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 <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 17e95e37aed9..c4fedf000541 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);