Re: [PATCH] net: ipv4: add code comment for clarification

From: David Miller
Date: Mon May 08 2017 - 11:36:45 EST


From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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.