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Message-Id: <20181008205807.18727-1-dsahern@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon,  8 Oct 2018 13:58:07 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: Update comment in rtnl_stats_dump regarding strict data checking

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

The NLM_F_DUMP_PROPER_HDR netlink flag was replaced by a setsockopt.
Update the comment in rtnl_stats_dump.

Fixes: 841891ec0c65 ("rtnetlink: Update rtnl_stats_dump for strict data checking")
Reported-by: Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index c894c4af8981..6406e26171ff 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -4775,8 +4775,8 @@ static int rtnl_stats_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 
 	ifsm = nlmsg_data(cb->nlh);
 
-	/* only requests using NLM_F_DUMP_PROPER_HDR can pass data to
-	 * influence the dump. The legacy exception is filter_mask.
+	/* only requests using strict checks can pass data to influence
+	 * the dump. The legacy exception is filter_mask.
 	 */
 	if (cb->strict_check) {
 		if (ifsm->pad1 || ifsm->pad2 || ifsm->ifindex) {
-- 
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