linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] udp: Switch the order of arguments to copy_linear

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Date:   Tue, 11 May 2021 13:11:42 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     "'Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)'" <willy@...radead.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org" <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        "dsahern@...nel.org" <dsahern@...nel.org>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] udp: Switch the order of arguments to copy_linear_skb

From: Matthew Wilcox
> Sent: 11 May 2021 12:34
> 
> All other skb functions use (off, len); this is the only one which
> uses (len, off).  Make it consistent.

I wouldn't change the order of the arguments without some other
change that ensures old code fails to compile.
(Like tweaking the function name.)

	David

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