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netdevice: Kill netdev->priv

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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>
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Wang Chen 2008-12-08 01:14:16 -08:00 • committed by David S. Miller
commit b74ca3a896
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@ -785,7 +785,6 @@ struct net_device
/*
* 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 */