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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: #ifdef inet_bind_bucket::ib_net
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:55:29 +0100
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Alexey Dobriyan a =E9crit :

> Netdevices use dev_net_set(). Add ib_net_set() and forget about this =
hungarian
> pnet thing. const qualifier is also pointless, there maybe nothing wr=
ong with
> it, be there is nothing right as well.
>=20

const qualifier is needed for upcoming cleanup patches.

Some functions in network stack do use const qualifiers, mind you.

static inline
 struct net *dev_net(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
	return read_pnet(&dev->nd_net);
 }