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-rw-r--r--include/net/protocol.h7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/protocol.h b/include/net/protocol.h
index 875f4895b033..a1b1b530c338 100644
--- a/include/net/protocol.h
+++ b/include/net/protocol.h
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@
#include <linux/ipv6.h>
#endif
-#define MAX_INET_PROTOS 256 /* Must be a power of 2 */
-
+/* This is one larger than the largest protocol value that can be
+ * found in an ipv4 or ipv6 header. Since in both cases the protocol
+ * value is presented in a __u8, this is defined to be 256.
+ */
+#define MAX_INET_PROTOS 256
/* This is used to register protocols. */
struct net_protocol {