Re: [PATCH] netdevice: add netdev_pub helper function

2016-10-04 Thread Jason A. Donenfeld
Hey David, The use of this function is going from the private member to the public netdev struct. The usage is desired from the following coding pattern. You're implementing a netdevice. You've got ndo_init, ndo_uninit, ndo_open, ndo_stop, ndo_start_xmit, and maybe even ndo_do_ioctl. All of these

Re: [PATCH] netdevice: add netdev_pub helper function

2015-06-12 Thread David Miller
From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:30:29 +0200 > 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 Please do not ever submit patches adding new interfaces without also submitting cha

[PATCH] netdevice: add netdev_pub helper function

2015-06-12 Thread Jason A. Donenfeld
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 --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 11 +++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 05b