[openib-general] [PATCH] netdevice.h: Add RDMA private pointer to the net_device structure

[Roland Dreier]

    Caitlin> I've been trying to think of some iWARP uses, but haven't
    Caitlin> come up with any yet. But I have strong lingering
    Caitlin> suspicions that they will eventually be found and having
    Caitlin> this type of field will ensure that the data is placed
    Caitlin> where it belongs rather than another inappropriate
    Caitlin> peeking at another layer's data being the result.

I'm pretty sure iWARP needs the rdma_ptr member for exactly the same
reason that IB needs it: to go from a struct net_device coming from
route lookup on to a struct rdma_device.

 - R.