[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] net: fix checksum API documentation

[Lance Richardson <lance.richardson@broadcom.com>]

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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>
---
v2:
 - Updates for rte_ipv4_udptcp_cksum()

 lib/net/rte_ip.h | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/net/rte_ip.h b/lib/net/rte_ip.h
index 05948b69b7..bc3dd44a4c 100644
--- a/lib/net/rte_ip.h
+++ b/lib/net/rte_ip.h
@@ -371,15 +371,14 @@ __rte_ipv4_udptcp_cksum(const struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr, const void *l4_hdr)
 /**
  * Process the IPv4 UDP or TCP checksum.
  *
- * The IP and layer 4 checksum must be set to 0 in the packet by
- * the caller.
+ * The layer 4 checksum must be set to 0 in the L4 header by the caller.
  *
  * @param ipv4_hdr
  *   The pointer to the contiguous IPv4 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_ipv4_udptcp_cksum(const struct rte_ipv4_hdr *ipv4_hdr, const void *l4_hdr)
@@ -488,7 +487,7 @@ 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 +508,15 @@ __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)
-- 
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