The comment has been around ever since commit 1da177e4c3f4
("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") and can be removed. Remove it and indent the code
block accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
 net/ipv4/ipconfig.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 019408d3ca2c..d577ef580f8c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -705,51 +705,48 @@ ic_dhcp_init_options(u8 *options, struct ic_device *d)
 		e += 4;
 	}
 
-	/* always? */
-	{
-		static const u8 ic_req_params[] = {
-			1,	/* Subnet mask */
-			3,	/* Default gateway */
-			6,	/* DNS server */
-			12,	/* Host name */
-			15,	/* Domain name */
-			17,	/* Boot path */
-			26,	/* MTU */
-			40,	/* NIS domain name */
-			42,	/* NTP servers */
-		};
-
-		*e++ = 55;	/* Parameter request list */
-		*e++ = sizeof(ic_req_params);
-		memcpy(e, ic_req_params, sizeof(ic_req_params));
-		e += sizeof(ic_req_params);
-
-		if (ic_host_name_set) {
-			*e++ = 12;	/* host-name */
-			len = strlen(utsname()->nodename);
-			*e++ = len;
-			memcpy(e, utsname()->nodename, len);
-			e += len;
-		}
-		if (*vendor_class_identifier) {
-			pr_info("DHCP: sending class identifier \"%s\"\n",
-				vendor_class_identifier);
-			*e++ = 60;	/* Class-identifier */
-			len = strlen(vendor_class_identifier);
-			*e++ = len;
-			memcpy(e, vendor_class_identifier, len);
-			e += len;
-		}
-		len = strlen(dhcp_client_identifier + 1);
-		/* the minimum length of identifier is 2, include 1 byte type,
-		 * and can not be larger than the length of options
-		 */
-		if (len >= 1 && len < 312 - (e - options) - 1) {
-			*e++ = 61;
-			*e++ = len + 1;
-			memcpy(e, dhcp_client_identifier, len + 1);
-			e += len + 1;
-		}
+	static const u8 ic_req_params[] = {
+		1,	/* Subnet mask */
+		3,	/* Default gateway */
+		6,	/* DNS server */
+		12,	/* Host name */
+		15,	/* Domain name */
+		17,	/* Boot path */
+		26,	/* MTU */
+		40,	/* NIS domain name */
+		42,	/* NTP servers */
+	};
+
+	*e++ = 55;	/* Parameter request list */
+	*e++ = sizeof(ic_req_params);
+	memcpy(e, ic_req_params, sizeof(ic_req_params));
+	e += sizeof(ic_req_params);
+
+	if (ic_host_name_set) {
+		*e++ = 12;	/* host-name */
+		len = strlen(utsname()->nodename);
+		*e++ = len;
+		memcpy(e, utsname()->nodename, len);
+		e += len;
+	}
+	if (*vendor_class_identifier) {
+		pr_info("DHCP: sending class identifier \"%s\"\n",
+			vendor_class_identifier);
+		*e++ = 60;	/* Class-identifier */
+		len = strlen(vendor_class_identifier);
+		*e++ = len;
+		memcpy(e, vendor_class_identifier, len);
+		e += len;
+	}
+	len = strlen(dhcp_client_identifier + 1);
+	/* the minimum length of identifier is 2, include 1 byte type,
+	 * and can not be larger than the length of options
+	 */
+	if (len >= 1 && len < 312 - (e - options) - 1) {
+		*e++ = 61;
+		*e++ = len + 1;
+		memcpy(e, dhcp_client_identifier, len + 1);
+		e += len + 1;
 	}
 
 	*e++ = 255;	/* End of the list */
-- 
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
GPG: 1D60 735E 8AEF 3BE4 73B6  9D84 7336 78FD 8DFE EAD4

On 12/20/25 2:03 PM, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> The comment has been around ever since commit 1da177e4c3f4
> ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") and can be removed. Remove it and indent the code
> block accordingly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/ipconfig.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
> index 019408d3ca2c..d577ef580f8c 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
> @@ -705,51 +705,48 @@ ic_dhcp_init_options(u8 *options, struct ic_device *d)
>  		e += 4;
>  	}
>  
> -	/* always? */
> -	{
> -		static const u8 ic_req_params[] = {
> -			1,	/* Subnet mask */
> -			3,	/* Default gateway */
> -			6,	/* DNS server */
> -			12,	/* Host name */
> -			15,	/* Domain name */
> -			17,	/* Boot path */
> -			26,	/* MTU */
> -			40,	/* NIS domain name */
> -			42,	/* NTP servers */
> -		};
> -
> -		*e++ = 55;	/* Parameter request list */
> -		*e++ = sizeof(ic_req_params);
> -		memcpy(e, ic_req_params, sizeof(ic_req_params));
> -		e += sizeof(ic_req_params);
> -
> -		if (ic_host_name_set) {
> -			*e++ = 12;	/* host-name */
> -			len = strlen(utsname()->nodename);
> -			*e++ = len;
> -			memcpy(e, utsname()->nodename, len);
> -			e += len;
> -		}
> -		if (*vendor_class_identifier) {
> -			pr_info("DHCP: sending class identifier \"%s\"\n",
> -				vendor_class_identifier);
> -			*e++ = 60;	/* Class-identifier */
> -			len = strlen(vendor_class_identifier);
> -			*e++ = len;
> -			memcpy(e, vendor_class_identifier, len);
> -			e += len;
> -		}
> -		len = strlen(dhcp_client_identifier + 1);
> -		/* the minimum length of identifier is 2, include 1 byte type,
> -		 * and can not be larger than the length of options
> -		 */
> -		if (len >= 1 && len < 312 - (e - options) - 1) {
> -			*e++ = 61;
> -			*e++ = len + 1;
> -			memcpy(e, dhcp_client_identifier, len + 1);
> -			e += len + 1;
> -		}
> +	static const u8 ic_req_params[] = {
> +		1,	/* Subnet mask */
> +		3,	/* Default gateway */
> +		6,	/* DNS server */
> +		12,	/* Host name */
> +		15,	/* Domain name */
> +		17,	/* Boot path */
> +		26,	/* MTU */
> +		40,	/* NIS domain name */
> +		42,	/* NTP servers */
> +	};

I think you additionally need to move the const definition at function
start. Besides...

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