Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:48:52 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: Networking: RFC1122 and 1123 status for kernel 2.4 |
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 07:41:22PM +0300, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote: > /** > * kfree_skb - free an sk_buff > * @skb: buffer to free > * > * Drop a reference to the buffer and free it if the usage count has > * hit zero. > */ > > People, who need _literal_ translation from C to English to understand > two lines of code, really exist in the nature? To be honest, I would not ever > understand what is to "drop a reference to the buffer and free it > if the usage count has hit zero" not looking to code. 8)
The idea is that they can be read externally (generated using make (ps|html|pdf)docs into Documentation/DocBook). Some people have a irrational problem with RTFS and prefer to read external documentation @)
> > Seven times: > > * If this function is called from an interrupt gfp_mask() must be > * %GFP_ATOMIC. > > Deep thought, of course. Deep enough to be repeated in each place, > where gfp is used. 8) > > Well, I am a fossil, of course, and like to read sources printed on paper > and all these pretentions to convert readbale text to hypertext irritate me. > But such deep thoughts eat even more expensive space on screen!
So write a 4 line perl script to filter them out before printing ?
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