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Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:25:40 +0200 (EET)
From:	"Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
To:	"Rémi Denis-Courmont" 
	<remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
cc:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] Phonet: refuse to send bigger than MTU packets

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
> ---
>  net/phonet/af_phonet.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/phonet/af_phonet.c b/net/phonet/af_phonet.c
> index defeb7a..7ab30f6 100644
> --- a/net/phonet/af_phonet.c
> +++ b/net/phonet/af_phonet.c
> @@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ static int pn_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
>  	struct phonethdr *ph;
>  	int err;
>  
> -	if (skb->len + 2 > 0xffff) {
> -		/* Phonet length field would overflow */
> +	if (skb->len + 2 > 0xffff /* Phonet length field limit */ ||

It would by much better to have a well named constant there rather than 
such crazy and messy contruct with a comment.

-- 
 i.

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