linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 10/13] selftests/bpf: rename pseudo headers checksum computation

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Message-ID: <ZzdpxDYzwDDu5W6x@mini-arch>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 07:33:24 -0800
From: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@...il.com>
To: Alexis Lothoré (eBPF Foundation) <alexis.lothore@...tlin.com>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
	Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>,
	Mykola Lysenko <mykolal@...com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
	Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@...ux.dev>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
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	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>, ebpf@...uxfoundation.org,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
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	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v2 10/13] selftests/bpf: rename pseudo headers
 checksum computation

On 11/14, Alexis Lothoré (eBPF Foundation) wrote:
> network_helpers.h provides helpers to compute checksum for pseudo
> headers but no helpers to compute the global checksums.
> 
> Before adding those, rename the pseudo header checksum helper to clarify
> their role.

Same here: let's keep the old names? They are matching the ones we
have on the kernel side so it's easy to find them. I do agree that
the naming is unfortunate :-( If you prefer, maybe clarify with
a doc?