[PATCH] net: skbuff: Fix misleading comments for skb_put() and skb_push()
From: Ziran Zhang <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-24 15:08:30
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Subsystem:
networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
Both functions only move the tail/data pointer, they do not copy data. Update the function descriptions and @len parameter, so they can accurately reflect the semantics. Signed-off-by: Ziran Zhang <redacted> --- net/core/skbuff.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 18dabb4e9..35ad782ad 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c@@ -2614,9 +2614,9 @@ void *pskb_put(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff *tail, int len) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pskb_put); /** - * skb_put - add data to a buffer + * skb_put - extend the data area at the tail of a buffer * @skb: buffer to use - * @len: amount of data to add + * @len: number of bytes to extend * * This function extends the used data area of the buffer. If this would * exceed the total buffer size the kernel will panic. A pointer to the
@@ -2635,9 +2635,9 @@ void *skb_put(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len) EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_put); /** - * skb_push - add data to the start of a buffer + * skb_push - extend the data area at the start of a buffer * @skb: buffer to use - * @len: amount of data to add + * @len: number of bytes to extend * * This function extends the used data area of the buffer at the buffer * start. If this would exceed the total buffer headroom the kernel will
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