The patch fixed the code depending on the exact order of fields in the
struct netvsc_driver_context. Now, we use container_of() instead of type
casting from the first field to the container struct.

Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Hank Janssen <[email protected]>

---
 drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c |   14 ++++++--------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
index 364b6c7..c78624c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ struct net_device_context {
 };
 
 struct netvsc_driver_context {
-       /* !! These must be the first 2 fields !! */
-       /* Which is a bug FIXME! */
        struct driver_context drv_ctx;
        struct netvsc_driver drv_obj;
 };
@@ -137,8 +135,8 @@ static int netvsc_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct 
net_device *net)
        struct net_device_context *net_device_ctx = netdev_priv(net);
        struct driver_context *driver_ctx =
            driver_to_driver_context(net_device_ctx->device_ctx->device.driver);
-       struct netvsc_driver_context *net_drv_ctx =
-               (struct netvsc_driver_context *)driver_ctx;
+       struct netvsc_driver_context *net_drv_ctx = container_of(driver_ctx,
+               struct netvsc_driver_context, drv_ctx);
        struct netvsc_driver *net_drv_obj = &net_drv_ctx->drv_obj;
        struct hv_netvsc_packet *packet;
        int ret;
@@ -342,8 +340,8 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct device *device)
 {
        struct driver_context *driver_ctx =
                driver_to_driver_context(device->driver);
-       struct netvsc_driver_context *net_drv_ctx =
-               (struct netvsc_driver_context *)driver_ctx;
+       struct netvsc_driver_context *net_drv_ctx = container_of(driver_ctx,
+               struct netvsc_driver_context, drv_ctx);
        struct netvsc_driver *net_drv_obj = &net_drv_ctx->drv_obj;
        struct vm_device *device_ctx = device_to_vm_device(device);
        struct hv_device *device_obj = &device_ctx->device_obj;
@@ -414,8 +412,8 @@ static int netvsc_remove(struct device *device)
 {
        struct driver_context *driver_ctx =
                driver_to_driver_context(device->driver);
-       struct netvsc_driver_context *net_drv_ctx =
-               (struct netvsc_driver_context *)driver_ctx;
+       struct netvsc_driver_context *net_drv_ctx = container_of(driver_ctx,
+               struct netvsc_driver_context, drv_ctx);
        struct netvsc_driver *net_drv_obj = &net_drv_ctx->drv_obj;
        struct vm_device *device_ctx = device_to_vm_device(device);
        struct net_device *net = dev_get_drvdata(&device_ctx->device);
-- 
1.6.3.2

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