Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] net: fix checksum API documentation

["Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>]

> From: Lance Richardson [mailto:lance.richardson@broadcom.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2021 18.11
> 
> Minor corrections and improvements to documentation
> for checksum APIs.
> 
> Fixes: 6006818cfb26 ("net: new checksum functions")
> Fixes: 45a08ef55e44 ("net: introduce functions to verify L4 checksums")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> Signed-off-by: Lance Richardson <lance.richardson@broadcom.com>
> ---
>  lib/net/rte_ip.h | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/net/rte_ip.h b/lib/net/rte_ip.h
> index 05948b69b7..fd08ea31b2 100644
> --- a/lib/net/rte_ip.h
> +++ b/lib/net/rte_ip.h
> @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ rte_ipv6_phdr_cksum(const struct rte_ipv6_hdr
> *ipv6_hdr, uint64_t ol_flags)
>  }
> 
>  /**
> - * @internal Calculate the non-complemented IPv4 L4 checksum
> + * @internal Calculate the non-complemented IPv6 L4 checksum
>   */
>  static inline uint16_t
>  __rte_ipv6_udptcp_cksum(const struct rte_ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr, const
> void *l4_hdr)
> @@ -509,15 +509,15 @@ __rte_ipv6_udptcp_cksum(const struct rte_ipv6_hdr
> *ipv6_hdr, const void *l4_hdr)
>  /**
>   * Process the IPv6 UDP or TCP checksum.
>   *
> - * The IPv4 header should not contains options. The layer 4 checksum
> - * must be set to 0 in the packet by the caller.
> + * The IPv6 header must not be followed by extension headers. The
> layer 4
> + * checksum must be set to 0 in the L4 header by the caller.
>   *
>   * @param ipv6_hdr
>   *   The pointer to the contiguous IPv6 header.
>   * @param l4_hdr
>   *   The pointer to the beginning of the L4 header.
>   * @return
> - *   The complemented checksum to set in the IP packet.
> + *   The complemented checksum to set in the L4 header.
>   */
>  static inline uint16_t
>  rte_ipv6_udptcp_cksum(const struct rte_ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr, const void
> *l4_hdr)
> --
> 2.25.1

Reviewed-by: Morten Brørup <mb@smartsharesystems.com>