netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v7 1/7] net: introduce rstreason to detect why the RST is sent

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Message-ID: <CAL+tcoDoZ5CYn-fdK5AWaMe36O10ihe2Rd89dDmjBxiBDQ37sA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:17:31 +0800
From: Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@...il.com>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: edumazet@...gle.com, dsahern@...nel.org, matttbe@...nel.org, 
	martineau@...nel.org, geliang@...nel.org, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, 
	davem@...emloft.net, rostedt@...dmis.org, mhiramat@...nel.org, 
	mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, atenart@...nel.org, mptcp@...ts.linux.dev, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Jason Xing <kernelxing@...cent.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 1/7] net: introduce rstreason to detect why
 the RST is sent

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 10:14 AM Jason Xing <kerneljasonxing@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 2:28 AM Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 11:01:03AM +0800, Jason Xing wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > diff --git a/include/net/rstreason.h b/include/net/rstreason.h
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > +/**
> > > + * There are three parts in order:
> > > + * 1) reset reason in MPTCP: only for MPTCP use
> > > + * 2) skb drop reason: relying on drop reasons for such as passive reset
> > > + * 3) independent reset reason: such as active reset reasons
> > > + */
> >
> > Hi Jason,
> >
> > A minor nit from my side.
> >
> > '/**' denotes the beginning of a Kernel doc,
> > but other than that, this comment is not a Kernel doc.
> >
> > FWIIW, I would suggest providing a proper Kernel doc for enum sk_rst_reason.
> > But another option would be to simply make this a normal comment,
> > starting with "/* There are"
>
> Thanks Simon. I'm trying to use the kdoc way to make it right :)
>
> How about this one:
> /**
>  * enum sk_rst_reason - the reasons of socket reset
>  *
>  * The reason of skb drop, which is used in DCCP/TCP/MPTCP protocols.

s/skb drop/sk reset/

Sorry, I cannot withdraw my previous email in time.

>  *
>  * There are three parts in order:
>  * 1) skb drop reasons: relying on drop reasons for such as passive
> reset
>  * 2) independent reset reasons: such as active reset reasons
>  * 3) reset reasons in MPTCP: only for MPTCP use
>  */
> ?
>
> I chose to mimic what enum skb_drop_reason does in the
> include/net/dropreason-core.h file.
>
> > +enum sk_rst_reason {
> > +       /**
> > +        * Copy from include/uapi/linux/mptcp.h.
> > +        * These reset fields will not be changed since they adhere to
> > +        * RFC 8684. So do not touch them. I'm going to list each definition
> > +        * of them respectively.
> > +        */
>
> Thanks to you, I found another similar point where I smell something
> wrong as in the above code. I'm going to replace '/**' with '/*' since
> it's only a comment, not a kdoc.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason