linux-kernel - [PATCH 07/14] media: dmx-fread.rst: specify how DMX_CHECK

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Date:   Fri,  1 Sep 2017 16:37:43 -0300
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
To:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: [PATCH 07/14] media: dmx-fread.rst: specify how DMX_CHECK_CRC works

In the past, the documentation used to say that, if a CRC error
was found, a "-ECRC" error would be returned. That's not true:
the DVB core will just silently ignore such errors.

So, add an explicit note about that.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
---
 Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-fread.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-fread.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-fread.rst
index cb6cedbb47f6..36ba851bc0af 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-fread.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-fread.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ data. The filtered data is transferred from the driver’s internal
 circular buffer to buf. The maximum amount of data to be transferred is
 implied by count.
 
+.. note::
+
+   if a section filter created with
+   :c:type:`DMX_CHECK_CRC <dmx_sct_filter_params>` flag set,
+   data that fails on CRC check will be silently ignored.
+
+
 Return Value
 ------------
 
-- 
2.13.5