From: Johannes Berg Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:44:12 +0000 (+0100) Subject: mac80211: clarify alignment comment X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=191922cd4bfda551205c3a2dfe5b33287e8326ab;p=linux-beck.git mac80211: clarify alignment comment The comment says something about __skb_push(), but that isn't even called in the code any more. Looking at the git history, that comment never even made sense when it was still called, so just replace that part to note it still works even when align isn't 0 or 2. Reported-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c index bb73ed2d20b9..acf006f2d61a 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/rx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c @@ -1894,8 +1894,10 @@ ieee80211_deliver_skb(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx) * 'align' will only take the values 0 or 2 here * since all frames are required to be aligned * to 2-byte boundaries when being passed to - * mac80211. That also explains the __skb_push() - * below. + * mac80211; the code here works just as well if + * that isn't true, but mac80211 assumes it can + * access fields as 2-byte aligned (e.g. for + * compare_ether_addr) */ align = ((unsigned long)(skb->data + sizeof(struct ethhdr))) & 3; if (align) {