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authorAllan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>2006-06-25 23:38:29 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2006-06-25 23:38:29 -0700
commit49384507896ee26e67266cebef6b6a9f2e31081c (patch)
tree0a1dd7ef172455c7a433755277c331e3690c10bf /include/net
parent2535ec50b7a51833ff65dc97ca85e1155d4090f8 (diff)
downloadlinux-49384507896ee26e67266cebef6b6a9f2e31081c.tar.gz
[TIPC]: Corrected potential misuse of tipc_media_addr structure.
Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net')
-rw-r--r--include/net/tipc/tipc_bearer.h12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/tipc/tipc_bearer.h b/include/net/tipc/tipc_bearer.h
index 098607cd4b78..e07136d74c2f 100644
--- a/include/net/tipc/tipc_bearer.h
+++ b/include/net/tipc/tipc_bearer.h
@@ -49,10 +49,18 @@
 
 #define TIPC_MEDIA_TYPE_ETH	1
 
+/* 
+ * Destination address structure used by TIPC bearers when sending messages
+ * 
+ * IMPORTANT: The fields of this structure MUST be stored using the specified
+ * byte order indicated below, as the structure is exchanged between nodes
+ * as part of a link setup process.
+ */
+
 struct tipc_media_addr {
-	__u32  type;
+	__u32  type;			/* bearer type (network byte order) */
 	union {
-		__u8   eth_addr[6];	/* Ethernet bearer */ 
+		__u8   eth_addr[6];	/* 48 bit Ethernet addr (byte array) */ 
 #if 0
 		/* Prototypes for other possible bearer types */