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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/can/dev.c13
1 files changed, 13 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;