netdev - [PATCH] correct comments for flags, priv flags in netdevice.h

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Date:   Fri, 24 Aug 2018 19:10:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:   "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
To:     Linux kernel netdev mailing list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] correct comments for flags, priv flags in netdevice.h

Correct the references for both flags and priv flags since they both
refer to the incorrect file which contains their explanations.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>

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diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index ca5ab98053c8..f01f3473bb91 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1586,9 +1586,9 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
  *	@header_ops:	Includes callbacks for creating,parsing,caching,etc
  *			of Layer 2 headers.
  *
- *	@flags:		Interface flags (a la BSD)
- *	@priv_flags:	Like 'flags' but invisible to userspace,
- *			see if.h for the definitions
+ *	@flags:		Interface flags (a la BSD), see if.h for definitions
+ *	@priv_flags:	Like 'flags' but invisible to userspace, see
+ *			definitions earlier in this file
  *	@gflags:	Global flags ( kept as legacy )
  *	@padded:	How much padding added by alloc_netdev()
  *	@operstate:	RFC2863 operstate

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