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authorBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>2010-07-09 09:12:41 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-07-09 17:41:57 -0700
commitd77535162e736c47978d5c01469c56e1781dc91b (patch)
tree7210d55197b283c72bb8c74a0aeb8cd386b21a74 /include
parent3cfde79c6c7c8002375c4a8e5be7f602fbb9675d (diff)
downloadlinux-d77535162e736c47978d5c01469c56e1781dc91b.tar.bz2
net: Document that dev_get_stats() returns the given pointer
Document that dev_get_stats() returns the same stats pointer it was given. Remove const qualification from the returned pointer since the caller may do what it likes with that structure. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 17e95e37aed9..c4fedf000541 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2130,8 +2130,8 @@ extern void netdev_features_change(struct net_device *dev);
/* Load a device via the kmod */
extern void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name);
extern void dev_mcast_init(void);
-extern const struct rtnl_link_stats64 *dev_get_stats(struct net_device *dev,
- struct rtnl_link_stats64 *storage);
+extern struct rtnl_link_stats64 *dev_get_stats(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct rtnl_link_stats64 *storage);
extern void dev_txq_stats_fold(const struct net_device *dev,
struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats);