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netdevice: Kill netdev->priv

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This is the last shoot of this series.
After I removing all directly reference of netdev->priv, I am killing
"priv" of "struct net_device" and fixing relative comments/docs.

Anyone will not be allowed to reference netdev->priv directly.
If you want to reference the memory of private data, use netdev_priv()
instead.
If the private data is not allocted when alloc_netdev(), use
netdev->ml_priv to point that memory after you creating that private
data.

Signed-off-by: Wang Chen <wangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Wang Chen
2008-12-08 01:14:16 -08:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 5a001a070e
commit b74ca3a896
18 changed files with 24 additions and 29 deletions
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@ -712,12 +712,12 @@ struct nv_skb_map {
/*
* SMP locking:
* All hardware access under dev->priv->lock, except the performance
* All hardware access under netdev_priv(dev)->lock, except the performance
* critical parts:
* - rx is (pseudo-) lockless: it relies on the single-threading provided
* by the arch code for interrupts.
* - tx setup is lockless: it relies on netif_tx_lock. Actual submission
* needs dev->priv->lock :-(
* needs netdev_priv(dev)->lock :-(
* - set_multicast_list: preparation lockless, relies on netif_tx_lock.
*/