Jesper Juhl wrote:
>
> Hi people,
>
> I'm reading through various pieces of source code to try and get an
> understanding of how the kernel works (with the hope that I'll
> eventually be able to contribute something really usefull, but you've
> got to start somewhere ;)
>
> While reading through the source I've stumbled across various bits and
> pieces that are not exactely wrong, but not strictly correct either. I
> was wondering if I would be wasting my time by cleaning this up or if it
> would actually be appreciated. One example of these things is the patch
> below:
>
> --- linux-2.4.3-vanilla/include/linux/rtnetlink.h Sun Apr 22
> 02:29:20 2001
> +++ linux-2.4.3/include/linux/rtnetlink.h Mon Apr 23 17:09:02 2001
> @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
> RTN_PROHIBIT, /* Administratively prohibited */
> RTN_THROW, /* Not in this table */
> RTN_NAT, /* Translate this address */
> - RTN_XRESOLVE, /* Use external resolver */
> + RTN_XRESOLVE /* Use external resolver */
> };
>
> #define RTN_MAX RTN_XRESOLVE
> @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
> #define RTAX_CWND RTAX_CWND
> RTAX_ADVMSS,
> #define RTAX_ADVMSS RTAX_ADVMSS
> - RTAX_REORDERING,
> + RTAX_REORDERING
> #define RTAX_REORDERING RTAX_REORDERING
> };
>
> @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
> TCA_OPTIONS,
> TCA_STATS,
> TCA_XSTATS,
> - TCA_RATE,
> + TCA_RATE
These patches increase the possibility of errors when adding future
items to these lists.
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