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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/can/dev.c | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/can/dev.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev.c b/drivers/net/can/dev.c index 8233e5ed2939..13e738098fbe 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c @@ -794,6 +794,19 @@ void unregister_candev(struct net_device *dev) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_candev); +/* + * Test if a network device is a candev based device + * and return the can_priv* if so. + */ +struct can_priv *safe_candev_priv(struct net_device *dev) +{ + if ((dev->type != ARPHRD_CAN) || (dev->rtnl_link_ops != &can_link_ops)) + return NULL; + + return netdev_priv(dev); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(safe_candev_priv); + static __init int can_dev_init(void) { int err; diff --git a/include/linux/can/dev.h b/include/linux/can/dev.h index 7747d9bcdc84..fb0ab651a041 100644 --- a/include/linux/can/dev.h +++ b/include/linux/can/dev.h @@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ u8 can_len2dlc(u8 len); struct net_device *alloc_candev(int sizeof_priv, unsigned int echo_skb_max); void free_candev(struct net_device *dev); +/* a candev safe wrapper around netdev_priv */ +struct can_priv *safe_candev_priv(struct net_device *dev); + int open_candev(struct net_device *dev); void close_candev(struct net_device *dev); |