On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 11:52, David S. Miller wrote: > On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:37:09 -0700 > Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > > > - void *af_packet_priv; > > + struct sock *sk; /* appropriate comment: socket copy? */ > > AF_PACKET is the only user of this private field, and > I want people to be aware of this and not try to use it > for other stuff. > > Nobody else can use it for something different, the code > in net/core/dev.c does specific things when it's non-NULL > knowing that this non-NULL value means that it's an > AF_PACKET packet_type being passed to it. > > So we won't make your suggested change. Even so, why not call it a struct sock*? It is after all and is used as one. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
