[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/7] kni: use proper type for kni fifo's

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Jun 10 19:51:53 CEST 2019


Using void * instead of proper type is unsafe practice.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
---
 kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h
index f3e6c3ca4efa..ceba5f73c1d9 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h
+++ b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h
@@ -51,22 +51,22 @@ struct kni_dev {
 	struct net_device *net_dev;
 
 	/* queue for packets to be sent out */
-	void *tx_q;
+	struct rte_kni_fifo *tx_q;
 
 	/* queue for the packets received */
-	void *rx_q;
+	struct rte_kni_fifo *rx_q;
 
 	/* queue for the allocated mbufs those can be used to save sk buffs */
-	void *alloc_q;
+	struct rte_kni_fifo *alloc_q;
 
 	/* free queue for the mbufs to be freed */
-	void *free_q;
+	struct rte_kni_fifo *free_q;
 
 	/* request queue */
-	void *req_q;
+	struct rte_kni_fifo *req_q;
 
 	/* response queue */
-	void *resp_q;
+	struct rte_kni_fifo *resp_q;
 
 	void *sync_kva;
 	void *sync_va;
-- 
2.20.1



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