Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:00:59 -0800 (PST) | | Subject | Re: [patch] fix up generic csum_ipv6_magic function prototype | | From | David Miller <> |
From: "Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:02:06 -0800
> The generic version of csum_ipv6_magic has the len argument declared as > __u16, while most arch dependent version declare it as __u32. After > looking at the call site of this function, I come up to a conclusion > that __u32 is a better match with the actual usage. > > Hence, patch to change argument type for greater consistency. > > Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
Architecture implementations such as the ones for m32r and parisc have the same problem, so "for consistency" please fix them up as well.
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