowed by vger.

Signed-off-by: Wang Chen <wangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Wang Chen
2008-11-12 23:38:36 -08:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 4cf1653aa9
commit 8f15ea42b6
25 changed files with 253 additions and 244 deletions
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drivers/net/virtio_net.c
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@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ static void receive_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
unsigned int i;
for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++)
give_a_page(dev->priv, skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page);
give_a_page(netdev_priv(dev),
skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page);
skb->data_len = 0;
skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags = 0;
}