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authorIhar Hrachyshka <ihrachys@redhat.com>2017-05-18 12:41:18 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-05-21 13:26:45 -0400
commit34eb5fe07831458cf8238d54c1fc847dedeaf68c (patch)
treec414cb470ce1f567c75d0a8bfe97d2a4a2c7a706 /net/ipv4/arp.c
parent499350a5a6e7512d9ed369ed63a4244b6536f4f8 (diff)
downloadlinux-34eb5fe07831458cf8238d54c1fc847dedeaf68c.tar.bz2
arp: fixed error in a comment
the is_garp code deals just with gratuitous ARP packets, not every unsolicited packet. This patch is a result of a discussion in netdev: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=149506354216994 Suggested-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg> Signed-off-by: Ihar Hrachyshka <ihrachys@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/arp.c')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/arp.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index d54345a06f72..053492af8a6e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ static int arp_process(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
*/
is_garp = tip == sip && addr_type == RTN_UNICAST;
- /* Unsolicited ARP _replies_ also require target hwaddr to be
+ /* Gratuitous ARP _replies_ also require target hwaddr to be
* the same as source.
*/
if (is_garp && arp->ar_op == htons(ARPOP_REPLY))