Re: [janitor] use netdev_priv() in synclink (char. driver)

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

On 05 Mar 2004 09:15:09 -0600 Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> wrote:

| On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 17:01, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
| > | 
| > | From: Carlo Perassi <carlo@linux.it>
| > | and Randy.Dunlap <rddunlap@osdl.org>
| > 
| > 
| > Jeff, can you add this patch and the fusion/mptlan driver
| > patch as well?
| > 
| > --
| > ~Randy
| > 
| > 
| > 
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| > _
| 
| 
| This patch breaks the driver.
| 
| The pointer stored in dev->priv points to a structure that is
| allocated and maintained by the driver.
| 
| Changing from dev->priv to netdev_priv(dev) returns a pointer
| to memory at the end of the net_device structure.
| 
| These are two different things.
| 
| So with the patch, the driver gets a pointer to something
| other than the device private information that it needs.
| 
| Please dont apply this patch.

Yes, I see.

I appreciate you reviewing and catching that, Paul.

Thanks,
--
~Randy