netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] net: move __skb_checksum

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Date:   Thu, 8 Nov 2018 21:14:35 +0100
From:   Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] net: move __skb_checksum_complete*() to
 skbuff.c

On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 12:02:00 -0800
Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 11:54 AM Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu,  8 Nov 2018 11:49:49 -0800
> > Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
> >  
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_checksum_complete);
> > > +
> > >  /* Both of above in one bottle. */  
> >
> > Maybe you should also update/drop this comment now?  
> 
> I have no idea what that comment means. Do you?

I think it refers to the fact that skb_copy_and_csum_bits() implements
both skb_checksum() and skb_copy_bits(), that were just above it at
1da177e4c3f4.

Then more stuff was moved in between, and the comment was never updated
or dropped.

-- 
Stefano