Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: Clarify len/n_stats fields in/out semantics

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 17:48:16 -0800

On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 18:39:23 +0200 Gal Pressman wrote:
> - * @n_stats: On return, the number of statistics
> + * @n_stats: On entry, the number of stats requested.
> +	On return, the number of stats returned.
>   * @data: Array of statistics

Missing a '*'
But stepping back we should rephrase the comment to cover both
directions instead of mechanically adding the corresponding "On entry"

FTR my recollection was that we never validated these field on entry and
if that's the case 7b07be1ff1cb6 is quite questionable, uAPI-breakage
wise.
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