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Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:59:20 +0200
From:	Rami Rosen <ramirose@...il.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Rami Rosen <ramirose@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] 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 <ramirose@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 5cd75e2..99f00d3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -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);
-- 
1.7.11.7

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