Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 08 May 2017 11:36:37 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: ipv4: add code comment for clarification | From | David Miller <> |
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From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@embeddedor.com> Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 14:44:16 -0500
> @@ -389,6 +389,12 @@ static int sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, > nlmsg_flags, unlh, net_admin); > } > > +/* > + * Ignore the position of the arguments req->id.idiag_dport and > + * req->id.idiag_sport in both calls to inet_lookup() and inet6_lookup() > + * functions, once this is a locked in behavior exposed to user space. > + * Changing this will break things for people. > + */
This is implicit for every interface exposed to userspace.
Therefore, saying it here and there in various comments provides questionable value.
And in fact I think these arguments are probably in the correct order.
I'm definitely not applying a patch like this, sorry.
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