[PATCH batadv] batman-adv: fix kernel-doc for functions holding ownership of the skb

Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:31:38 +0200
Newsgroups org.open-mesh.lists.batman
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Most functions in batman-adv will take the ownership of an skb when they
receive it as argument.  Their NET_RX_DROP return value is only indicating
whether there was direct visible problem while processing it. The caller
must not try to also free the skb when such a negative return code was
received.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>
---
 net/batman-adv/routing.c | 11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.c b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
index cd290a7b..55a88431 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/routing.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
@@ -263,8 +263,7 @@ static bool batadv_skb_decrement_ttl(struct sk_buff *skb)
  * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the mesh interface information
  * @skb: icmp packet to process
  *
- * Return: NET_RX_SUCCESS if the packet has been consumed or NET_RX_DROP
- * otherwise.
+ * Return: NET_RX_SUCCESS on success or NET_RX_DROP in case of failure
  */
 static int batadv_recv_my_icmp_packet(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				      struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -999,8 +998,7 @@ static bool batadv_check_unicast_ttvn(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
  * @skb: unicast tvlv packet to process
  * @recv_if: pointer to interface this packet was received on
  *
- * Return: NET_RX_SUCCESS if the packet has been consumed or NET_RX_DROP
- * otherwise.
+ * Return: NET_RX_SUCCESS on success or NET_RX_DROP in case of failure
  */
 int batadv_recv_unhandled_unicast_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					 struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if)
@@ -1138,8 +1136,7 @@ int batadv_recv_unicast_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
  * @skb: unicast tvlv packet to process
  * @recv_if: pointer to interface this packet was received on
  *
- * Return: NET_RX_SUCCESS if the packet has been consumed or NET_RX_DROP
- * otherwise.
+ * Return: NET_RX_SUCCESS on success or NET_RX_DROP in case of failure
  */
 int batadv_recv_unicast_tvlv(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if)
@@ -1383,7 +1380,7 @@ int batadv_recv_bcast_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
  * contents of its TVLV forwards it and/or decapsulates it to hand it to the
  * mesh interface.
  *
- * Return: NET_RX_DROP if the skb is not consumed, NET_RX_SUCCESS otherwise.
+ * Return: NET_RX_SUCCESS on success or NET_RX_DROP in case of failure
  */
 int batadv_recv_mcast_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if)

---
base-commit: e8d6ecd5b27bf4ab6dfef96e01cd0057065ed396
change-id: 20260710-consuming-kernel-doc-ab5015b1448e

Best regards,
--  
Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>