From d77535162e736c47978d5c01469c56e1781dc91b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Hutchings Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:12:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 4 ++-- net/core/dev.c | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 17e95e37aed..c4fedf00054 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); diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 79ee26ef509..e2b9fa2c917 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -5323,13 +5323,13 @@ static void netdev_stats_to_stats64(struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats64, * @dev: device to get statistics from * @storage: place to store stats * - * Get network statistics from device. The device driver may provide - * its own method by setting dev->netdev_ops->get_stats64 or - * dev->netdev_ops->get_stats; otherwise the internal statistics - * structure is used. + * Get network statistics from device. Return @storage. + * The device driver may provide its own method by setting + * dev->netdev_ops->get_stats64 or dev->netdev_ops->get_stats; + * otherwise the internal statistics structure is used. */ -const struct rtnl_link_stats64 *dev_get_stats(struct net_device *dev, - struct rtnl_link_stats64 *storage) +struct rtnl_link_stats64 *dev_get_stats(struct net_device *dev, + struct rtnl_link_stats64 *storage) { const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops; -- 2.20.1