netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: clarify attribute length check documentation

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Date:	Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:48:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	johannes@...solutions.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, tgraf@...g.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: clarify attribute length check documentation

From: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:10:05 +0100

> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
> 
> The documentation for how the length of attributes
> is checked is wrong ("Exact length" isn't true, the
> policy checks are for "minimum length") and a bit
> misleading. Make it more complete and explain what
> really happens.
> 
> Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>

Applied.
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