| Message ID | 20130610140325.GA1383@fedora-17-guest.blr.amer.dell.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
On Mon, 2013-06-10 at 19:34 +0530, Narendra_K@Dell.com wrote: > This patch updates the comment for 'dev_id' field in > 'include/linux/netdevice.h' to reflect the intended > usage of 'dev_id'. > > References: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136992115300526&w=2 > References: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=137062569014612&w=2 > > Signed-off-by: Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com> Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> > --- > include/linux/netdevice.h | 6 ++++-- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h > index 8f967e3..a43712e 100644 > --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h > +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h > @@ -1142,8 +1142,10 @@ struct net_device { > unsigned char addr_assign_type; /* hw address assignment type */ > unsigned char addr_len; /* hardware address length */ > unsigned char neigh_priv_len; > - unsigned short dev_id; /* for shared network cards */ > - > + unsigned short dev_id; /* Used to differentiate devices > + * that share the same link > + * layer address > + */ > spinlock_t addr_list_lock; > struct netdev_hw_addr_list uc; /* Unicast mac addresses */ > struct netdev_hw_addr_list mc; /* Multicast mac addresses */ > -- > 1.8.0.1 >
From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:11:10 +0100 > On Mon, 2013-06-10 at 19:34 +0530, Narendra_K@Dell.com wrote: >> This patch updates the comment for 'dev_id' field in >> 'include/linux/netdevice.h' to reflect the intended >> usage of 'dev_id'. >> >> References: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136992115300526&w=2 >> References: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=137062569014612&w=2 >> >> Signed-off-by: Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com> > > Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Applied, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 8f967e3..a43712e 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -1142,8 +1142,10 @@ struct net_device { unsigned char addr_assign_type; /* hw address assignment type */ unsigned char addr_len; /* hardware address length */ unsigned char neigh_priv_len; - unsigned short dev_id; /* for shared network cards */ - + unsigned short dev_id; /* Used to differentiate devices + * that share the same link + * layer address + */ spinlock_t addr_list_lock; struct netdev_hw_addr_list uc; /* Unicast mac addresses */ struct netdev_hw_addr_list mc; /* Multicast mac addresses */
This patch updates the comment for 'dev_id' field in 'include/linux/netdevice.h' to reflect the intended usage of 'dev_id'. References: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136992115300526&w=2 References: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=137062569014612&w=2 Signed-off-by: Narendra K <narendra_k@dell.com> --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)