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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: add kerneldoc to skb_copy_bits()
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:37:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1312000651.2873.30.camel@edumazet-laptop> (raw)

Since skb_copy_bits() is called from assembly, add a fat comment to make
clear we should think twice before changing its prototype.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
---
 net/core/skbuff.c |   17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 2beda82..d6c2958 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1369,8 +1369,21 @@ pull_pages:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pskb_pull_tail);
 
-/* Copy some data bits from skb to kernel buffer. */
-
+/**
+ *	skb_copy_bits - copy bits from skb to kernel buffer
+ *	@skb: source skb
+ *	@offset: offset in source
+ *	@to: destination buffer
+ *	@len: number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ *	Copy the specified number of bytes from the source skb to the
+ *	destination buffer.
+ *
+ *	CAUTION ! :
+ *		If its prototype is ever changed, 
+ *		check arch/{*}/net/{*}.S files,
+ *		since it is called from BPF assembly code.
+ */
 int skb_copy_bits(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, void *to, int len)
 {
 	int start = skb_headlen(skb);



             reply	other threads:[~2011-07-30  4:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-30  4:37 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2011-08-02  1:03 ` [PATCH] net: add kerneldoc to skb_copy_bits() David Miller

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