can: make use of preallocated can_ml_priv for per device struct can_dev_rcv_lists
This patch removes the old method of allocating the per device protocol specific memory via a netdevice_notifier. This had the drawback, that the allocation can fail, leading to a lot of null pointer checks in the code. This also makes the live cycle management of this memory quite complicated. This patch switches from the allocating the struct can_dev_rcv_lists in a NETDEV_REGISTER call to using the dev->ml_priv, which is allocated by the driver since the previous patch. Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de> Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
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@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ static void vcan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
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dev->addr_len = 0;
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dev->tx_queue_len = 0;
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dev->flags = IFF_NOARP;
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dev->ml_priv = netdev_priv(dev);
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/* set flags according to driver capabilities */
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if (echo)
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