netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 8/9] net: dsa: update TX path comments to not mention skb_mac

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Message-ID: <3766b93e-6325-5901-2e7b-f66374565781@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:33:27 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 8/9] net: dsa: update TX path comments to not
 mention skb_mac_header()

On 3/22/23 16:38, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Once commit 6d1ccff62780 ("net: reset mac header in dev_start_xmit()")
> will be reverted, it will no longer be true that skb->data points at
> skb_mac_header(skb) - since the skb->mac_header will not be set - so
> stop saying that, and just say that it points to the MAC header.
> 
> I've reviewed vlan_insert_tag() and it does not *actually* depend on
> skb_mac_header(), so reword that to avoid the confusion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

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Florian