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[PATCH net-next] net: Update kernel-doc for __alloc_skb()

From: Ben Hutchings <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-07 01:23:41
Subsystem: networking [general], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

__alloc_skb() now extends tailroom to allow the use of padding added
by the heap allocator.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <redacted>
---
 net/core/skbuff.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 016694d..1d74cea 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ static void skb_under_panic(struct sk_buff *skb, int sz, void *here)
  *	@node: numa node to allocate memory on
  *
  *	Allocate a new &sk_buff. The returned buffer has no headroom and a
- *	tail room of size bytes. The object has a reference count of one.
- *	The return is the buffer. On a failure the return is %NULL.
+ *	tail room of at least size bytes. The object has a reference count
+ *	of one. The return is the buffer. On a failure the return is %NULL.
  *
  *	Buffers may only be allocated from interrupts using a @gfp_mask of
  *	%GFP_ATOMIC.
-- 
1.7.7.6


-- 
Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
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