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ipv4: fib: fix a comment.

PATCH Applied Rami Rosen 2 participants 2 messages Jan 11, 2013

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PATCH 1/1 ipv4: fib: fix a comment.

In fib_frontend.c, there is a confusing comment; NETLINK_CB(skb).portid does not refer to a pid of sending process, but rather to a netlink portid.

Signed-off-by Rami Rosen <[email protected]>
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 net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c +1 -1
index 5cd75e2..99f00d3 100644
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ static void nl_fib_input(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	nl_fib_lookup(frn, tb);
 
-	portid = NETLINK_CB(skb).portid;      /* pid of sending process */
+	portid = NETLINK_CB(skb).portid;      /* netlink portid */
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).portid = 0;        /* from kernel */
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 0;  /* unicast */
 	netlink_unicast(net->ipv4.fibnl, skb, portid, MSG_DONTWAIT);
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From: Rami Rosen <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:59:20 +0200

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In fib_frontend.c, there is a confusing comment; NETLINK_CB(skb).portid does not refer to a pid of sending process, but rather to a netlink portid.

Signed-off-by Rami Rosen <[email protected]>

Applied.