netdev - [PATCH net-next] Fix inaccurate helper function description

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Date:   Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:41:23 -0700
From:   Chenbo Feng <chenbofeng.kernel@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, mic@...ikod.net
Cc:     Chenbo Feng <fengc@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] Fix inaccurate helper function description

From: Chenbo Feng <fengc@...gle.com>

The description inside uapi/linux/bpf.h about bpf_get_socket_uid
helper function is no longer valid. It returns overflowuid rather
than 0 when failed.

Signed-off-by: Chenbo Feng <fengc@...gle.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/bpf.h | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index e553529..945a1f5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -481,8 +481,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
  * u32 bpf_get_socket_uid(skb)
  *     Get the owner uid of the socket stored inside sk_buff.
  *     @skb: pointer to skb
- *     Return: uid of the socket owner on success or 0 if the socket pointer
- *     inside sk_buff is NULL
+ *     Return: uid of the socket owner on success or overflowuid if failed.
  */
 #define __BPF_FUNC_MAPPER(FN)		\
 	FN(unspec),			\
-- 
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