Being able to utilize this makes much code a lot simpler and cleaner.
It's a nice convenience function.
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <ja...@zx2c4.com>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 05b9a69..f85be18 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1871,6 +1871,17 @@ static inline void *netdev_priv(const struct net_device
*dev)
return (char *)dev + ALIGN(sizeof(struct net_device), NETDEV_ALIGN);
}
+/**
+ * netdev_pub - access network device from private pointer
+ * @priv: private data pointer of network device
+ *
+ * Get network device from a network device private data pointer
+ */
+static inline struct net_device *netdev_pub(void *priv)
+{
+ return (struct net_device *)((char *)priv - ALIGN(sizeof(struct
net_device), NETDEV_ALIGN));
+}
+
/* Set the sysfs physical device reference for the network logical device
* if set prior to registration will cause a symlink during initialization.
*/
--
2.4.2
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