netdevice: Kill netdev->priv
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>
diff --git a/include/linux/hdlc.h b/include/linux/hdlc.h
index e960faa..fd47a15 100644
--- a/include/linux/hdlc.h
+++ b/include/linux/hdlc.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
};
-/* Pointed to by dev->priv */
+/* Pointed to by netdev_priv(dev) */
typedef struct hdlc_device {
/* used by HDLC layer to take control over HDLC device from hw driver*/
int (*attach)(struct net_device *dev,
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 0df0db0..47e7315 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -785,7 +785,6 @@
/*
* One part is mostly used on xmit path (device)
*/
- void *priv; /* pointer to private data */
/* These may be needed for future network-power-down code. */
unsigned long trans_start; /* Time (in jiffies) of last Tx */