Replacing accesses to dev->priv to netdev_priv(dev). The replacment is safe when netdev_priv is used to access a private structure that is right next to the net_device structure in memory. Cf http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.development.system/browse_thread/thread/de19321bcd94dbb8/0d74a4adcd6177bd This is the case when the net_device structure was allocated with a call to alloc_netdev or one of its derivative.
Here is an excerpt of the semantic patch that performs the transformation @ rule1 @ type T; struct net_device *dev; @@ dev = ( alloc_netdev | alloc_etherdev | alloc_trdev ) (sizeof(T), ...) @ rule1bis @ struct net_device *dev; expression E; @@ dev->priv = E @ rule2 depends on rule1 && !rule1bis @ struct net_device *dev; type rule1.T; @@ - (T*) dev->priv + netdev_priv(dev) Signed-off-by: Yoann Padioleau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c index 08a62ac..c14c178 100644 --- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ netxen_nic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, c SET_MODULE_OWNER(netdev); SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &pdev->dev); - adapter = netdev->priv; + adapter = netdev_priv(netdev); memset(adapter, 0 , sizeof(struct netxen_adapter)); adapter->ahw.pdev = pdev; @@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ static void __devexit netxen_nic_remove( */ static int netxen_nic_open(struct net_device *netdev) { - struct netxen_adapter *adapter = (struct netxen_adapter *)netdev->priv; + struct netxen_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev); int err = 0; int ctx, ring; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/