* [PATCH net] netlink: fix description of portid
@ 2014-10-16 13:47 Nicolas Dichtel
2014-10-16 18:53 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Dichtel @ 2014-10-16 13:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: davem; +Cc: netdev, Nicolas Dichtel
Avoid confusion between pid and portid.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
---
include/net/netlink.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 6c1076275aaa..7b903e1bdbbb 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static inline int nlmsg_report(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
/**
* nlmsg_put - Add a new netlink message to an skb
* @skb: socket buffer to store message in
- * @portid: netlink process id
+ * @portid: netlink PORTID of requesting application
* @seq: sequence number of message
* @type: message type
* @payload: length of message payload
--
2.1.0
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* Re: [PATCH net] netlink: fix description of portid
2014-10-16 13:47 [PATCH net] netlink: fix description of portid Nicolas Dichtel
@ 2014-10-16 18:53 ` David Miller
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From: David Miller @ 2014-10-16 18:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nicolas.dichtel; +Cc: netdev
From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:47:51 +0200
> Avoid confusion between pid and portid.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Applied, thanks Nicolas.
We've been plagued by this confusion forever, because the value used to
even be stored in struct members and variables named 'pid'.
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