netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: fix documentation of skb_needs

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Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:24:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rosenr@...vell.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: fix documentation of skb_needs_linearize().

From: Rami Rosen <rosenr@...vell.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:39:24 +0300

> skb_needs_linearize() does not check highmem DMA as it does not call
> illegal_highdma() anymore, so there is no need to mention highmem DMA here.
> 
> (Indeed, ~NETIF_F_SG flag, which is checked in skb_needs_linearize(), can
> be set when illegal_highdma() returns true, and we are assured that
> illegal_highdma() is invoked prior to skb_needs_linearize() as
> skb_needs_linearize() is a static method called only once.
> But ~NETIF_F_SG can be set not only there in this same invocation path.
> It can also be set when can_checksum_protocol() returns false).
> 
> see commit 02932ce9e2c136e6fab2571c8e0dd69ae8ec9853,
> Convert skb_need_linearize() to use precomputed features.
> Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <rosenr@...vell.com>

Applied to net-next, thanks Rami.
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