netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/packet: Fix a comment about hard_header

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Date:   Sun, 13 Sep 2020 01:43:14 -0700
From:   Xie He <xie.he.0141@...il.com>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/packet: Fix a comment about hard_header_len
 and add a warning for it

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 1:11 AM Willem de Bruijn
<willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
>
> I am concerned about adding a WARN_ON_ONCE that we already expect to
> fire on some platforms.
>
> Probably better to add the documentation without the warning.
>
> I know I suggested the check before, sorry for the churn, but I hadn't
> checked the existing state yet.

OK. No problem. It's always good to discuss and find out the best way
before we do the changes.

I'll drop the WARN_ON_ONCE part and resubmit the patch.