Re: [PATCH 1/3] net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock: Fix inconsistent comments

[Eric Dumazet]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 4:24 AM <sjpark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Commit ec94c2696f0b ("tcp/dccp: avoid one atomic operation for timewait
> hashdance") mistakenly erased a comment for the second step of
> `inet_twsk_hashdance()`.  This commit restores it for better
> readability.
>
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
> index c411c87ae865..fbfcd63cc170 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
> @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ void inet_twsk_hashdance(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw, struct sock *sk,
>
>         spin_lock(lock);
>
> +       /* Step 2: Hash TW into tcp ehash chain. */

This comment adds no value, please do not bring it back.

net-next is closed, now is not the time for cosmetic changes.

Also take a look at Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst